Firenze Trattoria

Valentines Day 2012

barry — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:19:05 +0000

When a gift just isn’t enough, treat that special someone to an unforgettable night in one of San Diego’s most romantic Italian restaurants. Firenze Trattoria has been treating the people of San Diego to fine Italian dining in the most exhilarating Tuscany style setting anywhere for many years now.

This year, we will be featuring an enticing Valentines Day Menu that you and your loved one will be sure to remember forever. From the minute you sit down and order one of our fine bottles of wine, whether it be a Merlot or a Chardonnay, to the instant we serve you our delectable dessert, your palate will surely thank you once the night is over. Here are just a few of the appetizing entrees that you will be able to enjoy on this special evening.

Costoletta di Vitello; 16 oz, bone-in veal chop grilled to perfection and finished with an aromatic sage sauce.
Polpette Lasagna; pasta sheets layered with our one-of-a-kind chicken meatballs, ricotta & mozzerela cheese topped with marinara sauce.
Filet Mignon Pizzaiola; grilled filet mignon topped with bell peppers, onion and marinara.

So whether you want to experience this Valentines Day feast during Lunch, or for dinner, we here at Firenze Trattoria will be sure to make this a memorable and enticing experience for you and that special someone. Share the romance. Happy Valentines Day.

San Diego Restaurant Week / January 15-20, 2012

barry — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:49:44 +0000

They say that there is no finer dining than that in San Diego. This years California Restaurant Association’s San Diego Restaurant Week 2012 is definitely not going to be the exception. They have held this renown event year after year and Firenze Trattoria, your San Diego Italian Restaurant here in Encinitas has been a proud member providing the community with the finest Italian eatery in the San Diego area. Featuring some of this beautiful cities most premier restaurants, Firenze Trattoria is sure to be one of the top choices for Italian eating.

This year, our Restaurant Week Menu features some of our most eccentric dishes. From our Insalata Inverna to our Pollo Scarpariello, we are sure to keep you enticed with all we have to offer you. We take pride in our amazing Tuscany style setting, but our main goal is to provide all of our friends here in San Diego with the most delectable entrees we have ever had the privilege of serving. The price for this years exquisite 3 course dinner is a mere $30.00. What does this mean? If you have never taken the opportunity to indulge yourself and your family here at Firenze Trattoria, this is the perfect opportunity to do so.

So make this years San Diego Restaurant week a part of your to do list for 2012. It’s sure to be one of the highlights of the year. From traditional American dishes to Italian Restaurant dining, you will be sure to find what you are looking for with over 180 local restaurants taking part in this years annual event. Be sure to visit as many as our restaurants as possible, and whatever you don’t get to try during this week, don’t worry, we are all here year round. San Diego’s California Restaurant Association members are always here to fill your taste buds. Firenze Trattoria wishes you Buon Appetito.

Add a Touch of Tuscany to Your Holiday Dinner Plans

barry — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:36:12 +0000

Make your special Christmas Celebration that much more fascinating. Firenze Trattoria offers you and your family a cozy setting accentuated with some of the finest Italian dining anywhere. Their Tuscany style atmosphere is a perfect setting for these special times. Known for their delectable menu, it’s a guarantee that your appetite will be truly satisfied. So this year treat your family to a true feast amongst friends and loved ones and leave the preparation of this years holiday meal to the chefs at Firenze Trattoria.

This year, Firenze Trattoria offers an exhilarating New Years Day Menu that is a definite must when it comes to fine dining. They are featuring some of their prize dishes like Risotto e Porcini Crema, Bistecca Florentina, Lasagna di Mare and of course for desert, how about a Berry Torte. Firenze Trattoria offers a number of entrata aside from those featured in their New Years Day Menu. This means plenty to choose from. So don’t hesitate to start off your dinner with an exquisite Calamari Fritti, accompanied by an Antipasti Misto. Then entice your taste buds with a Scampi Casanostra, o perhaps our house specialty Salmone de Firenze. Then finish off your evening with something for the sweet tooth, perhaps a Tiramisu or a Duo di Sorbetti.As you can see, there are many reasons why Firenze Trattori should be your best and only choice when it comes to your holiday dinner and celebration. The most talked about Italian restaurant in San Diego. Italian cuisine at it’s finest. Buon Appetito and oh yes, don’t forget the wine!

