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Dino Restaurant

(202) 686-2966

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  • 3435 Connecticut Ave Nw, Washington, DC 20008
  • Italian
  • $$$$$
  • Dino Restaurant

  • (202) 686-2966
  • Main
  • Brunch
  • Pasta Casalinga & Risotto: House Made Pasta & Risotto
    • Pesto Primavera $9.00+

      Local zucchini, garlic scapes, potato - pinenuts, garlic & grana - fettuccine

    • Briciole - Herbed Breadcrumbs $9.00+

      White wine braised onions with pancetta & prosciutto

    • All'Aglione - Roasted & Fresh Garlic $10.00+

      Fresh local tomatoes - pappardelle

    • Funghi - Assorted Wild & Exotic Mushrooms $10.00+

      Garlic & sage - pappardelle

    • Risotto ai Radicchio e Fiori di Zucca $14.00+

      Next step chioggia radicchio, squash blossom & baby leek - prosecco & orange juice - carnaroli rice, wine, butter, onion & veggie stock

    • Bolognese - Beef (MD) $10.00+

      Wine, Tomato & cream - Grana - Fettuccine

    • Cinghiale - Wild Boar (TX) & Pork Belly (VA) $14.00+

      Tomato, golden raisin, currants, red wine - grana - pappardelle

    • Lasagnette - Not Your Nonna's Lasagna $20.00

      Rich pork & veal ragu - fonduta - bacon - grana - house pasta

    • Gamberoni - Head-on Georgia Wild Brown Shrimp $18.00

      Garlic, butter & white wine - linguine

    • Cannelloni d'Anatra $18.00

      Stuffed house pasta - crispy cured duck, local chard, ricotta di bufala, pine nuts - duck cream & grana

  • Kids Menu - Pasta & Secondi
    • Brisket & Potatoes $6.00+

    • Kid's Burger (Ciabata or Challah) $6.00+

    • Grilled Cheese Sandwich $6.00+

    • Grilled Hot Dog on Challah $6.00+

    • Pasta with Meatballs or Wild Boar Sauce $6.00+

  • Cicchetti
    • Tuscan Bacon $4.00+

      Spiced, griddled, sherry vinegar cured ecofriendly pork belly (VA) - balsamico drizzle

    • Crostini Dino ~ Ortiz Oil Cured Anchovy w/Gorgonzola $4.00+

      Ortiz spanish white anchovy & red pepper puree

    • Uova alla Diavola - Deviled Eggs $4.00+

      Vadouvan & long pepper - sriracha anchovy alioli - anchovy salsa verde

    • Fegatini $4.00+

      Tuscan style duck liver spread w/ciabatta

    • Testa $4.00+

      Bev eggleston's eco friendlyfoods pig head terrine

    • Pate - Wild Boar Pate w/Ginger Mostarda $4.00+

    • Salame di Cinghiale - Wild Boar Salami $4.00+

    • Finocchiona - Fennel Flavoured Salami $4.00+

    • Sopressa - Veneto Style Pork Sausage $4.00+

    • Sott'Aceto - Dean's House Pickles $4.00+

    • Olive - Imported Olives $4.00+

  • Secondi: Mains
    • Panino Americano Best w/Bacon $2 $10.00

      10 oz Burger - no feed lots, hormones or antibiotics ever (MD) - grilled ciabatta - house relish - anchovy & sriracha aioli - prairie breeze american cheddar cheese - local greens salad

    • Melanzane Alla Parmigiana $16.00

      Grilled local eggplants of varius colors - ricotta di bufala with bread crumbs & egg - topped w/smoked mozzarella & chopped local heirloom cherry tomatoes

    • Ratatouille Toscano $16.00

      Tuscan ratatouille - stewed local zucchini, garlic scapes, romano beans, potatoes, tomatoes, herbs - timbale of farro with three beans, raisins & walnuts with fresh tomato sauce

