Cuisine:

• Continental
• Homestyle
• Californian

The Ranch House Restaurant Description:
The Ranch House was founded by Alan Hooker forty years ago before California cuisine was even a trend. This sprawling restaurant complex includes an on-site bakery, an herb garden and a tea house in which many couples have exchanged vows. The seating is mostly outdoors with tables for two and four tucked away amongst the lush foliage and small streams. You might be surrounded by bamboo or rose bushes or a trellis of climbing beans depending on where you sit. Much of Ojai and Ventura's produce is featured on the seasonal menu where you might encounter a chilled shrimp appetizer with rémoulade and avocado. A wild mushroom strudel is doused in a wine cream sauce. Ojai escargots are sautéed in cream, garlic, white wine and parsley. Entrées usually include a grilled steak, duck breast, rack of lamb, chicken, fish and a vegetarian dish. At dessert you can usually count on the ginger-lavender crème brûlée and a selection of McConnell's Ice Cream (made in Santa Barbara) or sorbets from Out of a Flower in Dallas. The 650-label wine list should satisfy even the most discriminating oenophile.


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