Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Valentine's Dinner at Restivo Ristorante


212.366.4133 Valentine's Day Reservations Line

Make a reservation now and avoid being disappointed.
Restivo is for lovers and the decor will wow you!


Prix Fixe $49.95 pp
Includes a complementary glass of champagne

Soup: Shrimp Bisque

Appetizer: Clams Casino

Plus a choice from the following

Pasta
Red pepper flavored Fettuchini with
olive oil and garlic

Pollo
Chicken breast cordon blue with four cheese sauce

Carne
Osso Buco served with saffron rice
Pesce

Broiled lobster tail, with terrine of garlic butter and parsley


Risotto
Risotto with mixed mushroom and grilled chicken

Dessert
Warm apple strudel with cinnamon, passionfruit creme brule
or peach sorbet


Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Lunch & Brunch @ Restivo - hot deals!

Enjoy your meal!


Lunch Special

$9.95


Soup or Salad

And a choice from the following


Capellini Primavera Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

With fresh garden vegetables in olive oil & garlic


Rigatoni alla Papalina Chef’s Salad

Green peas, prosciutto & mushroom in pink sauce Mixed greens,
strips of ham & cheese, hard boiled eggs,

mixed olives, tomato, avocado & Italian dressing


Penne al Forno Omelet Restivo

With fresh tomato sauce dusted with parmigiano and with
mushroom, fresh tomatoes & basil topped with mozzarella


Fusilli Salsiccia Pollo Limone

Sweet hot sausage & tomato sauce with a touch of cream,
breast of chicken sautéed with white wine, lemon & butter


Spaghetti Bolognaise Sandwich di Pollo Griglia

With a homemade tomato meat sauce & fresh basil, grilled chicken
on a roll with lettuce, tomatoes, smoked bacon & roast garlic caper mayonnaise


Cheeseburger Italian Wedge

With lettuce tomatoes and onions on a roll, grilled squash, zucchini, eggplant
& roasted peppers brushed with olive oil, served on garlic bread


Tortellini Quattro Fromaggio (+3.00)

Cheese tortellini with four cheese sauce


Salmon Fantasiona (+3.00)

Grilled salmon with romaine, plum tomatoes in a light

mustard vinaigrette


Pollo Parmigiano with Rigatoni (+3.00)

Pounded & breaded chicken breast topped with tomato sauce & mozzarella cheese


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Weekend Special

Brunch $ 11.95

Includes 1: Soup of the Day, Mixed Salad,
Bloody Mary, Screw Driver or Mimosa

Plus choice of:

Eggs Benedict
Poached eggs with Canadian bacon on English muffin,
topped with a grand marnier hollandaise sauce


Omelet Restivo
Prepared with smoked salmon, chives and cream cheese

Eggs Florentine
Poached eggs with spinach topped with grand marnier hollandaise sauce,
served with English muffin


French Toast Venetian
Served with challah bread & Vermont maple syrup
with a warm cinnamon apple compote


Shell Steak (+4.00)
With two eggs, any style

Spaghetti Bolognaise
With a homemade tomato meat sauce and fresh basil

Crab Cakes (+4.00)
Served with home fries

Capellini Primavera
Angel hair pasta with fresh vegetables, olive oil and garlic

Rigatoni Quattro Fromaggio
Rigatoni prepared with four cheeses

Sandwich Restivo
Prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, sun dried tomatoes, olive oil & vinegar on Italian bread

Cheesburger
With lettuce and tomato on a roll served with fresh French fries

Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

Salmon Bolito . . . (+3.00)
Poached salmon, topped with a béarnaise sauce

Polenta with Pink Sauce
2 Poached Eggs on Top



Saturday, January 10, 2009

Come in for drinks or dinner 7 days a week

The bar at Restivo's is a restored, antique, wood bar brought over from The Old Country.

The barkeep has worked here "forever" which means all of the 15 years Restivo's has been in Chelsea.

Check out the wine list - but you might as well stop at the house red. If it's Italian, its gotta be good!

Come on in and experience Restivo Ristorante, a place with flair and seasonal fun decor!

Red Wines...a sampling

Chianti Piccini (Straw Bottle) Tuscany $22.00
Ruby red notes of cherries & raspberries full bodied

Valpolicella Classico, Masi (Veneto) $23.00
Almost Port-like aromas, with a raisiny, full-bodied, with big muscular tannis and a long, fruit-driven finish

Cabernet Sauvignon, Geyser Peak $35.00
Ripe raspberry, blackberry & black cherry flavors with juicy mild-palate, toasty oak notes..


White Wines...a sampling

Pinot Grigio la Garia (Trentino) $22.00
Brilliant smooth medium-bodied, fresh & well balanced wine, extremely eclectic with food

Chardonnay, Ruffino Libaio (Italy) $25.00
Tropically fruity, complex with a bouquet reminiscent of golden delicious apples

Pinot Grigio Borgo Magredo “Mosaic” (Fruili) $28.00
Grapefruit flavors, yielding to almost blossom on the finish, for arefreshing quaff

Vermentino, Sella & Mosca (Sardinia) $29.
A pleasant aromatic nose dry, fresh and lively

DueUve, Bertani Sauvignon Blanc & Pinot Grigio (Veneto) $33.00
An assertive aroma, nuances of elderflowers, hints of peach and apricot, full bodied & well balanced.

Chardonnay, Wild Horse (Sonoma) $36.00
Aromas and flavors of pineapple, white lilies,nectarine sweet oak

Pinot Grigio Sta. Margherita (Altoadige, Italy) $40.00
A firmly fuity aromatic boquet, crips that finish dry

Chardonnay Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve (California) $43.00
Elegant and tropical with hints of citrus


Champagne and Sparkling Wines

Saint Helaire, Blanc de Blancs (France) $ 25.00
A bouquet of delicate floral aromas, crisp, clean & light with fine bubbles

Laurent – Perrier, Brut $ 75.00
Fresh and easy to drink, delicate yet complex

Dom Perignon Vintage $ 175.00
Rich and elegant with a long, lush finish