SolaraKitchen · Wine
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Solara · Menu

The menu

Written small, changed often, and best read with a glass of something. Ask us about the specials — there are always three.

Starters

to wake the table

  • Grilled sourdough, whipped cod roe, lemon

    House sourdough from the wood oven, smoked cod-roe cream, preserved lemon, sea salt.

    V option
    $14

  • Grilled octopus, white beans, rosemary oil

    A slow-charred leg, Tuscan white beans, and a rosemary-infused olive oil.

    GF
    $28

  • Burrata, stone fruit, basil, balsamic

    Creamy Campanian burrata, whatever stone fruit is best this week, Ligurian basil.

    VGF
    $22

  • Anchovies, butter, grilled bread

    Three white anchovies, good butter, a piece of grilled bread. Nothing else.

    $18

Pasta

made daily, rolled by hand

  • Hand-cut tagliatelle, wild mushroom, brown butter

    Tagliatelle tossed in foraged mushrooms, brown butter, thyme, and shaved pecorino.

    V
    $32

  • Squid-ink chitarra, bottarga, chili, garlic

    Black chitarra, bottarga shavings, Calabrian chili, aged garlic.

    $36

  • Orecchiette, broccolini, sausage, lemon

    Little ears with house fennel sausage, broccolini, lemon, and Parmigiano.

    $30

From the wood fire

grilled over oak and olive wood

  • Wood-fired lamb shoulder, saffron couscous

    Slow-braised shoulder, pearl couscous, preserved lemon, toasted almonds.

    $42

  • Whole branzino, herbs, salsa verde

    Sea bass grilled whole, herbs from our rooftop, a sharp Ligurian salsa verde.

    GF
    $46

  • Ribeye for two, charred scallions, anchovy butter

    Dry-aged ribeye, charred scallions, whipped anchovy butter, roasted garlic.

    $96

  • Roasted carrots, harissa yogurt, dukkah

    Heritage carrots from Napa, slow-roasted, harissa-spiced yogurt, house dukkah.

    VGF
    $22

Desserts

the end of the evening

  • Olive oil cake, candied orange, crème fraîche

    A deeply soaked olive oil cake, bitter orange from Palermo, house crème fraîche with sea salt.

    V
    $14

  • Panna cotta, stewed figs, honey

    A soft panna cotta, fresh figs stewed in red wine, wildflower honey.

    VGF
    $12

  • Affogato with espresso & hazelnut gelato

    Single-origin Sightglass espresso poured over house hazelnut gelato.

    V
    $10

Wine & Drinks

short list, good bottles

  • House red · Sangiovese, Tuscany

    A light, bright Sangiovese from a small grower near Montepulciano.

    $14 / $56

  • House white · Assyrtiko, Santorini

    Volcanic, mineral, salt-kissed. The desert-island wine.

    $15 / $60

  • Amaro of the night

    A rotating pour from the small amaro shelf. Ask.

    $10

  • Non-alcoholic spritz · orange, fennel, tonic

    Fresh orange, fennel cordial, tonic, a strip of grapefruit.

    N/A
    $9
V vegetarian GF gluten-free N/A no alcohol Please flag allergies — we'll cook around them.