we dare to be different!
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weekly changing menu featuring exotic and unusual ingredients from our own farm and food lab!
Discover Suis Generis
from our farm to your fork with a focus on zero waste cooking
what is suis generis? it means from nothing - or one of a kind. it's what we do every week. we have created new and unique menus each week since march of 2012. people say this is crazy. it may be. however, we are energized by creativity - by ingredients & concepts. we cook because we love food, to seek umami, and we have a passion for experimentation. we call it food evolution. traditional restaurants waste food - our focus is the complete elimination of food waste by buying small amounts of ingredients, evolving and transforming food items with technique and fermentation. then, we compost whatever is left to create soil, to grow seeds, to provide for future menus.
What Makes Us Different:
- we create weekly menus that last 3 days only
- we use what we grow at our own Tiki Farm to drive creativity
- we have a full bar, craft cocktails and N/A options
- we have a Food Laboratory to push the limits of flavor
- we pickle, ferment and transform ingredients
- we buy small amounts of things so they stay fresh
- we always have vegan options
- we compost all scraps to build soil at our Tiki Farm
- we make koji, miso, vinegars, kosho, gochujang, tofuru, Tempe, amino pastes & amazake from scratch
- we mill our own flour because it tastes better & has more nutrients
- we love zombies (and cordyceps)
- we make our own ice cream
- we make our own pasta & dumplings
- we love our customers – and especially our fabulous regulars!
- we host fancy chef tasting dinners & private parties at our Tiki Farm
- we give cooking classes and fermentation demonstrations in our Food Lab and at Suis Generis
our menu chages weekly & is usually posted by friday morning
Current Menu
may 8-10 2026
smaller dishes
char grilled skirt steak - kosho lime marinated, w/ oyster mushroom gorgonzola sauce & smashed seared twice cooked potato 18.5
farmer's salad - tiki farm field greens, salanova lettuce, roast tiki farm heirloom carrots, cherty tomato, dried apricot, walking garlic croutons, charred green onion & sesame vinaigrette 15.5
beet risotto - roast beets, garlic paprika goat cheese, macadamia nuts, pickled beet stems, tiki farm fresh herbs & herb oil 16.5
grape leaf wrapped & grilled smelts - carrot top pesto, kimchee aioli, lemon 16
fabulous mezze plate - bourbon cured salami, rogue smokey blue cheese, beemster xo aged gouda, dip du jure, exotic olives, roast red pepper, baguette & pita 17 (add third cheese +4)
perky pickle plate - ever changing cast of house-made pickles 6
large plates
chesapeake bay scallops - crawfish pineapple sauce, root veggie hash w/ hakurei turnips, asian radishes, kyoto red & koral carrots, japanese sweet potato & golden beets 32
char grilled duck breast - tiki farm dewberry & coconut reduction sauce, purple broccolini, tahitian coconut leek cabbage 29
kurma curry - indian style tomato & coconut curry made w/ cashews & silken tofu, w/ white sweet potato, spigarello greens, patty pan squash & radish 22.5 (vegan)
happy endings
gwen's southern cheesecake - fresh berries 9
house made ice cream - straight from hormuz iranian date & lavender 8
strawberry ricotta puff pastry pinwheel - cayenne powdered sugar & mint 8