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Clara's
6740 Route 53
Woodridge, IL 60517
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Dinner Menu
Appetizers
Anthony's Calamari
Served fried or grilled, with Clara's fresh marinara sauce for dipping.
Insalata Caprese
Fresh tomato slices, fior di latte mozzarella, and fresh basil dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar served atop toasted "Old World" bread.
Mussels Marinara
Fresh mussels simmered in Clara's marinara sauce.
Shrimp Scampi
Tail-on shrimp baked in a delicate white wine sauce topped with herb seasoned bread crumbs.
Soakers
Fresh Italian bread oven toasted with tomato sauce. During the 1950's, this was Mom's gravy sandwich. with melted mozzarella at additional cost.
Eggplant Parmigiana
Fresh baked eggplant brushed with garlic olive oil,coated in herb seasoned bread crumbs, and layered with Clara's homemade marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and a sprinkle of fontinella cheese.
Herb Stuffed Mushrooms
Fresh button mushrooms stuffed with seasoned bread crumbs, drizzled with garlic olive oil, and baked to perfection.
Bruschetta di Roma
Toasted Old World bread topped with a blend of diced tomatoes, fontinella cheese, and pesto.
Pesto Bruschetta
Toasted Old World bread spread with pesto and topped with fresh tomatoes, onions, and goat cheese.
Baked Portabella Mushroom
Fresh portobello mushroom basted in olive oil and garlic baked with fresh tomato. with Gorgonzola Cheese at additional cost.
Garlic Bread
Fresh Italian bread oven toasted with chopped garlic, olive oil & a sprinkle of parmesan. with melted Mozzarella at additional cost.
Side Salads
Clara's Garden Salad
Iceberg lettuce with julienne of carrots and zucchini,cucumbers, and tomato.
Caesar Classico
Crisp romaine lettuce tossed with Clara's own Caesar dressing, parmesan cheese and oven toasted croutons.
Fresh Pasta Salad
Clara's fresh homemade pasta tossed with primavera vegetables and Clara's own Italian dressing.
Red Pepper and Gorgonzola Salad
Fresh red peppers and gorgonzola cheese mixed with crisp Romaine lettuce, house made croutons, and parmesan cheese.
Mesclun Salad
A garden blend of arugula, baby bibb, baby oak, friselle, lolorosa, and radicchio, julienne of carrot sand zucchini, tomato, cucumbers and croutons with your choice of dressing.
Entree Salads
Clara's Garden Salad
For additional charge: Add Grilled Chicken; Add Grilled Salmon; Add Anchovies; Add Fontinella Cheese; Add Gorgonzola Cheese; Add Grilled Shrimp - half order or full order.
Caesar Classico
For additional charge: Add Grilled Chicken; Add Grilled Salmon; Add Anchovies; Add Grilled Shrimp - half order or full order.
Red Pepper and Gorgonzola Salad
For additional charge: Add Grilled Chicken; Add Grilled Salmon; Add Anchovies; Add Fontinella Cheese; Add Grilled Shrimp - half order or full order.
Mesclun Salad
For additional charge: Add Grilled Chicken; Add Grilled Salmon; Add Anchovies; Add Fontinella Cheese; Add Gorgonzola Cheese; Add Grilled Shrimp - half order or full order.
Handmade Stone Oven Pizza
Pesto and Goat Cheese Pizza
Our fresh pesto topped with goat cheese and tomatoes.
Five Cheese Pizza
Mozzarella, fontinella, asiago, parmesan, and romano cheeses topped with diced tomatoes.
Pizza Margherita
Olive oil, sliced tomatoes, basil and fresh mozzarella.
Salsiccia e Funghi
Home made Italian sausage with portabella, shitake, and button mushrooms.
Funghi
Portabella, shitake, and button mushrooms.
Roasted Vegetable Pizza
Mushroom, broccoli, zucchini, green and red pepper, onion and spinach. Add prosciutto at additional cost
Call Your Own
Toppings: Homemade Italian Sausage, Pepperoni, Anchovy, Prosciutto, Onion, Green Pepper, Tomato, Button Mushrooms, Wild Mushrooms.
Call Your Own
Our traditional hand made pizza dough, topped with fresh pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Fresh Homemade Pasta
Select your favorite fresh pasta and combine it with your choice of homemade sauces.
