Antipasti Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| Grilled Artichoke | $12.00 | (santa monica farmers' market) lemon & roasted garlic aioli |
| Charred Beet | $9.00 | (gf). cukes, yogurt, garlic, mint, braised greens |
| Burrata | $12.00 | (gf, v). air freighted from italy, occhipinti olio, roasted tomato kalamata olive & red pepper purees |
| Vadouvin Devilled Eggs | $7.00 | (gf). crispy prosciutto, anchovy salsa verde |
| Grilled Artichoke | $12.00 | (v, gf). olive oil braised (santa monica farmers' market) roasted garlic & preserved lemon aioli |
| Duck Neck | $9.00 | (gf). confit of house 'parts' sausage stuffed neck crisped w/mustard apricot glaze |
| Charred Beet Salad | $9.00 | cucumber, yogurt, garlic, mint - braised greens |
| Calamari | | mild pomodoro sauce |
| Burrata | $12.00 | (gf, v). air freighted from italy, occhipinti olio roasted tomato, kalamata olive puree red pepper puree |
| Veggies Cheese | | pomodoro added if you like |
| Meatball | $9.00 | pork (papa weaver), rose veal (d'artagnan) ricotta, bread, egg, spicy tomato sauce |
| Heirloom Tomato | $12.00 | (gf). local heirlooms, cukes, roasted shallot, basil mozzarella di bufala, olio, aged balsamico |
| Brussels Sprouts | $10.00 | (vg, gf). smoke house apple, caramelized onion, aged balsamico |
| Local Veggie Antipasti | $12.00 | (gf, v). grilled beet, silk road spices, sherry vinegar radish marinated ginger, lemon, salt grilled lemon & aleppo carrot pan roasted eggplant w/parsley & garlic balsamico & olio roasted candy onion |
| Charcuterie | $9.00 | * (gf). 4 of our house pate etc |
| Barley Or Borlotti | $8.00 | (v). local barley (next step) italian borlotti beans & kale soup mushroom, broccoli, zucchini local heirloom tomato sauce, grana & olio |
| Blue Crab Balls | $9.00 | deep fried, 100% true blue maryland crab balls onion, celery, egg, breadcrumb, mustard anchovy, thai sriracha aioli - spicy greens salad |
| Barley & Borlotti Bean Soup | $8.00 | (v). local barley (next step) borlotti beans mushroom, broccoli, zucchini, kale local heirloom tomato sauce, grana & olio |
| Trotter Tots | $8.00 | pork shank & hock (papa weaver), potato smoked mozzarella, bread, egg - pepper gravy |
| Blue Crab Balls | $9.00 | deep fried, 100% true blue maryland crab anchovy, thai sriracha aioli - spicy greens salad |
| Spicy 'Forte' Salad | $8.00 | (gf, v). spicy greens (path valley) pecorino garlicky aged balsamico vinaigrette |
| Trotter Tots | $8.00 | potato croquettes w/pork trotters (papa weaver) |
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| Charcuterie | $9.00 | (gf). 4 of our house pate etc |
| Brussels Sprouts | $10.00 | grilled sprouts, caramelized onion local smokehouse apple, aged balsamico |
| Tuscan Bacon | $12.00 | (gf). crispy quick-cured pork belly (papa weaver) & smokehouse apple, caramelized shallot & aged balsamico |
Late Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| Served Friday & Saturday In The Grotto Bar From 10 'Til 12.30. |
| Burger Add Ons | $2.00 | bacon, or gorgonzola dolce |
| The Dino Burger 10Oz. Local Dry Aged Beef | $12.00 | (shenandoah valley co-op). grilled ciabatta, fontina & crucolo cheese anchovy & sriracha aioli, house relish |
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| Burger Add Ons | $4.00 | sage roasted 'shrooms |
| Vadouvin Devilled Eggs | $7.00 | (gf). smoked salmon roe anchovy sriracha aioli |
| Burger Add Ons | $1.00 | caramelized onion |
| Italian 'Chili' Dog Deep Fried Pancetta Wrapped Dog | $7.00 | (gf). wild boar chili, cheese, onion, (hot pepper) house potato chips |
| The Real Italian Sub Boar Salame | $10.00 | finocchiona, prosciutto. provolone, olio, silk road spices, (hot pepper) |
| Trotter Tots | $7.00 | pork shank & hock (truck patch), potato, lioni smoked mozzarella, bread, egg - pepper gravy |
| Meatball | $8.00 | pork (truck patch), rose veal (dartagnan), ricotta, bread, egg, spicy tomato sauce |
| Corned Beef Hash | $10.00 | 10 day house brined shenandoah valley co-op brisket with onions, potatoes |
