Ristorante Pesto Menu Prices

Compact, family-run trattoria known for Southern Italian classics & neighborhood atmosphere.

Whether you’re craving simple marinara sauce or lusting for the finest pasta, South Philadelphia has one of the largest numbers of top-notch Italian restaurants in the U.S. Ristorante Pesto is one at the top of that list.

This exquisite restaurant is operated and owned by one of South Philly’s established restaurant families, the Varallos, who still remember how food tasted in Italy. And they capture those flavors here at Pesto.

  4.8 – 844 reviews  $$ • Italian restaurant

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Menu

Desserts
Creme Brûlée
Each
$9.00
Ricotta Cheesecake
Each
$9.00
Chocolate Cake
Each
$9.00
Reese’s Cake
Each
$9.00
Limoncello Mascarpone
Each
$9.00
Homemade Ricotta Cannoli
Each
$9.00
Apple Tart With Vanilla Ice Cream
Each
$9.00
Gelato
Each (ask for flavors)
$9.00
Antipasti
Calamari Fritti $14.00
Bruschetta
Diced fresh tomatoes, herbs and onions
$9.00
Cozze
Steamed mussels served in your chose of marinara or oil and garlic sauce
$2.00
Vongole
Clams served in your chose of marinara or oil and garlic sauce
$2.00
Insalate
Insalata Di Cesare
Romaine with our caesar dressing and homemade croutons
$11.00
Insalata Alla Gorgonzola
Spring mix served with gorgonzola cheese, sun-dried tomatoes and walnuts in a balsamic vinaigrette
$13.00
Pear Salad
Spring mix, poached pears, caramelized walnuts, sunflower seeds, gorgonzola cheese, raspberry vinaigrette
$13.00
Fish
Salmon Alla Griglia
Grilled salmon dressed with olive oil, garlic and lemon sauce
$22.00
Salmone Alla Veneziana
Filet of salmon decorated with shrimp, clams, mussels and crabmeat sautéed in your choice of a lemon, cream or rose sauce
$24.00
Branzino
Mediterranean sea bass lightly fried stuffed with mussels, shrimp, clams and crab meat in a light tomato sauce, white wine wrapped in foil
$32.00
Pasta
Gnocchi
Homemade potato dumplings served with our pesto sauce, rosé, or gorgonzola sauce
$20.00
Fettuccine Alfredo
Homemade fettuccine with cream sauce and parmesan cheese, with or without prosciutto
$18.00
Penne Primavera
With a variety of vegetables in rosé sauce or cream sauce
$18.00
Linguine Pescatora
Served with shrimp, mussels, and clams in a red or white sauce
$20.00
Spaghetti Alle Vongole
Clams serves in a red or white sauce
$20.00
Linguine Alla Scogliera
Shrimp, lobster in a red sauce
$24.00
Shrimp Scampi
Jumbo shrimp over linguine served in the following sauce: rosé, cognac cream cream or oil and garlic
$22.00
Pollo (Poultry) / Vitelo (Veal)
Pollo
Cutlet topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese in a rosé sauce
$20.00
Vitello Parmigiana
Cutlet topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese in a rosé sauce
$21.00
Pollo
Sautéed with mushrooms in a marsala wine sauce
$18.00
Vitello Alla Marsala
Sautéed with mushrooms in a marsala wine sauce
$23.00
Specials – Appetizers
Portobello Special
Mushroom topped with mozzarella cheese, crab imperial and crabmeat in a rose sauce
$15.00
Eggplant
Stuffed with spinach, ricotta, and mozzarella in a rose sauce
$15.00
Bracciolatini
Thin sliced steaks stuffed with mozzarella and breading then grilled
$13.00
Shrimp
Wrapped in bacon, puff pastry served with a honey dijon mustard
$15.00
Crab Salad
Three layered salad, bottom layer is avocado, center is creamy crabmeat, the top is a roasted pepper bruschetta mixture drizzled with balsamic reduction
$16.00
Burrata
Burrata cheese, smoked prosciutto, sun-dried tomatoes, drizzled with a balsamic reduction
$15.00
Specials – Entrees
Cavatelli
Award winning short homemade pasta served with lobster, shrimp, and crabmeat in a rose sauce
$27.00
Black Ink