    • Pulcino al Mattone $18.00

      Chicken grilled uunder a brick - olive, garlic & olio - sauteed greens

    • Salsiccia - House EcoFriendly Pork Sausage (VA) $18.00

      Farro & lentils - braised chard & kale w/pancetta & prosciutto

    • Tagliata alla Diavola $19.00

      Sliced tri-tip - local farms beef: no feed lots, hormones or antibiotics ever (MD) - salsa verde alla diavola (wild garlic, anchovy, old villa manordori balsamico, pine nut, sherry vinegar & breadcrumb - tuscan potatoes

    • Scottiglia $24.00

      Red wine stewed hunter's stew of duck & rabbit legs - three cheese white polenta

    • Capesante $24.00

      Seared maine scallops - aperol butter sauce - pea shoots (PA)

    • Orata - Whole Fish - Head & Tail $24.00

      Rich, meaty & mild - grilled & finished in the oven - caper & lemon spiced olio

    • Maiale - Ecofriendly Foods Ossabaw Pork Loin Chops $24.00

      Grilled medium rare (VA) - old balsamico crispy pancetta wrapped grilled radiccho

    • Chesapeak $26.00

      Two pan roasted MD jumbo lump crabcakes - roasted tuscan potatoes, 3 course $2

    • Halibut Selvaggio $27.00

      Wild alaskan halibut MSC certified sustainable - grilled medium rare - local grilled corn, tomato, red onion, basil & olio salsa fresca - local summer veggie hash with oregano, 3 course $3

    • Bistecca Fiorentina $52.00

      1 Kilo 40 oz 21 day dry-aged t Bone - local farms beef: no feed lots, hormones or antibiotics ever MD - tuscan roasted potato - sauteed greens VA/WV, 3 course $28

  • Formaggi di Dino - Cheese
    • Guffanti Capra Foglia di Castagne $5.00

      Goat - aged, goat cheese aged in chestnut leaves

    • Guffanti Scimudin (Cow Creamy - Raw Milk) Aosta $5.00

      Made from raw milk - its large size allows for 60 days age

    • CasaMadaio Barilotto (Goat - Lightly Aged) Cilento $4.00

      Spicy & salty aged goat ricotta from the hills of southern campania: tangy, creamy with a nicely lactic/salty finish

    • Pecorino di Toscana DOP Fresco Sheep - Tender) $4.00

      Fresh, you pecorino with a mild tang & grasiness

    • Crucolo (Cow - Tender - Raw Milk) Trentino $4.00

      Made by a single producer in an asiago style

    • Pecorino di Toscana DOP Stagionato (Sheep - Aged) $5.00

      The clasic pecorino aged for a yeat - tangy, spicy, a touch sharp

    • Di Crodo Toma Ossolana (Cow - Raw - Tangy) $4.00

      Aged, home style, rubbed with grape lees - nice briny tang

    • Guffanti Capra Foglia di Castagne $5.00

      Goat - well aged goat cheese aged for a gamey flavor in chestnut leaves - the rind is pungent and very shrp

    • Guffanti Pecorino Fossa Pienza & Emila $5.00

      Sheep - aged - raw milk, pecorino di pienza, aged in a tufa ditch in a cave for several months, making it strong & distinctive, with a bite

    • Guffanti Blue di Lanzo $5.00

      Cow - raw, treviso wonderfully funky blue with a rich, creamy paste & a sharp palate - somewhere between stilton & roquefort in flavor

    • Guffanti Gorgonzola 200 Giorni $5.00

      Cow - sharp, spectacularly sharp mountain style gorgonola

  • Antipasti
    • Minestre Fredda di Estate $7.00

      Local summer leafy greens, squash & potatoes - tomato broth - garlicky pesto w/pinenut & grana

    • Saltimbocca - meatballs - Dorsey Farms Pork 9MD) $7.00

      Rose veal & lioni fresh ricotta (NY) - oregano & tomato sauce

    • Verdure Grigliata - Grilled Local Veggies $8.00

      Zucchini, green bean, garlic scapes, red onion, romesco - house pickled ramps. Salsa alla diavola {spicy anchovy & wild garlic green sauce w/breadcrumbs, pine nuts & sherry wine vinegar

