Dinner menu

PETITS PLATS

pain et beurre $8
a hunk of warm Grand Central Bakery baguette with a side of lightly salted French farmstead butter

huîtres $4ea
fresh oysters from the pacific northwest on the half shell* with shallot mignonette and lemon GF

calamars frits $14
little fried squid tubes and tentacles with tartar sauce GF

panisse $13
crispy chickpea fingers with our spicy harissa sauce and cultured crème fraîche GF

gambas grillées $25
whole wood-grilled sweet prawns from Kauai bathed in anchovy, lemon and tarragon “Café de Paris” butter

geoduck cru $24
raw WA giant clam* with fresh fennel and summer tidal greens GF

thon de ligne cru “Niçoise“ $24
raw St. Jude albacore tuna loin*with haricots verts, quail egg and tonnato sauce GF

escargots $18
six plump Burgundy snails broiled in a green garlic-parsley butter with warm baguette

tartare de boeuf $24
hand-chopped raw*dry-aged Washington beef eye round with our house seasonings, a raw*farm egg yolk and tartines

pâté en croûte $22
an elegant terrine of pork, bacon, fig and pistachio paté baked in pastry and served with pickles

salade fermière $20
a collection of farm lettuces with goat cheese, fines herbes, radishes, sunflower seeds and Dijon vinaigrette GF V

gratinée à l’oignon $20
our French onion soup composed of confit onions stewed in a bubbling roasted veal bone broth with broiled Gruyère croutons and chives

GRANDS PLATS

polenta à la ratatouille $38
a Provençal gathering of eggplant, tomato and summer squash with Italian cornmeal a poached farm egg V

cabillaud noir $48
wood-grilled fillet of local local northwest black cod with creamed spinach, rapini and bay leaf beurre blanc

poulet aux chanterelles $48
a tender free-range half-chicken braised with wild chanterelles, bacon and sage

steak-frites $46
wood-grilled Washington-raised dry-aged rotating Pure Country beef cuts with a Cognac-laced “au poivre” sauce and house pommes frites

cassoulet $50
a hot crock of slow-simmered Rancho Gordo white beans and ham with a confit duck leg and a homemade Toulouse sausage topped with garlic breadcrumbs

ask about our daily specials!

DESSERTS

cheese of the moment $12ea

housemade ice creams and sorbets $8 GF

mousse au chocolat $10
milk chocolate, candied nuts, fleur de sel GF

crème brûlée $12 GF

Please note that L’Oursin is a service charge establishment. A 20% service charge is applied to each bill in lieu of a tip.

This amount is retained by the house and redistributed entirely and fairly as wages and benefits to the staff working this evening.

If you would like us to remove this from your bill, please ask and we’ll be happy to do it. Thank you.

*The King County Health Department would like us to remind you that eating raw shellfish and other foods on this dinner menu may be harmful to your health.