Today's Lunch Specials--Week of Feb. 20,  2012
Available 10:00 am to 3:00 pm -- Monday through Friday
 
Artisan Pizza (Serves Two)
Pizza Piemontese 13
Thin crusted 12” pizza topped with a blend of mozzarella and Robiola with Italian select dried white figs, speck prosciutto and a drizzle of Italian olive oil.  Robiola cheese is a specialty of the Piemonte region of Italy.  This robiola is comprised of sheep, goat and cow milk and is a short ripened cheese.   It is a soft, creamy, pillow of a cheese that is smooth yet tastes lushly of the herb-filled meadows on which the livestock graze.

Salads, Starters and Soups (Lunch Portion)
Blackberry Fennel Salad 7
Fresh picked fennel bulbs tossed with baby arugula and topped with blackberries, caramelized walnuts, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, pignoli nuts, red onions and formaggio Crotonese. Served with Italian olive oil and balsamic vinegar.  An artisan produced cheese, Crotonese is an aged sheep milk cheese from our home region of Lazio, Italy. The paste is a luminous flaxen color and the rind is often veined with streaks of orange and purple, which comes from the wicker baskets used in the aging process. A cheese that intensifies with age, Crotonese is meaty and robust and has a sweet, full-bodied butter nut flavor

Apple & Goat Cheese 6
Sliced red apples with French goat cheese, red onions, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes over a bed of romaine

Butternut Pear Soup 7
Butternut squash and green pears blended to perfection with light hints of onion and celery and topped with chopped walnuts.

Wraps & Panini
Shrimp and Orange Wrap7
Grilled black tiger shrimp rolled in a sun dried tomato wrap with mandarin oranges, avocado, walnuts, romaine lettuce and goat cheese.  Dressed with raspberry vinaigrette. 

Salmon and Bacon Wrap 7
Grilled filet of salmon, crisp bacon, goat cheese, cranberries, romaine lettuce & raspberry dressing in a sun dried tomato wrap.

Panino Pomodoro Dolce  7
Grilled eggplant, tomato jam, fiore di latte (fresh mozzarella), and baby arugula layered on freshly baked filone bread.  .

Panino Vitello and Sardegna 7
Grilled veal, sauteed onions, roasted peppers and Fiore di Sardengna on fresh baked Filone bread.  Fiore di Sardegna is a firm, sheep milk cheese from Sardegna, Italy. It is a rich, creamy and nutty cheese with a tender sharpness.

Piadina, Heroes, and Specialty Sandwiches

Piada Fragola 7
Our famous piadina romagnola flat bread layered with zucchini, eggplant, composta di fragola, spring greens and Mozzarella di Bufala.   Composta di Fragola (Strawberry and Balsamic jam) is candied strawberries with a slight balsamic kick. A delicacy of northern Italy, specifically the city of Mantova these jarred fruits are traditionally made by cooking fruit with mustard oil or vinegars. They generally pack a light spice along with a jammy sweetness.  .

Chicken Parm Sliders 8
Chicken Parmigiana sliders stlye.  Three two oz chicken parm sliders served with potato fries

Chicken Sorrentino Hero 7
Grilled chicken topped with fried eggplant, prosciutto, mozzarella and roasted peppers 

Mushroom Bacon Burger 8
½ lbs beef burger topped with mushrooms, bacon, cheddar cheese and ranch dressing.  Served with lettuce, tomato and potato fries

Pasta Specialties & Entrees (Lunch Portions)

Ravioli Parmigiana 7

Pasta Miencini  6
Your choice of pasta tossed in garlic and oil with peas,  mushrooms and sweet italian sausage

Tagliatelle con Salmone 8
Spinach tagliatelle tossed in a light cream sauce with sundried tomatoes, yellow squash and salmon. 

Stuffed Calamari 9
Calamari tubes stuffed with crab and shrimp meat along with hints of oreganata crumbs, onions, garlic and celery.  Slightly grilled then braised to perfection in fra diavolo sauce.  Served over a bed of vegetable infused risotto with mussels.

Eggplant Rollatini with Penne 8