Sunday Prix Fixe -- November sample menu -- three courses:  $38

Please note: this entire menu is also available à la carte for those who prefer

choice of:

Simple salad of mesclun greens with sherry-mustard vinaigrette
Boston lettuce salad with apples, cheddar cheese, spiced pecans and cider vinaigrette
Chilled octopus salad with roasted peppers, fennel, black olive and smoked paprika
Ceviche of Nantucket bay scallops with cucumber, lime, chilies and mint
One perfect cheese with fried almons and candied fruit

Autumn vegetable antipasto with roasted eggplant purée
Hot-salted shrimp with an orange and watercress salad
Maine crab cakes with berber spices and sweet pea puréed
Grilled Portuguese sardines with fried capers and parsley

choice of:
Thai-style "chowder" with red snapper and mussels with coconut, chilies and ginger
Grilled swordfish with caponata, Sicilian oregano and fregola sarda
Vegetable bollito misto with foraged mushrooms, baby carrots and truffled polenta
Rendezvous roast chicken with Moroccan spices, parnsip mashed potatoes and baby brussel sprouts
Braised pork and veal meatballs with toasted orrecchiette, tuscan kale and piave cheese
Steak frites:  peppered sirloin with french fries and mesclun salad ($4 extra)

choice of:

Lemon-buttermilk pudding with huckleberry sauce
Walnut cake with poached quince and crème fraîche
Homemade cookies and ice cream
Warm chocolate cake with cinnamon cream

wine specials:  $ 19 carafe      $ 7 glass

Domaine La Haute Févrie - Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, France - Melon de Bourgogne 2005
Fresh and clean, light citrus fruit and quince, minerality, focused and expressive finish.

Ludovicus - Terra Alta, Spain - Garnacha, Tempranillo, Syrah & Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Red and black cherries, fresh acid, light minerals, fun and innovative