Wood-Fired Kitchen & Hearth · Seasonal Gatherings

The fire is lit at four. Dinner follows.

A 52-seat neighborhood restaurant with an oak-burning hearth at its center. The menu turns with the season, the bread comes out hourly, and the corner table is still the best seat in the house.

How reservations work See this season's menu

Walk-ins welcome at the bar. Dinner Tuesday to Sunday from 5:00.

Oak-fired hearth
Menu changes 6 times a year
52 seats plus a 16-seat private room
Bread baked hourly

The open kitchen at Emberfield with the wood-fired hearth glowing, a cook turning a whole fish over the coals as the dining room fills at dusk

Late summer menu

What the fire is cooking this month

Six menus a year, written around what the farms two valleys over are pulling out of the ground. Most of it touches oak smoke. Dishes are meant to be shared.

From the Fire

Everything here goes over oak

Half chickenBrined overnight, roasted in the hearth, with charred lemon, salsa verde and pan drippings$29
Whole branzinoStuffed with fennel and citrus, grilled over the coals, finished with brown butter and capers$38
Dry-aged ribeyeSixteen ounces for two, with roasted bone marrow, chimichurri and hearth potatoes$78
Ember-roasted cauliflowerBuried in the coals, then dressed with tahini, pomegranate, pistachio and preserved lemon$24
Smoked pork shoulderTwelve hours low and slow, sliced thick, with mustard greens, cornbread and peach mostarda$32

No service charges. Tell your server about allergies and we will find you something good.

Around the room

A little of what the evenings look like.

Whole grilled branzino on a warm platter with charred lemon and fennel, just off the coals

The bar at Emberfield mid-evening, a bartender pouring wine while two guests laugh over oysters

A baker pulling a tray of hearth loaves from the old brick bakery oven, steam rising

The corner table by the window at dusk, set for four, the street glowing outside

Our story

A chef who wanted to cook for neighbors, not critics.

Mara Lindqvist spent twelve years in tasting-menu kitchens where every plate was a performance and nobody knew a guest's name. In 2017 she took over a shuttered bakery on the neighborhood's main corner, kept the brick oven, built a hearth beside it and opened with nine tables and one rule: cook what is in season, over fire, for people who will come back.

Nine years and roughly 54 menus later, the rule has not moved. Mara still writes every menu by hand at the bar on Monday mornings.

The original bakery oven still bakes every loaf we serve
About a third of our tables on any night are regulars we know by name

2017: opened on the neighborhood's main corner
6: menus written each year
11: farms and fishers we buy from directly

Chef Mara Lindqvist at the pass in the afternoon light, tasting a sauce from a wooden spoon with her sleeves rolled up

Chef specials

The board changes. The regulars know first.

Beyond the printed menu there is a chalkboard by the hearth. What goes on it depends on the week's delivery and the weather. Regulars on our list hear about it before the doors open.

Weekly
Tuesday Hearth Supper
One set plate for the whole room: one roast, one side, one dessert, one price.
Tuesdays, $34 per person
Weekly
Whole-animal Thursdays
One animal from a single farm, cooked nose to tail. Cuts go on the board at 4:30.
Thursdays, until it is gone
Bar
The oyster hour
Whatever the morning delivery brought, shucked at the bar with a house mignonette.
Wednesday to Friday, 5:00 to 6:00
Annual
Harvest Dinner
One autumn night, the whole menu from a single farm, and the farmers eat with us. Six courses, one seating.
Second Saturday in October

Specials sell out, and the message we send says so.

Private dining

The Ember Room seats sixteen, and it has its own fire.

Behind the main room, through reclaimed oak doors, is a long walnut table, a small wood stove and no clock on the wall. It holds birthdays, engagement dinners and quiet work suppers.

Menus are set with Mara a week ahead, family style or plated, with pairings built around the season rather than the price.

Seats 8 to 16 at one table
Family-style or plated menus, from $85 per guest
Its own entrance for arrivals after 9:00

About the Ember Room

The private Ember Room set for twelve, candles down the length of a walnut table, a small wood stove glowing in the corner

This season at Emberfield

Nights worth putting in the calendar

A few evenings each month go beyond dinner. Most are one seating and sell out fast, so regulars on our list get first word.

Oct 2Live music: the Hearth TrioMain dining room from 8:30Live musicNo cover, dinner reservations recommended
Oct 10Harvest Dinner with Hollow Creek FarmLong tables, one seating at 6:30AnnualSix courses, $110, farmers at the table
Oct 21Wine Night: Old Vines, Cold NightsThe barWine nightSix pours with the fireside cheese board, $52
Nov 6Supper Club: Braising SeasonThe Ember Room, sixteen seatsSupper clubFour courses, $68
Nov 18Wine Night: Volcanic WhitesThe barWine nightSix pours with small plates, $48
Dec 20Last day for holiday bread and pie ordersPickup December 23 and 24 at the bread windowHolidayOrder form in our holiday Blast and email

When a date moves or a seat opens, regulars on our list hear the same evening.