    • Fiori di Zucca - Squash Blossoms Stuffed $8.00

      With fresh mozzarella & anchovy - house summer tomato essence

    • Trotter Tots - Croquette di Patate $8.00

      Ecofriendly (VA) pork - grana & smoked mozz - egg & breadcrumb - silk road spiced salt

    • Insalata Forte $8.00

      Spicy greens - garlic, balsamico & olio - pecorino

    • Bruschetta - Local Heirloom & Cherry Tomatoes $8.00

      Cukes, fresh red torpedo onion, oregano - olio - grilled bread

    • Gamberoni Croccante $9.00

      Crispy pancetta wrapped head on georgia wild brown shrimp - mint & citrus vinaigrette

    • Local Greens & Ceci (Garbanzos) Salad $9.00

      Bev & dario - dino's tribute to tuscan butcher dario cecchini of panzano & pigman bev eggleston of eco friendly (VA) - testa, head terrine - tuscan bacon, crispy sherry vinegar cured skin on belly w/balsamico

    • Albicocca ~ Grilled Pancetta Wrapped Apricots $9.00

      Mascarpone, saba & hawaiian aalea red sea salt

    • Polenta ai Tre Formaggi $9.00

      Friuli white polenta - asiago, fontina & gorgonzola - balsamico roasted mushrooms

    • Baci - Italian Kisses - Pancetta Wrapped Scallops $10.00

      With duck liver & dates - 3 ginger & 3 citrus glaze

    • Calamari Fritti ~ Fried Calamari $10.00

      Spicy red pepper & tomato sauce

    • Caprese - Local Tomatoes $11.00

      Mozzarella di bufala madara - olio - basil

    • Barbabietola - Local Beets $11.00

      Garlic braised greens - balsamico onions - ginger vinaigrette - orange & red grapefruit - ricotta salata

    • Burrata - Pugliese Bufala Cheese $12.00

      Air shipped 2x a week - kalamata olive & red pepper purees - oven roasted tomato - olio

    • Collo d'Anatra - Duck Neck Stuffed $12.00

      With a forcemeat of duck (PA), pork (VA) & veal (NY), slow cooked in duck fat, sliced & crisped to order - orange & honey glaze

    • Pio Tosini Prosciutto $12.00

  • Kids Menu - Antipasti
    • Prosciutto & Mozzarella $6.00+

    • Steamed Veggies with Tomato Sauce $6.00+

    • Calamari Fritti with Tomato Sauce $6.00+

    • Meatballs $6.00+

  • Kids Menu - Dolci
    • Chocolate Sundae $6.00+

      Vanilla or chocolate gelato

    • Cheese $6.00+

      Select a cheese from our cheese list

  • Dolci
    • Pesca al Forno $7.00

      Local first of season peaches - baked with an amaretti crumble crust - vanila gelato

    • Mousse di Ricotta $7.00

      Local berries - ricotta di bufala mousse - old balsamico

    • Torta di Nocciola $7.00

      Hazelnut torte - amaretto whipped cream

    • Torta di Cioccolato $7.00

      Spiced walnut crumble crust - chocolate cream

    • Budino di Pane $7.00

      Bread pudding - golden raisins - vanilla gelato - amaretto whipped cream

    • Cappuccino di Nutella $7.00

      Nutella & mascarpone - bourbon soaked cherries - whipped cream - cocoa

    • Tiramisu $7.00

      Pick-me-up - frangelico, carolans Irish & drumgray scotch cream liqueurs

    • Manodori Balsamico con Gelato o Fragola $8.00

      Rich & naturally thick aged villa manodori atop: local strawberries w/pepper or house vanilla gelato

    • Sorbetti Fatti in Casa (Per Gli Adulti Soltanto) $7.00

      Spirited, adults-only, local fruit sorbetti: cinnamon orange with aperol & gin - yello plum with bourbon - papa doble daiquiri: grapefruit, lime & rum

