Cafe Giovanni 117 Decatur Street New Orleans, LA 70130 • 504-529-2154

Cuisine
Italian

Neighborhood
French Quarter

Features
Beer Available
Full Bar
Wine Available
Lounge
Entertainment
Views
Wheelchair Access
Chef's Tasting Menu

Reservations
Suggested

Parking
Parking Lot

Payment Methods
AMEX
Dinners Club
Discover
Mastercard
Visa

Private Rooms
please call

Hours
Tuesday-Friday & Sunday
5:30pm -10:00pm

Saturday
5:30pm - 11:00pm

Closed Monday

Cafe Giovanni Dinner Menu

Let Chef Duke Feed You
Appetizer sized courses designed especially for you.

Truly the best way to enjoy an evening at Café Giovanni

Antipasti
Chef Duke’s Antipasto Plate-(enough for two)-$18.95
A selection of Italian meats and Chef Duke’s marinated vegetables

Spicy Grits and Shrimp- $10.95
Fried grit cake with shrimp, and a spicy Creole cream sauce.

Oysters Giovanni-$8.95
Multi-award winning appetizer of lightly fried Louisiana oysters
Served on a painted, stained glass of five of our special sauces

Mussel's Marinara with Sweet Vermouth- 9.95
Fresh black-shell mussels sautéed in sweet vermouth and marinara

Baked Seafood Siciliana-9.95
Fresh Gulf oysters, shrimp, and crawfish baked with garlic butter, Italian bread crumbs and parmesan cheese

Seafood Martini-$12.95
A medley of Bay scallops, Gulf shrimp, crawfish in a Creole remoulade
garnished with avocado and tomato

Insalate

Crabmeat Siciliana Salad - $12.95
Jumbo Lump crabmeat, gourmet greens, Roma tomatoes, and olivata vinaigrette

Roman Caesar Salad-$7.95
Served with a classic Caesar dressing and eggplant croutons

Insalata Caprese-$8.95
Sliced tomatoes with homemade mozzarella and a five vinegar vinaigrette

Tuscany Asparagus-$12.95
Fresh Asparagus stuffed with fresh mozzarella, wrapped in Prosciutto lightly fried served with sun-dried pumpkin seed pesto and basil pesto

Insalata Mezzaluna-$10.95
Fresh arugula, baby spinach, red leaf and Boston bib lettuce combination with bleu cheese, tomatoes, spicy nuts topped with a strawberry-balsamic vinaigrette

Pasta

Spaghetti a la Bolognese-$18.95
Traditional Italian meat sauce with ground veal, pork and beef

Chef Duke's Roman Vegetarian Pasta-$19.95
Papardelle with Broccoli, Artichokes,
Portobello Mushroom & Asparagus Tips

Rags to Riches-$18.95
Torn pasta with roasted Italian chicken, sun-dried tomato, fresh tomato, mushrooms, hint of lemon, spinach, arugula, olive oil bathed in a light chicken stock garnished with asiago cheese

Pasta Gambino-$19.95
Penne pasta, sautéed rock shrimp, sun-dried tomatoes and herbed peppers
in a three cheese cream sauce

CHEF DUKE'S PASTA SAMPLER FOUR CHEESE TORTELLINI, HOUSE RAVIOLI, CANNELLONI ALL IN THREE DIFFERENT SAUCES. $21.95

Entrees

Roasted Duck Classico-$24.95
Crispy, roasted maple leaf duck served with a
sweet marsala roasted garlic glaze

Spaghetti Santopadre-$19.95
A collection of sliced, roasted, chicken, sausage, and meatballs served with Marsala sautéed mushrooms in our homemade marinara sauce

Southern Comfort Pork Loin-$24.95
Fire-roasted pork chop with a Southern Comfort and peach demi-glace
served with garlic mashed potatoes

Hunter’s Cannelloni-$21.95
Pork, veal, beef, eggplant, pine nuts and four cheeses
with our homemade marinara and Alfredo sauces

Quattro Formaggio al Forno
Of Veal-$24.95 Of Chicken-$21.95 Of Eggplant-$19.95
Sautéed, breaded Provini veal, chicken, or eggplant baked to a golden brown with marinara and four cheeses served with penne pasta

Marsala
Of Veal-$24.95 Of Chicken-$21.95
Sautéed Provini veal or tender chicken breast topped with a mushroom and sweet Marsala sauce, served with penne pasta

Shrimp Italiano-$23.95
Jumbo Shrimp served with a sweet spicy chili sauce and a roasted garlic potato and house vegetables

Veal LoCicero-$24.95
Sautéed veal with shrimp in a lemon sauce comprised of asparagus, capers and artichoke served with eggplant caponata and agnilotti pasta

Pesce Scampi-$23.95
Sautéed fish (daily fresh selection) on a bed of baby Portabella mushroom and asparagus risotto Topped with a shrimp and crawfish scampi sauce Includes roasted Giovanni vegetables

The Duke’s Filet-$26.95
Fire-roasted filet cooked to your liking with foie gras
and a brandy and green peppercorn sauce served with rosemary roasted garlic potatoes

Roasted Baby Lamb Chaps- 32.95
Roasted Lamb Chops with smoked tomato rosemary, thyme sauce veal ravioli Bolognese and Tuscany spinach

Italiana Herbed Roasted Chicken-21.95
Half of a roasted chicken with Chef Duke's Herbs and Spices

Ask your waiter about

Chef Duke’s popular tasting menu

"Café Giovanni prepares your food to order and uses

only the freshest and finest ingredients. Please allow us the

time needed to serve you in a way that only we can."

Executive Chef

Duke LoCicero