Dinner Menu - Monastero's - Ristorante & Banquets

Piatti Tradizionali Italiani
TRADITIONAL ITALIAN SECIALTIES SERVED WITH CHOICE OF SOUP OR HOUSE SALAD AND PASTA OR POTATO
(UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED)
ALLA MARSALA
SAUTEED WITH MUSHROOMS, SCALLIONS, AND
ONIONS IN A MARSALA WINE SAUCE, YOUR CHOICE OF
CHICKEN BREAST 17.95
VEAL SCALOPPINE 21.75
PORK TENDERLOIN 18.75
HANGER STEAK 21.95
ALLA PARMIGIANA
BAKED WITH TOMATO SAUCE AND TOPPED WITH
MOZZARELLA CHEESE, YOUR CHOICE OF
CHICKEN BREAST 17.75
VEAL CUTLET 21.25
SLICED EGGPLANT 17.25
AL LIMONE
SAUTEED IN A LEMON BUTTER SAUCE, YOUR CHOICE OF
CHICKEN BREAST 17.25
VEAL SCALOPPINE 21.50
PORK TENDERLOIN 18.50
FILLET OF SOLE 18.50
VESUVIO
SAUTEED IN A GARLIC ROSEMARY WHITE WINE SAUCE AND
SERVED WITH VESUVIO POTATOES, YOUR CHOICE OF
HALF CHICKEN 18.25
CHICKEN BREAST 17.50
VEAL SCALOPPINE 21.75
PORK TENDERLOIN 18.50
HANGER STEAK 21.50
MILANESE
BREADED AND PAN SAUTEED, YOUR CHOICE OF
CHICKEN BREAST 17.25
VEAL CUTLET 19.75
ALLA SALTIMBOCCA
TOPPED WITH PROSCIUTTO AND SAGE, SAUTEED IN A MARSALA
WINE SAUCE, YOUR CHOICE OF
CHICKEN BREAST 17.95
VEAL SCALOPPINE 21.75
PORK TENDERLOIN 18.75
BOLOGNESE
TOPPED WITH PROSCIUTTO AND MOZZARELLA, SAUTEED IN A
CREAMY TOMATO SAUCE, YOUR CHOICE OF
CHICKEN BREAST 17.95
VEAL SCALOPPINE 21.75
PORK TENDERLOIN 18.75
ALLA CONTADINA
BREADED AND SAUTEED WITH PEPPERS, ONIONS, AND
MUSHROOMS IN A MARSALA WINE SAUCE, YOUR CHOICE OF
CHICKEN BREAST 17.75
VEAL CUTLET 21.75
ALLA FIORENTINA
GRILLED AND TOPPED WITH SPINACH AND PARMIGIANA ON A
BED OF SHERRY WINE SAUCE, YOUR CHOICE OF
CHICKEN BREAST 17.75
VEAL SCALOPPINE 21.50
PORK TENDERLOIN 18.50
ALLA CACCIATORA
SAUTEED WITH PEPPERS, ONIONS, AND MUSHROOMS IN A
TOMATO-­‐WINE SAUCE, YOUR CHOICE OF
HALF CHICKEN 17.50
CHICKEN BREAST 17.95
VEAL SCALOPPINE 21.95
PORK TENDERLOIN 18.75
JOSEPH AND SALVY MONASTERO, BORN IN PHILADELPHIA AND RAISED IN CACCAMO, SICILY, OPENED
LA CANOPY RISTORANTE JUST 2 DOORS TO THE WEST WITH THEIR SISTER GINA IN 1962, MOVING
FEBRUARY 7, 1967 INTO THE NEWLY BUILT MONASTERO’S RISTORANTE. THEY EXPANDED INTO THE
BANQUET BUSINESS WITH THE ADDITION OF THE BOTTICELLI BANQUET ROOM IN THE FALL OF 1981
AND GINA’S BANQUET ROOM IN JUNE 1992.
AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR IN BUSINESS, MONASTERO’S RISTORANTE IS FAMOUS
FOR ITS ANNUAL BEL CANTO FOUNDATION OPERA EVENINGS, ELEGANT PRIVATE DINING ROOMS, AND,
MOST OF ALL, FOR ITS GENUINE HOMEMADE CUISINE. ALTHOUGH GINA AND SALVY ARE NO LONGER
LIVING, JOSEPH, SR. ALONG WITH HIS WIFE MARTHA, SON JOE JR., DAUGHTER MARIA GIORGIA, AND
SALVY’S DAUGHTER MARIA ELIZABETH, THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE MONASTERO FAMILY HONOR
THEIR MEMORY BY SERVING MONASTERO’S WONDERFUL CUSTOMERS AND PROMOTING THE BEAUTY OF
THE ISLAND OF “SICILIA BEDDA”. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF SERVING
CHICAGOLAND.