Jardiniere

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Chef Name: Traci Des Jardins

Sommelier: Eugenio Jardim

Attire: Business Casual

Reservation Options: Suggested

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Checks: Accepted

Dining Info:

Extensive Wine List

Chef's Tasting Menu

Price Fixe Menu

Seasonal Menus

Valet Parking

Additional Services:

Private Parties

Private Rooms

Banquet Facilities

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San Francisco

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Hours:

Dinner:

Sunday - Monday

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Tuesday - Saturday

5:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Meals:
Dinner

Cuisine:
French

300 Grove Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

United States

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(415) 861-5555

www.jardiniere.com

Jardinière lets the diner choose the experience they want to have. Whether it’s for casual drinks and small bites in the J Lounge, a dinner before going to the theater, or a multi-faceted tasting menu showcasing the season’s best ingredients.

Jardinière, opened in 1997, is housed in a beautiful landmark building in San Francisco’s chic Hayes Valley neighborhood. Highlights of the elegant setting, designed by Pat Kuleto, include a gorgeous bar and stunning staircase. The highly refined and sensual food of Chef/Owner Traci Des Jardins is a celebration of Northern California’s best seasonal bounty prepared with classic French technique. The J Lounge features a full list of specialty cocktails and wines, and offers a variety of creative lounge food and small plates. Its proximity to the theaters makes it an excellent place to dine before or after a show.

Raised on a farm in California's San Joaquin Valley, Traci Des Jardins developed a deep love for the earth and it's bounty. The Des Jardins dinner table featured produce from the garden and game from the land in dishes reflecting her heritage - Mexican on her mother's side, Louisianan-French Acadian on her father's. Traci began baking with her mother at age six. While she was a student in veterinary studies at the University of California, she realized her true calling was the kitchen. She left Santa Cruz to follow her heart.

Though she never had a job in a restaurant before, through sheer determination she convinced Joachim Splichal, then at 7th Street Bistro in Los Angeles, to hire her. Within two weeks she was running a station in the kitchen. Says Des Jardins, "I was lucky enough to start with one of the best chefs in the country. He had an uncompromised discipline and standard of excellence and for me there was no turning back." With Splichal's encouragement and recommendations she apprenticed in Europe with many of the French greats, including Michel and Pierre Troisgros, Lucas Carton, Alain Ducasse and Alain Passard.

Back in the States, Des Jardins worked at Montrachet in Manhattan before returning to California as opening chef de cuisine of Splichal's Patina. She moved to San Francisco, where she had always wanted to live, and opened Aqua with George Morrone and Elka Gilmore. In 1997, she opened her own restaurant, Jardinière.

Now one of the most acclaimed and respected chefs in the country, Des Jardins has been honored with numerous awards. She was a James Beard Foundation "Rising Star Chef of the Year", one of Food & Wine Magazine's "Best New Chefs", San Francisco Magazine's 'Chef of the Year' and won the James Beard Foundation Award in 2007 for "Best Chef: Pacific". Jardiniere won Esquire Magazine's 'Best New Restaurant,' a nomination by the James Beard foundation for 'Best New Restaurant' in 1999 and the San Francisco Chronicle has listed it as one of the 'Top 100 Restaurants' in the Bay Area each year since opening.

“Best Chef - California”

—James Beard Foundation

“3 1/2 Stars”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“Most Popular Restaurants” list

—Zagat Survey

“Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants”

—San Francisco Chronicle