Homemade pasta topped with mussels, clams, shrimp, crab meat, diced tomatoes in an oil garlic with a touch of tomato
$27.00
Lamb Chops
Grilled and marinated with balsamic vinegar and seasoning over a bed of spring mix or sautéed with garlic and rosemary, baked in the oven in a demi-glaze sauce
$35.00
Salmon
Encrusted with walnuts and sun-dried tomatoes in a lobster shallot tomato cognac cream sauce
$24.00
Specialty Drinks
Café Italiano
Hot brewed coffee with amaretto liqueur topped with whipped cream
$9.00
Cappuccino Royale
Cappuccino with brandy, bacardi light rum, and dark crème de cacao topped with whipped cream
$9.00
Chocolate Hazelnut Coffee
Hot brewed coffee with godiva (chocolate liqueur) and frangelico (hazelnut liqueur) topped with whipped cream
$9.00
Irish Kiss
Hot brewed coffee with bailey’s irish cream and kahlua (coffee liqueur) topped with whipped cream
$9.00
Millionaire’s Coffee
Hot brewed coffee with kahlua (coffee liqueur), bailey’s irish cream, grand marnier, (orange liqueur) and frangelico (hazelnut liqueur) topped with whipped cream
$10.00
Specialty Drinks – Gelato Martinis
Chocolate
Godiva liqueur, kahlua, baileys, vanilla vodka
$12.00
Vanilla
Vanilla vodka, creme de cacao
$12.00
Vitello
Saltimbocca Alla Romana
Veal topped with prosciutto and swiss cheese sautéed in a marsala and cream sauce with sage
$23.00
Vitello Mare E Monti
Veal medallions with jumbo shrimp, mozzarella cheese and prosciutto in a mushroom demiglasse sauce
$27.00
Vitello Francese
Bartered veal medallions topped with crabmeat in a lemon butter sauce
$23.00
Vitello Alla Marsala
Veal medallions sautéed with mushrooms in a marsala wine sauce
$23.00
Vitello Piccata
Veal medallions sautéed in a lemon butter sauce
$22.00
Costoletta Di Vitello Alla Griglia
16 oz grilled veal chop
$33.00
Stuffed Veal Chop
16 oz center cut veal chop stuffed with spinach, roasted peppers and sharp provolone cheese in mushroom white wine
$38.00
Dolci
Dolce
(Daily specials)
$9.00
Cappuccino $4.00
Espresso $3.00
American Coffee $2.00
Tea $2.00
Sodas $2.00
Manzo
Bistecca Alla Griglia
Grilled 12 oz angus steak
$26.00
Stuffed Steak
12 oz steak stuffed with crabmeat topped with fontina cheese in a mushroom demiglasse sauce
$29.00
Pesce
Zuppa Di Pesce
Lobster, shrimp, clams, mussels, calamari, flounder in a marinara sauce over bread or linguine
$36.00
Pollo
Pollo Parmigiana
Chicken cutlet topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese in a rosé sauce or marinara sauce
$20.00
Pollo Alla Marsala
Chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms in a marsala wine sauce
$18.00
Pollo Piccata
Chicken breast sautéed in a lemon butter sauce
$18.00
Pollo Alla Fiorentina
Chicken cutlet topped with spinach and mozzarella cheese in a creamy demiglasse sauce
$22.00
Others
Pollo / Vitello Piccata
Sautéed in a lemon butter sauce
Pollo Alla Fiorentina
Chicken cutlet topped with spinach and mozzarella cheese in a creamy demi-glaze sauce
$22.00
Pollo Ai Carciofi
Chicken breast sautéed with artichokes, prosciutto, and mozzarella cheese in white wine sauce
$19.00
Vitello Mare E Monti
Veal medallions with jumbo shrimp, mozzarella cheese, and prosciutto in a mushroom demi- glaze sauce
$27.00
Pollo/ Vitello Francese
Egg battered topped with crabmeat in a lemon butter sauce
Saltimbocca Alla Romana
Chicken / veal topped with prosciutto and swiss cheese sautéed in a marsala and cream sauce with sage

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Contact Ristorante Pesto

Address: 1915 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Phone: (215) 336-8380

Website: http://www.ristorantepesto.com/

Hours

Sunday Closed
Monday Closed
Tuesday 5–9:30PM
Wednesday 5–9:30PM
Thursday 5–9:30PM
Friday 5–9:30PM
Saturday 5–9:30PM

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