A couple in their forties at the corner table, mid-conversation over the last of dessert

We came for a birthday four years ago and just never stopped. Now we get a message when the oysters are in, and on the nights someone cancels the corner table, we are usually the ones who grab it.

Theo and AnjaliRegulars since 2022, corner table on Thursdays

Stay connected

The best table on a Friday is the one that just opened up.

Emberfield sends chef specials, same-evening tables, event news and menu launches straight to our regulars. If you have the Blasts app, they land on your screen. If you don't, they come by email.

Sign up with your email address using the card on your table or the code on your receipt, then pick what you want to hear about: the specials board, last-minute tables, supper clubs and wine nights, holiday bread and pies, or new menus. Connect with the Blasts app whenever you like, and our messages move to your screen automatically. When a cancellation frees the corner table at 6:40, the people who asked are the first to know.

You're in charge of the volume. In the Blasts app you can set quiet hours, mute us for a day or disconnect whenever you like, and replying STOP ends our messages by email too. We can see whether a Blast was delivered and read, and your replies tell us how many seats to hold.

All regulars
Last-minute tables
Supper club and wine night
Holiday bread and pies
Private dining guests
Menu launch list

See how RestaurantBlasts works How the Hub works

RestaurantBlasts is the Blasts Hub for food and drink businesses: customer audiences, email and Blasts from one send, and messages for open tables, specials and events.

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Blasts is the direct communication app at Blasts.app. People receive Blasts on their phone or computer, choose who can reach them, and can mute or disconnect at any time.

Emberfield

Tue 11:20 AM
Tuesday Hearth Supper: smoked pork shoulder
Tonight's set plate is 12-hour smoked pork shoulder with mustard greens and cornbread, peach galette to finish. $34 a head, tables from 5:00.
To: All regulars
Fri 5:38 PM
Corner table for 4 just opened at 7:15
A cancellation freed the window corner tonight at 7:15. Reply YES and it's yours. We will hold it until 6:50.
To: Last-minute tables
Wed 9:02 AM
Harvest Dinner: Oct 10, one seating
Six courses from Hollow Creek Farm, farmers at the table, 6:30 sharp. 40 seats, $110. Seats open to this list now and to everyone else on Monday. Reply YES to hold yours.
harvest-dinner-menu.pdfTo: Supper club and wine night
Mon 3:15 PM
New menu Thursday: tomatoes out, squash in
The autumn menu lands Thursday. The heirloom tomato plate has three nights left. Cauliflower, branzino and the skillet cookie are staying.
To: Menu launch list
Sat 8:30 AM
Holiday hearth loaves and pies
Orders close December 20 at 6 PM. Pickup December 23 and 24 from the bread window.
holiday-order-form.pdfTo: Holiday bread and pies

Email or Blasts

The same news, before and after you connect

Everyone on our list hears about the Harvest Dinner. Until you connect with the Blasts app, it arrives by email. Once you connect, the same message lands on your screen instead.

Before you connect: by email

Harvest Dinner: Oct 10, one seatingFrom Emberfield Kitchen

Six courses from Hollow Creek Farm, farmers at the table, 6:30 sharp. 40 seats, $110. Seats open to this list now and to everyone else on Monday. Reply YES to hold yours.

Get these on your screen: connect with Emberfield on the Blasts app.

Connects with the Blasts app

After you connect: on Blasts

Emberfield

Wed 9:02 AM
Harvest Dinner: Oct 10, one seating
Six courses from Hollow Creek Farm, farmers at the table, 6:30 sharp. 40 seats, $110. Seats open to this list now and to everyone else on Monday. Reply YES to hold yours.
harvest-dinner-menu.pdfTo: Supper club and wine night

Visit

How a night at Emberfield is arranged.

Reservations open 30 days out, Tuesday to Sunday, and larger parties and Ember Room evenings are arranged in advance with the house. The bar is always first come, first served. Every table has a small card with our code, if you would like to hear when the corner table opens up.

Hours and location Private dining

Find us

On the corner, under the copper awning

The brick building on the main corner with the woodpile out front. The lot two doors down is free after 7:00.

Walk-ins welcome at the bar
Closed Mondays, which is when we write the menu

hello@emberfieldkitchen.com

Tuesday to Thursday: 5:00 to 10:00 PM
Friday and Saturday: 5:00 to 11:00 PM
Sunday: 4:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday: Closed

The fire is lit at four. Dinner follows.

What the fire is cooking this month

Small Plates

From the Fire

Sweets

Around the room

A chef who wanted to cook for neighbors, not critics.

The board changes. The regulars know first.

Tuesday Hearth Supper

Whole-animal Thursdays

The oyster hour