Canasta - Bar restaurant in Spoleto

Canasta: Bar Restaurant in Spoleto

Canasta has always been the heart of the social life in Spoleto, day and night. It stands in Piazza della Libertà, the most renowned square in the old town. Try a cocktail or a snack. Enjoy the exquisite cuisine at lunch or dinner in our restaurant which overlooks the majestic remains of the Roman theatre.
Canasta is renowned for sea-food (on Thursdays and Fridays). The very best in traditional in traditional cuisine. Modern dishes which adventurously interpret the local culinary tradition. A fine selection of wines complements a tempting menu.

The menu, our tipical dishes

Meat Menu

Hors d'oeuvre:

Assorted toasted bread with paté and Umbrian salumi
Scrambled eggs with black truffle
Bruschetta with tomato
Speck carpaccio with arugula salad and nuts
The big antipasto Canasta
Fondutina with cheese and truffles

First courses:

Homemade pasta with tomato
Garlic and hot pepper sauce
Strangozzi with black truffles
Tagliolini with lemon and butter sauce
Penne with sausage and cream
Spaghetti with pepper, eggs and speck
Bucatini with tomato, speck, hot pepper and pecorino
Pumpkin and taleggio cheese risotto
Ravioli filled with cheese and spinach in a tomato
Orecchiette with arugula, speck and small tomatoes
Risotto with gorgonzola cheese and nuts

Second courses:

Cherry tomatoes and balsamic vinegar
Beef filet with balsamic vinegar
Beef filet with black truffles
Beef filet with green pepper
Veal scaloppine with black truffles
Grilled pork steak
Grilled lamb chops "scottadito"
Fried lamb racks
Veal cutlets with arugula and parmesan cheese
Grilled beef steak
Assorted charcoral grilled roasted meats

Fish Menu (Thursday and Friday)

Hors d'oeuvre:

Mussels sautées
Seafood salad
Prawns catalana style
Salmon bellavista style
Curled octopus soup with tomato
The big antipasto (hot and cold)
Octopus salad

First courses:

Spaghetti with seafood sauce
Tagliolini with curled octopus and tomato
Risotto with seafood sauce and tomato
Tagliolini with scampi, mussels, clams and small tomatoes
Tagliolini with lobster
Risotto gamberi e zucchine
Risotto with shrimps and zucchini

Second courses:

Striped bass baked in the oven with sea salt
Sea bass "all'acquapazza"
Oven baked monk fish
Skewered kebabs of shrimps and calamari
Fried assorted seafood
Grilled king scampi
Assorted grilled seafood
Lobster catalana
Sword fish with cappers, oregano, olives and tomato sauce

Various Dishes

Big salad:

Canasta (Tomato, lettuce, tuna fish, anchovy)
Caprese (Tomato, mozzarella cheese, basil)
Nizzarda (Lettuce, black olive, tomato, mozzarella cheese, caper, anchovy, onion)
Tonno (Tuna fish, tomato, lettuce, onion, boiled eggs)
Acciughe (Tomato, mozzarella cheese, anchovy, lettuce)
Insalata mista grande (Tomato, mozzarella cheese, cooked ham)
Gamberi (Shrimps, arugula salad, parmigiano cheese)
Patate (Lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, olives, mozzarella cheese)