Summer 2013 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.

Appetizer

Bruschetta Combination – 1)monchego and fig spread with almonds, 2)mushrooms, gorgonzola & prosciutto, and avocado 3)radish & pine nuts with jumbo lump crab

$11.95

Grilled Charcuterie – sausages from Spain, Poland, Italy served with grain mustard and caper berries

$10.95

Fried Stuffed olives & dates – with cream cheese and Andouille sausage atop a caper tomato sauce

$10.95

Crab and Monchego Croquettes– served with a spicy red pepper aioli

$11.95

PEI Mussels – with a spicy olive tomato caper sauce served with toasted baguette

$9.95

Fried Calamari –served with a lime, avocado, ancho chili tomato sauce. The best In Syracuse!

$10.95

Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus – served over soft polenta with a wild mushroom lemon scented hollandaise.

$11.95

Bacon wrapped provolone stuffed cherry peppers set in a golden raisin tomato sauce

$10.95

Greens Gentile - sautéed escarole mixed with spicy sausage, pancetta, cherry peppers & broccoli

topped with cheese & toasted breadcrumbs

$9.95

Grilled Oysters – topped with wilted spinach, chorizo sausage and brie

$12.95

Salad

Arugula – goat cheese stuffed heirloom tomato with black olive vinaigrette and celery scented croutons & pickled radishes

$6.95

Summer wedge – Bibb wedge with bacon, almonds, mandarin oranges, crumbly blue cheese & fried green tomatoes with a peppadew pepper vinaigrette

$6.95

Fennel and cucumber – green beans, fingerling potatoes with creamy herbed yogurt vinaigrette

$6.95

Grilled eggplant, arugula and cherry tomato – golden raisins, toasted pine nuts and feta cheese with lemon caper vinaigrette

$6.95

Spinach, Bibb & Endive – pine nuts, strawberries & goat cheese with spicy honey vinaigrette

$6.95

Tomato trio – cherry, grape & fried green tomatoes with goat cheese and spicy basil vinaigrette

$6.95

Pasta & Risotto

Chef Gentile prepares all pasta and risotto al dente

Lamb Shank Risotto – caramelized fennel & apricots all embellished in a gorgonzola mint demi

$24.95

Crab Risotto – julienne ancho peppers, corn, leeks, feta cheese & spinach in a lime cilantro butter

$22.95

Linguine –stir fried veggies & shrimp all in a spicy peanut sauce finished with Grana Padano cheese

$22.95

Cavatelli – rabbit confit with arugula, walnuts, figs & manchego cheese

$22.95

Gnocchi – exotic mushrooms, prosciutto broth with zucchini, squash and pickled red onion with a basil goat cheese

$19.95

Rigatoni – chicken pieces, avocado, peppadew peppers, capers, almonds, mint orange butter with manchego cheese

$18.95

Veal & Mushroom Pot Pie – tender veal pieces and mixed vegetables

$22.95

Penne – served with an old world Bolognese sauce OR Kevin’s amazing vodka sauce

(With or without prosciutto)

$16.95

Entrée

All entrées are accompanied by a starch and vegetable of the chef’s choice

Langoustine Stuffed Chicken – with a green curry sauce (ginger, kaffir lime, lemon grass & cilantro) with coconut milk and spicy oil drizzle

$22.95

Taleggio Stuffed Chicken – wrapped in prosciutto with an olive, caper tomato sauce

$20.95

Gentile’s lobster thermador (shelled 8oz lobster tail, shredded, cooked with white wine and bread and stuffed

back in its shell) with beet and bing cherry gazpacho

$28.95

Swiss Chard Pillows – stuffed with wild mushrooms, cauliflower & cream cheese set in a spicy edamame sauce

$22.95

Almond Encrusted Scallops – with a green grape & roast garlic puree

$25.95

Half Duck– with pickled red onion & cipollini onions set in a rhubarb marmalade

$28.95

CAB NY Strip – atop polenta topped with a mushroom duxelle set in an applewood smoked bacon red wine reduction

$28.95

Grilled Filet – atop a bed of mixed onions, sautéed mushrooms all topped with blue cheese butter

$28.95

Five Spice Rubbed Filet –with roasted carrots and a rutabaga puree

$28.95

Grilled Veal Chop – with spicy orange maple roasted sweet potato hash

$28.95

Smoked Pork Loin – with a spicy strawberry mint butter, enoki mushrooms and grilled scallions or ramps

$25.95

Seared Pork Belly and Cornmeal Encrusted Soft Shell Crab – garnished with pickle green tomatoes &

radishes set in a maple soy mustard sauce

$27.95