“… Con dieci caselli di autostrada si passa dal Grana, al Parmigiano, al Reggiano, che non sono lo stesso formaggio, dagli agnolini, ai tortelli, ai tortellini, ai cappelletti, che presuppongono diverse ricette. Muta il dialetto, l’architettura se vi spingete fino al mare: per arrivare ai mosaici di Ravenna, dovrete attraversare il romanico di Modena, il gotico di Bologna e fare magari una sosta per ammirare cio’ che il Rinascimento ha lasciato a Ferrara...”

                                                                         - Enzo Biagi

VIA EMILIA

DINNER

- ANTIPASTI -

Gnocco Fritto $9

(puffy fritters with prosciutto di  Parma, sopressata dolce, coppa & mortadella)

Gnocco Fritto Con solo Prosciutto di Parma $13

(puffy fritters with prosciutto di  Parma only)

Borlengo $7.50

(thin broad pan bread with pancetta spread, fresh rosemary and Parmigiano Reggiano)

Tigelle $11

(Modena’s little tile-baked mountain bread, served with soft cheese, cold cuts and pancetta spread)

Cotechino con fagioli e salsa verde $8.50

(imported Modenese sausage with beans, tomatoes and salsa verde)

Calzagatti $9

(pancetta, beans and tomatoes fried polenta with coppa and gorgonzola dolce)

Polpettine di Melanzane $9

(eggplant patties topped with arugula, goat cheese, chopped tomatoes, olive oil and balsamic)

Insalata di Tonno e Fagioli $8.50

(fresh grilled tuna and white cannellini bean salad served over grilled bruschetta)

Insalata Mista $6

(mixed house salad) 

Bruschetta Classica $7.50

(bruschetta topped with chopped tomatoes, olive oil and basil)

Carpaccio di Manzo $8.50

(thin sliced raw tenderloin served over arugula salad and topped with shaved Parmigiano  Reggiano)

Anatra al profumo di mele Verdi con balsamico di 5 anni $10

(smoked duck, baby spinach, walnuts, green apple and five-year-old balsamic)

Parmigiano Reggiano e Balsamico $15

(Parmigiano Reggiano , pears, 25 yrs old balsamic)

- ZUPPE -

Tortellini in brodo $11

(pork, prosciutto di Parma and Parmigiano Reggiano dumplings in chicken broth)

Maltagliati con i fagioli $8

(“badly cut” pasta and beans soup)

- PASTE -

Tagliatelle al Ragu’ $12.50

(tagliatelle with a country meat sauce)

Penne al Pomodoro $11

(tomato sauce, basil, mozzarella)

Tortelloni di Ricotta e Spinaci $14

(spinach and ricotta tortelloni with tomato sauce) 

Lasagne $16

 (Northern style, meat based)

Tortelloni di Pollo $16.50

(chicken and wild mushroom tortelloni with truffle olive oil)

Tortellini alla Panna $20

(pork, prosciutto di Parma and Parmigiano Reggiano dumplings in a cream sauce)

Frutti di Mare $14

(seafood spaghetti)

Tortelloni di Zucca $14

(pumpkin toretlloni with butter and sage sauce)

Ravioli di Verdure $13.50

(spinach dough ravioli stuffed with grilled vegetables with pesto sauce)

Ravioli con Caprino $15

(sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese and spinach ravioli with diced eggplants, tomato sauce)

Spaghetti Neri con Calamari $14.50

(fresh black ink spaghetti with fresh squid, chopped tomatoes and basil in spicy olive oil and garlic)

Caramelle di Castelvetro  $16.50

(candy- shaped pasta stuffed with pork, spinach and ricotta with prosciutto, arugula, butter and olive oil) 

(All pastas are hand made daily except spaghetti and penne)

- SECONDI PIATTI -

Braciolona di Maiale alla Brace $17

(grilled seasoned pork chop with roasted potatoes)

Bistecca alla Brace $18.50

(charcoal grilled skirt steak with French fries)

Cotechino in Galera $19.50

(cotechino wrapped in prosciutto and veal roasted and served with mashed potatoes and spinach)

Cinghale al Forno $18

(thin - sliced wild boar roasted with mushrooms, beans, tomatoes and fresh rosemary)

Fegato e Cipolle $17

(calf liver sautéed with onion and white wine served with roasted potatoes)

Pesce Azzuro alla Brace $17

(grilled bluefish served over roasted roots)

Pollo alle Erbe $17

(roasted balsamic chicken breast served with sautéed spinach)

Insalata di Gamberetti $15

(arugula, grilled shrimp, hearts of palm, shaved Parmigiano  Reggiano, extra virgin olive oil and lemon)

Stinco d’Agnello $18.50

(braised lamb shank served with polenta and Parmigiano Reggiano croutons and sautéed spinach)

Melanzane alla parmigiana $17

(eggplant parmigiana)

- VERDURE -

Asparagi alla Parmigiana $8

(asparagus baked with Parmigiano  Reggiano and a touch of butter)

Bietole e Cipolle $7.50

(roasted beets and onions)

Spinaci alla vecchia Modena $8.50

(olive oil and garlic sautéed spinach with pignoli and raisins)

Radicchio ed endiva $6.50

(grilled radicchio and endive)

“ within  ten exits on the highway [autostrada] we pass the sources of Grana, Parmigiano and Reggiano, which are not at all the same cheese, and of agnolini, tortelli, tortellini, and cappelletti, which suggest the diversity of their recipes. The Dialect mutates, and as in architecture, if we head toward the Adriatic sea to reach the mosaic of Ravenna, we encounter the Romanesque style of  Modena and the gothic of Bologna and perhaps stop to admire what the renaissance left in Ferrara…”

                                                        - Enzo Biagi

CASH ONLY