Chez Panisse is located at 1517 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, California and is known for the best-tasting food that is organically grown using ecologically safe methods by people who care about the earth.  Opened in 1971 by Alice Waters, this neighborhood bistro offers a different set menu every day, using only the freshest and finest ingredients of the season.  Prices are set, and reservations are required for dinners featuring Chicory salad with walnuts, duck liver toast, and gizzard confit as the first course, Maine lobster ravioli with herbs in fish broth as the second, grilled Marin Sun grass-fed beef rib eye with bordelaise sauce as the third course, and that is just the beginning.

There is also a Cafe upstairs that offers a la carte dishes for both lunch and dinner.  Menus still change daily, and reservations are recommended.  Some dishes you can expect to see at the Cafe include hand-cut fettuccine with asparagus, peas, crème fraîche, chervil, and pecorino, the Provençal fish and shellfish stew with saffron, leeks, and aïoli, and grilled cattail Creek Ranch lamb leg with wild fennel cakes, kale, cardoons, and green garlic.  Talk about watering tastebuds.

Reservations need to be made even a month in advance, and a $25 deposit is required upon making the reservations using a credit card.

Visit Chez Panisse’s website for the menu, reservations and directions.

Happy eating!