Stratton’s seasonal menu can’t be found on the restaurant’s website, but at the moment it includes beet three ways (tartare, purée, “paint”) served with panko-coated chèvre, clams and fava beans in a Thai-inspired lime-leaf broth, and house-made fettuccine with chanterelles and macadamia nuts.
Beet three ways comes with deep-fried chevre. $14.
Cherrystone clams and fava beans in a lime-leaf broth. $16.
Cold octopus escabeche salad. $20.
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House-made fettuccine with chanterelles, macadamia nuts and parmesan, finished with a mushroom broth. $22.
Berkshire pork two ways: tenderloin on apple cinnamon purée topped with apple crisp, and shredded pork belly in chipotle barbecue sauce with a Granny Smith apple fritter. $26.
Seared Coho salmon with seared sunchokes, sunchoke purée, braised dandelion greens and a lobster reduction. $24.
Kobe beef with maitake mushrooms and XO sauce. $70.
A white-chocolate brownie and a rum-soaked banana “spring roll” with a scoop of rum ice cream. $14.
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The Mexican Chocolate dessert is presented as a dome and smashed open at the table to reveal a chocolate terrine topped with 22-karat gold, fleur de sel and a trio of robot truffles. $18.
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The drinks
James Bailey’s (Furlough, Bar Mar) house cocktails are inspired by superheroes and villains.
Le Diable Blanc: rye, Remy Martin VSOP, Dubonnet, Benedictine, byrrh, fino sherry, Creole bitters. $19.
Rarely on Target: Bacardi Maestro, Dillon’s absinthe, egg white, lime juice, pineapple cordial, coconut milk and an almond orgeat stencil of a Stormtrooper. $20. Photo by Renée Suen
The space
The front door (opened by pressing a big red button) enters into a comic-covered lobby, which leads to a split-level 80-seat restaurant filled with cartoon-themed work by local artists, including a Pac-Man light installation on the ceiling. A DJ booth is manned after dinner.
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