Michael's Downtown

Appetizers

• Wood-Fired Vegetables$13.00

  Wood-fired roasted seasonal vegetables with lemon and extra virgin olive oil, topped with a balsamic glaze

• Fried Calamari$14.00

  Deep-fried calamari and zucchini with spicy marinara sauce

• Prosciutto & Burrata with Pear$14.00

  Sliced prosciutto di Parma, burrata, and bruléed pear

• Meatballs$14.00

  Braised beef, veal, and pork meatballs

• Shrimp and Clam Diavolo$16.00

  Wood-fired shrimp and clams w/spicy Calabrian peppers in a white wine tomato sauce

• Charcuterie Plate$24.00

  Chef selection of traditional Italian cold cuts and artisan cheeses served with fresh olives and house-made bread

• Avocado Caprese$15.00

  Grilled Avocado, house-made mozzarella, capers, micro basil, with a balsamic glaze, and reduction

Salads & Grain Bowl

Add to Any Salad: chicken, prawns, or fish: $6 / egg: $3

• Caesar$13.00

  Romaine, herbed croutons, grana, roasted garlic Caesar dressing

• Fennel & Artichoke$14.00

  Shaved fennel, confit artichokes, goat cheese, oranges, pine nuts, arugula, lemon olive oil dressing

• Winter Salad$15.00

  spinach, granny smith apples, cambozola cheese, red onions, caramel cashews, fresh pomegranate & honey balsamic

• Kale & Burrata$16.00

  Seasonal fruit, burrata, radicchio, provolone, crispy quinoa, pancetta, red onion, white balsamic vinaigrette

• Grain Bowl$16.00

  Three-colored quinoa, lentils, chick peas, jumbo cannellini, black rice, and seasonal vegetables

• Chef Salad$16.00

  Romaine, radicchio, quinoa, housemade mozzarella, hard-boiled egg, crispy pancetta, prosciutto cotto, white balsamic caesar dressing

Pasta

All pastas are house made Gluten–Free Option Available $3

• Bolognese$19.00

  House-made tagliatelle pasta, with prime hand-ground beef, pork, and veal sauce

• Signature Lasagna Bolognese$22.00

  House-made pasta layered with our hand-ground beef, pork, and veal bolognese, house-made mozzarella, Parmesan, and bechamel

• Linguine & Clams$20.00

  manila clams sautéed with white wine, garlic, basil, cherry tomato, olive oil served over house-made linguine

• Cacio e Pepe$18.00

  House- made chitarra pasta with cacio cheese, black pepper, white wine, and garlic

• Gnocchi w/ Oxtail$18.00

  House-made ricotta gnocchi with braised oxtail, & taleggio cheese

• Spinach Ricotta Ravioli$18.00

  Handmade ravioli pasta stuffed with spinach and ricotta cheese, with fresh butter sage sauce, Parmesan, wood-fired roasted pistachios

• Carbonara Pasta$17.00

  house-made chitarra pasta with guanciale, egg, nutmeg

• Truffle Pasta$36.00

  tagliatelle pasta with butter, parmesan, & shaved winter truffles

Plates

• Chicken Parmigiana$24.00

  Chicken Milanese baked with house-made mozzarella, tomato sauce, arugula, roasted potatoes

• Flat Iron Steak$29.00

  Grass-fed flat iron steak served with seasonal roasted vegetables, roasted potatoes, over a bed of arugula

• Chef Truffle Burger$18.00

  1/4lb grass-fed beef patty, with mozzarella cheese, little gem, onion, truffle oil, pancetta, and truffle paste aioli

• Pan-Seared Salmon$28.00

  pan-seared salmon filet served with roasted broccoli, roasted potatoes, and lemon

• Fish of the Day

  Ask your server for today's fish

  • MP

Pizza

Add To Any Pizza: Organic Egg / Vegetables $3 / Meats, Cheese, Chicken $4 / Prosciutto Di Parma $6. All pizzas are available with gluten-free crust. Add $3

• Margherita$15.00

  House-made mozzarella, tomato sauce, basil, extra virgin olive oil

• Emiliana$19.00

  prosciutto di Parma, arugula, house-made mozzarella, balsamic reduction

• Heirloom Cauliflower & Pesto$17.00

  Heirloom cauliflower, pesto, Calabrian chilies, smoked mozzarella, goat cheese, Parmesan

• Garden Vegetable$17.00

  Artichoke, eggplant, zucchini, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, tomato sauce, and seasonal vegetables

• Sausage & Butternut Squash$17.00

  seasoned butternut squash, sausage, ricotta, house-made mozzarella, nutmeg, & walnuts with a honey drizzle

• Sausage & Mushroom$17.00

  sausage, forest mushrooms, tomato sauce, house-made mozzarella

• Italian Meat Lovers$20.00

  Calabrese, cotto, sausage, pancetta, tomato sauce, and house-made mozzarella

• Salame Piccante$17.00

  spicy calabrese, tomato sauce, house-made mozzarella

• Cotto & Mushroom$17.00

  mushrooms, cotto, tomato sauce, & house-made mozzarella

• Truffle$36.00

  House-made mozzarella, shaved truffle, prosciutto di Parma

Beverages

• Diet Coke$3.00

• Iced Tea$3.00

Batch Craft Soda

California locally produced, gluten-free, pure cane sugar fountain soda. Flavors - $3

• Cola

• Lemon Lime

• Root Beer

• Shirley Temple

Dessert

• Cannoli$8.00

  crunchy shell filled with ricotta cream and chocolate chips dipped in pistachios and candied orange

• Tiramisu$10.00

  Lady fingers layered with mascarpone cream, espresso and cocoa

• Panna Cotta$8.00

  Vanilla custard pudding topped with berry sauce

• Affogato$8.00

  Hazelnut gelato topped with a shot of espresso

• Root Beer Float$6.00

  Batch root beer with a scoop of vanilla gelato

Gelato / Sorbet

$4.50; Flavors:

• Vanilla

• Chocolate

• Pistachio

• Hazelnut

• Salted Caramel

• Passion Fruit

• Rotating Sorbet

Coffee

• Espresso$3.50

  served with biscotti

• Americano$3.50

  served with milk or cream

• Cappuccino$4.50

• Shaken Italian$6.60

  fresh pulled shot off espresso sweetened and shaken over ice