The Grotto
An upscale adventure in New American Cuisine with an Italian touch from our
family’s rich heritage. We value your patronage. Our Executive Chef, Morris Salerno

welcomes your comments and special requests. Enjoy!

 
Great Beginnings
Shrimp Grotto  8.50
A Chef Salerno classic. Four large shrimp marinated in Mogia, seared to perfection, topped with gorgonzola
butter and herbed breadcrumbs.
*Portobello Mushroom  8.50
Marinated and grilled, served over a timbale of herbed risotto with a red wine demi and toasted pine nuts.
Foie Gras  18.50
Pan seared, served with a basil
honey corn cake and apple syrup.
Mussels 10.75
A heaping bowl of fresh farm raised black mussels, sautéed with white wine, garlic and fresh herbs, topped with
Sicilian breadcrumbs.
Smoked Salmon  11.75
Sliced to order. Served with
griddled croutons, grated red
onions and cooked egg yolks.


Sea Scallop  11.50
Applewood smoked bacon wrapped, served atop a portobello mushroom
with a boursin cream sauce. 
Steak Salerno  19.50
12 oz. New York strip, grilled to order, topped with roasted garlic and our famous butter sauce atop croutons.
Also available as an entrée 24.50.
Crab Fingers  13.50
Salerno’s famous Texas Blue Crab Fingers, fresh from The Gulf. Sautéed with butter, garlic, white wine and fresh herbs. Topped with Sicilian breadcrumbs.
Crab Cakes  9.00
Two crispy cakes on a
spicy lobster tarragon cream.
 
 
Tuna Grotto
Full Order  19.50, Half Order 11.00
Peppered Pan Seared Tuna, 
Served on Fried Wontons topped with Spicy sesame citrus butter and Wasabi Caviar.
Fresh Oysters on The Shell
Half Dozen  12.00, One Dozen 21.00
Served with Chef Salerno endorsed
Roasted Onion Crackers.
Take home a box of these delicious
HAUTE CUISINE™ crackers for just 3.00.
Soups and Salads
She-Crab Soup  6.50
A delicacy from the Southeast Coast states. A velvety blend of crab, shrimp and fresh herbs.
Soup of the Day  4.25
Prepared fresh daily, ask server for details.
House Salad  5.00
Fresh tossed California field greens, topped with cheese
and your choice of Grotto Sundried Tomato Vinaigrette
or Creamy Italian. a la carte 4.00
Caesar Salad  6.00
Romaine, anchovies and fresh
parmesan cheese tossed to order with
our house Caesar dressing.

a la carte 5.00
*Spinach Salad  6.00
With sliced mushrooms, tomatoes, queso blanco,
cashews and croutons, tossed with
applewood-smoked bacon and caramelized onion vinaigrette.
a la carte 5.00
Pastas
Seafood Pasta  21.50
Shrimp, scallops, clams and mussels
sautéed with wild mushrooms, finished

with a touch of cream, served over

 
Angel Hair pasta.
Wild Mushroom Pasta  15.50
Button, portobello and shiitake mushrooms
sautéed with garlic and applewood
smoked bacon, served over angel hair
pasta and herbed cream sauce.
*These menu items contain nut products.
~~Vegetarian and Special Diet Plates Available by Request~~
No separate checks for parties of 8 or more!  20% gratuity added to parties of 8 or more!
Steaks and Specialties
Veal DaVinci  26.50
Tender slices of veal pan seared with
Texas jumbo shrimp, garlic and fresh
herbs, finished with marsala and a touch
of cream, served with herbed risotto.
*Duck  21.50
Soy honey marinated pan seared duck
breast and red plum demi, served with
portobello red pepper fried rice and
ragout of duck in a crepe pouch.
Beef Tenderloin  28.50
8 oz. marinated filet, grilled 
Topped with Foie Gras  37.50
Ribeye  24.50
(double cut 36.50)
12 oz. Hand trimmed, topped
with gorgonzola butter
New York Strip  24.50
12 oz. sirloin marinated in
garlic, shallots and fresh herbs
*Peppered Strip  24.50
12 oz. strip steak peppercorn crusted and pan sautéed, served in a brandy cream sauce with garlic mashed potatoes and
cashew buttered asparagus
*Tender and Crab  45.50
Tenderloin filet, topped with lump crab meat and hollandaise sauce served with garlic mashed potatoes and cashew buttered asparagus.
Rack of Lamb  39.50
(69.00 for two)
Lightly bathed in Creole mustard
and Sicilian breadcrumbs, served
on a red wine demi glace.
Lobster and Beef For Two  88.50
Australian Lobster Tail and Beef Tenderloin Filet

grilled to order. Served with double house potato and vegetables.

 
Veal Chop  32.00
Texas Size – Grilled and resting on Mashed Potatoes and Served with Grilled Asparagus.
Osso Bucco  31.50
A Grotto classic veal dish.
Served on roasted garlic
mashed potatoes with a
rich red wine demi.
Pork  18.50
Prime Chop grilled and served with crispy garlic mashed potatoes, ruby red pear and grilled asparagus.
Venison  28.50
Texas Farm Raised Axis – pan seared, served with polenta, sautéed spinach and Cabernet Demi.
Seafood
*Salerno’s Red Snapper  20.50
Fresh fillet pecan crusted and pan
seared, topped with jumbo shrimp,
served over angel hair pasta with
an orange basil cream.
Red Snapper and Crab  28.50
Texas Gulf fillet, pan seared and topped with
Lump Crab and a citrus butter sauce.  
Served with garlic mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach or asparagus. 
Scallops  23.50
Four Tender Jumbos – pan seared, drizzled with Apple Cranberry Rosemary Syrup, served with Asiago Polenta and grilled asparagus.
Australian Lobster Tail 61.50
The Best Tail in the World!

Served on shoestring potatoes with grilled asparagus.
King Crab Legs  39.50
Split and topped with herbed butter and Sicilian breadcrumbs, finished in the broiler, served with grilled asparagus and shoestring potatoes.
Roasted Salmon  18.50
Fresh fillet lightly marinated in garlic
and fresh herbs, flat top griddled, served
over julienne vegetables and fresh asparagus
in a saffron and tarragon broth.
Nick’s Salmon  19.50
Fresh salmon medallions bacon
wrapped, herb crusted and pan roasted,
drizzled with a sundried tomato infused
olive oil, resting on an asiago crustinni in
a pool of roasted lobster crab cream. 
Your Host – The Salerno Family
*These menu items contain nut products. We do not use peanut oil in any of our menu items.
~~Be sure to try one of our Salerno Soufflés for dessert! Ask your server for details~~
Please note: There will be a $2.00 charge for all split entrees.
Visit our original restaurant – Salerno’s – for authentic Italian food
. . . and say Hello to Mike Salerno!

 
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