Patio opens, lunch service begins at Henri

On the top of my list of patios to hit before the summer's over: Henri. The Michigan Avenue spot impressed on my first visit, and now that the sidewalk cafe's open and lunch service has launched (both are new this week), I'm plotting a return for a midday burger.

Here's a look at the lunch menu:

COLD

Smoked steak tartare - $14
Quail egg and potato chips

Torchon of foie gras - $22
Apricot and brioche

HOT

Escargots Bourgogne - $13

Celery puree - $11
Smoked whitefish and braised leeks

Market potage - $12

RAW BAR

Oysters mignonette - $18

Chilled shrimp - $16

Selection from the sea - Market Price

Glass of Black Velvet - $12

STONE OVEN PISSALADIERES

Lyon artichoke - $14

Raclette

Market tomatoes - $14

Raclette and Virginia ham

SALADS

Greens salad - $9

Daily lettuce, vegetables and buttermilk dressing

Organic tomato salad - $22
Sartori Reserve and herb puree vinaigrette

Iceberg - $13 / with stone-oven steak: $26 / with stone-oven chicken: $23

Tomato, bacon and Bleu d'Auvergne

Poached egg salad - $13

Potato chips, Bibb lettuce, radish and bacon dressing

Stone-oven chicken - $16

Romaine, cucumber, tomato, dill and shaved salted croutons

Daily poached fish niçoise salad - Market Price

Olives, potatoes, green beans, egg, mushrooms, onion, lettuce and mustard vinaigrette

SANDWICHES

House cobia gravlax - $14

Cucumber, lettuce-onion seed butter, potato roll

Prime burger - $16

Short rib, tomato jam, Sartori Reserve, potato roll

Beef tenderloin - $19

Roasted tomato, onion rings, mustard

Croque monsieur - $16 / Croque madame with egg: $18.50

French ham, Comte Gruyere, brioche

Lobster club - $22

Applewood bacon, brioche

Daily sandwich - Market Price

House-baked pain dulce

ENTREES

Napoleon of raw and cooked summer vegetables - $22

Tomato and pepper jam

Dover sole meunière - $32

Summer vegetables

Mussels - $18

House sausage, fennel broth, toasted miche and roasted red pepper rouille

Roasted Florida snapper - Market Price

Poached tomatoes, onions and Parisian potatoes

Housemade pasta - $17.00

Roasted tomato, olive oil, rosemary and brie

FROM THE STONE OVEN

New York strip steak - $38

Cheddar potatoes

Sullivan chicken - $20

Summer vegetable tart

SIDES

Amaranth

Potatoes dauphinoise

Heirloom tomatoes

Potato puree

Asparagus

Farmed daily vegetables