Houston Private Events Menu

Grotto Salad:

Italian home-style salad

Caesar Salad:

Romaine, Parmesan, garlic croutons, homemade dressing

Tomato Caprese:

Tomatoes, fresh mozzarella

Add (per person) $3

Secondi

Host pre-selects two options | Served with Italian bread and foccacia

Spaghetti con Marinara:

Spaghetti with homemade marinara

Fettuccine Alfredo:

Fettuccine with a creamy cheese sauce

Rigatoni Aglio e Olio:

Large tubed pasta, olive oil, garlic

Vegetable Platter:

Green beans, sautéed broccoli or roasted potatoes

Rigatoni della Sansoni:

Rigatoni, meat sauce

Penne al Forno:

Baked penne, Italian cheese, tomato sauce

Wild Mushroom Risotto:

Garlic, wild mushrooms

Ravioli alla Vodka:

Homemade four-cheese ravioli

Host pre-selects one option (Second entrée option $5 per person)

Eggplant Parmigiano:

Baked with mozzarella and marinara

Chicken Grotto:

Sautéed chicken scaloppine, mushrooms, white wine sauce

Pollo Tre Pomodori:

Lightly breaded chicken with oven-roasted tomatoes, cherry and sun-dried tomatoes in a white wine sauce

Pollo Francese:

Lightly-breaded chicken breast, artichokes, mushrooms, lemon, white wine sauce

Veal Piccata:

Sautéed veal scaloppine, lemon & capers

Add (pp) $5

Salmon Griglia:

Grilled shrimp, roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, caper lemon white wine sauce

Add (pp) $5

Mezzanotte:

Dark chocolate cake, chocolate filling, chocolate ganache icing, semi-sweet chocolate curls

Strawberry Cassata:

Almond syrup soaked angel food cake, sweetened ricotta cheese, chantilly cream, apricot-glazed strawberries

Cheesecake:

Traditional New York style cheesecake

Tiramisu:

Tia Maria soaked ladyfingers, mascarpone zabaglione, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, raspberries, chocolate swirl

30 per guest for lunch

(Includes Minature Mezzanotte – 1 per person)

40 per guest for dinner

Crispy Ravioli:

Served with sugo rosa

Miniature Italian Meatballs:

Served with marinara

Bruschetta Grotto:

Round toast, tomatoes, feta cheese, balsamic glaze

Calamari:

Served with marinara

Funghi Ripieno:

Mushrooms stuffed with Italian sausage and bianco sauce

Pepe al Provolone:

Cherry peppers stuffed with salami and provolone cheese

Grotto Salad:

Italian home-style salad

Tomato Caprese:

Tomatoes, fresh mozzarella

Caesar Salad:

Romaine, Parmesan, garlic croutons, homemade dressing

Spaghetti con Marinara:

Spaghetti with homemade marinara

Fettuccine Alfredo:

Fettuccine in a creamy Alfredo sauce

Penne al Forno:

Baked penne, Italian cheese, tomato sauce

Penne Amatriciana:

San Marzano tomatoes, sweet onion, pancetta

Rigatoni Aglio e Olio:

Large tubed pasta, olive oil, garlic

Ravioli alla Vodka:

Homemade four-cheese ravioli

Vegetable Platter:

Green beans, sautéed broccoli or roasted potatoes

Host pre-selects one option | (Second entrée option 5 per person)

Eggplant Parmigiano:

Baked with mozzarella and marinara

Chicken Grotto:

Sautéed chicken scaloppine, mushrooms, white wine sauce

Pollo Francese:

Lightly-breaded chicken breast, artichokes, mushrooms, lemon, white wine sauce

Salmon Griglia:

Grilled shrimp, roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, caper lemon white wine sauce

Veal Romano:

Romano-crusted veal scaloppine

Snapper Siciliano:

Capellini-crusted, Roma tomatoes, garlic, shrimp sauce, green beans, jumbo lump crabmeat

Add (pp) $3

Mezzanotte:

Dark chocolate cake, chocolate filling, chocolate ganache icing, semi-sweet chocolate curls

Strawberry Cassata:

Almond syrup soaked angel food cake, sweetened ricotta cheese, chantilly cream, apricot-glazed strawberries

Cheesecake:

Traditional New York style cheesecake

Tiramisu:

Tia Maria soaked ladyfingers, mascarpone zabaglione, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, raspberries, chocolate swirl

Grotto Italian Salad

Caesar Salad

Tomato Basil Soup

Mezzaluna

Half-moon spinach ravioli, mushrooms, Roma tomatoes, sage essence

vegetarian

Rigatoni della Sansoni

Rigatoni, homemade meatballs, meat sauce

Pollo Francese

Lightly-breaded chicken breast, artichokes, mushrooms, lemon, white wine, penne al bosco

Cheesecake

Traditional New York style cheesecake

Tiramisu

Tia Maria soaked ladyfingers, mascarpone zabaglione, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, raspberries, chocolate swirl

Grotto Salad

Caesar Salad

Tomato Basil Soup

Lobster Bisque

Pollo Francese

Lightly-breaded chicken breast, artichokes, mushrooms, lemon, white wine, penne al bosco

Salmon Romano

Grilled salmon, capers and oven-roasted tomatoes in a white wine sauce with sautéed spinach and roasted potatoes

