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17 Chemin des Oliviers · 06230 Cap Ferrat

+33 4 93 00 18 40

Tuesday — Sunday · 18:00 — 23:00

The Carte

Two books, and the season between them.

The carte is rewritten each morning after the boats come in. The cellar changes more slowly. Turn the pages — or ask, and we will simply bring what is best today.

La Carte

Pour Commencer

  • Pain & Huile12

    House-milled sourdough, oil from the grove at Sainte-Marie

  • Olives de Nyons9

    Warmed with orange peel and wild fennel

  • Anchois de Collioure18

    White anchovy, salted butter, breakfast radish

  • Fleurs de Courgette20

    Courgette flowers, brousse, lemon zest

Entrées

  • Crudo di Mare28

    Raw daurade, bergamot, olive oil pressed the same week

  • Bouillon d'Été24

    Clear tomato broth, fennel, saffron, poured at the table

  • Jardin de Mai22

    Whatever the garden gave that morning, dressed very little

  • Langoustine34

    Brittany langoustine, its own bisque, a spoon of crème fraîche

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Plats

  • Loup de Mer46

    Line-caught bass, black olive, young spinach, lemon thyme

  • Daurade Royale84

    Whole, baked in salt, carved at the table — for two

  • Agneau des Alpilles52

    Shoulder cooked seven hours, aubergine, harissa verte

  • Poulpe à la Braise42

    Octopus over vine embers, potato, pimentón, bay

De la Terre

  • Blé & Pois Chiches34

    Ancient wheat, chickpea, preserved lemon, wild oregano

  • Aubergine Brûlée30

    Burnt aubergine, sesame, honey from the Alpilles

  • Risotto aux Herbes32

    Carnaroli, whatever is green that week, aged pecorino

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Fromages

  • Plateau de Fromages22

    Five, from the Alpilles and the Ligurian hills

  • Brousse & Miel16

    Fresh sheep's cheese, chestnut honey, walnut

Desserts

  • Tarte au Citron16

    Menton lemon, brown butter, a very thin shell

  • Glace à l'Huile d'Olive14

    Olive oil ice cream, sea salt, chestnut honey

  • Figues Rôties15

    Roasted figs, thyme, sheep's yoghurt

  • Pastis Maison11

    Our own, with a plate of almonds

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Vins Blancs

  • Clos Sainte Magdeleine 201918 / 86

    Cassis, Provence · Marsanne, Clairette

  • Punta Crena 201516 / 78

    Liguria, Italy · Pigato

  • Coche-Dury 2014— / 480

    Meursault, Burgundy · Chardonnay

  • Foradori Fontanasanta 202017 / 84

    Trentino, Italy · Nosiola

Vins Rosés

  • Domaine Tempier 202117 / 82

    Bandol, Provence · Mourvèdre, Cinsault

  • Clos Cibonne 202015 / 72

    Côtes de Provence · Tibouren

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Vins Rouges

  • Domaine de Trévallon 201624 / 140

    Alpilles, Provence · Cabernet, Syrah

  • Bartolo Mascarello 2011— / 320

    Barolo, Piedmont · Nebbiolo

  • Terroir al Límit 201821 / 105

    Priorat, Catalonia · Garnacha

  • Sciara 202019 / 92

    Etna, Sicily · Nerello Mascalese

  • Gulfi Nerojbleo 201716 / 76

    Val di Noto, Sicily · Nero d'Avola

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Champagne

  • Jacques Selosse, Initial— / 290

    Avize · Blanc de Blancs

  • Egly-Ouriet, Brut Tradition28 / 165

    Ambonnay · Pinot Noir

Digestifs

  • Marc de Provence14

    From a neighbour's still, unlabelled

  • Amaro Nonino13

    Friuli, aged in barrique

  • Vieille Prune22

    Souillac, forty years in glass

Sans Alcool

  • Verjus & Verveine12

    Green grape, lemon verbena, over ice

  • Tisane du Jardin8

    Whatever is dry in the rafters

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17 Chemin des Oliviers
06230 Cap Ferrat
France

+33 4 93 00 18 40
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