The Pasta
Spaghetti
Fettuccine
Spinach Fettuccine
Linguini
Fresh Herb Linguini
Radiatore
Rigatini
Rotini
Spinach Rotini
Angel Hair
Spinach and Egg Angel Hair
Multi-Grain Angel Hair
Cholesterol-Free Angel Hair
The Sauce
Delicious Homemade Tomato & Meat Sauce
Prepared fresh every day is our family recipe handed down from generation to generation. Mama Celeste Lizio's Homemade Tomato Sauce or Meat Sauce
Marinara Sauce
Filetto of peeled tomatoes, white wine and a special blend of herbs compliment this classic light Italian sauce.
Primavera Sauce
Fresh vegetables... broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, peapods, and zucchini...sautéed with herbs, fresh garlic, olive oil, butter and parmigiana.
Alfredo Sauce
Clara's classic rich parmigiana cream sauce.
Aglio e Olio
An abundance of chopped garlic and fresh parsley sautéed in olive oil. Add anchovies at additional cost
Vodka Cream Sauce
Clara's fresh Tomato sauce blended with vodka, cream and parmesan cheese.
Arrabbiata Marinara Sauce
Clara's marinara sauce spiced up with crushed red peppers, Tabasco and chopped garlic.
Vegetable Marinara Sauce
A healthy blend of fresh vegetables simmered in Clara's classic marinara sauce.
Pesto Sauce
Fresh pesto made from fresh basil, garlic and olive oil. Tossed with pine nuts.
Red Clam Sauce
Chopped clams simmered in a specially seasoned white wine tomato sauce. Add 1/2 dozen Littleneck Clams at additional cost
White Clam Sauce
Chopped clams simmered in a specially seasoned white wine clear clam sauce. Add 1/2 dozen Littleneck Clams at additional cost
Main
Customize Your Own Pasta
Customize Your Own Pasta Dish by Adding these items for an additional charge: Shrimp, Littleneck Clams (12), Littleneck Clams (6), Grilled Chicken, Grilled Salmon, Fresh Mussels, Calamari, Baked Mozzarella Cheese, Chopped Italian Sausage, Portobello Mushrooms, Primavera Veggies, Broccoli, Sauteed Spinach, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Gorgonzola Cheese, Fontinella Cheese. Any fresh pasta entrée totaling $15 or more will include soup or a garden salad to start.
Filled Pasta
Your choice of large Old World Cheese Ravioli, Meat Ravioli, or Cheese Tortellini in: Tomato Sauce, Meat Sauce, Marinara Sauce, Arribiatta Marinara Sauce, Vodka Cream Sauce, Fresh Vegetable Marinara Sauce, Primavera Sauce, Alfredo Sauce, Al Forno. Baked with Mozzarella at additional cost with Gorgonzola at additional cost
Baked Pasta
Lasagna
Our most popular dish. Layers of seasoned ground beef, cheeses and fresh pasta topped with mozzarella baked in a traditional tomato sauce. Homemade lasagna at its very finest!!!
Eggplant Lasagna Teramo
Layers of fresh spinach pasta, baked eggplant, tomatoes, fresh basil and Fior di Latte mozzarella baked in Clara's homemade marinara sauce.
Stuffed Shells
Three large pasta shells filled with seasoned ricotta cheese topped with mozzarella baked in Clara's homemade tomato sauce.
Lasagna Florentine
Layers of fresh homemade spinach pasta, fresh spinach and seasoned ricotta cheese topped with mozzarella baked in Clara's white wine béchamel and tomato sauces.
Manicotti Sant' Angelo
Clara's fresh spinach pasta filled with a special blend of three cheeses seasoned with fresh herbs baked in Clara's marinara sauce topped with freshly sauteed spinach.
Pasta Al Fresco
Fresh cooked herb linguini tossed at room temperature with fresh chopped tomatoes, fresh basil, crumbled of fontinella cheese and a splash of olive oil.
Side Orders
Petite Portion of Radiatore with Marinara.
Sausage & Peppers
half order or full order. A classic Italian favorite. Italian sausage sauteed with sweet green peppers in a garlic olive oil.
Homemade Meatballs
Primavera Veggies
Fresh Broccoli
Italian Sausage
Sautéed Spinach
Sautéed Wild Mushrooms
House Specialties
All specialties are served with a choice of soup or Clara's Garden Salad. You can choose a Mesclun or Caesar Salad at additional cost.
