COCKTAILS

The Fountain of Youth 12

Poire William-scented Champagne with spiced pear

Summer 12
A perfect refresher of red wine, brandy and fresh fruit

Ponce de Leon 12
A refreshing elixir of Calvados, orange bitters and tonic

Spring 12
Armagnac, orange liquor and fresh lime juice

Swing Girl 12
Corazon Tequila, orange liquor and pineapple juice

Fall 12
Imperia Vodka and apple liquor garnished with a
fresh apple slice

Tarzan 12
Pimm’s #1 and lemonade garnished with berries
and a cucumber slice

“To get into best society, one has either to Girl from Ipanema 12
feed people, amuse people, or shock people.”
Caipirinha Leblon Cachaça, fresh lime and sugar
─ Oscar Wilde

Please ask your server

about the
Basket Wine

Champagne
Monopole, Heidsieck & Co, Brut N.V. 15

Sparkling Wine
Dom Vincent Crémant de Bourgogne Rosé Brut N.V. 15

White Wine
Chardonnay 13
Relativity Vineyards "Reserve", Napa Valley 2006

Sauvignon Blanc 12
Sancerre, Domaine Florian Mollet 2007

Tocai Friulano 10
Cantarutti, Friulli 2005
One West 67th Street
New York, NY 10023
www.cafenyc.com
212-877-3500 Rosé
Cinsault, Grenache
Réaltière "Pastel", Coteaux d'Aix en Provence 2005 10
Proprietors: Jenifer and George Lang
General Manager: Orlando Santana
Chef de Cuisine: Joseph Paulino
Executive Sous-Chef: Kelvin Fernandez Red Wine
Managers: Henrick Parre & Carlos Sifuentes
Flowers: John Reynolds Cabernet Sauvignon 14
Camille, Domaine de la Réaltière 2004

Syrah, Grenache 9
Côtes-du-Rhône Villages, Domaine des Auziéres 2006

Merlot 13
Château La Gatte "La Butte", Bordeaux 2005

Pinot Noir 14
Copeland Creek Vineyard, Sonoma Valley 2004
 A BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE CAFÉ, DESSERT WINE
ANNO 1917 Muscat, Domaine Salvat 2003 9
Sauternes, Castelnau de Suduiraut 2001 13
A very important part of the heritage of the Café PORT
des Artistes is the fact that artists lived and worked in
virtually all of the buildings on our block. They were Rozès, LBV, 1994 16
a highly colorful and social group, and the Café Rozès 20 Years Old 22
served as a meeting place for their creative efforts,
offering reasonably priced food flavored with good COGNAC
conversation.
Hennessy V.S.O.P. Privilege 15
Hennessy X.O. 32
The Café was fashioned after the English
Courvoisier V.S.O.P. 14
Ordinary, a cozy bistro with a limited menu based on
Remy Martin X.O. 33
foods available at market. While the bistros of France,
Remy Martin V.S.O.P. 14
trattorias of Italy, beisls of Vienna and tavernas of
Martell "Cordon Bleu" 31
Greece - all equivalents of the Ordinary - flourish to
Edmond Audry "Exception" 65
this day, the style never became popular in the United
States.
CALVADOS
Tradition is often just a form of conspiracy to Pays d'Auge, Roger Groult "Vénérable" 20 yrs old 28
keep the future from happening, but adapting this old- Pays d'Auge, Roger Groult 8 yrs old 17
fashioned concept to the current market has served
the Café well. It isn’t a lofty grande cuisine served at
the Café, nor its many strange and faddish offshoots, ARMAGNAC
but a cuisine with the flavor and texture of a Marie Duffau "Napoléon" 14
neighborhood restaurant where good middle-class Marie Duffau 1973 33
food, typical French Sunday dinners, would be
rounded out by some “If only I could have…” type DIGESTIFS
dishes.
We look forward to many Anisette Marie Brizard 12
memorable meals with you. Grand Marnier 13
Grappa 13
Sambuca Romana Black 12
Sambuca Molinari 12
Frangelico 12

SCOTCH & SINGLE MALTS

Macallan 12 yr 14
Macallan 18 yr 32
Laphroaig 15 yr 18
Bruichladdich 15 yr 19
Glenmorangie 10 yr 14
Glenlivet 12 yr 13
Glenlivet 18 yr 18
Glenfiddich 12 yr 13
Adelphi 22 yr 23
Adelphi 25 yr 26
THE MURALS AND Adelphi 31 yr 35
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY Oban 14 yr 15
Balvenie 12 yr 13
Chivas 12 yr 12
Howard Chandler Christy, who painted the murals Chivas 18 yr 16
featured in the Café des Artistes, was a celebrity during
his two careers: as an illustrator (1895-1920) and as a EAU DE VIE
portrait painter (1920-1952). He was among the
leading illustrators in demand by the most popular Poire William Massenez 16
periodicals in the early part of the 20th century.
Poire Prisonnière Massenez 18
Around that time, Christy originated the Christy girl, Framboise Sauvage Massenez 16
who was the sporty American ideal after the blousy Mirabelle Massenez 16
Gibson girl of the previous generation.
BEERS
There are six murals of wood nymphs painted by
Christy in the Café des Artistes. The first group was Heineken 7
completed in 1934 and the second in 1942. The Newcastle Ale 7
names of the paintings are The Parrot Girl , The Swing Budweiser 6
Girl , Ponce de Leon , Fall , Spring , and The Fountain of Amstel Light 7
Youth. Stella Artois 7
Spaten 7
Guiness 7
Kaliber 6
Carlsberg 7
 CHEESES
A PLATTER OF THREE CHEESES 16
A PLATTER OF FIVE CHEESES 24
DELUXE CHEESE PLATTER 29

