Openings

What’s Cooking at Ra Pour, Open Today in Rancho Cucamonga

Carlsbad Luna Oysters served with four sauces
Carlsbad Luna Oysters served with four sauces

Ra Pour opens today, bringing Rancho Cucamonga a taste of Patina veteran Greg Stillman in a clubby 225-seat restaurant that promises outdoor patio dining, along with live music and bands. The chef covers a lot of ground in an international menu that may remind some of the original concept at Raphael. Here Stillman pushes prized proteins to the forefront, merging opulent product with low brow comfort recipes in dishes like a lobster pop in coconut-lemongrass sauce, popcorn with truffle salt, cola-brined pork, Loch Duart salmon with a bacon crust, and chicken and waffles with candied jalapeno.

Carlsbad Luna Oysters served with four sauces

Elsewhere, he slow cooks eggs for a saffron-tomato sofrito, pairs Carlsbad oysters with beet-green apple mignonette, and grilled duck with fruit pearls, and tops wood-oven baked pizzas with guanicale and rock shrimp on a menu that isn’t afraid to tackle paella, miso black cod, and zatar crusted game hen. Stillman’s menu covers a lot of ground, just as you might have to do to grab a taste. In the meantime, see his first fall menu below.

Ra Pour, Victoria Gardens, 7900 Kew Ave. Rancho Cucamonga. 909-899-7999.

DINNER

SNACK and SHARE

Cucumber Gazpacho, three shooters, cherry pepper relish, evoo 8
Mezze Platter, hummus, tzatziki, mouhammara, eggplant caviar, fresh pita 13
Lobster “Pops”, cumin, micro cilantro, rangpur lime, lemongrass-coconut sauce 11
Popcorn, truffle salt, pecorino, parsley 6
Cheese Board, 5 cheeses - cow, goat, sheep, mixed, blue- local fruit and honey, nuts, lavosh 21 (3 for 15, 1 for 5)
Pimentos de Padrone, hot oil blistered peppers, some are hot, some are not 7

SALAD
Little Gem Lettuce, grilled, focaccia crouton, lemon anchovy vin 12
Mini Wedge, iceburg lettuce, Danish blue, bacon crumble, tomato, rocket 10
Endive, red , yellow, curly, candied walnut, poached pear, roquefort 11
Arugula, grilled fig, red onion, prosciutto, aged goat cheese, crouton 10

RAW and COLD
Big Eye Tuna, rice crisp, ponzu, avocado, sesame, toasted nori 14
Kobe Carpaccio, King crab, house horseradish, baby tomato, white balsamic, fried oregano 13
Carlsbad Luna Oysters, four sauces: granita mignonette, cucumber melon, habanero, beet-green apple 12
Jalapeno-Spiced Dungeness Crab Dalad, yuzu gel, micro radish, cucumber 14
Baby Beets, goat cheese, Marcona almond, honeycomb, arugula, scallion vinaigrette 10

HOT
Butternut Squash Soup, toasted peanuts, brandy cream 7
Mano de Leon Scallops, parsnip, pomegranate, chanterelle mushroom 15
Chicken and Waffles, fried tenders, malted waffle, red rooster sauce, candied jalapeno, maple 13
Wood-Fired Mussels, merguez sausage, salsa verde, cilantro, avocado, grilled bread 13
Gambas al Ajillo, shrimp roasted with garlic, guajillo pepper and brandy 13
62°C Egg, saffron-tomato sofrito, chorizo, fried crouton 12

WOOD FIRED PIZZA
Margherita, tomato sauce, handmade mozzarella, basil, evoo 15
Prosciutto, tomato sauce, handmade mozzarella, evoo, arugula 17
Guanciale, farm egg, ricotta, blistered broccolini, cherry tomato, evoo 16
Fig and Gorgonzola, red onion, prosciutto, arugula 16
Rock Shrimp and Pesto, sun-dried tomato, fontina, oregano 16
Funghi, wild mushrooms, robiola cheese, truffle oil, parsley 17

BIG PLATES
Grilled Duck Breast, Japanese sweet potato, mushroom , passion fruit pearls 25
Bone in Prime Filet, liquid potato, pee wee’s, cipollini onions, red wine sauce, truffled watercress 29
Chipotle braised short rib, white polenta, blistered radish, sugar snap peas, scallion salad 27
Zatar Crusted Game Hen, couscous, smoked tomato, chicken jus 24
Miso Marinated Black Cod, blistered edamame, wakame, steamed rice, yakitori sauce 23
Planked Loch-Duart Salmon, bacon crust, lentils, roasted roots, kumquat marmalade 25
Cola-Brined Pork, roasted yam, garlic cream, black kale, honey-lavender jus 24

PASTAS and RICE
Lobster Mac and Cheese, fontina and cheddar , tarragon 26
Paella, sofrito, rice, piquillo peppers, chorizo, mussels, clams, scallops 25
Risotto of wild mushrooms, shaved parmesan, chive 22
Duck Bolognese with ricotta gnocchi, evoo, ricotta salata, parsley 23
Trofie Pasta, basque vegetables, pesto, saffron-vanilla cream, oil cured olive 19

What’s Cooking at Ra Pour, Open Today in Rancho Cucamonga