Frances

Frances, a cozy neighborhood restaurant with friendly service.  I was especially impressed with the house wine service by the oz.  It encourages wine culture.  Every table had at least a carafe of the easy drinking house wine on the table.  Wine list is perfect for Frances' cousine with Anne Gros white burgundy by the glass and Anne Gros Richebourgs.

Roasted Beet & Rainbow Carrot Salad

sauce gribiche & wild argula

Grilled Calamari

preserved lemon, shaved fennel, radish & wild argula

Apple wood Smoked Bacon Beignets

maple creme fraiche & chive

Panisse Frites

crispy chickpea fritters & calabrese chili aioli

Thin crispy crust with moist tender chickpea.  So good that I did not want the aioli sauce to ruine the texture.  I had the whole plate for myself.

Chicory Lettuce Salad

persimmon sunchoke fennel olives & ricotta stagionata

Dungeness Crab Salad

little gems, tarragon vinaigrette, owari satsuma mandarin

Roasted Chestnut Soup

pearl onion, lacinato kale & bacon

Spugnole Pasta & Cotechino Sausage

black trumpets & moliterno pecorino

Five Dot Ranch Bavette Steak

toasted farro ragout, maitakes & fava greens

Liberty Farm Duck Breast

Italian butter beans, braised endive & sicilian olives

Chicory Root Panna Cotta

satsuma mandarin, espresso gelee, chocolate sea salt cookies

'Lumberjack' Cake

sierra beauty apple, medjool dates, maple-walnut ice cream