Spring 2009 Dinner Menu

Your Chef, Kevin Gentile, takes pride in selecting only the freshest of seasonal ingredients.  

Please ask your server about any special requests, as Kevin is happy to accommodate you if possible.

 

Appetizers

 

Lamb Skewers – served with a roasted red pepper, parsley, honey yogurt sauce atop a red onion, fig

    and sundried tomato risotto cake

$11.95

Tuna Ceviche – finely chopped sushi grade tuna mixed with citrus and ginger and

   served inside a deconstructed brussel sprout

$10.95

Truffled Beef & Avocado Tartar – mixed with capers, truffle oil and mustard and

         layered atop grana padana crackers

$10.95

Seared Scallops – with fried artichokes in a seven herb tomato balsamic sauce and topped with toasted pine nuts

$10.95

Steamed Clams  - in a basil lemongrass chili coconut milk

$10.95

Fried Calamari – with lemon basil aoli dipping sauce.  The Best in Syracuse!

$9.95

Greens Gentile – sautéed escarole mixed with spicy sausage, pancetta, cherry peppers and broccoli topped

     with cheese and toasted bread crumbs

$8.95

 

 

Salads

All salads are individual portions.  Ask your server about full-sized salad portions.

 

Romaine Salad –cherry tomatoes, green beans, avocados, hearts of palm, mandarin oranges and

      provolone cheese in a lemon vinaigrette 

$5.95

Mesculin & Endive – smoked salmon, snow peas, grapefruit, grilled zucchini, carrots, pickled ginger and

white stilton cheese in a citrus vinaigrette

$6.95

Spinach, Red Leaf & Frisee – strawberries, bananas, pears and jicama topped with cottage cheese in a

 yogurt pomegranate dressing

                                                                      $5.95                                                                    

Boston Bibb & Iceburg Wedge – pickled red onions and cucumbers, bacon, tomatoes and olives served atop

     blue cheese dressing

$5.95

Red Leaf –cashews, mandarin oranges, grilled pineapples, plantain chips and coconut fried goat cheese with a

      grilled orange vinaigrette

$5.95

 

Pasta & Risotto

Chef Gentile prepares all pasta and risotto aldente

                                                                                                                                 

Grilled Rosemary Chicken Risotto – with spinach, artichokes and capers in a lemon white wine sauce

$17.95

Seafood Risotto – shrimp, scallops, clams and mussels with white beans and pancetta in a light tomato sauce

$20.95

Gnocchi – with beets, spinach, snow peas, grilled leeks and walnuts in a gorganzola cream sauce

$16.95

Linguini – proscuitto, olives, shitake mushrooms and artichoke hearts in a parsley sauce and topped

        with provolone cheese

$15.95

Rigatoni – grilled tomatoes, green beans, asparagus tips and yellow peppers in a garlic oil

$15.95

Parpadelle – grilled calamari, tomatoes, onions, radicchio, celery root and beans in a white wine sauce

$17.95

Penne – served with an old world Bolognese sauce OR Kevin’s amazing vodka sauce with or without prosciutto

$14.95

 

 

Entrée

All entrees are accompanied by a starch and vegetable of the Chef’s Choice

 

Stuffed Chicken – with cream cheese and smoked salmon in a Nocello walnut raddichio sauce

$18.95

Half Chicken – Braised in red wine and served with pearl onions, bacon, mushrooms and peppers

$16.95

Pistachio & Cornmeal Encrusted Eggplant – with asparagus and goat cheese in a cranberry orange

   porcini sauce

$20.95

Jumbo Shrimp – set in arugula pesto and served with a lemon feta risotto cake topped with a pepper relish

$23.95

Scallops Encrusted with Hazlenuts – in a chocolate cherry chili sauce and garnished with goat cheese

$24.95

Grilled Filet Mignon – with sautéed oysters, proscuitto and mixed mushrooms in a lemon demi set atop an

   asiago cheese bread

$26.95

CAB New York Strip – paired with olive and goat cheese polenta in a chiant demi glaze

$24.95

Grilled Veal Chop – with braised endive and balsamic caramelized cipollini onions in a pancetta cream sauce

$29.95

Pork Tenderloin – rubbed with paprika, cumin and brown sugar and served with a butternut squash bisque

$25.95

Grilled Lamb Chop – served with a passion fruit blood orange sauce and garnished with a cucumber and

asian pear salad

$26.95

Grilled Lobster Tail – with a dried cranberry apricot mustard sauce

$25.95