Spuntino

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How doth the little pasta shop
Entice you to their seats
At which drastic ends to stop
In crafting magic eats?

How whimsic'ly they dress their strands
In hopes to see you later
With flavors craved in far-off lands
And heaps of blackened gator!
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A Spuntino first! Let's give a little warm weather welcome to the first alligator to grace a plate here. Such a fun and outrageously delicious dish...

Tagliatelle with blackened alligator, toasted pistachios and coconut, all in a coconut-infused étouffée.

See ya later?

A gorgeous Agnolitti del Plin special with Maple Leaf Farm duck confit, cacio e pepe, and pomegranate starting tonight and for the next few days and ESPECIALLY for our BAROLO NIGHT TOMORROW!

We will be hosting the wonderfully talented Daniele Conterno to highlight three gorgeous Barolos for tasting flights and btg specials, all evening tomorrow, Thursday, May 7. Full menu available otherwise and the chance to chat with the winemaker himself while enjoying some of the best wine out of Italy, including special release single vineyard, back-vintage bottles.

Plus the chance to take bottles home at special retail pricing!

Make your reservation now, we have just a few spots left!

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Sweetest little pasta stamps
Stuffed with cheese 'n' dates
Cower under heated lamps
Awaiting fretful fates

They cuddle wisps of tender pig
Amidst a dust of cheese
A fearful future looming big
With sense of sharp unease

With tender rounds of slender green
They share a glossy sea
And murmur thoughts of things unseen
And what may come to be

With whispered thoughts of creatures,
They tell tales from past their pond
Of vivid awful features
Peering in from just beyond

The porcelain horizon which
Defined their cozy world
About to be at last unstitched,
Their destinies unfurled

Their boat whisked up, a sloshing sea
A breeze of tense night air
With clunk of warm ceramic
They then uttered their last prayer

Through cacophony of clinking
It all became quite clear
Last hopes were sharply sinking
All was worse than their worst fear

Great giants looming, gazing down
While grunting "oohs" and "ahs"
With gaping grins of ghastly clowns
And outstretched metal claws

"This smells delicious", a deep voice boomed
"Let's eat" another croaked
Then clanging claws came crashing down
Their hunger's fire was stoked

With swoop of glistened silver
With a stab of shining tines
Those little stamps all quivered
And began to lose their minds

The mashing sharp incisors
Marked those monsters' cheerful sin
While desperate pasta cries were
Lost among the dining din

I won't regale you full detail
It was a horrid scene
Where scattered cheese 'n' date entrails
Gave smacking lips a sheen

As Charon tallied final sums
For fallen pasta friends
They passed beyond with echoed, "Yum,
Let's order those again!"
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A little refresh on one of my more unhinged old to celebrate this fantastically delicious revisit to one of our favorite pastas for our NEW SPRING MENU!

Adorable little raviolini filled with triple cream Robiola cheese and dates, with aged Prosciutto di Parma and CO asparagus, all in a lovely little butter pan sauce.

See you soon ya pasta monsters!