“… 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 -

Bruschetta Classica $6.50

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

Calamari Fritti $7.50

(fried squid w/ spicy tomato sauce)

Bruschetta con Peperonata $7

(classic garlic-brushed grilled bread with mixed roasted peppers, spicy olive oil)

Calamari alla Griglia $8.50

(fresh grilled squids)

Tortellini in brodo $10

(pork, prosciutto di parma and parmigiano Reggiano dumplings in chicken broth)

- INSALATE -

Insalata Mista $4.50 

Carpaccio di Manzo $8 / $14

(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 five year old balsamic)

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)

Insalata di Gamberetti $13

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

Insalata di Tonno e Fagioli  $15

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

- PANINI-

Big Luciano $10

(gnocco fritto and prosciutto di Parma)

Pollo e Melanzane alla Parmigiana $11

(chicken and eggplant parmigiana, tomato sauce and mozzarella on 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)

Farfalle al Salmone $10

(asparagus, smoked salmon and cream sauce)

Penne Saporite  $10 / *$12

(sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, pine nuts, olive oil, garlic)

(*with chicken)

Tagliatelle al Ragu' $12.50

(homemade tagliatelle with country meat sauce)

Tortelloni di Zucca $12

(pumpkin tortelloni with butter and sage)

Ravioli di Verdure $13

(mixed grilled vegetable ravioli with oven roasted tomatoes, arugula, spicy olive oil, garlic)

Tortelloni di Ricotta e Spinaci $12

(with tomato sauce)

Ravioli di Caprino e Pomodori Secchi $12

(goat cheese & sun-dried tomato ravioli served with diced eggplant in tomato sauce)

Frutti di Mare $12

(seafood spaghetti in light tomato sauce)

Spaghetti Neri con Calamari $12.50

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

Tagliatelle Verdi al Filetto di Pomodoro $13

(homemade fresh spinach tagliatelle with hand-peeled tomato and basil sauce)

Tortelloni di Pollo $14

(chicken and wild mushroom tortelloni in truffle olive oil sauce)

Lasagne $15

(Northern Italian style)

Caramelle di Castelvetro $15

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

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

- MAIN COURSES -

Pesce Azzuro alla Brace $14.50

(grilled bluefish over a salad of cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, spinach)

Bistecca con Patatine $16

(grilled skirt steak and fries)

Melanzane alla parmigiana $17

(eggplant parmigian)

“ 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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