DOWNSTAIRS DINNER MENUS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7–12, 2026
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Closed for Labor Day
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 $175
Green bean and sweet pepper salad with hazelnuts, Sungold tomatoes, and basil
Half Moon Bay sanddabs with fennel, spinach, and sauce Grenobloise
Spit-roasted Becker Lane Farm pork loin with Early Girl tomato confit, chanterelle mushrooms, and roasted torpedo onions
Passionfruit ice cream pavlova with strawberries
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 $175
Yellowtail jack carpaccio with rocket salad, lemon cucumbers, and tarragon
Eggplant ravioli with pomodoro passata, basil, Parmesan
Stemple Creek Ranch grass-fed beef filet grilled with rosemary; with yellow wax beans, chanterelle mushrooms, and French fingerling potatoes
Marsala semifreddo with roasted Black Mission figs and raspberries
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 $175
New Girl tomato gazpacho with lemon cucumbers, piccolo fino basil, and fried squash blossoms
Venetian style fried Bodega Bay rockfish with saffron onions, pinenuts, and wild fennel
Grilled Sonoma County duck breast with cape gooseberry mostarda, crispy potatoes, chanterelle mushrooms, and haricots verts
Raspberry ice cream crêpe with almond praline
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 $175
Roasted figs with ricotta, hazelnuts, frisée, and Jimmy Nardello peppers
Gulf shrimp with Valencia tomato risotto and wild fennel
Spit-roasted Stemple Creek Ranch grass-fed beef rib-eye with yellow wax beans, amaranth greens, chanterelle mushroom and cannellini bean gratin, and anchovy–herb butter
Neapolitan ice cream bombe
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 $175
Smoked black cod salad with pickled beets, lemon cucumbers, and crème fraîche
Chanterelle mushroom and nettle ravioli in brodo with Parmesan
Grilled Paicines Ranch lamb rack and loin with roasted quince, glazed turnips, and sautéed spinach and escarole
Fig–raspberry feuilleté with fig leaf ice cream
We always offer a vegetarian substitution. However, we cannot make any other modifications or changes to our Restaurant menus.
A 17% supplementary charge is automatically added to your bill and contributes to wages and benefits for all Chez Panisse employees.
Tips left by our guests are directly distributed and shared by the dining room, dish room, and kitchen employees working today who helped create your dining experience.
Service charge: 17 percent Sales tax: 10.25 percent Corkage $40/bottle, $70/magnum
Website artwork by Patricia Curtan.
1517 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705