$65 per person plus tax
Cocktail Hour
Chef's Cold Antipasta Display
- Assorted cru d'tete platters with gourmet spreads
- Tomato-artichoke bruschetta and crostini
- Pasta salad with creamy pesto dressing
- mozzarella caprese salad
- Italian meats
- International cheese platter with fresh berries and strawberry-honey
- seafood salad with spicy tomato-caper vinaigrette
- fresh baked foccacia and Italian baguettes
Butlered Hot Hors D'oeuvres (select 6)
- Assorted multigrain flatbread
- beef polpette with spinach and asiago
- baked brie in puff pastry
- spanikopita
- cocktail franks in puff pastry
- roasted vegetable dumplings with smoked mozzarella
- Vegetable spring rolls with honey-hoisin dipping sauce
- PEI mussels red or white
- milanese chicken satays
- Risotto crab cakes
- mozzarella en carrozza
- spicy fried shrimp
- mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat, spinach and gorgonzola
- roasted pork bruschetta
- roasted mushroom-goat cheese strudel
- spicy fried shrimp
- Prosciutto Fontina cigars
- fried stuffed olives
- clams "casino" or "oreganta"
- crab stuffed crepes
- seared scallops
- brochettes of filet mignon
- pesto grilled jumbo shrimp
Served at the Table:
- Fresh baked foccacia and crostini served with roasted eggplant spread, roasted garlic-hot pepper spread, extra virgin olive oil and fresh cracked pepper
Freshly Prepared Salads: (choose one)
- Traditional Caesar salad with crisp romaine, foccacia croutons and parmesan
- Bacio House Salad, baby field greens, Roma tomatoes and cucumbers tossed in a strawberry-balsamic vinaigrette with foccacia croutons and gorgonzola
- Garden Salad, crisp iceberg, tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, croutons, and Italian vinaigrette
- Baby Arugula, tomatoes and artichokes tossed in a lemon pepper vinaigrette with toasted almonds
Entrees
Pasta Entrees: (select one)
- Penne Marinara, Pomodoro, Bolognese
- Tomato-asiago blush Tortellini Carbonara with prosciutto and peas tossed in a sage-pecorino cream sauce
- Cavatelli Primavera tossed with fresh vegetables and pomodoro, or sausage and broccoli rabe
- Baked Rigatoni with fresh ricotta, mozzarella and marinara
- Penne pasta and jumbo lump crabmeat tossed in a sundried tomato-pesto cream sauce
- Risotto primavera simmered with fresh vegetables and herbs
Chicken Entrees: (select one)
- Chicken Saltimbocca, sauteed with white wine, shallots and sage and topped with prosciutto and fontina
- Chicken breast stuffed with spinach, sundried tomatoes and brie cheese simmered in a mushroom cream sauce
- Chicken Marsala sauteed with portobello mushrooms, fresh sage and Marsala wine
- Chicken Piccata sauteed with lemon, capers and white wine
- Chicken Francese, sauteed with jumbo lump crabmeat, roasted peppers, asparagus and lemon butter sauce
- Chicken Parmigiana, fried chicken cutlets baked with marinara and mozzarella
Seafood Entrees: (select one)
- "Frutta Di Mare" Seafood Cioppino with jumbo shrimp, mussels, scallops and clams simmered with white wine and pomodoro
- Oreganata crusted fillet of sole sautéed with jump lump crabmeat in a tomato caper scampi sauce
- Francese fillet of tilapia sauteed with jumbo lump crabmeat, white wine, capers and fresh lemon
- Herb-crusted fillet of salmon with a shallot-dijon cream sauce
- Almond-crusted fillet of sole sauteed with baby shrimp in a tomato-scampi sauce
- Risotto crab cakes with a sundried tomato-pesto aioli
Beef Entrees: (select one)
- Medallions of Filet mignon stuffed with spinach, roasted peppers and gorgonzola, served over a balsamic-roasted shallot Marsala reduction
- Beef Shortrib braised with roasted onions and Marsala wine
- Pan-roasted ribeye steak with grilled vegetables and goat cheese
- Roast beef, thinly sliced and served with au jus
- Honey-Hoisin BBQ, char-grilled flank steak
Vegetable Accompaniments: (select one or a medley)
- Baby spinach sauteed with roasted garlic and extra virgin olive oil
- String beans almondine
- Steamed asparagus with fresh lemon and cracked pepper
- Vegetable caponata with zucchini, squash and roasted peppers
- braised cabbage with red wine vinegar, parmesan and pepper
Starch Accompaniments: (select one)
- Roasted garlic mashed potatoes
- Maple-whipped sweet potatoes
- Herbed Risotto
- Rosemary-garlic roasted red bliss potatoes
Chef's Table Dessert Display:
- Assorted mini pastries to include cookie and biscotti platters
- strawberry-nutella strudel
- white chocoalte-aramretto bread pudding
- mini cannoli
- Belgium dark chocolate brownies
- Tira mi Su
- biscotti and fresh fruit
- stawberries and fresh whipped cream
- Coffee and Decaf
(rentals and labor will be additional and based on customers needs and style of service)