Lunch Menu
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LUNCH MENU
ANTIPASTI
INSALATA DI SPINACI $8
Baby spinach tossed with a warm dressing of
pancetta, red onions, red bell peppers,
mushrooms and balsamic vinaigrette
CARPACCIO DI SALMONE
O TONNO $11
Sliced raw salmon with chopped green onions,
sliced fennel, arugula, fried capers, lemon juice and olive oil
COZZE $10
Green lip mussels in fish stock, white wine
with pureed tomato, onions, garlic, herbs
and anisette
VONGOLE EN UMIDO $10
Seasonal clams steamed in dry vermouth with sliced
shallots, garlic, Italian parsley, and pickled lemon slices served with
grilled Tuscan Bread
POLENTA ALLA GRIGLIA $9
Grilled polenta and Portobello mushrooms topped with marinara sauce and
basil
INSALATA CAPRESE $9
Whole milk mozzarella with sliced tomatoes, basil and balsamic
vinaigrette
INSALATA MISTA $4
Mixed field greens with marinated onions, kalamata
olives and balsamic vinaigrette
INSALATA CESARE Grande $8 Piccolo
$4
ADD CHICKEN OR TUNA FOR $4
Classic Cesare Salad
PANINI
Served
with your choice of insalata mista or cesare
PANINO DI SALSICCIA $9
Hot Italian sausage on grilled bread with sautéed red
bell peppers and red onions
PANINO DI TACCHINO $9
Smoked turkey breast with fontina cheese, avocado and pancetta, pan
grilled in butter
PANINO DI POLPETTE $9
Vivace meatballs on toasted Tuscan bread with marinara sauce, parmesan
cheese and fresh basil
PANINO DI PESTO $8
Sliced whole milk mozzarella and basil pesto with roasted peppers on pan grilled Tuscan bread
PANINO DI TONNO $9
Grilled ahi tuna with olive and mushroom tapanade served open face on grilled Tuscan bread an slice tomatoes
PASTA
PASTA E INSALATA $10
Your choice of a half order of any of our pasta dishes and a mista or cesare salad
PAGLIA E FIENO $11
“Straw and hay pasta” with sautéed hot Italian sausage and mushrooms in a cream sauce
RIGATONI CON SALSA ROSATO $11
Hot Italian sausage and reosemary in a rosato sauce tossed with rigatoni pasa
RIGATONI ALLA BOLOGNESE
$10
A classic ragu—meat sauce over rigatoni pasta
FARFALLE AL SALMONE AFFUMICATO $12
Bow tie pasta with smoked salmon, bell peppers, asparagus and cream
SPAGHETTI CON
POLPETTE $11
Spaghetti pasta with Vivace house made meatballs and marinara
SPAGHETTI ALLA PUTTANESCA $11
A classic sauce with anchovy, garlic, kalamata olives, tomatoes and capers and spaghetti pasta
SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA $10
Spaghetti tossed with whole egg, parmesan cheese,
pancetta, onion and garlic
FETTUCCINE VERDI CON GAMBERI $11
Shrimp sautéed in olive oil with garlic, white wine, diced tomato, mushroom and spinach fettuccine
PENNE ALLA BETTOLA $8
Penne pasta with garlic, red pepper flakes, pureed tomato, vodka and cream
PENNE
Penne pasta with a spicy pancetta, tomato sauce and fresh basil
SPAGHETTI AGLIO E OLIO $8
Olive oil, whole garlic and red pepper flakes tossed with spaghetti and parmesan
PENNE CON GORGONZOLA
Penne pasta tossed with melted gorgonzola cheese, cream and asparagus
RIGATONI GARIBALDI ALLA VIVACE $12
Rigatoni pasta tossed with sautéed
chicken breast, mushroom and onions in a creamy
FETTUCCINE CON PESTO
$8
ADD SHRIMP OR CHICKEN FOR $4
Fettuccine pasta tossed with fresh basil pesto
FARFALLE ALLA MEDITERRANEA $11
Bow tie pasta Italian sausage, tomatoes, celery, carrot, Sicilian olives, capers, parmesan
SECONDI
POLLO/VITELLO ALLA
Your choice of chicken breast or veal cutlets sautéed with a marsala wine sauce
POLLO/VITELLO ALLA PICCATA $12
Your choice of chicken breast or veal cutlets sautéed with lemon, parsley, caper sauce
SALMONE ALLA GRIGLIA $12
Grilled salmon fillet with a lemon, caper butter
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