| Opened
on June 10, 2005, the lively spin-off of Woodfire Grill, The Café
at Woodfire, is a neighborhood café with handsomely crafted
wood tables, carafes, a chef-appointed vintage Italian meat slicer
and a Panini press. The Café is located in what used to be
referred to as the "Front Room" of Woodfire Grill. The Café
at Woodfire promises all of the romance of neighborhood haunts typically
found in Italy, Spain, France, and in the American cities of San Francisco
and New York.
The menu changes
daily based on the availability of ingredients and what inspires
the chef: cured meats, artisan cheeses, Paninis, house-made breads
and pastries, soups, salads, and house-made sausages. The Café
menu is comprised of light fare encouraging guests to experience
several different tastes, as well as some of Woodfire Grill's signature
dishes such as wood fired pizzas or wood grilled burgers (made from
all natural beef, ground in house and served on a house-made bun)
served with pommes frites. A nicely-appointed menu for snacking
includes antipasti, house-cured and artisan produced salami and
meats, house-marinated olives, as well as farmstead and artisan
cheeses from the critically-acclaimed Woodfire Grill cheese cave.
The Limoncello
Bar offers some of the best Limoncellos from Italy, served ice cold.
The Café at Woodfire strives to offer a bar experience reminiscent
of an old-world Italian roadside cafe, where a plate of house-cured
salami and a carafe of rosso is all you need.
Wines are selected
for their ability to pair with the Café menu as well as the
wine director's eye for the unexpected. Wines are offered by the
glass from $4.00-$7.00, by the bottle for $16.00-$28.00, or by the
carafe. Beer lovers have not been forgotten, with a selection that
includes brews from around the region as well as hard-to-find bottles
from abroad. A full spirit bar is also available.
A meal at the
Café would not be complete without some of Woodfire Grill's
wonderfully inspired desserts. As a complement to the desserts,
a full selection of ports and sherries are available, as well as
espresso by Illy.
Service is more
casual than that experienced in the dining room of Woodfire Grill,
but no less warm, friendly, caring & knowledgeable.
The Café
at Woodfire offers an array of house-prepared menu items for take
out. In addition, guests may purchase house-baked signature breads,
cheeses and various ingredients like artisan-produced olive oils
and vinegars. The same great quality products found at Woodfire
every day are now available for entertaining at home!
The Café
serves the full menu Tuesday-Thursday from 5:30 p.m. until 10:00
p.m., Friday-Saturday from 5:30 p.m. until 11:00 p.m., and Sunday
from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. As can be imagined with any self-respecting
cafe, no reservations are accepted. Seating is on a first-come,
first-serve basis for the 40 sure-to-go-fast seats. Complimentary
valet parking is provided. Just to make sure every diner has an
equal opportunity to really live each experience at The Café
at Woodfire, the space is smoke-free.
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