Fire · Salt · Lineage
The Third Act
The Sahra — the lingering
The sweets, the rakweh and the digestifs. The table is not cleared yet. Ask, or just say yes.
The Sweet · The Pot · The Last Pour
The Table Is Not
Cleared Yet.
This is the part of the evening the house is named for — the house my father, Kaiser Morcus, and I opened together in 1992: the sweet, the pot of cardamom coffee poured at the table, and whatever you would like to sit behind while the room empties.
Stay as long as you like.
The Sweets
The sweet close the dinner card has been pointing at all night, plated from our own pastry bench.
The Rakweh
The long-handled pot, brought to the rise three times and poured unfiltered at the table.
The Digestifs
Sweet and fortified wines, the after-dinner shelf, and the complete spirit list for the lingering.
The Sweet Close
The Sweets
The dinner card has been pointing here all night, and this is what the prix-fixe finishes on.
Warm Fig & Crisped Kataifi
18Black Mission figs, split and warmed · kataifi crisped in brown butter · our fig, pistachio, dark-chocolate & kataifi gelato, churned in house.
Date & Toffee Pudding
14Coachella Valley dates · brown-butter toffee · crème fraîche ice cream.
Olive Oil & Citrus Cake
14Desert citrus · pistachio · mascarpone. V · N
Affogato
15Espresso poured over the fig or Lebanese-coffee gelato · almond biscotti. V · N
Churned In Our Own Kitchen
The Gelato & the Sorbet
Single 13 · double 19 · one of each 24
Fig, Pistachio, Dark Chocolate & Kataifi
Fig · crushed pistachio · dark chocolate with Mediterranean sea salt · kataifi. V · N
Lebanese Coffee, Cardamom
A smooth coffee gelato · aromatic cardamom — simple, sophisticated. V
Pomegranate, Blood Orange & Orange Blossom Sorbet
Pomegranate · blood orange · fresh lemon · a delicate touch of orange-blossom water · naturally dairy-free. Vg
Plated to Order
The Pastry Bench
None of it counted against the set menu. The knafeh comes in its own pan, for the middle of the table.
Cut at the Table · ◈
Knafeh
22Shredded kataifi baked over warm akkawi · orange-blossom syrup poured at the table, hot, and you will hear it · ashta ice cream, melting · crushed pistachio.
To share at the center of the table · N
Sito’s Baklaweh
16Fifty sheets of filo brushed with whole salted butter — never clarified, the way she made it · coarse-ground walnuts · baked in the almond-wood dome until the top shatters · cold rose-water syrup poured over hot. N
Cappuccino Mousse Cake
15Praline crust, ground nuts and caramel · Callebaut dark-chocolate mousse · cardamom coffee from the rakweh · fresh berries. N
Chocolate Lava Cake, à la Mode
18Molten Callebaut truffle center · French vanilla ice cream · berries · Tahitian vanilla-bean cream.
Lemon & Mastic Cheesecake ◆
14Meyer lemon · mascarpone · mastic · arak-macerated raspberry · orange blossom · almond crust. N
Crème Brûlée
14The pastry chef’s flavor of the week · burnt sugar · Callebaut chocolate · coconut macaroon.
Brought to the Rise Three Times
The Rakweh
The long-handled pot, poured unfiltered at the table.
The Levantine Close
Levantine Cardamom Coffee
8 · for two 14 · for the table 24Cardamom coffee brought to the rise in the long-handled pot, poured unfiltered · with a date ma’amoul.
The Cup After Dinner
Coffee & Tea
Peerless Organic Coffee
5Fair trade · 100% arabica beans · small-batch roasted.
Espresso · Caffè Americano
5Double Espresso
7Cappuccino · Latte
7Double Cappuccino
9Moroccan Mint Tea
6Lebanese Iced Coffee
7Smith Teamaker by Steven Smith
7Varietals change.
Coffee, with Something in It
Arak & Cardamom Coffee ◆
18Arak alongside cardamom coffee — the Levantine close.
Irish Coffee
15Irish whiskey · hot coffee · demerara · softly whipped cream · warm.
Kaiser Coffee
15Bourbon · hot coffee · date syrup · whipped cream · date caramel · warm.
The Pastry Pantry · Poured
Dessert in a Glass
Pistachio, chocolate, baklaweh and fig leaf — poured instead of plated.
Chocolate Espresso Martini
20Vodka · coffee liqueur · crème de cacao · espresso · straight up.
Baklaweh in a Glass
18Bourbon · walnut liqueur · honey · orange blossom · pistachio · straight up.
Fig-Leaf Martini
20Fig-leaf-infused gin · dry vermouth · saline · straight up.
Be Naughty ◆
20Arak · dark chocolate · coffee · date · cardamom cream · straight up.
Pistachio Espresso Martini
20Pistachio orgeat · vodka · coffee liqueur · fresh espresso · straight up.
Three Ounces
Sweet & Fortified
By the glass, and a flight for the table that cannot choose.
Pedro Ximénez Sherry
15Jerez, Spain.
Tawny Port, 20-Year
18Douro, Portugal.
Sauternes
19Bordeaux, France.
