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Wood-fired · A neighborhood table

Ember & Oak

One open hearth, thirty-eight seats, and a menu the fire decides.

The oak is split at dawn.
The coals are ready by five.
There is no gas line.

lit at noon — out at midnight

over the coals, not beside them
over the coals, not beside them
plated the moment it leaves the fire
plated the moment it leaves the fire

Ember & Oak

Tonight

From the hearth

Coal-roasted oysters19

nduja butter, sourdough ash

Cedar-plank trout31

brown butter, charred lemon, dill

48-hour short rib38

ember glaze, smoked marrow, gremolata

Half chicken al mattone29

brick-pressed, rosemary, drippings

From the garden

Blistered heirlooms16

whipped ricotta, basil oil, flake salt

Charred cabbage wedge15

black garlic caesar, rye crumb

Ember-baked beets14

horseradish crème, hazelnut

Afterwards

Burnt honey tart13

bee pollen, crème fraîche

Campfire chocolate14

smoked ganache, toasted meringue

The Hearth — a nightcap16

rye, amaro, burnt orange, oak smoke

the fire decides earlier than we do — dishes may leave the menu by eight

Short rib, straight from the hearth

the 48-hour short rib, ten seconds off the fire

“The room is dark, the fire does the lighting, and the food tastes like someone's paying attention.”

table nine — last february

Reservations

A table for, at.

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