Veal Chop Florentine
A 14 oz bone-in veal chop grilled to medium served over bechamel and marinara sauce, with fresh spinach and prosciutto. Radiatore pasta and tomato sauce are served on the side.
Veal Chop Parmigiana
A 14 oz bone-in veal chop grilled to medium served over marinara sauce topped with golden brown mozzarella, fontinella, romano and parmesan cheeses. Radiatore pasta and tomato sauce are served on the side.
Chicken Parmigiana
Tender breast of chicken filled with our special blend of four cheeses baked in Clara's fresh marinara sauce. Served with a side of homemade pasta with marinara sauce.
Baked Chicken with Portobello Mushrooms
Sliced breast of chicken baked in your choice of alfredo or marinara sauce with sliced Portobello mushrooms, mozzarella and gorgonzola cheeses served over linguini.
Clara's Breast of Chicken Limone
Tender breast of chicken marinated in a fresh lemon-herb wine sauce served with a side of fresh angel hair in a lemon-basil algio-olio sauce.
Cream of Chicken Pesto
Sliced breast of chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, and roasted pine nuts sautéed in Clara's fresh pesto sauce with a hint of cream served over fresh angel hair.
Papa Rudolfo's Fresh Mushroom Marinara
Fresh shitake, portobello, and button mushrooms simmered in Clara's marinara sauce served over fresh angel hair.
Clara's Famous Eggplant Parmigiana
Fresh baked eggplant dipped in garlic olive oil, coated in herb seasoned bread crumbs, layered in Clara's fresh marinara sauce and a sprinkle of fontinella and mozzarella cheeses. Served with a side of homemade pasta with marinara sauce.
Clara's Seafood Special
Fresh mussels, littleneck clams, calamari and shrimp simmered in Clara's classic marinara sauce served over fresh angel hair.
Shrimp Primavera
Shrimp and fresh primavera vegetables (broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, peapods, and zucchini) sautéed with herbs, fresh garlic, olive oil, butter, and parmigiana served over spinach and egg angel hair.
Shrimp Ersilia
Shrimp, fresh portobello mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh spinach sautéed in a four cheese cream sauce served over fresh angel hair.
Rudy Jr. Shrimp Special
An abundance of shrimp sautéed in garlic, olive oil, and parmigiana with a splash of white wine. Served over spinach and egg angel hair. Can be served spicy upon request.
Filet of Salmon
North Atlantic salmon sautéed to perfection in our lemon butter cream sauce served with angel hair pasta and a side of primavera veggies dressed with our homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
Mark's Salmon Florentine
Fresh, North Atlantic salmon filet and tail-on shrimp topped with freshly sautéed spinach baked in Clara's scampi sauce served with a side of homemade pasta with marinara sauce.
Seafood Marinara
An abundance of fresh seafood simmered in Clara's marinara sauce served over fresh linguini. with fresh littleneck clams, with calamari, with fresh mussels.
White Wine by the Glass
Caleo Pinot Grigio, Italy
Buehler White Zinfandel, California
Maddalena Riesling, Monterey
Casa De Campo Moscato, Argentina
Oak Grove Chardonnay, California
The Infamous Goose Sauv. Blanc, NZ
Stefano Christiani Pinot Grigio, Italy
Maschio Prosecco, Veneto (187ml split bottle)
Red Wine by the Glass
Biagio Riserva Chianti, Italy
Tomaiolo Chianti Classico, Tuscany
Rickshaw Pinot Noir, California
Hybrid Petite Syrah, Lodi California
Windmill Old Vine Zinfandel, Lodi
Bodini Malbec, Mendoza Argentina
Allamand Cabernet Sauvignon, Argentina
Five Rivers Merlot, California
Sharecropper's Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley
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General Info
Cuisine
Italian
Hours
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
11:30am - 9:30pm
Wednesday:
11:30am - 9:30pm
Thursday:
11:30am - 9:30pm
Friday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Saturday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Sunday:
12:30pm - 8:30pm
About Us
Welcome to "the pleasure of the table" that awaits you at CLARA'S. Here at my fresh pasta restaurant, I promise to provide you with the finest, freshest pasta and sauce experience available. My background is deeply rooted in a family tradition and love of food instilled in me by my father Anthony and my mother Mama Celeste. Today, I, with the support and assistance of my husband RUDOLPH and my children MICHELLE, ANTHONY, RUDOLPH, JR., and MARK welcome you to our dining room and "Il Piacere Della Tavola." Buon Appetito!!