dish
The set dinner
Not a menu. A sequence the house serves whatever you ordered — soup, salad, beans, potatoes, a side, a vegetable, bread, fries, dessert.
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At the table
The Martin Hotel prints its own, in order: a glass of wine, homemade soup, salad, Basque beans, mashed potatoes, a Basque side dish, a vegetable, home-baked bread, hand-cut fries, Martin bread pudding. The entree you chose is one line in a meal of eleven.
What it does to a dinner for twoinference
It removes almost every choice, and with it almost every reason to study a menu. Two people order two entrees and then eat the same nine other things as the table. Whether that reads as romantic is not something this directory decides — but it is the fact that decides it.
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The Martin Hotelroomprints the longest version of it← this house prints the longest version of itThe relish traydishhow it starts← the first course of a meal that has many
The long tablestorythe seating that goes with it← what arrives once you are seated
Ostatuawordthe institution the sequence came out of
Basque beansdish← a fixed member of it
Bread puddingdish← the last item on the list
Gâteau basquedish← the course this would be, on the other side of the ocean
Marmitakodish← a one-pot answer to the many-course oneThe Brass Railroom← five courses before the entree, and three afterSanta Fe Basque Restaurantroom← the chicken-liver night is one, printed course by courseSources
- The Martin Hotel — the restaurant, the house's own site · read 2026-09-16
- Indulging in American Basque Cuisine — Smithsonian Magazine, magazine · read 2026-09-16
Record provenance: cited · confidence medium · updated 2026-09-16