Melissa Claire’s Kitchen is a weekly Thursday dinner at the Velo Rouge Café created by Chef Melissa Axelrod who’s resume includes such quintessentially San Francisco restaurants as Delfina & Fringale. Melissa Claire’s Kitchen features communal dinning, allowing you to experience the delight of talking with others (or not), While enjoy a seasonally crafted & inspired prix-fixe meal made from farm fresh local, sustainable and seasonal ingredients.
 
Two seating’s are offered 6:15 & 8:00pm
 
Menu for: July 30, 2009

Local albacore tuna crudo with shaved summer squash & almond mint pesto
"BLT"  of fried green tomatoes, bacon, goat cheese & arugula
Roasted Sonoma leg of lamb with summer vegetable succotash and herb vinaigrette   

  Or 

“Risotto” stuffed early girl tomato with wilted fava leaves & fresh cannellini beans  
Roasted ½ peach, vanilla ice cream, crumbled oatmeal cookies  & salted caramel sauce