FarmShop Now Offers A La Carte Dining at Dinner

FarmShop, the pricey but delicious restaurant that opened in the Brentwood Country Mart in December, began dinner service in September, with a prix fixe menu of one starter, one entree and cheese or dessert for a set price.  Modeled on Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc in Yountville, the food is served family style and there are no choices (except between cheese or dessert).

Beginning this week, FarmShop is now serving an a la carte dinner menu as well, so if you aren't in the mood for what is on the set menu or you want more or fewer dishes, you can create your own meal.  Dishes include Sweet Corn and Avocado Salad, Roasted Organic Chicken and Steamed Bouchot Mussels.

I am particularly excited to try the lamb, which is rumored to be joining the menu soon, as well as the Sunday night fried chicken.

FarmShop: Brentwood Country Mart: 225 26th Street, just South of San Vicente Blvd, Brentwood.  It is located adjacent to ReddiChick.

Full menu below:

today's dinner Friday October 21, 2011

tonight's family style three course menu forty-eight per person Sweet Corn & Avocado Salad Wild king Salmon Andante Dairy's Rondo or Frog Hollow Farms Warren Tart TO START Red Butter Lettuce Salad windrose farm carrots, radish, soft herbs & red wine vinaigrette     11 Sweet Corn & Avocado Salad herbed farro, sungold cherry tomatoes & garden mizuna     13 Frog Hollow Farm Warren Pears burrata, pomegranate, smoked almonds & wild arugula   14 Roasted Butternut Squash Soup  wild mushroom conserva, crėme fraîche & pepitas     10 Chickpea Hummus crispy chickpeas & wholegrain lavash    12 Salmon Rillettes fresh and smoked salmon with pickled vegetables& olive oil flatbread     16 Speck Ham marinated melon, heirloom lime & fennel pollen     14.5 FOLLOWED BY   Calotte of Prime Beef oven dried munak ranch tomoatoes, crispy potatoes & chimichurri     35 Pasta Mancini Alla Chitarra walnut-mint pesto, ricotta cheese & hot pepper     18 Wild King Salmon smashed baby beets, green olives, dill-yogurt & arugula    29 Roasted Organic Chicken corn & sweet peppers, calliope eggplant & pistachio salsa verde    26 Steamed Bouchot Mussels french curry, mustard, white wine & frites     27   ON THE SIDE   Smashed Beets spiced yogurt & wild arugula     8 Crispy Potatoes rosemary & garlic     7 Fried Eggplant local honey     8 Marinated Olives  preserved orange     4.5 Heirloom Tomatoes opal basil     6          CHEESE   Andante Dairy’s Rondo goat & cow     9.5 Bellwether Farms Pepato sheep     9.5 Fiscalini’s Bandaged Wrapped Cheddar cow     9.5 any three for fifteen dollars/ served with local honey & flatbreads        DESSERTS Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake dark chocolate mousse & candied hazelnuts     8 Lemon Custard huckleberry sauce & pistachio shortbread     8 FHF Warren Pear Tart frangipane, mission fig marmelade & mascarpone cream     8