special thanks for use of photo to Jay Tyrrell http://www.jaytyrrell.com/

New Year’s Venetian Menu

To start:
Salad of Rossa di Verona radicchio, Fuyu persimmon,
Castelmagno cheese, and aceto balsamico

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For Second seating only:
Primo piatto - choice of:
Marinated Nantucket Bay scallops with Kishu mandarins and Florence fennel
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Farm egg in carrozza with black truffles and celery root

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Pasta – choice of:
Red winter wheat bigoli with Liberty Farms goose ragù
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Rugosa squash gnocchi with sage brown butter

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Main course – choice of:
Spit-roasted strip loin of Magruder grass-fed beef with Red Flint
corn polenta and Lacinato kale
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Pan-roasted Quinault River steelhead with parsnips, fennel, and
steelhead caviar

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Dessert – choice of:
Tangerine-Prosecco sgroppino in an almond tuile gondola with
crème anglaise, blood orange sauce, and gilded chocolate
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Surprise dessert

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Two seatings: late $ 95. early $ 80.

Early seating menu does not include Primo piatti course

Please call to reserve: 510-547-5356

Meanwhile, The Cafe downstairs will be open New Year’s Eve, serving a light à la carte Cafe menu throughout the night.  We do not take reservations in the Cafe.  We’ll be adding some special, celebratory dishes including:

❖ wild mushroom cannelloni
❖ braised pork with Floriani Red Flint corn polenta
❖ black truffle pizza

Special New Year’s beverages, such as sparkling wines and cocktails, will complement the food offerings both upstairs and down.  Please join us.

New Year’s Eve is a favorite time at Oliveto.  The menu is spectacular, the atmosphere is festive, lively music is played, and when the mood strikes…there is dancing.  This year will be no exception. In fact, the menu is shaping up to be even more tricked out than usual, now that Chef Canales has set his sights on a meal celebrating the wintry, soul satisfying cuisine of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

The food of this lesser known, north easternmost region of Italy is exceptionally opulent and alive.  Influenced by its neighbors Austria and Slovenia, and inspired by the spice route from Trieste, the cuisine springs from a history of experimentation as well as tradition.  Chef Canales’s has created a stellar menu worthy of taking us into the new year:

Menu

Antipasto:
Salad of mixed radicchio, dried pears, Oliveto lamb prosciutto , and black truffles

Primo:
Whole-milled Floriani red flint polenta with goose confit, wild mushrooms, and white truffle butter

Secondo:
Golas: Friulian goulash of Magruder Ranch vitello braised with onions, white wine, and sweet & hot paprika

Seafood Option TBD
Vegetarian Option TBD

Dolce:
Crispy poppy seed crespelle with caramelized apples and vin santo ice cream

$85.00

Please call for reservations: 510-547-5356

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Harry and the Twilights, will begin playing around 8:30 pm

Because they’ve made us so happy in New Year’s past, we’ve asked Harry and the Twilights to return for New Year’s Eve 2009. They’re young, talented, local, and best of all, really fun.  Their well-chosen repertoire of covers ranges widely – from reggae to rockabilly to electric blues.  listen here

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