    • Gianduia Nico $7.00

      Inspired by gelateria nico in venezia - bittersweet chocolate gelato with chopped chocolate - hazelnut gelato with toasted hazelnuts - chocolate sauce - amaretto whipped cream

    • Gelati Fatti in Casa $7.00

      House-made with trickling springs milk & hares valley eggs (PA) valrhona chocolate - real pistachio - real cinnamon

    • Gelato Affogato $7.00

      House real vanilla bean gelato drowned in espresso

  • Vini Dolci
    • Andrew's House Infused Grappa $5.00

      Bertagnoli grappanino house infused with local or organic fruit - for after your dessert

    • Vietti - Moscato d'Asti $7.00+

      Light, fragrant, fizzy - wonderful with pistachio cake, gelati or tiramisu

    • Quady - Essencia $7.00

      Orange muscat - gelato, pistachio cake, tiramisu, bread pudding

    • Smith Woodhouse - Lodge Reserve Porto $7.00

      Rich, spicy - great with blue & aged cheeses

    • Smith Woodhouse $9.00

      Big, aged, smooth - great with blue & aged cheeses

    • Smith Woodhouse $12.00

      Subtle, medium, very complex with tawny/golden color - superb with soft, creamy cheeses

    • La Giaretta - Recioto di Valpolicella $12.00+

      Lush, red, sweet - cheese, chocolate

    • Poppiano - Vin Santo $12.00+

      Classic tuscan dessert wine - pistachio cake

    • Coluta - Picolit $14.00+

      Friuli's answer to sauternes - all cheeses, bread pudding

  • Kids Menu - Drinks
    • Milk or Chocolate Milk - Trickling Spring Dairy

    • Boylan's Soda (All Natural Sugar Sweetened) $3.00

    • Grape, Apple, Orange, or Cranberry Juice $2.00

  • Antipasti: Veggie Starters
    • Zuppa Fredda d'Asparagi e Funghi $9.00

      Cold local asparagus soup (WV) - roasted exotic & wild ?shrooms - trickling spring's cream

    • Sformata di Spinaci $7.00

      Spring valley's spinach {WV} & ricotta di bufala pudding - grana

    • Insalata Forte $8.00

      Tree & leaf's spicy greens (VA) - garlic, balsamico & olio - pecorino

    • Asparagi alla Parmignana $8.00

      Grana glazed spring valley asparagus (WV)

    • Barbabietola $11.00

      Beets (PA) - garlic braised rainbow chard (VA) - balsamico onions - ginger vinagrette - ricotta salata - orange & red grapefruit

    • Burrata $12.00

      Pugliese bufala cheese - air shipped 2x a week - kalamata olive & red pepper purees - oven roasted tomato - olio

    • Carciofi Fritti $12.00

      Fried santa monica farmers' market baby green artichokes - hawaiian black salt & lemon

    • Burrata $12.00

      Pugliese bufala cheese - air shipped 2x a week - kalamata olive & red pepper purees - oven roasted tomato - olio

    • Carciofi Fritti $12.00

      Fried santa monica farmers' market baby green artichokes - hawaiian black salt & lemon

  • Antipasti: Meat & Seafood Starters
    • Saltimbocca $7.00

      Meatballs - rose veal (NY) & Dorsey farms pork (MD) -lioni fresh ricotta (NY) - oregano & tomato sauce

    • Trotter Tots - Croquette di Patate $9.00

      Ecofriendly (VA) pork - grana & smoked mozz - egg & breadcrumb - silk road spiced salt

    • Calamari Fritti $10.00

      Fried calamari spicy red pepper & tomato sauce

    • Asparagi Grigliata $11.00

      Prosciutto wrapped grilled local asparagus seasoned w/balsamico, dino's silk road spiced salt - saba drizzle

    • Pio Tosini Prosciutto di Parma $12.00

    • Capesante Marinati $12.00

      Italian ceviche - gulf of maine scallop w/red onion & thyme - spicy greens salad w/lemon & olio

