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From the fire

This season's menu

The menu changes with the market. Below is what the oven is turning out right now.

  • Starters
  • Mains
  • Desserts
  • Drinks

Starters

  • Charred leeks, romesco, hazelnut$11

    Whole leeks blistered over embers, served on smoked romesco with toasted hazelnuts and chive oil.

    • Vegetarian
    • Gluten-free
  • Ember-baked sourdough, cultured butter$6

    House sourdough finished in the wood oven, served warm with smoked sea-salt butter.

    • Vegetarian
  • Burrata, blood orange, fennel pollen$13

    Creamy burrata with winter citrus, olive oil pressed this season and a dusting of wild fennel pollen.

    • Vegetarian
    • Gluten-free

Mains

  • Whole trout from the wood oven$27

    Lake trout roasted on the bone with lemon, bay and brown butter; grilled winter greens alongside.

    • Gluten-free
  • 12-hour short rib, smoked celeriac$29

    Beef short rib braised overnight, glazed over the fire, with smoked celeriac purée and pickled shallot.

  • Fire-roasted mushroom orzotto$21

    Pearl barley cooked like risotto with roasted king oyster mushrooms, aged parmesan and thyme.

    • Vegetarian
  • Half chicken, harissa and preserved lemon$24

    Brined free-range chicken finished over embers, brushed with house harissa, charred lemon on the side.

    • Spicy
    • Gluten-free

Desserts

  • Burnt Basque cheesecake$9

    Baked dark in the wood oven's falling heat; served barely chilled with no accompaniment — it needs none.

    • Vegetarian
  • Spiced poached pear, bay leaf cream$8

    Pear poached in red wine and winter spice, with softly whipped bay-infused cream.

    • Vegetarian
    • Gluten-free

Drinks

  • House vermouth, olive and orange$7

    Our barrel-aged vermouth over ice with a green olive and a ribbon of orange peel.

    • Vegan
    • Gluten-free
  • Natural wine by the glass$8

    A rotating pour from small growers — ask what is open tonight; the list changes weekly.

    • Vegan

Ember & Vine

Seasonal bistro cooking, wood-fired and unhurried

214 Alder Street, Portland

+1 503 555 0184

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