mozzarella filled with stracciatella and cream served on a bed of light arugula with oven roasted italian vesuvio tomatoes
Red Beet Gateau
$17.00
baked beets layered with goat cheese and topped with crushed walnuts and pomegranate sauce
Rosemary Lamb Skewer
$18.00
grilled lamb with a sauce of lemon, mint and honey yogurt over scallion raisin couscous
Mussels
$16.00
pan roasted with garlic, parsley, white wine, shaved fennel and chorizo
Shrimp Scampi
$20.00
large prawns, pan sautéed with olive oil, garlic, hot Calabrese peppers, parsley, lemon juice, toasted Tuscan bread
Beef Meatballs (Polpette)
$17.00
sautéed swiss chard, cherry tomatoes, crushed red pepper, white wine, garlic and creamy ricotta
Salads
Baby Arugula Salad
$14.00
hearts of palm, avocado and shaved parmesan dressed with olive oil and lemon
Brussel Sprout Salad
$13.00
shaved raw brussels, pecorino, walnuts, olive oil and lemon
Endive Salad
$17.00
radicchio, jerusalem artichoke, honey crisp apple, apple cider vinaigrette, dill, shallot, fresh basil and shredded smoked trout
Pasta
Parpadelle & Sausage
$27.00
ground hot and sweet sausage, light carrot, celery, onion, touch of tomato, english sweet peas, finished with parmesan
Garganelli with Shrimp (Rustica)
$28.00
shrimp, caramelized onion, tomato, light cream, hot Calabrese peppers
Fiocchi
$27.00
purse-shaped pasta stuffed with pears and 3 cheeses (taleggio, grana padano and robiola) sautéed with brown butter and sage, finished with toasted pine nuts and parmesan
Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe
$25.00
spaghetti, black pepper, pecorino romano
Tagliatelle Short Ribs
$28.00
braised with red wine, herbs, onions, sundried tomato and dried porcini mushrooms, finished with parmesan
Main Course
Berkshire Pork Chop
$31.00
grilled, served with sweet potato mash, sautéed red onion and pear, topped with blue cheese butter
"Café Amarcord, the restaurant, which Rifo Murtovic opened last January (with partner Sean O'Donnell) on Beacon’s main drag, certainly has its Fellini-esque moments. It also happens to have fabulous fare, though some of it strays far from anything you’d associate with the cooking of Emilia-Romagna. Murtovic is from Montenegro, just across the Adriatic... hails from Danny Meyer’s famed Union Square Café in New York, so they came to Beacon with an appreciation of global cuisines and a desire to expand the Italian concept beyond red sauce staples (a noble idea, to be sure).”