Cafe Renaissance

Cafe Renaissance
163 Glyndon Street, Vienna, VA 22180 

Telephone.
703-938-3311

Email. info@caferenaissance.com
Website. www.caferenaissance.com

Cuisine. French and Northern Italian
Hours:

Monday thru Friday, Lunch 11:30 - 2:30
Monday thru Saturday, Dinner 5:00 - 10:00
Sunday, Dinner 5:00 - 9:00
For lovers of food, wine and romance Cafe Renaissance is your first choice in intimate dinning.
Cafe Renaissance offers a quiet and charming ambiance that will compliment any lunch or dinner.

"The main dining area seats about 40, a smaller one fewer than 20. The walls of the cozy rectangular space are hung with copies of famous paintings from the Renaissance to Renoir. Gold-colored sconces with gilded grape vines hang on the walls. Lace curtains shade the front windows. Flowers and candles adorn each table. Service is warm. The place is thoroughly European and romantic. " Washingtonian

 

Cafe Renaissance is a classic example of a restaurant located in the family community of Vienna, that is the epitome of hard work, perseverance and yes, great service and good food.

Saeed Abtahi is the owner of this lovely dining home for fine continental cuisine with the ever-popular French and Italian accents.
One of the pleasures is the flexibility of the menu--the only "have it your way" fine dining restaurant that I've ever visited. The menu even now recognizes the Veal Scallopini in the Cafe Renaissance way--"as you wish". That means the tender, pounded sautéed veal is available Francaise (dipped in egg batter), Marsala, Piccata, Paillard (grilled) and Normand (fresh apple and Calvados cream sauce).
Great Falls/McLean/Vienna Times

 

Menu
 

Hot Appetizers

Calves Liver "Bercy" $7.75
with parsley & shallot in a white wine sauce


Escargot Bourguignonne $7.75


Shrimp $8.50
in a spicy curry cream sauce


Calamari Luchian $6.50
in a light tomato sauce with a dash of garlic, black olive & onion


Stuffed Eggplant $5.95
with Ricotta cheese, prosciutto ham & spinach


Sea Scallops $8.50
wrapped in a mixed nut crust with citrus Beurreblanc


Bruschetta $6.50
toasted bread slices topped with garlic, olive oil, fresh tomatos,
basil & mozzarella cheese


Eggplant Parmigiana $5.50


Minestrone $4.50
with white beans & ham


French Onion Soup $5.50


Vichyssoise $5.50
with pumpkin


Lobster Bisque $5.95


Soup of the Day $4.50


Cold Appetizers

*Carpaccio of Beef Tenderloin $8.50
thinly sliced raw filet


Tomatos $6.50
with homemade fresh mozzarella


Chiken Pate $6.95
with sundried tomatos


Smoked Salmon $8.95


Shrimp Cocktail $8.50


Salad

Salad Renaissance $5.95
romaine, mesclum, endive & vinaigrette


Caesar Salad $5.50


Hearts of Palm Salad $5.95


Pasta

Cappelini Renaissance $21.50
with shrimp, calamari, sea scallops & mussels and served with
your choice of vodka cream, tomato cream, garlic olive oil or marinara sauce


Manicotti Fiorentina $12.50


Linguini $12.50
with your choice of white or red clam sauce


Rigatoni $11.50
with fresh tomato, onion, bacon & basil


Fettuccini $13.50
with a dash of smoked salmon & vodka cream sauce


Baked Lasagna $11.50


Linguini Primavera $11.50
with your choice of sauce


Spaghetti $11.50
with your choice of meat or marinara sauce


Miniature Ravioli $13.50
stuffed with eggplant & mushrooms with your choice of sauce


Sea Food

Medallions of Monkfish $18.50
with garlic, mushroom & white wine


Grilled Canadian Salmon $18.50
with bearnaise


Steamed Canadian Salmon $18.50
with basil beurreblanc


Rainbow Trout Oscar $18.50
with crabmeat, asparagus and hollandaise sauce


Sea Scallops $20.95
in a cilantro sauce with artichoke and mushrooms


Jumbo Shrimp $20.50
in a bell peper, onion, mushroom & white wine sauce


Cassolette of Mussels $18.50
in a garlic white wine broth served with a side of linguini marinara


Tilapia $19.50
sauteed with apple and almond


Flounder $18.50
breaded, sauteed & served with caper & lemon butter


Maryland Style Crab Cake $21.50
with beurreblanc


Meat

Veal scallopini As You Wish $18.50
Francais (deeped in egg batter), Marsala, Piccata, Piallard (grilled),
Normand (fresh apple & calvados cream sauce) or in a Cognac Cream Sauce


Veal Scallopini Oscar $20.50
with fresh asparagus, crabmeat & hollandaise sauce


Filet Mignon $22.50
with your choice of shallot red wine sauce or bearnaise sauce


Pepper Steak $21.50
with black pepper & cognac cream suace


Rack of Lamb $25.50


Veal Sweet Bread $18.50
with rosemary & white wine sauce


Fresh Calves Liver $18.50
with shallot & red wine sauce


Poultry

Braised Stuffed Chicken Breast $15.95
with shrimp, spinach & shitake mushrooms


Chicken Breast Piallard $13.95
grilled


Chicken Breast Milanese $14.50
beaded $ sauteed


Chicken Breast Piccata or Francais $14.50
dipped in egg batter


Chicken Breast Marsala $14.50


Quail $20.95
stuffed with mushrooms & shrimp in a port wine sauce


Risotto

Pescatore $19.50
with shrimp, sea scallops & calamari


Primavera $17.50
with fresh vegtables, wild musrooms & saffron


Desserts

Cream Caramel $4.50


Fruit Tart $5.50


Tiramisu $5.25


Ricotta Cheesecake $5.25


Rum Galliano Cake $5.25


Profiteroles $5.25


Grand Marnier Flambed $ 7.50
strawberries over vanilla ice cream


Souffle Grand Marnier or Chocolate $8.00
(ask your souffle when placing your dinner order)


Zabaglione $5.50
as is or over fruit - warm Italian custard with egg yolks, sugar & marsala wine



 



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