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Cafe Giovanni FRENCH QUARTER ¤ 117 Decatur click for map ¤ 529-2154 Contemporary Italian And Creole. ¤ Nice Casual. Dinner 5:30 p.m. - 10 Tues. -Fri., 5:30 p.m.- 11 p.m. Sat. ¤ AE DC DS MC V |
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Dining here is at the very least
a major meal, and often an event. Chef-owner Duke LoCicero emphasizes
both Sicilian and Creole culinary traditions, but doesn't hesitate to
employ tastes from anywhere else in the world. All this is rendered
with polish, interesting local ingredients, and fresh, original
touches. The best strategy is to let the chef feed you an assortment of
small portions of the day's specials for about $50. Regardless of which
way you order, you will almost certainly get too much to eat. The dining room straddles two old townhouses and what was once their shared courtyard with a noisy, uniquely New Orleans environment. On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, talented singers stroll about performing opera and Broadway songs. Last year, the chef renovated the original dining room--which never was especially good for dining anyway--into a comfortable lounge. Menu Updated January 2005. Antipasti Soup of the Day $6.50 Ravioli of the Day $10.95 Spicy Grits and Shrimp $10.95 Fried grits cake with shrimp and a spicy Creole cream sauce Tuscany Asparagus $10.95 Wrapped in prosciutto, stuffed with mozzarella, fried and served with sun-dried pumpkin seed pesto and basil pesto Shrimp Remoulade over Fried Green Tomatoes $10.95 KC Baby Pork Shank $12.95 With Southern Comfort BBQ sauce, roasted corn and okra Insalate Crabmeat Siciliana Salad $12.95 Jumbo lump crabmeat, gourmet greens, roma tomatoes, and olivata vinaigrette Insalate Caprese $8.95 Sliced tomatoes with homemade mozzarella and a five vinegar vinaigrette Caesar Salad $8.95 Traditional style with fresh romaine, parmesan cheese and fried eggplant croutons Chopped Italian Salad $6.95 Pasta Pasta Gambino $19.95 Penne pasta, sautéed rock shrimp, sun dried tomatoes and herbed peppers in a three cheese cream sauce Spaghetti a la Bolognese $19.95 Traditional Italian meat sauce with ground veal, pork and beef Italian Sausage and Peppers $`19.95 Red, yellow and green peppers with Italian sausage in a spaghetti marinara Cajun Angel Hair $19.95 Shrimp, tasso and andouille with rosemary and angel hair pasta Meatballs and Spaghetti $18.95 Two of Chef's grand meatballs with Italian meat sauce and spaghetti noodles Entrees Market Fresh Fish $21.95 Pan seared 9 ounce fish filet in a beurre blanc sauce, with jambalaya risotto and our house vegetables. ($27.95 with jumbo lump crabmeat) Chicken Piccata $21.95 Veal Piccata $26.95 Medallions of veal or chicken breast in a lemon butter sauce, over a penne marinara cream sauce. Veal LoCicero $26.95 Sautéed medallions of veal in a caper artichoke and shrimp sauce servitor penne marinara cream sauce. Cajun Duck $22.95 Roasted duck breast in a Creole Dijon mustard and white wine cream sauce with mashed potatoes Roasted Pork Loin $21.95 Pork medallions smothered in a raspberry chipotle sauce, with wild mushroom risotto Duke's Filet $27.95 Six-oz. filet mignon in a brandy foie grois and green peppercorn sauce, with mashed potatoes Desserts Ask about today's assortment $6.50 |