Cortez Menu

"Today's Crudo"

our freshest fish simply marinated

Soup Shots For Two

Fries With Harissa & Zaatar Spiced Mayonnaises

Sauteed Broccolini, Chili, Garlic Olive Oil, Toasted Pine Nuts

Herbed Baby Green Salad

with roasted pistachios, oven-dried strawberries & french feta

House-Made Ricotta Ravioli

with fresh peas, mint, preserved grapefruit & brown butter emulsion

Frisee Salad, Smoked Trout, Apple & Avocado

with warm fingerling potatoes & mustard beurre blanc

"Croque Madame"

jambon de bayonne, hamachi, quail egg

Ahi Tuna Cocktail

with tomato confit, pickled shallots, avocado cream & chips espelette

Prawns A La Plancha

with basque pimentos, lemon garlic butter & creamy crab rice

Katafi Crusted Crab Cake

with tarragon aioli, citrus marinated cabbage

Caramelized Scallops, Crispy Shallots, Raw & Roasted Artichokes

with vanilla-saffron sauce

Roasted Idaho Trout

oven-dried tomatoes, melted leeks, lemon caper brown butter

Slow Cooked Chicken Breast,

smoked purple potatoes, herbed fava beans & buttered morels

Foie Gras Terrine

chunky orange & herbes de provence marmalade, grilled brioche & organic country bread

Poached Halibut

with pan roasted asparagus, chiodini mushrooms & pickled scallion vinaigrette

Lavender Honey Glazed Long Island Duck Breast

with roasted cherries, haricot verts & sunchoke puree

Pan Roasted Hanger Steak

creamy swiss chard & spice dusted crispy onions

Braised Pork Shoulder & Belly

with fennel puree, sweet & sour jus

Date & Mint Crusted

australian lamb sirloin, garlic chive puree, cumin scented carrots

Milkshake Shots For Two

Sour Cream Cheesecake

with raspberry puree, poached rhubarb & meyer lemon sorbet add a shot of bonny doon muscat $2.5

Buttermilk Panna Cotta

with marinated pineapple & basil sorbet add a shot of lillet $2.5

Sugar & Spice Beignets

valhrona chocolate fondue add a shot of house made vanilla-milk liqueur $2.5

Coconut Tapioca Soup

with creme brulee mille feuille & passion-elderflower sorbet add a shot of hopler noble reserve $3.5

Creamy Chocolate Espresso Tart

with toasted almond vanilla ice cream add a shot of vermeer dutch chocolate cream $2.5

"Cortez" Lemon Meringue Tart,

luscious blueberry compote, lemon foam & ginger ice cream add a shot of caravella limoncella $2.5

Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffle Cake

with caramel ice cream & peanut praline add a shot of sailor jerry spiced rum $2.5

"Three Cheeses"

served with warm biscuits & fruit condiment flight of ports $8.00

Viognier Doux, Bonny Doon, Paso Robles, 2002

Muscat Vin De Glaciere, Bonny Doon, 2000

Trademark Reserve, Dow's, Portugal

Broadbent Madeira, Portugal, 10 Year

Lustau, Pedro Ximenez Sherry

Lbv Porto, Dow's, Portugal, 1997

Hopler Noble Reserve, Austria, 1981

Tawny Porto, Dow's, 10 Year

Tawny Porto, Dow's, 20 Year

The Elderflower

gloria ferrer royal cuvee 1995 brut, d arbo elderflower syrup, lemon twist

Americano

campari, sweet vermouth, soda, orange wedge

Cortez Martini

tanqueray no. ten gin, stoli gold vodka, lillet blonde, orange twist

The Journalist

damrak gin, cointreau, red & white vermouth, lemon juice and bitters, lemon twist

Negroni

plymouth gin, campari and sweet vermouth, orange wedge

Cortez Manhattan

woodford reserve bourbon, dubonnet rouge, bitters, brandied cherries

Diablo

silver tequila, creme de cassis, fresh lime, ginger ale, lime wheel

Raspberry Collins

gin or vodka, raspberry puree, lemon, soda, lemon wheel

Elderflower No. 10

tanqueray no. ten gin, fresh lemon juice, d arbo elderflower syrup, orange bitters, lemon twist

Passionate Peach

vodka, passion fruit puree, edmond briottet peach liqueur, finished with champagne, orange twist

Cortez Caipirinha

(changes daily) cachaca, fruit puree, fresh lime, sugar

Mojito

rum, fresh lime, fresh mint, sugar and soda, lime wheel

Orange Cosmo

grey goose l'orange vodka, cointreau, lime, cranberry juice, orange wedge

Spanish Sidecar

lustau spanish brandy, cointreau, lemon juice, sugar rim