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
marinatedin Mogia, seared to perfection, topped
with gorgonzolabutter and herbed breadcrumbs.
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.
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.
Tuna Grotto
Full Order 19.50, Half Order 11.00
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.
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Sea Scallop 11.50
Applewood smoked bacon wrapped,
served atop a portobello mushroom
with a boursin cream sauce.
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.
Portobello Mushroom 8.50
Marinated and grilled, served over
a timbale of herbed risotto with a red
wine demi and toasted pine nuts.
Crab Cakes 9.00
Two crispy cakes on a
spicy lobster tarragon cream.
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.
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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 4.50 |
*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 4.50 |
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Pastas
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Seafood Fettuccini 18.50
Shrimp, scallops, clams and mussels
sautéed with wild mushrooms, finished
with a touch of cream, served over basil,
red pepper and saffron 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~~
Steaks and Specialties |
Veal DaVinci 25.50
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 19.50
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. |
Rack of Lamb 39.50 (69.00 for two)
Lightly bathed in Creole mustard
and Sicilian breadcrumbs, served
on a red wine demi glace. |
*Tender and Crab 45.50
Tenderloin filet, topped with lump crab meat and hollandaise sauce served with garlic mashed potatoes and cashew buttered asparagus.
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Lobster and Beef For Two 88.50
Australian Lobster Tail and Beef Tenderloin Filet
grilled to order. Served with double house potato and vegetables. |
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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 cashew buttered
asparagus. |
Venison 32.50
Marinated in Shiner Bock
and pan seared, served with garlic
mashed potatoes and
a rich red wine demi. |
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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.
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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.
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*Dover Sole 28.50
Stuffed with Alaskan King Crab
meat, topped with sundried tomato
hollandaise. Served with portobello
red pepper fried rice and
cashew
buttered asparagus.
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*Australian Lobster Tail 61.50
The Best Tail in the World!
Served on shoestring potatoes with
cashew buttered asparagus. |
*King Crab Legs 39.50
Split and topped with herbed butter
and Sicilian breadcrumbs, finished
in the broiler, served with cashew
buttered 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. |
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*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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