Clochette
goat cheese from Poitou
Brie de Meaux
farm house style brie cow's milk
Istara
sheep's milk semi-hard
Fiscalini Please ask your server about buying
hard raw cow's milk from California, USA autographed copies of some of our
Manchego award-winning books:
hard sheep's cheese from La Mancha, Spain
Comté
Nobody Knows the Truffles I've Seen:
raw cow's milk hard
George Lang's memoir
Papillon Roquefort
Featuring George Lang's 20 favorite
blue sheep's milk from France Hungarian Recipes
$35.95

. For the Love of Food: Recipes and Stories

from the Chefs of the IACP
ICE CREAMS and SORBETS 9 a unique collection of favorite foods and
Ice Creams: vanilla, pistachio, mocha chip memories from thirty-four well-known
Sorbets: green apple, lemon, pear contributors, including Lidia Bastianich, Rick
Bayless, Todd English, Charlie Trotter – and Café
des Artistes’ own Managing
Director Jenifer Lang
RASPBERRY ALMOND TART 12
$26.95
APPLE STRUDEL 12

DARK CHOCOLATE FONDUE FOR TWO 12

warm chocolate ganache with assorted fruits per person
and cookies
(minimum two people)

CAFÉ DES ARTISTES SUNDAE 12

your choice of ice cream served with walnuts, Please ask your server
caramelized bananas and chocolate sauce about purchasing
Café des Artistes
HOT FUDGE “NAPOLEON” 16 Gift Certificates
ice cream and puff pastry sandwich with fresh berries

CABERNET PEAR TART 12

CRÈME BRULEE 12
Café des Artistes
is open for dinner
pre-theater and post-theater:

Dinner
Monday through Saturday
5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
À LA MODE Sunday – 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

A SCOOP OF ICE CREAM OR SORBET Brunch

ALONGSIDE YOUR FAVORITE DESSERT Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
$4 Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Parlor at Café des Artistes

is open for private parties
of up to 14 people.
OUR FAMOUS
GREAT DESSERT PLATE
a sampler platter of a few of
our wonderful desserts

$36
 FIRST COURSE MAIN COURSE

SUMMER PEA SOUP 12 PAN ROASTED RED SNAPPER 33

sweet corn and crayfish chowder

GRILLED PENCIL ASPARAGUS 13

balsamic reduction, extra virgin olive oil
CARAMELIZED DIVER SEA SCALLOPS 33
baby spinach, shiitake mushrooms,
CAESAR SALAD 9 orange and honey reduction
chopped Romaine lettuce,
herbed croutons and Parmesan shavings

SOY AND GINGER GLAZED TUNA 34

ENDIVE AND ARUGULA SALAD 14 sautéed bok choy, shiitake mushrooms,
Stilton, walnuts, peaches, rosemary ginger sauce cherry tomatoes

TUNA TARTARE 16
chopped ahi tuna, avocado, ginger soy marinade STURGEON SCHNITZEL 34
Asian pears breaded filet of sturgeon, cucumber salad,
sauce rémoulade, roasted potatoes

CHARCUTERIE PLATE 18

OVEN ROASTED ORGANIC CHICKEN 26

HALF DOZEN OYSTERS 18 mashed potatoes, asparagus, beurre blanc sauce
Delaware Bay

WATERMELON AND PROSCIUTTO 14 POT AU FEU 29

seedless red watermelon, Prosciutto di Parma, braised short rib, brisket, braised duck leg and
basil, goat cheese, balsamic reduction marrow bone, traditional accompaniments

WIENER SCHNITZEL 34
breaded filet of veal, cucumber salad,
sauce rémoulade, roasted potatoes

RESTAURANT WEEK MENU

SUMMER 2008 ROASTED RACK OF AUSTRALIAN LAMB 42
fondant potatoes, Provençal vegetables,
choice of Béarnaise sauce
Watermelon and Prosciutto di Parma Salad
goat cheese, basil, balsamic reduction
or GRILLED STEAK FRITES 39
Tuna Tartare summer vegetable medley, pommes frites,
chopped ahi tuna, avocado, ginger soy marinade au poivre or Béarnaise sauce
Asian pears
or
Country Patè

*******
choice of
Grilled Barbeque Loin of Pork
savoy cabbage slaw
or
Pan Roasted Striped Bass
summer vegetables
or SIDE DISHES
Penne Pasta
shrimp, tomatoes Pommes Frites
Mashed Potatoes
******* Snow Peas
choice of Roasted Potatoes
Chocolate Truffle Cake
or $8.00
Vanilla Ice Cream
chocolate sauce
or
Apple Strudle
green apple sorbet

$ 35.00