New Years 2012 Menu

barry — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:48:54 +0000

Firenze Trattoria, one of San Diego’s finest Italian restaurants is not just about our choice wines like our Pinot Grigio or our Brunello di Montalcino, it’s about offering our customers much much more. From our Antipasti to our Griglia e Specialita, everything must be perfect, and it is. Don’t take our word for it. Take a look at some of our reviews and see for yourself that here at Firenze Trattoria we offer nothing less than true to home Italian dining.

This year, be sure to bring in the new year with our menu created just for this occasion. It will feature some of our choice dishes like Risotto e Porcini, Seabass Oreganato, Bistecca e Mare, and for those of you with a sweet tooth, perhaps a Tiramisu or a Torta della Nonna.

Whatever your choice, you can be sure that our New Years Menu will definitely fill every one’s expectations to the fullest. Bring in the New Year with a touch of Tuscany. Like Risotto e Porcini, Seabass Oreganato, Bistecca e Mare, and for those of you with a sweet tooth, perhaps a Tiramisu or a Torta della Nonna. Whatever your choice, you can be sure that our New Years Menu will definitely fill every one’s expectations to the fullest. Bring in the New Year with a touch of Tuscany.

Nominated Best Italian Restaurant in San Diego

barry — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:44:03 +0000

Firenze Trattoria nominated for Best San Diego Italian Restaurant

CBS 8 Mojo Pages Awards has just nominated Firenze Trattoria for Best San Diego Italian Restaurant and now you can help us to stay ahead of the polls.

How did we get nominated you might ask?

This nomination is a direct result of happy customers writing positive reviews and voicing their opinion about our restaurant on the CBS 8 Mojo Pages Awards website

Help us win this nomination, vote for us!

Go to http://www.mojopages.com/biz/firenze-trattoria/encinitas/ca/92024/11096092 and vote for us. Remember that time is of the essence! The contest ends November 5th!

The World’s First Calorie-Free Facebook page

barry — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:27:04 +0000

Yes. Now you can partake in a feast for your eyes of all of your Firenze favorites, without adding a single calorie, by visiting Firenze Trattoria’s Facebook Page and becoming an amico! (That’s Italian for “Friend”)

Be sure and “Like” your favorite Firenze dish and share the amore with your friends.

The Firenze Trattoria’s New Official Facebook page will be a great place for you to visit to keep up on all the culinary creations that we plan on adding throughout the year.

And of course, there will be other tasty special enticements designed to lure you back to us on a regular basis.

Ciao! From your friends at Firenze.

Join us for Restaurant Week

barry — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:23:35 +0000

Restaurant Week and the Firenze Patio. The Perfect Combination for Fall Dining!

Fall is the perfect time to tune up your taste buds for Al Fresco dining at Firenze. And what makes this time of year even more delectable is Restaurant Week!

Experience a unique offering of fine Tuscan dishes presented in honor of our new friends (and old ones too!) from September 18th to the 23rd.

Be sure and make your reservations early. This is a very popular event.

February Prix Fixe

barry — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:12:04 +0000

Our February Prixe Fixe Menu is filled with delicious delights starting with Vongole al Forno, Pollo Diablo and for dessert Torta di Mele. Take a look at at this months Prixe Fixe Menu.

Valentines Day Menu

Firenze — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:37:54 +0000

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching; and, since it falls on a Monday this year, you can be certain that restaurant reservations will fill up at the speed of light. A woman wants to eat Valentine’s Day dinner in a romantic atmosphere. And romance and sustainability are eminently compatible. “Valentine’s Day shouldn’t be about extravagant gifts, dozens of long stem roses or boxes of chocolates, although they are a nice added touch. It should be about spending time, together.” Firenze Trattoria has put together an exclusive menu for Valentine’s day so make your reservations online now.
Primi

Butternut Squash Soup
pureed and lightly creamy with a hint of nutmeg

Melanzane Napolitano
chilled julienned eggplant, capers, sweet onion, sun dried tomato,
and goat cheese served with ciabatta croutons

Insalata Caesar
fresh romaine tossed with our homemade Caesar dressing, fresh garlic and parmesan croutons,
and shaved reggiano parmesan
Smoked Salmon Crostini
grilled ciabatta bread brushed with butter and gorganzola, then layered
with Scottish smoked salmon

Principale

Costoletta di Vitello
16oz bone-in veal chop stuffed with prosciutto and fontina cheese, then grilled and finished with
sage sauce. Served with pesto mashed potatoes and vegetables.

