The Love Chef Web Site - Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name:	A. P. STUMPS

How Many Hearts?:

Address:	163 West Santa Clara San Jose, CA 95113

Phone Number:	(408) 292-9928

Type of Food:	American Chophouse

Hours:	Lunch Monday-Friday Dinner Nightly

Dress:	Adult

Price Range:	Entrees - wide range

Reservations:	Suggested

Description of Restaurant:

Handsome space with food to match, and worth a trip. Very comfortable bar for pre-dinner drinks; extensive wine list.

The Food

Sampling of Dinner Entrees:

Jim's cold smoked salmon with Dave's homemade knish @ $12.00 A.P. Stump's signature beet salad marinated yellow, red, chtogga beets @ $8.50 Buffalo quail, blue cheese and celery salad @ $13.00 Crispy calamari with fried jalapeno coins, red pepper aioli @ $10.00 Jonny cakes and butter poached lobster, American caviar, basil, mascarpone @ $16.00 Dungeness crab cakes, remoulade and slaw @ $12.00 Lemongrass chicken skewers @ $9.00 Foie Gras, toasted brioche, sweet onion marmalade @ $15.00

On the Bone:

Double-Cut Pork Chop, spice rubbed tamarind glaze, potato pinenut, fritters, braised collard greens and lemon date chutney @ $24.00 Cowboy Steak 17 oz. bone-in rib-eye with porcini mushroom powder, red chilis and garlic @ $38.00 Lamb loin chop, marinated with extra virgin olive oil, garlic and rosemary with gorgonzola polenta @ $27.00

Steaks & A.P.'s Chop House Specialties:

Long Island Duck, smoked leg confit, orange jasmine tea infused basmati rice ,watercress and orange segment salad, honey ice wine duck sauce @ $26.00 American Filet Mignon, 8 oz. sautéed spinach, macaroni and cheese with sharp Tillamook cheddar @ $17.00 Bradley Ranch Center-Cut New York Steak, 12 oz. sautéed green beans, macaroni and cheese with sharp Tillamook cheddar @ $33.00 American Filet, 6 oz. with baked lobster tail, sautéed asparagus @ $50.00 Steak Oscar, 6 oz. American petite filet topped with fresh Dungeness crab, steamed asparagus @ $39.00 Flat Iron Steak, Hungarian potatoes, sewed red and yellow peppers, broccolini, red wine sauce @ $24.00 Breast of Chicken, mascarpone enriched orzo pasta with broccoli raab, seasonal mushrooms, tomato concasse @ $18.00

Seafood:

Fiji Tombo Tuna, wood oven roasted, warm potato salad, sautéed green beans, onion soubise, coquillos olive tapenade @ $25.00 Pan seared Scallops, risotto with English peas, carrot ginger emulsion @ $27.00 Pan seared Salmon, crispy rice dumpling, sautéed spinach, Thai curry jungle sauce @ $22.00

Desserts:

Worth the calories!



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