Grotto A Salerno Steak House Service List

Main Menu

• Great Beginnings

  • Shrimp Grotto

    a chef salerno classic. four large shrimp marinated in mogia, seared to perfection, topped with gorgonzola butter and herbed breadcrumbs.

  • Portobello Mushroom

    marinated and grilled, served over a timbale of herbed risotto with a red wine demi and toasted pine nuts.

  • Foie Gras

    pan seared, served with a basil honey corn cake and apple syrup.

  • Mussels

    a heaping bowl of fresh farm raised black mussels, sauteed with white wine, garlic and fresh herbs, topped with sicilian breadcrumbs.

  • Smoked Salmon

    sliced to order. served with griddled croutons, grated red onions and cooked egg yolks.

  • Sea Scallop

    applewood smoked bacon wrapped, served atop a portobello mushroom with a boursin cream sauce.

  • Steak Salerno

    12 oz. new york strip, grilled to order, topped with roasted garlic and our famous butter sauce atop croutons. also available as an entree $24.50.

  • Crab Fingers

    salernos famous texas blue crab fingers, fresh from the gulf. sauteed with butter, garlic, white wine and fresh herbs. topped with sicilian breadcrumbs.

  • Crab Cakes

    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, one dozen; served with chef salerno endorsed roasted onion crackers. take home a box of these delicious haute cuisine crackers for.

• Soups And Salads

  • She-crab Soup

    a delicacy from the southeast coast states. a velvety blend of crab, shrimp and fresh herbs.

  • Soup Of The Day

    prepared fresh daily, ask server for details.

  • House Salad

    fresh tossed california field greens, topped with cheese and your choice of grotto sundried tomato vinaigrette or creamy italian. a la carte

  • Caesar Salad

    romaine, anchovies and fresh parmesan cheese tossed to order with our house caesar dressing. a la carte

  • Spinach Salad

    with sliced mushrooms, tomatoes, queso blanco, cashews and croutons, tossed with applewood-smoked bacon and caramelized onion vinaigrette. a la carte

• Pastas

  • Seafood Pasta

    shrimp, scallops, clams and mussels sauteed with wild mushrooms, finished with a touch of cream, served over

  • Angel Hair Pasta.

    wild mushroom pasta button, portobello and shiitake mushrooms sauteed with garlic and applewood smoked bacon, served over angel hair pasta and herbed cream sauce.

• Steaks And Specialties

  • Veal Davinci

    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

    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

    8 oz. marinated filet, grilled topped with foie gras

  • Ribeye

    (double cut $36.50) 12 oz. hand trimmed, topped with gorgonzola butter

  • New York Strip

    12 oz. sirloin marinated in garlic, shallots and fresh herbs

  • Peppered Strip

    12 oz. strip steak peppercorn crusted and pan sauteed, served in a brandy cream sauce with garlic mashed potatoes and cashew buttered asparagus

  • Tender And Crab

    tenderloin filet, topped with lump crab meat and hollandaise sauce served with garlic mashed potatoes and cashew buttered asparagus.

  • Rack Of Lamb

    lightly bathed in creole mustard and sicilian breadcrumbs, served on a red wine demi glace.

  • Lobster And Beef For Two

    australian lobster tail and beef tenderloin filet grilled to order. served with double house potato and vegetables.

  • Veal Chop

    texas size grilled and resting on mashed potatoes and served with grilled asparagus.

  • Osso Bucco

    a grotto classic veal dish. served on roasted garlic mashed potatoes with a rich red wine demi.

  • Pork

    prime chop grilled and served with crispy garlic mashed potatoes, ruby red pear and grilled asparagus.

  • Venison

    texas farm raised axis pan seared, served with polenta, sauteed spinach and cabernet demi.

• Seafood

  • Salernos Red Snapper

    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

    texas gulf fillet, pan seared and topped with lump crab and a citrus butter sauce. served with garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach or asparagus.

  • Scallops

    four tender jumbos pan seared, drizzled with apple cranberry rosemary syrup, served with asiago polenta and grilled asparagus.

  • Australian Lobster Tail

    the best tail in the world. served on shoestring potatoes with grilled asparagus.

  • King Crab Legs

    split and topped with herbed butter and sicilian breadcrumbs, finished in the broiler, served with grilled asparagus and shoestring potatoes.

  • Roasted Salmon

    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.

  • Nicks Salmon

    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.