Ventura Restaurant Guide

BROOKS is the first restaurant venture for husband and wife team, Andy & Jayme Brooks. The restaurant has been a life long dream for Andy and together with Jayme, they have made it a reality. BROOKS is located in the historic downtown district of Ventura, just a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean. Andy focuses on local seasonal ingredients for his bold and inventive menu and his nightly five course tasting menu.

The style of the restaurant is rustic elegance with modern accents. The designer is Tom Nahabedian, founder of NC Collaboration located in Chicago. The space is contemporary yet warm featuring a palate of earthy browns and grey blues. The oversized zebrawood light fixtures suspended from high ceilings enhance the circular motif found throughout the design of the interior.

Contemporary American cuisine. In addition to the nightly a la carte menu, Andy develops a daily five course tasting menu from his signature dishes and seasonal creations that may be perfectly complimented with individual wine pairings. Andy's signature dishes include:

Limoncello-Steamed Northern Mussels, Oven-Dried Tomato, Lemon-Thyme Cream, Cornmeal-Fried Oysters, Fennel Celery Root Slaw, Gorgonzola, "Buffalo" Aioli, Wood-Grilled California Free Range Chicken Breast, Sauteed Collard Greens, Goat Cheese Potato Puree and Herb Chicken Jus.