  • Pasta Casalinga: House - Made Pasta
    • Funghi $10.00

      Assorted wild & exotic mushrooms - garlic & sage - house pappardelle

  • Pasta Casalinga: House~Made Pasta
    • Asparagi e Ramps $10.00

      Alfredo - spring valley asparagus & ramps (WV) - butter braised ramp greens - grana - house fettucine

    • Risotto ai Porri e Saltati $14.00

      Next step's leeks, siberian kale, erba stella & dandelion - tree & leaf's chicories - carnaroli rice, wine, butter, onion & veggie stock

    • Sugo $10.00

      Beef (MD), rose veal (NY) & pork (VA) - red wine & tomato - aleppo, urfa & black pepper - grana cheese - house tagliatelle

    • Cinghiale $14.00

      Stewed wild boar (TX) & pork belly (VA) - tomato, onion, golden raisin, currants, red wine - grana cheese - house ribbon pasta

  • Piatti Americani: Brunch Items
    Choice of saul's breakfast potatoes, maple bacon, small green salad or house made sausage - additional sides $4
    • San Benedetto $14.00

      Eggs benedict dino Style - grilled ciabatta - poached eggs orange & rosemary scented butter - pio tosini prosciuto saul's breakfast potatoes

    • Budino di Pane $12.00

      Breakfast bread pudding - sausage - challah - eggs & cream roasted ?shrooms - greens - grana & pecorino cheeses

    • Ham & Eggs $16.00

      7 Hour fennel & garlic rubbed ecofriendly Foods pork leg (VA) - slow braised onion & allspice pork jus - fried eggs in tomato sauce - saul's breakfast potatoes

    • Pane $12.00

      French toast - cherry vanilla maple syrup - choice of side

    • Uove Americani $10.00

      Hare's valley farms eggs - scrambled, poached or fried saul's breakfast potatoes, choice of side

    • Funghi $12.00

      Bruschetta assorted exotic & wild mushrooms roasted with sage - green garlic - grilled bread - maple pepper bacon

  • Panini: Sandwiches
    All pannini served with small green salad
    • Giuseppe Lezzone $10.00

      Messy Joe - red wine braised dry aged brisket - no feed lot, hormones or antibiotics ever (MD) - balsamico onions, agridolce horseradish - grilled ciabatta - local greens salad

    • Americano (Best with Bacon $2) $10.00

      10 oz Burger - no feed lots, hormones & antibiotics ever (MD) house pickle relish - anchovy & sriracha aioli - crucolo cheese - ciabatta

    • Ai Formaggi (Best with Bacon $2) $8.00

      Grilled cheese - crucolo cheese - tomato pesto, mayo, mustard - challah

  • Secondi: Mains
    • Moeche Grigliata $12.00

      Grilled softshell crab (MD) summer tomato essence

    • Tris di Verdure $16.00

      Farro risotto w/spring valley asparagus (VW), walnut & golden raisin atop house summer tomato essence - spinach & ricotta di bufala sformata (WV) - ceci & borlotti beans, greens & ?shrooms

    • Salsiccia $16.00

      House ecofriendly pork sausage (VA) - farro & lentils - braised cabbage & Barese chard w/pancetta & prosciutto

    • Pulcino al Mattone $16.00

      Young amish chicken grilled under a brick - olive, garlic & olio topping - sauteed greens (PA & MD)

    • Halibut Selvaggio $16.00

      Grilled wild alaskan halibut MSC certified sustainable fishery - tuscan parsley pesto w/pine nut & garlic - lightly braised kale (VA)

    • Capesante (3 course $4) $20.00

      New england scallops - seared rare - aperol butter sauce - sauteed pea shoots(PA)

  • Bevande: Beverages
    • House Sparkling Ades $3.00

      Hibuscus llimeade & fresh local strawberry lemonade

    • Sodas $3.00

      Mexican coke - diet coke - boylan's sodas - reed's extra strong ginger brew

    • Swing's Coffees $3.00+

      French roast & decaf - swing's espresso - cappuccino

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