- Via Cala Fontanella, 14, 70043 Monopoli BA
- Thursday to Sunday, 8 pm to midnight
Restaurant Menu
Refinement in every dish
Raw selection
Beef parcel with cream cheese and mortadella, fried rocket and teriyaki
€ 14
Delicate beef parcel filled with cream cheese and mortadella, finished with crisp fried rocket and a glossy teriyaki glaze (1, 6, 7, 11)
Beef carpaccio with rocket, grana, cherry tomatoes, balsamic pearls and extra virgin olive oil
€ 16
Thinly sliced beef carpaccio dressed with wild rocket, aged grana shavings, sweet cherry tomatoes, balsamic pearls and a thread of extra virgin olive oil (7, 12)
Angus tartare with stracciatella, toasted almonds and "poverella"-style courgettes
€ 16
Hand-cut Angus tartare crowned with creamy stracciatella, toasted almonds and delicate 'poverella'-style courgettes (7, 8)
Angus tartare with caramelised onions, soy-cured egg yolk and pistachio
€ 16
Hand-cut Angus tartare with slow-caramelised onions, a soy-cured egg yolk and a crumble of pistachio (3, 6, 8, 12)
Starters
Beef meatballs in cacio e pepe cream
€ 10
Tender beef meatballs veiled in a silky cacio e pepe cream (1, 3, 7)
Local cured meats board, Slow Food Presidium
€ 15
A tasting board of local cured meats, celebrated by the Slow Food Presidium (12)
Golden potato timbale with sautéed king oyster mushrooms and olive powder (V)
€ 11
Golden potato timbale with sautéed king oyster mushrooms and a whisper of olive powder (7)
Classic traditional aubergine parmigiana (V)
€ 13
Our house aubergine parmigiana, layered with tradition (1, 3, 7)
Local cheeses and preserves, Slow Food Presidium (V)
€ 16
Artisan local cheeses paired with fine preserves, celebrated by the Slow Food Presidium (7, 8)
First courses
Artisan troccoli, creamed carbonara-style
€ 14
Artisan troccoli pasta bound in a rich, silky carbonara (1, 3, 7)
Burnt-wheat orecchiette with braciola ragù
€ 16
Burnt-wheat orecchiette embraced in a slow-simmered braciola ragù (1, 7, 9)
Spaghetti all'assassina (V)
€ 12
Bari's fiery 'assassina' spaghetti, seared and crisped in a bold tomato sauce (1)
+ Stracciatella
€ 2
with stracciatella (7)
+ Beef tartare
€ 3
with beef tartare
Main courses
Braciole in tomato sauce, slow-cooked — 3 pcs
€ 18
Braciole, slow-braised for hours in tomato sauce — 3 pcs (1, 9)
Melt-in-the-mouth pork cheeks on golden caponata, glazed with Primitivo di Manduria reduction
€ 18
Melt-in-the-mouth pork cheeks on golden caponata, glazed with a Primitivo di Manduria reduction (9, 12)
Sliced beef with rocket, grana and Apulian cherry tomatoes
€ 20
Prime sliced beef with wild rocket, aged grana and sweet Apulian cherry tomatoes (7)
Beef entrecôte with green peppercorn sauce
€ 20
Prized beef entrecôte with a fragrant green peppercorn sauce (7)
Chargrilled beef fillet with aromatic herbs and potato timbale
€ 25
Chargrilled beef fillet perfumed with aromatic herbs, served with a golden potato timbale (7)
From the grill
Classic bombette skewer — 6 pcs
€ 10
Skewer of classic Apulian pork 'bombette' — 6 pcs (7)
Cacio e pepe bombette skewer — 6 pcs
€ 10
Skewer of 'bombette' filled with cacio e pepe — 6 pcs (7)
Caciocavallo and mortadella bombette skewer — 6 pcs
€ 10
Skewer of 'bombette' filled with caciocavallo and mortadella — 6 pcs (7)
Gnumeredd' — heart, liver and lung — 12 pcs
€ 10
Traditional grilled offal skewers — heart, liver and lung — 12 pcs
Zampina sausage skewer — 200 g
€ 11
Traditional Apulian 'zampina' sausage skewer, slow-grilled — 200 g
Hand-cut sausage skewer
€ 11
Coarse hand-cut sausage skewer, chargrilled to order
Chargrilled lamb
€ 13
Tender lamb, slow chargrilled over embers
Selection of dry-aged meats, matured to perfection
€ 6.50 / etto
Our selection of dry-aged cuts, matured to exalt every flavour. Price from, per 100 g
Sides
Oven-roasted new potatoes (V)
€ 6
Oven-roasted new potatoes, golden and fragrant
Fries (V)
€ 6
Crisp golden fries
Vegetable caponata (V)
€ 6
Sweet and sour vegetable caponata
Mixed salad (V)
€ 6
Garden salad — rocket, carrot, sweetcorn, iceberg and tomato
Seasonal grilled vegetables (V)
€ 6
Char-grilled vegetables of the season
Homemade desserts
Tiramisù
€ 7
Our classic, velvety tiramisù (1, 3, 7)
Milk cream delight with wild berry coulis
€ 7
A delicate milk cream crowned with a wild berry coulis (1, 3, 7)
Sporcamuss with custard cream
€ 7
Flaky Apulian 'sporcamuss' pastry, filled with silky vanilla custard (1, 3, 7)
Seasonal fruit (V)
€ 8
The finest fruit of the season
Drinks
Shot
€ 4
Glass of wine
€ 6
(12)
Glass of Prosecco
€ 6
(12)
Glass of Audace
€ 8
(12)
Classic cocktail
€ 10
Premium cocktail
€ 12
Draught beers
Warsteiner Premium Pils — 40 cl
€ 6
(1)
König Ludwig Weiss Lager — 40 cl
€ 7
(1)
Rye River Retro IPA — 40 cl
€ 7
(1)
Soft drinks & coffee
Espresso
€ 1.50
Decaffeinated espresso
€ 1.50
Still / sparkling water
€ 3
Cortese tonic water
€ 3.50
Cortese lemon soda
€ 3.50
Cortese peach-lemon iced tea
€ 3.50
Coca-Cola / Zero / Fanta
€ 3.50
San Pellegrino aperitif
€ 3.50
Sanbittèr Rosso
€ 3.50
Crodino
€ 3.50
Cover charge € 3.00 · Live entertainment € 5.00
(V) Vegetarian
The numbers in brackets next to each dish indicate the allergens it contains:
1 Cereals containing gluten · 2 Crustaceans · 3 Eggs · 4 Fish · 5 Peanuts · 6 Soybeans · 7 Milk and dairy · 8 Tree nuts · 9 Celery · 10 Mustard · 11 Sesame · 12 Sulphites · 13 Lupin · 14 Molluscs
Please inform our staff of any allergy or intolerance.
Some products may be blast-chilled at source or frozen — EC Reg. 852/04.
