Nutshell Cafe

Nutshell Cafe Menu

(860) 956-2836
229 White Street, Hartford, CT 06114

Appetizers - Lunch


Lunch Onion Rings
$6.00
Lunch Shrimp & Garlic Sauce
$9.00
Lunch Fried Calamari
$10.00
Hand battered and made to order.
Lunch Chicken Fingers
$6.00
Lunch Codfish Cakes (3)
$6.00
Lunch Chourica (Portuguese Style Sausage)
$9.00
Sauteed in a spicy sauce with peppers and onions.
Broccoli & Cheese with Marinara Sauce
$6.00
Lunch Steamed Clams in White Wine Garlic Sauce
$9.00
Lunch Buffalo Wings with Blue Cheese
$7.00
Lunch Mozzarella Sticks with Marinara Sauce
6.00

$Salads - Lunch

All salads served with a portuguese roll and butter.
Lunch House Salad
$5.00
Lunch Chef's Salad
$9.00
Ham, turkey, hard-boiled egg and American cheese.
Lunch Salad (Cup)
$9.50
Lunch Caesar Salad
$5.00
Lunch Cobb Salad
9.50
Ham, turkey, salami, hard-boiled eggand bacon.

$Burgers - Lunch

All of our 6 oz. burgers include your choice of rice, salad, french fries, or homemade chip fries. In addition, burgers include your choice of cheese (Swiss, American or provolone) and lettuce, tomato and onion. Thoroughly cooking meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs reduces the risk of foodborne illness.
Lunch Nutshell Special
$8.95
House burger served with bacon, gorgonzola cheese, fried onions, sauteed mushrooms, french friesand onion rings.
Lunch House Burger
6.50

$Soups - Lunch

All soups served with a portuguese roll and butter.
Lunch Chicken Soup (2)
5.00

$Sandwiches

Served on either Portuguese roll or wheat bread and include lettuce, tomato and onions. Sandwiches also include a choice of cheese (provolone, American or Swiss) and either rice, salad, french fries, or homemade chip fries.
Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich
$7.95
On portuguese roll with american cheese fried onions.
Chicken Salad Sandwich
$7.95
Turkey Club Sandwich
$7.95
Turkey with bacon tomato lettuce mayonnaise.
Pork Sandwich
$7.95
Grilled Chicken Sandwich
$7.95
Turkey Sandwich
$7.95
Tuna Salad Sandwich
$7.95
Ham Sandwich
$7.95
Chourica (Portuguese Style Sausage) Sandwich
$8.95
Includes sauteed peppers and onions.
Steak Sandwich
7.95

$1/2 Grinder Lunch Specials

Served on a grinder roll with lettuce, tomato, onion, provolone cheese, and an order of homemade chip fries.
Chicken Parmigiana Grinder Lunch Special
$8.95
Turkey Grinder Lunch Special
$8.95
Pepperoni Grinder Lunch Special
$8.95
Meatball Grinder Lunch Special
$8.95
Chourica (Portuguese Style Sausage) Grinder Lunch Special
$8.95
Eggplant Parmigiana Grinder Lunch Special
$8.95
Ham Grinder Lunch Special
$8.95
Italian Grinder Lunch Special
8.95
Ham, salami, pepperoniand provolone.

$Beverages


Sparkling Water
$2.00
Iced Tea
$2.00
Free refills.
Tea
$2.00
Decaf and regular.
Coffee
$2.00
Decaf and regular.
Soda
$2.00
Free refills.
Sumol
$2.00
Free refills. Orange and pineapple.
Hot Chocolate
$2.50
Bottled Water
$2.00
Lemonade
2.00
Free refills.

