Sample Dinner Menu

From Friday, June 26, 2009

(note: all items on this menu are subject to change daily)

Starters

House-marinated olives $4
Summer melons, Boccalone lardo, chilli & mint $9.5
Spring lettuces, soft herbs, croutons & Zinfandel $7.5
Little gem lettuce, lemon-anchovy vinaigrette & sieved egg $8.5
Pan fried duck livers, padrones & aioli $9.5
Roasted figs, dandelion greens, toasted almonds & Andante Etude $10.5
Heirloom cucumbers, baby fennel, lemon & bottarga $10
Duck hearts a la plancha, purslane, potatoes & pancetta vinaigrette $11
Trotter cake, red wine braised snails & watercress $12
Pastramied goose breast, chervil & pickled cherries $12
Antipasto platter (for two) of Boccalone artisan salumi, roasted garlic & marinated vegetables $20
 

Pastas

Handkerchief pasta & rustic pork ragù $16
Spaghettini, Sardinian cured tuna heart, egg yolk & parsley $16/$10
Paccheri al pollo, mustard greens, button mushrooms & tomato $16/$10
Lovage pappardelle, beef brasato & mint $16/$10
Potato gnocchi, sweet corn & basil $17/$11
 

Entrees

Squash blossom & ricotta risotto $17
Local halibut, cockles, summer squash & tarragon salsa $22
Boccalone sausage, smoked escolar, potatoes & horseradish crème fraîche $20
Whole roasted local sardines, garlic, chilli, capers & parsley $20
Boccalone cotechino, pickled cabbage & mustard potatoes $18
Braised pork shoulder, radishes, grilled onion & preserved chillis $23
Veal breast, sweetbreads, multi-grain polenta & pickled green walnut salsa $25
 

"Leg of Beast": Beef shank, with sides, served
family-style for 6-8 persons (one week's notice please)

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Sides

"Not your Grandma's" green bean casserole & fried onions $5
"Orbs of love": braised red torpedo onions & pangrattato $5
Plate of Frantoio Olivestri DOP Umbria extra-virgin olive oil $3
 

Desserts & Cheeses

Bay leaf panna cotta, summer berries & saba $8
Flourless chocolate cake & pink peppercorn ice cream $8
Blueberry streusel bar, vanilla ice cream & lemon verbena $8
Duo of rooftop mint ice cream $7.5
Raspberry sorbetto $7.5
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Selection of Italian cheeses served with accompaniments:

 $7 each or plate of three for $15, listed by Cheese / Milk / Region:

* Langhe Robiola due latti / Cow & Sheep / Piedmont
* Erborinato Malghesino Lodigiano / Cow / Lombardy
* Giuncato / Sheep / Sardinia

 

 

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