Scampi alla Firenze
fresh shrimp scampi dipped in egg and flour, then sauteed with white wine, butter and
mushrooms. Served with pasta and seasonal vegetables.

Ravioli di Amore
a trio of raviolis including roasted vegetable ravioli in marinara sauce, eggplant ravioli in
Alfredo sauce, and artichoke ravioli in creamy pesto sauce.

Lasagna di Mare
pasta sheets layered with, shrimp, seabass, halibut, calamari and scallops. Topped with our
signature Brandy Aurora sauce.

Cioppino Bianco
4oz Australian lobster tail, scallops, shrimp, mussels, and clams sauteed with white wine Brodetto
sauce, then served over linguini.

Filet Mignon Pizzaiola
grilled “Black Angus Certified” filet mignon topped with bell peppers, onion and marinara.
Served with pesto mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

Dolce

Tiramisu
espresso soaked ladyfingers layered with mascarpone cheese and fresh whipped cream
Rum Cake
classic Italian chocolate spongecake infused with rum served with fresh whipped cream
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
served with fresh whipped cream
Sorbetto Duetto
fresh mango sorbet paired with blackberry cabernet sorbet

$60.00 per person. Tax and gratuity not included

Usher in the New Year at the Finest San Diego Italian Restaurant Firenze Trattoria

Firenze — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:27:49 +0000

If you are a lover of gourmet food, fine wine, and an unforgettable sensory experience, then you are cordially invited to usher in the New Year at Firenze Trattoria, the leading San Diego Italian restaurant. We have put together a special menu to give you the freshest, finest and best-tasting food from both land and sea.

You will be treated to a gustatory delight designed to please and tempt even the most demanding food connoisseurs, so bring your family and friends along so they too can take part in the celebration.

If you are searching for an authentic, Tuscan inspired dining experience, then Firenze Trattoria is the place to be for New Year’s Eve. Firenze is at the vanguard of San Diego Italian restaurants, while at the same time managing to maintain a classic Italian ambiance, feel and taste.

When you decide to come take part in our celebration, do be sure to make reservations because our New Year’s Eve tradition is always in high demand.

Our menu has been planned as follows:

Primi

Scampi Balsamico

Jumbo shrimp grilled to perfection, resting in balsamic glaze

Butternut Squash Soup

Pureed and lightly creamed with a hint of nutmeg

Tortelloni di Quattro Formaggio

Filled with four cheeses and topped with creamy porcini mushroom sauce

Antipasto Inverno

Smoked salmon on top of bufala mozzarella served with prosciutto-wrapped figs

Principale

Veal Chop alla Griglia

16 oz. Bone-in veal chop grilled to perfection and finished with sage suace.

Served with tomato mashed potatoes and vegetables

Bisteca al Chianti

Grilled “Black Angus Certified” porterhouse topped with chianti sauce with

Pancetta and shallots. Served with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables

Halibut alla Brodetto

Fresh Alaskan halibut sautéed with white wine, olive oil, garlic and basil

Served over spaghetti and artichoke hearts

Combo di Ravioli

A trio of raviolis including roasted vegetable ravioli in marinara sauce,

Eggplant ravioli in Alfredo sauce, and artichoke ravioli in creamy pesto sauce

Lasagna di Mare

Pasta sheets layered with shrimp, seabass, halibut, calamari, and scallops.

Topped with our signature Brandy Aurora sauce

Combo Capodanno

A mouthwatering trio: broiled lobster tail, grilled filet mignon with caramelized

Onion, and garlic mashed potatoes

Dolce

Tiramisu

Espresso soaked ladyfingers layered with mascarpone cheese and fresh whipped cream

Rum Cake

Classic Italian sponge cake infused with rum and topped with fresh whipped cream

Chocolate Lava Cake

Served with vanilla bean gelato and fresh whipped cream

Marsala Zabagione con Fragola

Light whipped Italian custard flavored with marsala wine and topped with fresh

Strawberries

You can also view our San Diego Italian restaurant menu by following the link.

$60.00 per person. Tax and gratuity not included.