Primi Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| Risotto, House Pasta. Egg & Gluten Free Corn Fusilli & Spaghetti Available. |
| Crab | $22.00 - $15.00 | * (gf). 100% true blue maryland crab, leek, cream, aleppo (fettuccine) |
| Every Day Pasta | $18.00 - $12.00 | funghi |
| Risotto Tomato & Saffron | $20.00 - $14.00 | (v, gf). heirloom tomato (smucker farms) leek & saffron |
| Free Form Lasagnette | $20.00 | not your nonna's lasagna! - pork & veal ragu - besciamella, bacon & grana |
| Every Day Pasta | | 4 cheese polenta |
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| Every Day Pasta | $10.00 - $16.00 | garlic & oil, or tomato, or butter & grana, or alfredo |
| Duck Cannelloni | $20.00 | house cured duck, mushrooms, heirloom tomato sauce grana |
| Pappardelle Cinghiale | $20.00 - $14.00 | * (gf). cream, sorrento tomato, onion, hazelnut, rosemary, cocoa, pecorino (pappardelle) |
| Fra Diavolo | $25.00 | * (gf). fresh head-on shrimp, scallop, clam, mussel sorrento tomato, aleppo, garlic, herbs (linguine) |
| Grilled Broccoli Cauliflower, Broccoli (Smucker Farms) & Cauliflower | $18.00 - $12.00 | (v). lemon basil pesto |
| Every Day Pasta | $14.00 - $20.00 | clams & white wine |
Cheese Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| Pecorino Toscano Invecchiato | $4.00 | (sheep, hard) classic cheese of tuscany, aged for a year, nicely sharp & spicy grassy, spicy with a light bite |
| Castelmagno | $6.00 | (raw, cow, sheep) unique dry & crumbly texture, natural bluing, very tangy; rare & wonderful |
| Capra Cremosa Tartufato | $4.00 | (goat, fresh) soft & lively, tangy,lactic, aged with piemontese black truffle |
| Blu Di Bufala | $5.00 | (bufala, creamy) bufala mild & tangy blue |
| Erborinato | $6.00 | (raw, cow, sheep) beware of this cheese! cave age for natural blueing, very sharp & rich. |
Dolce Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| Gianduia "Nico" | $8.00 | (gf). contains nuts. inspired by gelateria nico in venezia - bittersweet chocolate gelato w/chopped chocolate hazelnut gelato w/toasted hazelnuts - chocolate sauce - vanilla whipped cream |
| Almond Torte | $8.00 | (gf). sephardic style w/local old chandler strawberry & rhubarb compote in & below |
| Tiramisu | $8.00 | "pick-me-up" - frangelico, carolans irish & drumgray scotch cream liqueurs - chocolate sauce |
| Cappuccino Di Nutella | $8.00 | (gf). mascarpone & italian nutella, johnny drum bourbon cherries, whipped cream, cocoa |
| Berries W/Balsamico | $9.00 | (gf). local berries, aged balsamico (carandini) |
| Torte Al Cioccolato | $8.00 | (gf). valrhona chocolate ganache - buttery, spiced walnut crumble crust - vanilla whipped cream |
| Carandini Balsamico Con Gelato | $9.00 | (gf). rich & naturally thick, aged carandini balsamico atop house vanilla bean gelato |
| Peach Parfait | $8.00 | (gf). bourbon spiced peaches (spring valley)house granola, whipped mascarpone |
Mains Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
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| Mussels 1 Kilo | $19.00 | * garlic, white wine, herbs (pancetta optional) grilled bread |
| Grilled Eggplant 'Alla Parmigiana' | $19.00 | local, grilled eggplant (tree & leaf, next step) cherry tomatoes, fresh heirloom tomato essence ricotta, fontina, crucolo, smoked mozz |
| Peposo | $22.00 | brisket (shenandoah valley co-op) braised in dc brau imperial belgian porter burnt soffrito abundant black pepper & garlic - polenta |
| Shrimp 'Alla Scampi' | $25.00 | florida head on shrimp garlic, caper, lemon, herbs - rosemary potato wedges |
| Corvina | $27.00 | tomato, caper, olive, red onion, olio - sauteed kale |
| Duck Breast | $24.00 | seared (dr joes) heirloom pekin breed mushroom & duck jus - faro & ceci |
Secondi Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| Burger Ciabatta Or Potato Bun | $2.00 | add bacon, kid stuff: co-jack cheese, sweet relish, yellow mustard, ketchup |
| Pasta Fusili | | linguine, fettucine. pappardelle, corn spaghetti or fusili. w/butter, olive oil, pomodoro, parmesan, boar, meat, fonduta |
