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1517 Shattuck (at Vine) Berkeley, CA 94709

510-548-5525

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Cuisine(s): American, Organic

Hours: Mon-Sat 11:30am-3pm, Mon-Thu 5pm-10:30pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-11:30pm

Price: $$$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Dressy

Features: Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Prix Fixe

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: No Parking

Description

The (slightly) less expensive upstairs adjunct to Chez Panisse proper features the cooking for which Alice Waters' establishments are justly famous amid casual, wood- and copper-heavy Mission-style décor. The daily menu -- which, unlike that downstairs, is a la carte -- is focused on fresh produce, deftly prepared. A fascinating, well-edited wine list features many unusual choices. Desserts are both innovative and predictably superb.

Jean-Pierre Moulle to Retire from Chez Panisse; Shutters: Pastores, Dibb's, West Portal Bakery

By Mollie McWilliams | Tue, April 3, 2012

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Since the doors opened in 1975, chef Jean-Pierre Moulle has been a pillar of Alice Waters' Chez Panisse.... More »
From Smog to Fog

By Meredith Brody | Tue, December 24, 2002

I went to cooking school in Paris. I earned my daily bread by writing about restaurants in Los Angeles, and New York, and then Los Angeles again. But I left my stomach in San Francisco. There must have been a certain amount of eating in the nine ... More »

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Bay_Runner | New York , NY | 26 Reviews

| Tue, September 7, 2010

slow food is good food
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claire85 | Los Angeles, CA | 188 Reviews

| Fri, January 7, 2011

Alice Waters is a goddess. I prefer the downstairs, slightly more formal restaurant to the upstairs cafe. The fixed, multi-course menu is ever changing but always organic, seasonal, local and DELICIOUS. Sustainable foodie heaven.

Main Menu

Monday
April 2 $60

A Trio Of Salads
spicy carrots, fava beans with cumin, and greens with preserved lemon

Couscous De Fruits De Mer
moroccan fish and shellfish stew with bolinas rock cod, shrimp, clams, and squid with charmoula, peas, and carrots

Semolina Crêpes
with orange-cardamom ice cream

Tuesday
April 3 $80

Spring Vegetable Salad
with bellwether ricotta toast and cured ham

Roasted Black Sea Bass
with celery root purée and black olive salsa

Grilled Liberty Duck Breast
with kumquats and star anise sauce, cannard farm wild rocket, and crispy potatoes with green garlic

Vin Dorange Gelée
with tangerine sherb

Wednesday
April 4 $80

Roasted Maine Scallop Salad
with chanterelles and crispy smoked bacon

Spring Vegetable Minestrone
with wild rocket pesto and parmesan cheese

Grilled Wolfe Farm Quail
with capers and sweet onions, baked potato with crème fraîche and herbs, and cannard farm watercress

Coconut Meringata
with rum ice cream and roasted pineapple

Thursday
April 5 $80

Green Asparagus Salad
with poached egg, garlic croutons, and la quercia ham

Local Fish And Shellfish Soup
with leeks, new onions, and saffron

Grilled Rack And Loin Of James Ranch Lamb
with black and green olive salsa, roasted artichokes with rosemary, and new potatoes

Bittersweet Chocolate Soufflé

Friday
April 6 $95

An Apéritif

Yellowfin Tuna Carpaccio
with lemon and fennel, and wild rocket salad

Hand Cut Tagliatelle
with gulf shrimp and young spinach

Grilled Striped Bass Wrapped In Pancetta
with red wine sauce, roasted green asparagus, and stuffed savoy cabbage with wild mushrooms and herbs

Almond Torte
with seville marmalade, blood orange sherbet, and anise ice cream

Saturday
April 7 $95

An Apéritif

Warm Tomales Bay Oysters
with young spinach and champagne butter

Spring Vegetable Ragoût
with chanterelles and coriander oil

Grilled Paine Farm Squab
with balsamic vinegar sauce, wilted escarole and tatsoi, with straw potato and celery root cake

Bittersweet Chocolate Fondant
with espresso ice cream, crème anglaise, and candied walnuts

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Cafe at Chez Panisse

1517 Shattuck (at Vine) Berkeley, CA 94709

510-548-5525

Description

Jean-Pierre Moulle to Retire from Chez Panisse; Shutters: Pastores, Dibb's, West Portal Bakery

By Mollie McWilliams | Tue, April 3, 2012

From Smog to Fog

By Meredith Brody | Tue, December 24, 2002

Bay_Runner | New York , NY | 26 Reviews

claire85 | Los Angeles, CA | 188 Reviews

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