Chez Panisse

Buckwheat pasta with morels, green peas, pancetta, and Parmesan

Earthy morels and sweet peas mingle in a nutty buckwheat pasta with salty pancetta and Parmesan

Wood-Fired Pizza

Thin-crusted, blistered from the almond wood oven, topped simply with seasonal vegetables or house-cured meats — the restraint is the point

Guinea hen roasted in the hearth with thyme; with artichokes, new potatoes and spinach

Hearty hearth‑roasted guinea hen perfumed with thyme, paired with artichokes, new potatoes and spinach

Baked Goat Cheese with Garden Lettuces

Warm rounds of tangy goat cheese on a crouton, served over dressed local greens — the dish Alice Waters put on the map in America

Fried gulf shrimp with golden beets, little radishes, and tarragon mousseline

Crisp fried gulf shrimp brightened by golden beets, radishes and a creamy tarragon mousseline

Almond Tart

Buttery shell filled with dense, fragrant almond frangipane — a Chez Panisse institution that has appeared on the menu for decades

Garganelli pasta with sweet peas, spring onions, crème fraîche, basil, and gremolata

Silky garganelli tossed with sweet peas, spring onions, crème fraîche, basil and gremolata

Seasonal Roasted Meat (Prix Fixe)

The centerpiece protein of the nightly menu — often whole-roasted duck, lamb, or pork from named local farms, simply treated to let the sourcing speak

Pan‑fried rockfish with snap peas, Tokyo turnips, spinach, Niçoise olives, and aïoli

Delicate pan‑fried rockfish with crisp snap peas, turnips, spinach, olives and aïoli

Fruit Desserts and Sorbets

Peak-season stone fruit, berry galettes, and housemade sorbets that taste like the Platonic ideal of whatever is ripe that week

Asparagus, Belgian endive, and fennel salad with citrus vinaigrette

Bright asparagus, endive and fennel in a lively citrus vinaigrette

Little Gem lettuce with calendula, cucumbers, beets, ginger, and feta

Crisp Little Gem lettuce with calendula, cucumber, beets, ginger and feta

Apple‑sour cherry galette with vanilla ice cream

Rustic apple‑sour cherry galette paired with creamy vanilla ice cream

Bittersweet chocolate cream puff with caramel sauce and toasted almonds

Light cream puff filled with bittersweet chocolate, drizzled with caramel and almonds