foodie's Reviews

Your taste buds are in for a treat at the elegant, eponymous restaurant of Bay Area chef Bradley Ogden. His signature nouveau American cuisine – starring farm fresh ingredients, flown in daily – is both down-home and daring. What I especially like is that you never know what you’ll be eating: Ogden unveils an innovative menu that changes nightly and may include creamy soups of organic carrot or parsley root, halibut with stuffed squash blossoms and black olives, and hot and cold foie gras served with cherries and warm brown bread. Divine desserts include chocolate bread pudding, rhubarb cake, and a banana split with coconut ice cream that knows no equal.

Reviewed on: January 19, 2006