Category Archives: Menu update

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new Fall Seasonal Menu! The menu showcases in-season, fresh and local ingredients such as brussels sprouts and butternut squash. For starters, enjoy our Insalata di Cavolini, a long-time guest favorite that features artisan pancetta from Fra’Mani Handcrafted Foods in Berkeley.  Our pasta course features the cold-weather favorite, gnocchi. The pasta is pan-roasted and includes roasted butternut squash and Fra’Mani sausage. We have two entrée courses, Scallopini di Maiale and Pollo Cacciatora. The Scallopini (pork tenderloin) is sautéed with white wine, fresh sage, lemon and butter and is served with soft polenta!  Our Pollo Cacciatora recipe features Mary’s Free Range Chicken from California-based Pitman Family Farms as well as green olives and fresh rosemary.  As a side you can enjoy roasted butternut squash drizzled with balsamic reduction and tossed with toasted bread crumbs.  And for the “sweet course”, try our “Coppa al Cioccolato”, which is our Italian Sundae that has local La Copa Loca vanilla gelato layered with homemade brownies and chocolate sauce!

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our Early Spring Seasonal Special Menu! The new menu showcases in-season, fresh and local ingredients such as cauliflower and Dungeness Crab. We’re also featuring artisan meats from Bay Area favorites Zoe’s Meats and Fra’Mani.  Enjoy our hearty soup made with heirloom Scarlet Runner Beans on those rainy spring days and evenings. Our “second course” entrees include a wonderful roasted cauliflower risotto and a linguine with fresh Dungeness Crab. For the meat lovers, we have rich braised short ribs served over fettuccine.  Try the ribs with a glass or bottle of “un4seen”, our current Artisan Wine. And finally for the “everything goes better with bacon” crowd, we’re pleased to offer a Zoe’s meats bacon sundae with vanilla gelato!  That’s right a bacon sundae!  Try it and you’ll be back!

For the next several weeks, you can find this menu along with a fixed course tasting menu throughout our restaurants in Northern and Southern California.  If you’re feeling adventurous, our Pleasant Hill and San Jose (The Alameda) locations are offering a different seasonal special menu, with items that we are “testing” for future use. If you want to get in on the “testing” or try a different seasonal dish, please visit those locations to see what the Pasta Pomodoro Culinary Team is working on.  We hope you enjoy the new dishes as much as we do and look forward to your feedback!

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our Fall Seasonal Special Menu. The new menu showcases in-season, fresh local ingredients such as organic butternut squash from Riverdog Farms.  In addition to Riverdog, we’re also featuring leading local California farmers and food purveyors such as Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese, Marin French Farms, Zoe’s Meats and Niman Ranch.  Our specials reinforce our philosophy that as a locally owned restaurant group, we are investing in ingredients that are grown or produced in California, as often as possible. Our Culinary team appreciates that our guests delight in sampling fresh new modern Italian dishes in addition to indulging in the Pasta Pomodoro favorites!

For the next several weeks, you can find this menu along with a fixed course tasting menu throughout our restaurants in Northern and Southern California.  If you’re feeling adventurous, our Pleasant Hill and Camden Park – San Jose locations are offering a different seasonal special menu, with items that we are “testing” for future use. If you want to get in on the “testing” or try a different seasonal dish, please visit those locations to see what the Pasta Pomodoro Culinary Team is working on.  We hope you enjoy the new dishes as much as we do and look forward to your feedback!