“… 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

LUNCH

- ANTIPASTI -

Calamari fritti $7.50

Bruschetta classica $6.50

(classic garlic-brushed grilled bread with diced plum tomatoes and fresh basil)

Insalata mista $4.50

- INSALATE -

Carpaccio di manzo $7.50 / $13

(thin sliced raw tenderloin with Parmigiano and arugula)

Carpaccio di anatra affumicata $9 / $16

(thin sliced smoked duck breast with baby spinach, green apples, walnuts, extra virgin olive oil and six year old balsamic)

Insalata di Gamberetti $13

(grilled shrimp sald with hearts of palm, Parmigiano and arugula)

Insalata di Pollo $12

(grilled chicken salad with goat cheese and tomatoes)

Salmone alla griglia con insalata di spinaci $12.50

(grilled salmon served over a bed of baby spinach)

- PANINI -

Big Luciano $10

(gnocco fritto and prosciutto di Parma)

Pollo e melanzane alla Parmigiana $11

(chicken and eggplant parmigiana with fresh peeled tomatoes and mozzarella on homemade focaccia) 

Tigellone con prosciutto e stracchino  $12.50

(Modena tile-baked mountain bread with prosciutto di Parma and imported stracchino cheese)

Piazza Grande $11

(grilled mixed vegetables with pesto and mozzarella on homemade focaccia)

- PASTE -

 Penne al pomodoro $9

(tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil)

Tagliatelle al ragu' $10.50

(homemade tagliatelle with a country meat sauce)

 Tortelloni di ricotta e spinaci $12

(with tomato sauce)

 Lasagne $15

(Northern style, meat based)

 Tortelloni di zucca $12

(pumpkin tortelloni with butter and sage)

 Ravioli di verdure $12

(homemade grilled mixed vegetables ravioli with string beans, diced potatoes and pesto sauce)

Tortelloni di pollo $14

(chicken and wild mushroom tortelloni with truffle olive oil)

 Caramelle di Castelvetro $15

(candy shaped pasta stuffed with pork, spinach and ricotta with prosciutto, arrugula and olive oil)

 Farfalle al salmone $10

(asparagus, smoked salmon and cream sauce) 

Tagliolini Saporiti  $10 / *$12

(homemade fresh tagliolini with sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, pine nuts, olive oil, garlic)

(*with chicken)

Spaghetti neri con calamari $12.50

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

Ravioli di caprino e pomodori secchi $12

(goat cheese & sun-dried tomato ravioli served w/diced eggplants and tomato sauce)

Frutti di Mare $12

(seafood spaghetti)

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

- MAIN COURSES -

Bistecca con Patatine $16

(grilled skirt steak and fries)

Pesce azzuro con radici miste $14.50

(grilled bluefish with roasted mixed roots)

“ 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

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