Summer
2007 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
Grilled Foccacia – with
spicy roasted vegetable tomato sauce & fresh mozzarella
$8.95
Grilled Calamari – with
avocado, tomato, asparagus & toasted pine nuts
drizzled with lemon truffle oil
$10.95
Rice Croquettes – with ground
veal, peas, porcini mushrooms served with marinara sauce
and
shaved parmesan cheese
$8.95
Mediterranean Seafood
Salad – Chilled shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams, and calamari with
fresh herbs atop grilled croutons, drizzled with oils
$10.95
Poached Pear & Cheese – apple cider & cabernet
poached pear with 3 types of cheese,
honeyed pecans & crackers
$10.95
Fried Calamari – with a
spicy orange-sesame dipping sauce. The best In Syracuse!
$8.95
Greens Gentile - sautéed
escarole mixed with spicy sausage, pancetta,
cherry peppers and broccoli
topped with cheese and toasted
breadcrumbs
$8.95
Salads
Boston Bibb – with romaine,
cucumbers, grape tomatoes, apples, tuna, green beans
and shaved provolone cheese in a Dijon vinaigrette
$4.95
Pepper Salad – arugula,
mizuma, avocado’s carrot, snow peas, Asian pears, radishes & goat cheese
tossed in
a ginger dressing
$4.95
Tomato Salad 3 Ways – A
fried green tomato, pesto goat cheese cherries, and vine ripened tomatoes
paired with a cucumber,
cilantro shooter
$8.95
Micro Greens
– with grilled portabellas, hearts of palm, grilled scallions, zucchini, roma
tomatoes
olives and feta cheese in
a citrus tahini dressing
$4.95
Melon & Crab salad – 3 types of melon, watercress, ricotta salata,
crab salad with coconut curry
cilantro all paired
with a watermelon shooter
$6.95
Pasta & Risotto
Chef
Gentile prepares all pasta and risotto aldente
Parmesan & Sage Risotto – sautéed with pancetta, porcini, roasted
pepper, cauliflower & corn
$20.95
Cherry Pepper Risotto –
tossed with calamari, spinach, avocado & tomato, topped with
feta
$18.95
Raddatore – sautéed
with chicken pieces, julienne carrots, shitake, peanuts, cilantro pesto
finished
with ricotta salata cheese
$15.95
Eggnoodle - tossed with
scallops in a spicy mushroom and arugula sauce
$23.95
Rigatoni – with tender
veal pieces, prosciutto, shitake mushrooms, pine nuts, & green peppercorns
flavored with
lemon & rosemary, sprinkled with shaved parmesan
$16.95
Penne – served with an
old world Bolognese sauce OR Kevin’s amazing vodka sauce
$13.95
Entrée
All entrees are
accompanied by a starch and vegetable of the chef’s choice
Stuffed Chicken –
Chicken breast stuffed with smoked salmon, asparagus & cream cheese
set
in a creamy tomato basil sauce
$16.95
Chicken Madera – pan
seared with mushrooms, pecans & peas in a
rosemary-ginger Madera sauce
$15.95
7 Herb Dusted Duck –
(Half duck) set in a mixed grape sauce
$21.95
Eggplant Rollatini –
Eggplant, spinach, asparagus & ricotta rollatini in a
roasted pepper sauce
$18.95
Pork Tenderloin – with
a spicy cocoa-espresso rub set in a blueberry, orange demi
$20.95
Filet Mignon – grilled & layered with cappacola & fresh
mozzarella, set in a grilled scallion,
portabella,
olive & cherry pepper sauce
$22.95
Certified Angus NY
Strip – in a Kansas City rub and a honey sage demi
$21.95
Stuffed Quail – a pair
of deboned quail stuffed with prosciutto, olive & asparagus in
an lemon,
garlic, almond, saffron sauce
$25.95
Lamb Chops – pistachio
encrusted in a sweet pea, tarragon and Gouda cream sauce
$24.95
Veal Chop – thinly
pounded and hazelnut breaded in a tropical fruit and mint sauce
$27.95
Lobster Tail – with a
tequila citrus butter served with tomato salsa risotto
$23.95
Crispy Scallops – with a
ginger, watercress, morel mushroom & asparagus broth served
with couscous
$23.95