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Seattle Metropolitan
Magazine 2008

“If it were a stock film, Bizzarro would be the quirky best friend with the zany personality and the novelty hair. And for these last 20-some years that’s exactly how most serious food people have regarded the giddily alternative Wallingford ristorante, home of the red stucco walls and flea market chandeliers and ceiling suspended furniture and gilt-framed everything. But a recent revisit revealed a more serious culinary enterprise than well remembered : excellent handmade parpadelle pasta in a gutsy Bolognese; Yukon Gold gnocchi in a moist, porky sugo di maiale, exotically cinnamoned; a lamb shank, famous across Wallingford, served in a figgy demi-glace atop a polenta cake and braised kale. The food was serious and intentional, most derived locally and delivered by the friendliest crew of pierced people in town. No wonder it’s so bloody hard to get a Saturday night table.”

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Menu - Wine List - Dessert Menu

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Appetizers

Bruschetta $7.95
Toasted crostini topped with whipped gorgonzola, red-wine-poached figs
and a port wine reduction.

Arancini
Tomato risotto balls stuffed with mozzarella cheese and breaded then fried $8.95
until crispy and served with our world famous marinara™.

Steamed Vongole $10.95
Local Puget Sound clams steamed in a primordial broth of white wine and fresh basil.

Calamari $8.95
Breaded calamari fried and served with a lemon-caper aioli and a spicy marinara.

The Capt’ns Meat and Cheese Board $12.95 Tuscan style salami plus a selection of local and imported cheeses with honey, spiced pecans and Mama Lil’s hot peppers.


Salads

The Beet Down $8.95
Roasted organic beets and braised fennel with aged balsamic and a dusting of
gorgonzola cheese.

The Starter $4.95/$7.95
A simple salad of seasonal greens, organic carrots and dried cranberries
- dressed with balsamic vinaigrette.

 

Soup of the day
One of our daily handcrafted bowls of goodness- ask your server about today’s. $4/$7

Rotating Pastas
Our handmade pasta entrees come with The Starter salad included
or you can upgrade to one of our specialty salads for $4 or soup of the day for $2.

Artichoke Gnocchi
Pan fried pillows of potato gnocchi in a white wine and caper sauce with fresh baby $15.95
artichokes and nicoise olives, with a zest of lemon.

The Garden Party $16.95
Organic English peas, asparagus, carrot threads and Mama Lil’s goat horn peppers
in a light butter sauce tossed with our house made linguini.

Gnochi Cavolifiore
Roasted garlic and cauliflower in a parmesan cream sauce and tossed with our fresh $16.95
house made gnocchi.

Stuffed Pasta
Ask your server or check out our chalkboard for what the fresh ravioli or other stuffed Market
delight of the day is. Price

 

Bizzarro Classics
Our handmade pasta entrees come with The Starter salad included
or you can upgrade to one of our specialty salads for $4 or soup of the day for $2.

 

Clam Linguini $16.95
Manila clams tossed with our house made linguini in white-wine butter sauce with
crispy pancetta and roasted jalapeño.

Bolognese $16.95
Our house made wide ribbon noodles tossed in rich organic beef, lamb and pork –
slow simmered for six hours and finished with a touch of butter.

The Forest Floor Frenzy $16.95
Wild mushrooms and walnuts foraged from the darkest woods melded with a cream
sherry sauce and pasta el ceppo.

White Truffle Ribbons $15.95
A deceptively simple dish with our house made parpardelle pasta tossed sensually
with butter, parmesan and white truffle oil.

Puttanesca $15.95
A popular dish with the ladies of pleasure- fresh house made linguini tossed with a
spicy sauce of nicoise olives, capers, anchovies, garlic and local Mama Lil’s goat horn
peppers, and mixed with our world famous marinara™.

Lasagna $15.95
Nine layers of handmade pasta, rich ragu bolognese, beschemelle sauce and
our world famous marinara™ covered with mozzarella and baked to perfection.

Margarita $14.95
Tubes of pasta tossed with fresh basil and our world famous marinara™ then topped with
mozzarella and baked to a golden brown. Add our meaty Bolognese for $3.00.

 

 

The Meats

The Lamb $19.95
Red wine braised lamb shank with a lamb and fig demi-glace topped with gremolata.
Served with a crispy polenta cake and braised greens.

The Chicken $19.95
Free Range chicken breast roasted to a golden brown and served atop a rich, creamy
wild mushroom risotto.

The Pig
A bone-in pork loin pan seared topped with a red wine and fig reduction served with a $19.95
seasonal root vegetable hash.

 

Sunday Night Meatball
Sunday night is a special night around here. We get to have spicy meatballs tossed $16.95
with bucatini pasta in our world famous marinara™-but only if we’ve been good all week.

 

 

 

 

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