| Panini Grilled Or Not | | co-jack cheese - fontina & crucolo- mortadella |
| Fish Or Shrimp & Potato | | fried or sauteed - kid's tarter sauce or pomodoro |
| Burger Ciabatta Or Potato Bun | $1.00 | add big kid stuff: house relish, grainy mustard, fontina & crucolo |
Happy Hour Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| Tuscan Bacon | $8.00 | pork belly (truck patch) w/grilled asian pear) |
| Signature Cocktails | $8.00 | any cocktail off our weekly cocktail menu |
| Bellini | $4.00 | house local fruit essence |
| Burrata & Prosciutto | $8.00 | prosciutto wrapped burrata wedges |
| Duck Fat Potatoes | $4.00 | pecorino & black truffle salt |
| Rail Drinks | $6.00 | |
| Meatballs | $6.00 | spicy tomato sauce |
| Vadouvin Spiced Devilled Egg | $4.00 | with caviar |
| Z Groni | $4.00 | the grotto's spin on a negroni |
| Today's Tap Beer | $4.00 | something local |
| Sunday & Monday Add Ons | $10.00 | mussel pot or the dino burger w/bacon |
| Trotter Tot's | $6.00 | porky potato croquettes |
| Italian Margarita | $6.00 | 'grappa' rita |
| House Red, White, Pink & Prosecco | $6.00 | trust us, selection changes all the time |
Cocktails Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| We Make Our Own Infused Spirits & Fruit Essences Daily Special Cocktails Available In The Grotto Bar. |
| Bellini | $9.00 | house made local fruit essences: white peach or blackberry or old chandler strawberry, rhubarb & sage |
| Leva Matande | $11.00 | old grandad, cocchi rosa, triplum, house bitters |
| Colder Than A Witch's Peach | $11.00 | fords gin, house peach infusion fresh lemon, strega |
| Fuego Verde | $9.00 | habanero-infused tequila, house falernum fresh lime, agave syrup |
| Aperol Spritz | $9.00 | (the venetian aperitif) - aperol, wine, soda |
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| Matteo Is Thankful | $10.00 | luxardo amaro abano, local cranberry syrup jerry thomas bitters, prosecco |
| Ric's Flair | $11.00 | old overholt rye, averna, luxardo sangue morlacco dolin rouge, jerry thomas and orange bitters |
| The Made Man | $11.00 | johnny drum bourbon, averna, cocchi, bitters |
| SP69 | $10.00 | prosecco, acqua di cedro, lemon juice, orange bitters |
| Z-Groni | $9.00 | royal dock of deptford gin, zucca, dolin dry |
Plates Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| Nutella Stuffed French Toast | $12.00 | italian nutella & mascarpone stuffed house rosemary peach compote maple & red salt butter - choice of side |
| San Benedetto | $12.00 | 'benedict grotto style' - pio tosini prosciutto grilled ciabatta, orange & rosemary hollandaise choice of side |
| Granola & Yogurt | $10.00 | (gf). house made oat, pecan, hazelnut, pumpkin seed & dried fruit granola, braised apple, greek style yogurt local strawberry & rhubarb compote |
| Three Eggs | $9.00 | (gf). (trickling springs), breakfast potato, choice of side |
| Peposo & Egg | $12.00 | (gf). (shenandoah valley co-op) brisket braised in porter w/black pepper & garlic 4 cheese polenta - choice of egg |
| Pasta Frittata | $12.00 | (gf). spaghetti, pecorino pepato red & yellow pepper, kale, leeks summer tomato essence, fonduta choice of side |
| Corned Beef Hash & Eggs | $12.00 | (gf). 10 day-brined, house-cured brisket (shenandoah valley co-op) potato, onion choice of egg |
| Risotto Tomato & Saffron | $12.00 | (v, gf). heirloom tomato, leek & saffron |
| Mussels | $12.00 | * (gf). grilled bread - garlic, white wine, herbs (pancetta optional) |
Red Dino's Grotto Menu 2025 |
| Tami | $5.00 | frapatto, sicilia, '13 |
| Calabretta | $5.00 | 'gaio gaio', old red vines, sicilia, '10 |
| Becconcini | $6.00 | 'maurleo', malavasia, sangiovese, toscana, '11 |
| Tre Donne | $5.00 | 'd'arc' barbera, pinot, dolcetto, freisa, '10 |
| Terrilogio | $4.00 | primitivo, puglia, '12 |
| Guarini | $4.00 | 'burdi' negroamaro, puglia, '12 |
| Podere Elia | $5.00 | 'old vines' barbera, d'asti, '11 |
| De Conciliis | $7.00 | 'donnaluna', aglianico, paestum, '11 |
| Klee | $5.00 | pinot noir, willamette, or, '13 |
| Sanguinetti | $6.00 | 'nessun dorma' sangiovese, merlot, syrah, '12 |
