NM2007 - The Compound

Award Winning Chef and Seasonal Cuisine

A GuestLife New Mexico Great Restaurant

Seen Right -Mark Kiffin
Photography by Clay Ellis

Mark Kiffin, celebrated chef, owner, and author of the Compound Restaurant, has won the James Beard Foundation award as one of America's Best Chefs. The Compound is Santa Fe's premiere restaurant with Chef Kiffin's acclaimed seasonal contemporary American cuisine derived from Santa Fe's rich heritage of regional and Mediterranean influences. The New York Times, Gourmet magazine, The Wall Street Journal and Wine Spectator have all selected the Compound as Santa Fe's favorite. Equally impressive is the attentive, highly knowledgeable and friendly service staff.

Chef Kiffin's menus focus on the exclusive changes in seasons such as hearty braised dishes in the fall and winter using apples, pears, and cider from local harvests, osso bucco and porcini risotto while spring and summer dishes feature fresh local vegetables and naturally raised organic lamb and delectable strawberries.

Classic signature dishes include Grilled Harris Ranch Black Angus Beef Tenderloin with Foie Gras Hollandaise and Cepe O'Brien Potatoes, Seared Diver Scallops with Spring Peas and Bacon and the seductive baked-toorder Bittersweet Liquid Chocolate Cake. Lunch classics include the fresh Maine Lobster and Jumbo Crabmeat Salad, the superb Chicken Schnitzel with Capers and Parsley and "Best of Santa Fe's" Sirloin Burger with Roasted Poblano Chile, farmhouse White Cheddar Cheese and Parmesan-Parsley Fries.

The picturesque gardens and romantic, elegant dining rooms have been the backdrop for creating lifetime memories. Every special event is planned to the smallest detail and brought to life with the finest in service and cuisine for 10-250 guests. Events Planner Maria Creighton will custom tailor a wedding reception, bridal shower, anniversary celebration or corporate affair to your individual tastes and specifications.

Selected as one of the nation's finest restaurants and highly regarded for its award-winning seasonal American cuisine, beautiful historic setting, gracious service, extensive award-winning wine list, and incomparable private dining, The Compound is dedicated to providing its guests an elegant, inviting and altogether unforgettable dining experience

MENU HIGHLIGHTS

LUNCH

Chicken Schnitzel
Lemon, caper and parsley butter sauce, steamed baby spinach

Maine Lobster and Jumbo Crabmeat Salad
Organic butter lettuce, red onion and mango tangerine vinaigrette

Seared Diver Sea Scallops
Soft Parmesan polenta spring asparagus english peas and pearl onions basil butter sauce

Strawberry Shortcake
Sugar cream biscuit, vanilla anglaise chantilly cream, strawberry sauce

DINNER

Made to Order Spring Pea Soup
Morel flan, crème fraîche, pea vine salad

Tuna Tartar
Topped with osetra caviar and preserved lemon

Grilled Beef Tenderloin
Harris ranch natural black angus cepe O'brien potatoes and foie gras hollandaise

Seared Alaskan Halibut
Pomme puree and black truffle butter, sea beans, peas and baby tomatoes

Liquid Chocolate Cake
Black pepper spiced amareno cherries, zinfandel glaze

The Compound
653 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 982-4353

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