Kris Morningstar

Nov 19-21

Six Course Tasting Menu $62 per person food only/Bar Bites $3-9/$12 cocktails/wine parings, by the glass or bottle, or $20 corkage

Bar Bites
Braised Beef Tendon 8
Truffled Chicken liver Pate w/ Crostini 8
Duck Rillete w/ Prunes & Grilled Bread 8
Pissaladiere type thing 9
Crispy Pork Bites 7
Yorkshire Pudding 3

Tasting Menu

Today’ s House Baked Bread
Amuse/Drake Family Farms Local Goat Cheese
Smoked Trout/ Quail Egg/ California Caviar/ Horseradish
Local Market Fish/ Carslbad Clams/ Epazote Broth/ Chili
Kuri Squash Agnolotti/ Hen Of the Wood Mushrooms/ Lime Brown Butter/ Hazelnuts
House Made Garlic Sausage/ Lentils de Puy/ Grapes/ Brussel Sprouts
Duck Breast & Leg Galantine/Salted oatmeal/ Apples/ Baby Turnips/ Hoja Santa
Chocolate/ Peanut Butter/ Caramel

All guest checks include a service charge of 18%. While additional gratuities are appreciated, they are neither required nor expected. Substitutions politely declined. Vegetarian options are not available during this chef’s brief tenure.

BIO

Kris is a native Californian raised in New Jersey. After Attending University of Maryland, He moved out to Los Angeles to pursue his life long passion of cooking. Kris worked his way through some of Los Angeles best restaurants including AOC, Patina, Grace and Meson G. At his first chef position Morningstar earned a Raving 2.5 star review from the L.A. times, a James Beard Nomination and a Rising Star Chef Award from Gayot. Most Recently Kris was the chef for District on Sunset and the Mercantile where he once again received a glowing L.A. Times review where the food was called “Bold and Delicious.”

Morningstar will be cooking the food he enjoys the most; seasonal, local, technique and flavor driven foods that are labors of love.