Filet Alla Griglia

Center-cut 6oz. filet, Barolo wine sauce, Italian roasted potatoes, grilled asparagus

Mezzaluna

Half-moon spinach ravioli, mushrooms, Roma tomatoes, sage essence

vegetarian

Veal Kickerillo ne

Parmesan-crusted scaloppini with mushrooms, lemon, fettucci

Strawberry Cassata

Almond syrup soaked angel food cake, sweetened ricotta cheese, chantilly cream, apricot-glazed strawberries

Mezzanotte

Dark chocolate cake, chocolate filling, chocolate ganache icing, semi-sweet chocolate curls

Mini Meatballs:

Served with marinara

per piece $2

Mini Bruschetta:

Tomatoes, garlic and basil

per piece $1

Stuffed Mushrooms:

Italian sausage with melted cheese

per piece $2

Tomato Caprese Skewers:

Tomato, basil and cheese

per piece $1.50

Antipasti Skewers:

Salami, olive and cubed cheese

per piece $2

Salmon Carpaccio:

Toast point with smoked salmon, fennel and capers

per piece $2.50

Jumbo Shrimp Wrapped in Prosciutto

per piece $2.75

Asparagus Spears Wrapped in Prosciutto

per piece $2.50

Crispy Raviolis:

Lightly breaded, four cheese

per piece $1.50

Calamari

per person $3

Crocchette di Patate:

Mini potato cakes with goat cheese and marinara

per piece $2.50

Spiedini di Manzo con Pomodoro:

Mini spiedini beef skewers

per person $3

Unlimited Pizza Bites

per person $5

Asparagus:

Extra virgin olive oil and Parmesan

Assorted Cheeses:

Cubed Mozzarella wrapped in salami and mild pepper stuffed with provolone cheese

Sautéed Broccoli:

Garlic and olive oil

Roasted Sliced Carrots

Sautéed Green Beans:

Roasted red peppers and garlic

Oven-roasted Red Bell Peppers:

Sprinkled with Italian breadcrumbs

Imported Salami:

Served with Kalamata olives

Mini Meatballs:

Served with marinara

Calamari Toto:

Served with marinara

Crispy Ravioli:

Homemade four-cheese ravioli with vodka sauce

Crab Claws Scapricciatiello:

(Seasonal item) Marsala, garlic, herbs, tomatoes

Mussels Marechiaro:

White wine, garlic, fresh tomatoes

additional (pp) $1

Scampi Grotto:

Shrimp, mushrooms, garlic, white wine, lemon

additional (pp) $1

Profiteroles

each $2

Strawberry Cassata

each $3.25

Mezzanotte Chocolate Cake

each $3.25

Key Lime Pie

each $3.25

Grotto’s New York-Style Cheesecake

each $3.25

Grotto Italian Salad

Caesar Salad

Tomato Basil Soup

Sicilian Roasted Chicken Salad

Romaine, iceberg lettuce, strawberries, grapes and candied walnuts

Spaghetti Bolognese

Spaghetti with homemade meat sauce

Pollo Francese

Lightly-breaded chicken breast, artichokes, mushrooms, lemon, white wine, penne al bosco

Salmon Paillard

Thinly-pounded Atlantic salmon, arugula, Roma tomatoes, light lemon, olive oil dressing

Miniature Mezzanotte

(1 per person)

Blueberry muffins

Banana muffins

Assorted fruit

Fresh-squeezed orange juice

Hot tea

Decaffeinated and regular coffee

Milk

$15 per person

Uovo alla Colazione

Scrambled eggs, sausage, peppers, bacon, roasted potatoes

Uovo alla Grotto

Scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, amatriciania sauce, roasted peppers

Fresh-squeezed orange juice

Hot tea

Decaffeinated and regular coffee

Milk

$25 per person

Vodka

Absolut

Skyy

Stolichnaya

Tito’s Handmade

Gin

Beefeater

Bombay

Tanqueray

Citadelle

Rum

Bacardí

Captain Morgan

Malibu

Tequila

Jose Cuervo

1800 Reposado

Scotch

Dewar’s

J & B

Cognac

Hennessy VS

Courvoisier VS

Whiskey

Canadian Club

Jack Daniel’s

Jameson

Seagram’s 7

Southern Comfort

Wild Turkey

Other

Baileys

Campari

Disaronno

Jägermeister

Kahlúa

Sambuca Romano

Piave Grappa

Vodka

Grey Goose

Ketel

Tequila

Don Julio Blanco

Ambhar Reposado

Patrón Silver

Rum

Bacardí 151

Myers’s Dark Rum

Cognac

Courvoisier VSOP

Hennessy VSOP

Scotch

Glenfiddich

Glenlivet

Johnnie Walker Black

Other

Drambuie

Cointreau

Sambuca Black

B & B

Whiskey

Baker’s

Crown Royal

Gentleman Jack

Knob Creek

Maker’s Mark

Bulleit

Woodford Reserve

Bulleit Rye

Vodka

Belvedere

Chopin

Cîroc

Scotch

Glenmorangie

Macallan 12

Dewar’s Aberfeldy 12

Whiskey

Crown Reserve

Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel

Yellow Rose Blended Whiskey

Basil Hayden’s

Booker’s

Gin

Hendrick’s

Waterloo

Tequila

Don Julio Añejo

Patrón Reposado

Cognac

Rémy Martin VSOP

Other

Grand Marnier