Antipasti

Misticanza mixed greens salad,strawberries,cucumbers,tomatoes, red onion,blue
cheese,toasted walnuts,blueberry balsamic dressing 6.50

Iinsalata caprese  fresh mozzarella, tomato,olive oil, basil & sea salt   8.50

Insalata cesare con gamberi a house made ceasar salad dressing with romaine
lettuce,garlic crostini and grilled shrimp 8.50

Insalata con formaggio di Capra mixed greens in a lemon vinaigrette with panko encrusted & fried goat cheese  8.50

Calamari su la griglia grilled squid over arugula,radicchio&mixed; greens,with a
lemon-garlic balsamic vinaigrette   9.50

Cozze con pomodoro P.E.I.mussels steamed with white wine,garlic,chile pepper,
oregano&tomato 11.50

Antipasti per due  (for two)

Antipasto freddo
an assortment of our house made grilled&marinated; eggplants,mu-shrooms,
peppers&zucchini;,insalata caprese,pecorino cheese,&salumi  20

Antipasto pesce platter
grilled tiger shrimp,grilled calamari&octopus; salad over radic-chio&arugula; in a
lemon garlic balsamic vinaigrette   22

Primi

Gnocchi tre formaggi asiago,mozzarella and parmesan cream19

Our gnocchi is made in-house by hand using fresh local ricotta, free range organic
eggs, parmesan cheese,italian tipo 00 flour & extra;-virgin olive oil

Gnocchi tre funghi
a blush sauce with porcini, portabello, shiitake & cremini mushrooms, fennel & herbs  19

Fettuccine frutta di mare egg pasta in a light tomato sauce with sauteed shrimp, calamari, scallops, mussels, chile pepper  19

Orecciette alla bolognese
a hand made pasta imported from Italy,served in our slow braised veal,beef,lamb
&pork; traditional Bolognese meat sauce� 17

Rigatoni a lâ??amatriciana
a very authentic dish originating from the Abbruzzo region in central Italy.We use our
own in-house cured guanciale,saut�©ed onions,chile pepper,tomatoes&finish; it
with freshly grated crotonese cheese� 17

 

Secondi

Lamb Duo bourbon braised Lamb Shank in its own reduced sauce with chargrilled rack in "vin cotto" served with gnocchi gorgonzola  33

Scalloppine di vitello con funghi
milk fed Veal cutlets sauteed in a four mushroom & herb cream sauce  25

Pesce bianco
panko breaded whitefish filet served with a spicy cucumber yogurt and served
over fettuccine primavera 25

Osso Buco slow roasted Veal Shanks in tomato & red wine served over spinach risotto  29

Brisket & Lobster alla Marsala  slow roasted beef brisket in a marsala wine beef stock reduction served with roasted lobster tail with herbed garlic butter   35

 

Chefs  Nick Politi (calabrese)Joseph Graziano(siciliano)
Capitano-Giovanni Cassano (abruzzese)
Consigliere-Marco Perri(calabrese)

Glossary

ricotta: a very soft cows milk cheese made here in Windsor
aglie e olio: saut�©ed garlic in extra-virgin olive oil
risotto milanese:a slow cooked Arborio rice dish with saffron
gorgonzola:a type of blue cheese made in northern Italy
guanciale: Italian cured bacon made from pork jowls
pecorino: a piquant sheepâ??s milk cheese imported from central Italy
salsa verde:a mint & basil sauce with Dijon mustard, olives & capers
salsa rossa: a red pepper sauce with toasted almonds, herbs & lemon
scamorza:a mild Windsor made cowâ??s milk cheese similar to provolone
vin cotto: â??cooked wine,â? a thick syrupy balsamic wine reduction
tipo 00: a finely ground flour from Italy
Bolognese: coming from the city of Bologna in north-central Italy, where the meat sauce was invented & perfected
Calabrese:a native of or related to Calabria, the Italian penninsulassouthern most region
Abruzzesse:a native of or related to Abruzze, the region just east of Rome
Siciliano: a native of or related to the island of Sicily