$Chef'S Special Lunch Entrees

Unless otherwise indicated, lunch entrees come with your choice of any two of the following - rice, salad, french fries, or homemade chip fries.
Shrimp & Garlic Sauce Chef's Special
$12.95
Grilled Shrimp & Squid with Peppers & Onions Chef's Special
$12.95
Grilled Pork Loin Chef's Special
$11.95
Our special pork marinated in white wine and garlic.
Grilled Salmon Chef's Special
$12.95
NY Strip Steak Chef's Special (6 oz.)
$12.95
Steamed Clams in White Wine Sauce Chef's Special
$12.95
Grilled Chicken Breast Chef's Special
$18.95
You can add spicy sauce, sauteed peppers and onions.
Pork & Clams Chef's Special
$12.95
Sauteed cubes of marinated pork served with clams over a bed of home fries. (Does not include rice, salad or french fries.).
Fish & Chips with Rice Chef's Special
$11.95
Fish & Chips with Salad Chef's Special
$11.95
Crispy Chicken Tenders with Fries Chef's Special
8.50

$Desserts


Chocolate Cake
$4.00
Flan
$4.00
Carrot Cake
$4.00
Brownie with Scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream
5.00

$Appetizers - Dinner


Dinner Steamed Clams
$9.00
Steamed little-neck clams.
Dinner Chourica (Portuguese Style Sausage)
$9.00
Chourica sauteed in the chef's special spicy sauce with peppers and onions.
Dinner Bacon-Wrapped Scallops
$9.00
Baked scallops wrapped with a slice of bacon.
Dinner Shrimp Cocktail
$9.00
Fresh boiled shrimp with cocktail sauce.
Dinner Fried Calamari
$10.00
Fried calamari - each batch made fresh-to-order.
Dinner Shrimp & Garlic Sauce
9.00
Sauteed shrimp in a spicy garlic sauce.

$Salads - Dinner


Dinner Mixed Green Salad
$6.00
Mixed greens with tomatoes, raisins, walnutsand blue cheese.
Dinner House Salad
$5.00
Iceberg lettuce with tomatoes, onionsand cucumbers.
Dinner Caesar Salad
5.00
Romaine lettuce with croutons.

$Soups- Dinner


Vegetable & Chicken Soup Dinner
5.00

$Fish


Fish & Chips
$17.95
Served with steamed vegetables and rice.
Nutshell Clams
$19.95
Steamed little-neck clams served with sauteed chourica, peppers and onions. Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.
Seafood Linguine
$23.50
Linguine topped with shrimp, scallops and clams.
Grilled Shrimp
$18.95
Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.
Grilled Shrimp & Squid with Peppers & Onions
$21.95
Served with roasted potatoes and rice.
Grilled Salmon
$18.95
Fresh salmon grilled with a butter and lemon sauce. Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.
Fish Stew
$21.50
Made with clams, mussels, shrimp, salmon, sword fish and squid. Served over a bed of linguini or boiled potatoes.
Sauteed Shrimp in Spicy Garlic Sauce
$20.95
Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.
Bacalhau (Codfish) Portuguese Style
$21.50
Thick cut of salt-cod, grilled over open flame and sauteed in olive oil with a dollop of tomato sauce. (This is not a filet and has bones.) Served with boiled potatoes, topped with clams and sauteed onions.
Stuffed Flounder
19.95
Baked flounder with homemade seafood stuffing. Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.

$Beef, Chicken, Pork


Chef's Special Pork & Steak Mix
$20.95
Grilled chopped pork and steak in the chef's special spicy sauce. Served with french fries and rice.
Quails
$16.95
Marinated quails fried to perfection. Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.
Grilled Chicken Breast
$18.95
Grilled chicken breast in a spicy sauce with sauteed peppers and onions. Served with roasted potatoes and rice.
Grilled New York Sirloin
$18.95
Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.
Grilled Pork Loin
$17.95
Thin slices of pork loin, lightly seasoned and grilled. Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.
Pork & Clams
$20.95
Sauteed cubes of marinated pork served with clams over a bed of home fries.
Nutshell House Steak
$20.95
Pan-cooked steak with garlic sauce reduction topped with slice of ham and a fried egg. Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.
Chef's Shish Kebab
20.95
Skewered pieces of grilled steak, chourica. Portuguese style sausage. Squid, peppers, onions and whole shrimp. Served with steamed vegetables, roasted potatoes and rice.

$Side


Rice
$4.00

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