Ethel's Fancy
Palo Alto, CA
550 Waverley St, Palo Alto, CA, 94301-172079 itemsUpdated July 5, 2026
Structured menu data
Amari
CAPPELLETTI 'Alpeggio,' Aldeno
$14.00MONTENEGRO Bologna
$14.00NONINO Friuli Venezia Giulia
$16.00Appetizers
California Halibut Tartare
$16.00Smoky miso eggplant, carrot yuzu, potato chips
Char-Grilled Sugar Snap Peas
$10.00Puffed rice, green peppercorn
Charcoal Grilled Yellowtail Amberjack
$26.00Melted sungold tomatoes, green yuzu kosho
Crispy Caledonian Blue Prawns
$34.00Blistered pole beans, chili ramp sunomono
Crispy Pork Belly
$27.00Burrata, citrus, hazelnut miso
Honest Acre Roasted Baby Beets
$9.00Apricot, barley miso, savory cocoa nibs
Lemongrass Beef Dumplings
$28.00Mushroom xo, onion scapes, koji butter, candied peanut
Little Gem Lettuces "Ohitashi"
$20.00Heirloom tomatoes, golden sesame, herbed dashi
Oysters on the Half
$5628.00Japanese musk melon, yuzu
Rouge de Bordeaux Milk Bread
$12.00Cultured amazake butter
Sashimi of Kampachi
$26.00Japanese cucumber sunomono, grilled nopale, pickled shiso, fig leaf oil
Summer Squash on the Plancha
$20.00Peacotum, sweet corn rendang, lemon basil
Toasted Coconut Fritters
$8.00Wild king salmon, shishito relish
Warm Sesame Pancakes
$15.00House smoked trout, avocado, yuzu kararin
Yellowfin Tuna on Koshihikari Rice
$27.00Sweet onion schmaltz, mushroom tsukadani, smoked ikura
Beer
Bear Republic
$14.00Racer 5 ipa (12 oz)
Best Day Brewing
$11.00N/a kolsch style pilsner (12 oz)
Del Cielo Brewing Co.
$15.00'Coqueta,' blonde ale (16 oz)
Hanabi Lager Co.
$26.00Purple egyptian, summer 2026 pilsner (500ml)
Russian River Valley Brewing
$20.00'Intiction,' barrel aged pilsner (375ml)
Brandy
DELORD 25 Year Bas Armagnac
$26.00DUDOGNON 1er Cru Grande Champagne
$18.00LEMORTON 'Rsrv Domfrontais,' Calvados
$16.00PELLAHAUT 10 Year Reserve, Armagnac
$17.00Cider
Eye Cyder Works
$20.00'Skins & stones,' satsuma plum & apple (500ml)
Coffee
Chromatic Coffee Co. Americano
$7.00Chromatic Coffee Co. Cortado
$9.00Chromatic Coffee Co. Espresso
$7.00Chromatic Coffee Co. Macchiato
$8.00Shot in the Dark
$10.00espresso, citrus oleo, tonic, meringue
Dessert Liqueur
CHARTREUSE GREEN France
$20.00VICARIO Nocino Walnut Liqueur, US
$14.00VIGIE LIMONCELLO El Dorado Hills
$14.00Dessert Wines
Donnafugata Zibibbo (Muscat d'Alexandria) Passito di Pantelleria 2019
$25.00ETHEL'S UMESHU aged 6 months
$14.00JEAN-LUC PASQUET Pineau des Charentes
$15.00KOPKE 20 yr Tawny Oporto NV
$22.00KOPKE Colheita 1974 Tawny Oporto (2 oz pour)
$35.00MAZZI 'Le Calcarole,' Recioto della Valopicella
$25.00Entrées
Grilled 13 Farms Berkshire Pork Chop
$45.00Borba farms black raspberry, chanterelles, blue prawn garum
Grilled Brandt Farms Prime Beef Striploin
$64.00Meiji egg tofu, spring peas, shortrib yakiniku
Roasted North Pacific Halibut
$45.00Rancho gordo corona beans, early girl tomatoes, sudachi
Steamed Luna Koshihikari Rice
$5.00Swordfish, "Katsu-Style"
$44.00Heirloom cauliflower, spiced kumquat, karashi butter
Fancy Cocktails
Broke da Mouth
$20.00El dorado coconut rum, pineapple, sesame orgeat
Ethel's Fancy Martini
$19.00Haku vodka, oka bermutto, lemon twist
Giddy Up!
$15.00In a Pickle
$15.00Rayu mezcal, el destilador tequila, pineapple, cut above 'mezcal,' cucumber, pickled habanada, lime, egg white syrup, lemon
Kissa Highball
$20.00Iwai 45 whiskey, ume, yuzu, shio koji, seltzer
Shiso Lemonade
$9.00Strawberries & Cream
$20.00Redemption rye, strawberry, cappelletti, peychaud's bitters, milk washed
Red Wines by the Glass
Ex Post Facto Pinot Noir, Sta. Rita Hills 2024
$2080.00Grassl Sweigelt, 'Carnuntum,' Austria 2023
$2080.00Hamel Cabernet Sauvignon, 'Stratum,' Sonoma Valley 2021
$2080.00Nicolo Grippaldi Nero d'Avola, 'Il Vino di Pico,' 2023
$2080.00Rosé Wines by the Glass
Henri Bourgeois Pinot Noir, Sancerre 2025
$1975.00Sake by the Glass
Atago No Matsu
$1480.00Tokubetsu honjozo, miyagi prefecture
Toyo Bijin
$26140.00Asian beauty - ichiban matoi,' junmai daiginjo, yamaguchi prefecture
Yuki No Tenshi
$1792.00Snow angel - nigori unfiltered, hyogo prefecture
Sparkling Wines by the Glass
Lebeau-Batiste, 'Signature Brut,' Champagne NV
$33132.00Poe, 'Van de Kamp Vineyard,' Pinot Meunier Rosé Sonoma County 2017
$2295.00Villa di Corlo, 'Rolfshark,' Rosato, Lambrusco di Sorbara, Emilia-Romagna (Frizzante) 2021
$1662.00Sweets
Banana Milk Soft Serve
$13.00warabimochi, peanut
Chocolate Caramel Tart
$14.00pluots, coffee rosemary cream
Griddled Pistachio Financier
$14.00kuromitsu blueberries hokkaido milk custard
Tea
Satori Tea
$7.00sencha, green dragon eyes, black blood orange rooibos, herbal chamomile moroccan mint
White Wines by the Glass
Bründlmayer, Grüner Veltliner, 'Terrassen,' Kamptal, Austria 2024
$1772.00Carl Loewen, Riesling, 'Varidor,' Trocken, Mosel 2023
$1870.00El Molino, Chardonnay, Rutherford, Napa Valley 2021
$2392.00Gerard Millet Sauvignon Blanc, Sancerre 2024
$2080.00Zero Proof
Bird Snapper 'Dry & Stormy'
$14.00Spicy ginger, zesty lime
Cloud of Joy
$19.00Cut above 'mezcal,' cucumber, pickled habanada, lime, egg white syrup, lemon
Herb Slinger
$18.00Oka gin, cap corse vermouth, thyme-bay syrup, lime
Kally 'Golden Sparkler'
$15.00Sparkling chardonnay verjus
White Lotus
$18.00Buddha's hand vodka, earl grey aperitif, honey, optomist botanicals & amaro, roots vermouth, lemon, egg white, grapefruit-coriander shrub, tonic