Served from 11am to 2pm Monday through Friday. We feature Fresh Pastas, Certified Angus Beef, Fresh Albacore Tuna, Diestel Free-Range Turkeys, All Natural Chicken Breast, Wild Salmon (when available), and locally grown Organic Greens and Produce. All items can be easily prepared for take away
Main
Garden Salads
To any of our salads: Roasted Sliced Certified Angus Beef Tri-Tip Grilled Wild Shrimp or Mahi Mahi, Grilled all Natural Chicken Breast
Lucca
Organic Baby Lettuces, Grape Tomatoes, Roasted Sweet Peppers, Kalamata Olives, and Toasted Pine Nuts, topped with Toasted Goat Cheese and tossed with Lucca Balsamic Vinaigrette
Choice of Grilled All Natural Chicken Breast or Lucca's All Natural Crispy Parmesan Chicken Breast over Romaine Lettuce, Market Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Red Onions, Avocado, and Applewood-Smoked Bacon with Feta Cheese and Buttermilk-Ranch Dressing
Lucca's Steakhouse Chopped Salad
$14.99
Certified Angus Beef Tri Tip Steak, Hard Boiled Cage Free Egg, Market Tomatoes, Celery Hearts, Artichoke Hearts, Cucumbers, and Butter Lettuce with Crispy Onions, Smoked Mozzarella Cheese and Creamy Dijon Dressing
Housemade Soups
Served with Olive Oil Crostini we always have our Family Recipe Minestrone ask your server for the Soup of the Day
Our Pastas
all of our Pastas are fresh, not dried Pastas, made either in-house or for us locally, to our specifications. They are served with your choice of a cup of Soup or a Lucca Side Salad and Crostini (substitute Fresh Seasonal Fruit add $1). Substitute Fresh Gluten-Free Pasta made with Rice Flour $2. Substitute Sauteed Spinach for any pasta and be Starch Free.....Zero. Any other substitutions are priced accordingly
Bolognese Meat Sauce
Bolognese Meat Sauce, Wide Pappardelle Pasta, Ricotta and Parmesan Cheeses
Linguine with a Great Tomato Sauce
Fresh Roasted Tomato Sauce, Linguine, diced Market Tomatoes, Basil Leaves, Pine Nuts, topped with Parmesan Cheese
Seafood Linguine (Wild Salmon, Wild Mahi Mahi and Wild Shrimp)
your choice of sauce: Spicy Tomato Ragu (or not, this is very good mild), Light White Wine, Diced Market Tomatoes Rich Pesto Genovese Cream, Diced Market Tomatoes
Good ol' Healthy Shrimp
Grilled Wild Shrimp, Linguine, Olive Oil, White Wine, Roasted Garlic, Artichoke Hearts, Capers, Chopped Market Tomatoes, and Parsley
Trip to Rome for 2
First Class Trip to Rome to enjoy many of these Pastas, Wines and Recipes on this menu
All Natural Chicken Breast, Penne Pasta, Wild Mushrooms and Marsala Wine Sauce, Parmesan and Ricotta Cheeses
House Special Pastas
"Sunday Sauce"
Grandma Bottari's original rich Meat Ragu with a Lucca Meatball, Italian Sausage and Pork, served with Penne, then dusted with Parmesan Cheese. The same way she served it for more than 70 years
Roasted Butternut Squash Raviolis
Roasted Butternut Squash Raviolis with Brown Butter Sage Splash and Spinach alla Romana
Lasagne Bolognese
Signora Dal Cero's Family Recipe: Traditional Northern Italian Meat Lasagne, the best Lasagna you will ever have outside of Italy
Carved Sandwiches
All Sandwiches are served on an OC Baking Co. Grilled Ciabatta Roll unless otherwise stated and accompanied by your choice of a Small Lucca Salad or Soup of the Day, substitute Fresh Seasonal Fruit add $1. Toasted Wheat Bread or a wrap can be substituted for any Sandwich. Add Avocado to any sandwich $1.50. Add Havarti or Provalone Cheese to any sandwich $1.50. Any other Substitutions are priced accordingly
All Natural California Chicken Breast
All Natural Chicken Breast, marinated in Herbs and Fresh Lime, then grilled and served with Avocado, Market Tomatoes, Organic Lettuces, and Chipotle Aioli
Wild Mahi Mahi Wrap
Grilled Wild Mahi Mahi with Blackening Seasoning, Avocado, Butter Lettuce, Market Tomatoes, Caramelized Onions, Lemon Aioli in a Spinach Flavored Wrap
Lucca BLT
Applewood-Smoked Bacon, Butter Lettuce, and Market Tomatoes with Carmelized Onions, Goat Cheese, and Our Own Aioli
Turkey Club Wrap
Diestel Free-Range Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, Applewood-Smoked Bacon, Organic Greens, Market Tomatoes and Sun-Dried Tomato Aioli in a Spinach-Flavored Wrap
Mediterranean Wrap
Roasted Eggplant, Zucchini, Sweet Peppers, Artichoke Hearts, Tomatoes, Organic Lettuces, Feta Cheese, Hummus, and Tapenade in a Sun-Dried Tomato Flavored Wrap
Cerified Angus Beef Tri-Tip and Havarti Cheese
Marinated Certified Angus Beef Tri Tip Steak roasted to medium rare, sliced and served with Havarti Cheese, Caramelized Onions, Oven-Roasted Tomatoes, Organic Lettuces and Mustard Sauce
Arugula, caper, olive, pickle, radish and egg vinaigrette
