Greer's OC

Elevate your lunch experience with a casual à la carte and three-course lunch menu at Knife Pleat at South Coast Plaza. Michelin-starred chef Tony Esnault and restaurateur Yassmin Sarmadi just debuted a daily lunch focused on flavor and artistic execution.

The lunch menu is comprised of a variety of appetizers, light yet satisfying seasonal salads and entrées, as well as Tony’s daily prix-fixe menu.

The restaurant provides three seating options: al fresco dining on the contemporary patio; the elegant but comfortable dining room, or a front-row seat to the kitchen action from the bar.

Knife Pleat’s lunch menu starters include a tender grilled octopus and steak tartare made with pasture-raised beef. Among the salad selections are Esnault’s masterful whole butter lettuce with pickled shallots, grain salad with autumn vegetables and a luscious lobster Caesar with avocado.  Entrees range from housemade strozzapretti pasta and ocean trout to pasture bird chicken, duck cassoulet and steak frittes.

A smart three-course prix-fixe menu is offered for $32 at lunch, consisting of chef’s selection of seasonal soup or salad starter, followed by a daily entrée and dessert created by talented French pastry chef Germain Biotteau.

Knife Pleat serves lunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. daily; dinner 5:30-9 p.m. Monday through Saturday; and Afternoon Tea 3-5 p.m. on Sundays, beginning September 29.

3333 Bristol St., Suite 3001 in Costa Mesa. knifepleat.com or call 714.266.3388.