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  • Antipasto
  • Insalate
  • Soup
  • Secondi
  • Meats and Fish
  • House Wines
  • White Wines
  • Sparkling
  • Red Wines

Menu

Antipasto (Appetizers)

  • Shrimp Cocktail

    Steamed shrimp served cold with horseradish cocktail sauce

  • Beef Carpaccio

    Raw thinly sliced tenderloin served with celery, Parmesan, capers, olive oil, and half a lemon

  • Bruschetta

    Traditional Mediterranean bruschetta with tomato, mozzarella, basil, oregano, and olive oil served on crispy crostini

  • Meatballs

    Succulent meatballs in white, fresh rosemary cream sauce served on polenta

  • Lumache

    Sautéed snails with olive oil, garlic, butter, and a splash of tomato sauce

Insalate (Salads)

  • Nicola’s Salad

    Spring mix, shaved carrots, chopped tomato, shaved parmesan, sweet red onions with olive oil and sweet balsamic vinegar

  • Caesar Salad

    Traditional Caesar salad with Nicola’s Caesar dressing, Parmesan flakes, and fresh romaine lettuce, sweet balsamic vinegar

  • Beet Salad

    Sweet fresh beets on a bed of salad mix, blue cheese, caramelized walnuts, complimented with pear drop walnut oil and balsamic vinegar

  • Monica Wedge

    Crispy lettuce wedge, Caesar dressing, blue cheese, fresh chopped tomato, sweet red onion, crispy bacon, and a drizzle of sweet balsamic vinegar

Soup

  • Tomato Cream Soup

  • Mushroom Soup

Secondi (Pastas)

  • Seafood Pasta

    Spaghetti noodles with shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams, and mushrooms on a white light spice cream sauce

  • Penne Alla Vodka

    Penne noodles with chicken tomato cream sauce, light and spicy

  • Pasta Nicola

    Homemade ricotta cheese noodles served on a spicy tomato cream sauce with sausage and mushrooms

  • Four Cheese Tortellini

    Cheese tortellini with mushrooms, peas, and ham on a garlic cream sauce

Meats and Fish

  • Salmone

    Grilled salmon filet with honey mustard sauce, served with risotto and a vegetable medley

  • Chicken Parmesan

    Traditional breaded chicken breast served on a bed of spaghetti noodles and tomato cream sauce

  • Pork Shank

    Braised pork shank in port wine sauce served with sautéed fresh vegetables and mashed potatoes

  • Duck

    Half roasted duck with berry wine sauce with mashed potatoes and vegetable medley

  • Veal Picatta

    Veal Picatta on a capers white wine sauce

  • Filet Gorgonzola

    8 oz. center-cut beef tenderloin with gorgonzola cheese sauce. Served with sautéed vegetable medley and mashed potatoes

  • Filetto Green Peppercorn

    8 oz. center-cut beef tenderloin with green peppercorn sauce, and served with sautéed vegetable medley and mashed potatoes

House Wines

Cabernet Sauvignon — Chardonnay — Merlot — Moscato — Pinot Grigio — Pinot Noir — White Zinfandel

By the 6 oz glass — 9

White Wines

  • ChardonnayHarkenCA39
  • ChardonnayFrei BrothersSonoma, CA43
  • ChardonnayCakebreadNapa, CA68
  • ChardonnayDuckhornNapa, CA72
  • White BlendGaja VistamareItaly45
  • Pinot GrigioMaso CanaliTrentino, Italy49
  • MoscatoSeven DaughtersItaly36
  • Sauvignon BlancStoneleighMarlborough, NZ47
  • Sauvignon BlancSimiNapa52
  • RieslingWenteArroyo Seco, CA39

Sparkling

  • ProseccoBolliciniVeneto, Italy33
  • Sparkling BrutSilver GateSpain39
  • ChampagneVeuve Clicquot “Yellow Label”France (Half Bottle)64
  • ChampagneVeuve ClicquotChampagne, France114
  • ChampagneDom PerignonChampagne, France274

Red Wines

Wine list rotates; consider these representative.

  • ChiantiPoggiotondoTuscany44
  • PrimitivoTormaresca NepricaPuglia46
  • ChiantiNozzole Chianti Classico RiservaTuscany80
  • RossoGran PassionePiedmont49
  • RipassoVeneti AppassimentoVeneto58
  • AmaronePasquaVeneto84
  • AmaroneVenetiVeneto108
  • NebbioloNino Negri “Inferno”Lombardy62
  • BrunelloCastiglioni del BoscoTuscany107
  • BrunelloFattoria dei BarbiTuscany124
  • Tuscan Blend1999/2000 OrnellaiaTuscanyVP
  • Tuscan Blend1999/2004 SassicaiaTuscanyVP
  • BaroloBatasioloPiedmont107
  • BaroloPrunottoPiedmont112
  • Pinot NoirClineCA45
  • Pinot NoirBansheeCA68
  • MerlotDuckhornNapa, CA112
  • MalbecTintoNeroArgentina49
  • Cabernet SauvignonBonanzaCA58
  • Cabernet SauvignonLouis M. Martini “Prati”Sonoma, CA49
  • Cabernet SauvignonBVNapa, CA77
  • CabernetOrin Swift “Palermo”CA102
  • Cabernet SauvignonCaymusNapa, CA131
  • CabernetOrin Swift “Mercury Head”Napa175
  • Red BlendEverseekingPortugal42
  • Red BlendConundrumCA77
  • Red BlendThe PrisonerCA84
  • Red BlendOrin Swift “Abstract”CA84
  • Red BlendOrin Swift “Papillon”CA132
  • Red Blend2000 QuintessaNapa, CA385
  • Red BlendDelasRhone, FR59
  • Chateauneuf du PapeDomaine La BoutiniereFR121

VP = vintage price, ask server.

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