Dessert Wine Flight
26Three pours, chosen by the somm.
Twenty-Four Bottles
The After-Dinner Shelf
Kept for the end of a night — aged, poured neat, and worth the time they take.
Cognac, Armagnac & Calvados · Two Ounces
Hennessy V.S.O.P., France 22
Pierre Ferrand Réserve, France 28
Rémy Martin X.O., France 48
Hennessy X.O., France 52
Castarède Armagnac XO, Bas-Armagnac, France 26
Delord 25-Year Armagnac, Bas-Armagnac, France 42
Louis XIII, France · one ounce 285
Amari, Fernet & Arak · Two Ounces
Aperol, Italy 10
Campari, Italy 11
Amaro Nonino Quintessentia, Friuli, Italy 28
Fernet-Branca, Milan, Italy 15
Bénédictine, Fécamp, France 13
Chartreuse Green, Voiron, France 16
Razzouk Arak 100, Lebanon 14
El Massaya Arak, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon 18
Single Malt Scotch · Two Ounces
Glenlivet 18-Year, Speyside 28
Glenmorangie 18-Year, Highland 32
Macallan 18-Year Sherry Oak, Speyside 58
Macallan 25-Year, Speyside 185
Lagavulin 16-Year, Islay 38
Ardbeg Uigeadail, Islay 28
Highland Park 18-Year, Orkney 30
Japanese Whisky · Two Ounces
Hibiki Japanese Harmony, Suntory 24
Nikka From the Barrel, blended 22
One Hundred and Three More Bottles
The Spirit List, in Full
Carried here whole so that the end of a night never has to send anybody back to the bar.
Port · Three Ounces
Graham’s 6 Grapes 14
Graham’s 20-Year 24
Cognac · Two Ounces
Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. 27
Courvoisier V.S. 19
Hennessy V.S. 19
Frapin V.S.O.P. 28
Cordial & Spirit · Two Ounces
St. George Absinthe Verte 18 · Amaretto Disaronno 18
Baileys 18 · B&B 18 · Drambuie 18
Dry Sack Sherry 18 · Frangelico 18 · Galliano 18
Grand Marnier 18 · Piave Grappa 24 · Kahlúa 16
Metaxa Ouzo 17 · Pallini Limoncello 18
Tia Maria 18 · Tuaca 18
Gin · Two Ounces
Beefeater 15 · Bombay Sapphire 16 · Gin Mare 18
Hendrick’s 18 · Plymouth 17 · St. George Terroir 18
Tanqueray 16 · The Botanist 19
Vodka · Two Ounces
Absolut 15 · Chopin Potato 18 · Grey Goose 18
Hangar 1 17 · Ketel One 16 · Tito’s Handmade 15
Rum · Two Ounces
Appleton Estate 12-Year 22 · Bacardí Superior 15
Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva 22
Flor de Caña 12-Year 19 · Goslings Black Seal 16
Mount Gay Black Barrel 17 · Plantation 3 Stars 16
Ron Zacapa 23 Solera 26
Single Malt Scotch · Two Ounces
Glenlivet 12-Year 29 · Glenfiddich 12-Year 29
Glenfiddich 15-Year 49 · Macallan 12-Year 29
Lagavulin 16-Year 38
Blended Scotch · Two Ounces
Chivas Regal 18 · Dewar’s White Label 16
Dewar’s 12-Year Double Aged 22 · Johnnie Walker Red 17
Johnnie Walker Black 22 · Johnnie Walker Blue 50
Irish Whiskey · Two Ounces
Jameson 15 · Bushmills 17 · Paddy’s 17
Bourbon · Two Ounces
Buffalo Trace 18 · Bulleit 18 · Jim Beam 15
Knob Creek 18 · Maker’s Mark 18 · Wild Turkey 17
Woodford Reserve 18 · Old Forester 17
Four Roses Single Barrel 25
WhistlePig PiggyBack Snout to Tail Bourbon 6-Year 25
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof 31 · Weller Antique 107 33
American Whiskey · Two Ounces
Bulleit Rye 18 · Fireball Cinnamon 15 · Jack Daniel’s 16
Jack Daniel’s Bonded 18 · Gentleman Jack 20
Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel 25 · Seagram’s 7 Crown 15
Skrewball 17 · Southern Comfort 15
WhistlePig PiggyBack Rye 6-Year 25
WhistlePig 10-Year Rye 29 · Sazerac Rye 25
Canadian Whisky · Two Ounces
Crown Royal 18 · Canadian Club 15 · Seagram’s VO 15
Tequila · Blanco · Two Ounces
Casamigos 16 · Cazadores 16 · Don Julio 16
Herradura 16 · Milagro Silver 16 · Patrón Silver 16
Lalo 18 · Tequila Ocho Plata 20
Tequila · Reposado · Two Ounces
Cazadores 18 · Don Julio 18 · Herradura 18 · Patrón 18
Tequila · Añejo & Mezcal · Two Ounces
Camarena 20 · Don Julio 20 · Don Julio 1942 60
Herradura Añejo 22 · Patrón Añejo 22
Tres Generaciones 29 · Elemental Mezcal 22