Bleu Bohème is a French bistro in San Diego's Kensington neighborhood, opened in 2010 by Chef/Owner Ken Irvine at 4090 Adams Avenue. The wine program runs more than 100 labels spanning Champagne, Loire Valley whites, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhône Syrahs, and house pours sourced from a private Sonoma producer, a depth of list that positions Bleu Bohème among the more serious restaurants Kensington has on Adams Avenue. Irvine's kitchen uses an exclusive grass-fed, corn-finished beef short rib cut from a small cooperative of Midwest ranches—the only restaurant in Southern California carrying it—and slow-braises it into a boeuf bourguignon recipe he revises annually. A wine-by-the-glass rotation at the bar mirrors the bottle list, and Clos Wine Shop a few blocks west on Adams Avenue carries many of the same French appellations for guests who want to take a bottle home. Standing plates include escargots à la bourguignonne, duck confit mac and cheese built with Gruyère, steak frites, and a charcuterie board assembled from house-made pâté, pork terrine de campagne, jambon de Bayonne, garlic sausage, Spanish chorizo, coppa, rosette de Lyon, and Dijon mustard served on a wooden planche with house-baked Bread & Cie country levain. Exposed stone walls and large communal wood tables set the mood across roughly 60 seats in two dining rooms, and the private dining room accommodates groups up to 20 with a custom prix-fixe menu Irvine builds to the table's preferences. Kensington's position along Adams Avenue east of Kensington Drive places the restaurant in the 92116 ZIP, roughly five minutes by car from Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo via Park Blvd, which draws post-zoo families into the neighborhood for dinner. The dessert roster rotates through crème brûlée, tarte Tatin, and profiteroles, a French program that complements the Tuscan-rooted gelato at Pappalecco further down the Adams Avenue corridor. Outdoor patio seating allows dogs along the Adams Avenue sidewalk, and the bar's counter seats accept walk-ins without a reservation for a glass of Bordeaux and a flatbread du maison.