Roasted Pumpkin + Acorn Squash
Chilis, sage cinnamon, spicy seed mix
Grilled Ciabatta
Drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, salsa verde
Mixed Mediterrean Olives
Hummus
A Gastronomical Trip to Italy
For two to eat all this great stuff in the land where it was born, airfare and a glass of prosecco included (seating limited, some restrictions apply) 12,577.99
Day long braise, garlic-rosemary mashed potatoes, baby carrots, roasted shallots, caramelized fennel
Lamb Shanks
Lemon sauce, feta polenta, baby spinach, tomato jam
Market Meat
Ask your server
Breakfast Items
LUCCA's Famous Cinnamon Roll
Housemade Jumbo Cinnamon Roll (warmed, if you like), just a great beginning
Buttermilk Pancakes
Three of the Best Pancakes you will ever have, Maple Syrup, and a Fresh Seasonal Fruit Cup Option: Cinnamon Apple Stuffed
Our Own Oatmeal
Steel cut oats served with Maple Cream and Fresh Seasonal Fruit
Irvine Scramble
Three cage free eggs scrambled with country ham, leeks, havarti and provolone cheeses, and spinach with our oven roasted tomatoes on top, Baguette Toast and Breakfast Potatoes
Eggs in Purgatory
Two Cage Free Eggs coddled in Spicy Tomato Salsa, topped with Cheeses and Avocado and served over Breakfast Potatoes, with a Seasonal Fruit Cup and Baguette Toast on the side
Eggs Lucca
Two Cage Free Poached Eggs, served with Havarti Cheese, grilled Asparagus and Country Ham on a toasted Baguette with Mustard-Cognac Bearnaise and Fresh Seasonal Fruit
Three Eggs Scrambled or in a French Rolled Omelet
With choice of up to 3 fillings: Mixed Cheeses, Ham, Artichoke Hearts, Goat or Feta Cheese, Green Onions, Mushrooms, Roasted Peppers, Spicy Chicken Sausage, Tomatoes, Spinach, Bacon Avocado. Served with a Fresh Seasonal Fruit Cup, Breakfast Potatoes, and a Toasted Baguette or Wheat Toast Substitute Egg Whites and extra filling also available
Breakfast in Paris
A Warm Croissant, a View of the Seine, and Cafe au Lait, Airfare, Attitude and Hotel included $12,598.99
French Toast
Classic French Toast, only better, made with our own thick cut Challah Bread and served with Orange Creme Fraiche, Toasted Pecans, Maple Syrup, and a Fresh Seasonal Fruit Cup
Pancake Combo
Two Buttermilk Pancakes, Two Eggs any style, Bacon or Mediterranean Chicken Sausage and a Fresh Seasonal Fruit Cup
Build Your Own Breakfast
Build it how you like it and we'll put it all on the same plate for you!
Fresh Seasonal fruit
Bagel and Cream Cheese
One Egg "your way"
Lucca Breakfast Potatoes
Two Eggs "your way"
Apple-Smoked Thick Cut Bacon
Short Stack of Buttermilk Pancakes
Mediterranean Chicken Sausage
Greek-style Yoghurt and Honey
Toasted Baguette Piece
Sliced French Country Ham
Grilled All Natural Chicken Breast
Lucca Specialties
Served with a Lucca Side Salad and Crostini
"Sunday Sauce"
Grandma Bottari's original Meat Ragu with Lucca Meatballs and Italian Sausage served with Penne, then dusted with Parmesan Cheese. The same way she served it for more than 70 years
Lasagne Bolognese
Signora Dal Cero's Family Recipe: Traditional Northern Italian Meat Lasagne
Carved Sandwiches and Salads
All Sandwiches are served on Toasted Ciabatta Bread unless otherwise stated and accompanied by your choice of a Small Lucca Salad or Soup of the Day, substitute Fresh Seasonal Fruit for an additional cost. Toasted Wheat Bread or a wrap can be substituted for any Sandwich. Add Avocado to any sandwich or Add Havarti or Provalone Cheese for additional costs as well.
Lucca Salad
Organic Baby Lettuces, Grape Tomatoes, Roasted Sweet Peppers, Kalamata Olives, and Toasted Pine Nuts, topped with Toasted Goat Cheese and tossed with Lucca Balsamic Vinaigrette
All Natural Chicken Breast, marinated in Herbs and Fresh Lime, then grilled and served with Avocado, Market Tomatoes, Organic Lettuces, and Chipotle Aioli
Lucca BLT
Applewood-Smoked Bacon, Butter Lettuce, and Market Tomatoes with Carmelized Onions, Goat Cheese, and Our Own Aioli
Turkey Club Wrap
Diestel Free-Range Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, Applewood-Smoked Bacon, Organic Greens, Market Tomatoes and Sun-Dried Tomato Aioli in a Spinach-Flavored Wrap
Mediterranean Wrap
Roasted Eggplant, Zucchini, Sweet Peppers, Artichoke Hearts, Tomatoes, Organic Lettuces, Feta Cheese, Hummus, and Tapenade in a Sun-Dried Tomato Flavored Wrap
Cerified Angus Beef Tri-Tip and Havarti Cheese
Marinated Certified Angus Beef Tri Tip Steak roasted to medium rare, sliced and served with Havarti Cheese, Caramelized Onions, Oven-Roasted Tomatoes, Organic Lettuces and Mustard Sauce
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