Palena American (New)

Palena Menu

(202) 537-9250
3529 Connecticut Ave Nw, Washington, DC 20008
$$$$$

Salad, Soup & Starters


Café Salad
$12.00
local greens and lettuces, roasted beets, hazelnuts, hazelnut vinaigrette
Caesar Salad
$13.00
organic romainelettuce, palena's way
Burrata Di Puglia
$17.00
with oven roasted cauliflower marinatiand greens dressed withbalsamico
Pennsylvania Raised Rabbit "En Porchetta"
$16.00
boneless saddle stuffed with chard and herbs - with fennel remoulade, pickled rhubarb, balsamico dressed greens
Stuffed Lamb Breast
$18.00
with a salad of wax beans, peas, pecorino cheese and red sauce
Salad Of Wood Oven Roasted Artichokes
16.00
with our pancetta, calabrian chilies and whipped ricotta

$Pasta


Mezze Rigatone Al Ragu
$17.00
fennel scented rabbit ragout, shaved reggiano cheese
Farreto
$17.00
spelt flour pasta with sugar snaps, mint, peas and reggiano cheese
Torchietti
$16.00
with our cotecchino sausage, northern neck spinach and shaved reggiano cheese
Bucatini
17.00
mussels, calamaretti , roasted broccoli and lemon toasted breadcrumbs

$Specialties


Palena's Wood Oven Roasted Chicken
$21.00
lemon braised greens
Wood Oven Roasted Thick Cut Berkshire Hog Loin Steak
$28.00
wilbur's pickled cabbage
Block Island Swordfish Alla Ghiotta
$26.00
in a sicilian inspired braise made from potatoes, olives, capers and tomato; with braised fennel
Brodetto
$30.00
halibut and louisiana white shrimp in a fragrant broth - with baby bok choy and fennel
Wood Oven Roasted Whole Fish
$30.00
black sea bass. early summer vegetables, lemon-olive condiment
Grill Frittes
$30.00
bluefin tuna, angus beef. both with shoestring fries and a warm balsamico/anchovy vinaigrette. a salad to begin: boston lettuce, pt. reyes blue cheese, croutons and aged sherry vinaigrette
The Palena Cheese Burger
14.00
pickles

$Tastes From Our Dining Room


Chilled Northern Neck Sweet Peasoup
$17.00
our lightly smoked salmon, soft cooked egg and a marcona almond froth
Glen Eby's Humanely Raised Veal - Königsberger Klopse
$20.00
veal meatballs in caper gravy with spätzle andearly summer vegetables
Paccheri
17.00
tube shape pasta from gragnano with carolina shrimp in an aromatic tomato sauce

$Sides


House Baked Breads
$3.00
with lightly salted butter
Northern Neck Greens
$8.00
with garlic, oregano and chilies
Shoestring Fries
$8.00
Selection Of Artisanal Cheeses
14.00
with fig compote and tyrolean almond bread

$Specials, Eggs, Etc


Buckwheat Crepe
$16.00
filled with northern neck greens and fontina - with a fried hen egg
Eggsand Bacon
$18.00
with our lightly smoked pork belly, coddled organic hen egg, rösti potato, tomato condiment, salsa verde
Polpettini Al Uovo
$18.00
lamb meatballs with an organic farmer egg and grilled bread
Whole Wheat Sourdough Pancakes
15.00
with steve's blueberries, whipped cream and pistachios

$Salad, Soup & Starters


Café Salad
$8.00
local greens and lettuces, roasted beets, hazelnutvinaigrette
Caesar Salad
$9.00
organic romaine lettuce palena's way
Rabbit Porchetta
$17.00
boneless saddle stuffed with spring greens and herbs ~ with fennel remoulade, pickled ramps, cherrymostarda, balsamic dressed greens
Burrata Di Puglia
$15.00
wood oven roasted cauliflower marinate andbalsamico
Salad Of Wood Oven Roasted Artichokes
$14.00
with our pancetta, calabrian chilies and aioli
California King Salmonand Lancaster County Pea Salad
18.00
arugula, pink grapefruit, pumpernickel croutons

$Pasta


Torchietti
$16.00
with our cotecchino sausage, baby swiss chard and shaved reggiano cheese
Faretto
$16.00
spelt flour pasta with ramps, peas, mintand shiitake mushrooms
Mezze Rigatone Al Ragú
17.00
fennel scented rabbit ragu, shaved reggiano cheese

$Pizze


Tomato And Mozzarella
$13.00
Tomato And Mozzarella
$14.00
add salami or pepperoni
Anchovy
$14.00
oven-dried tomatoes, capers, chilies and reggiano
Vongole
$14.00
manila clams, chilis, parsley
Bianco
$14.00
calabrian chilis, wood roasted onions, smoked mozzarella and an organic hen egg
Artichoke, Vidalia, Fontina
14.00
con salcicce

$Between Two Slices


Fried Pipe Dreams Organic Duck Egg Cheeseburger
$14.00
mushroom condiment, pickles
The Palena Cheeseburger
$13.00
pickles, chips
Crispy Open Faced Soft Shell Crab Sandwich
14.00
tartar sauce, spring onion and lemon, served with coleslaw and chips

$Sides


Shoestring Fries
$7.00
House Made Pork & Veal Sausage
$3.00
House Madebacon
$3.00
Basket Of House Baked Breads
2.00
with lightly salted whipped butter

$Cafe Sweets $10


Uptowner 2.0
frozen dark chocolate torte, cocoa nib marshmallow, popcorn parfait, milk chocolate bavarian, caramelized crispy rice
Cherry Pie
vanilla ice cream, candied almonds poached cherries
Sheepsmilk Ricotta Cheesecake Bavarian
strawberry sorbet, balsamic reduction strawberries and basil, black pepper shortbread
Lemon Thyme Posset
blueberry sorbet, blueberry compote, cornmeal sable
Baseball Stadium Sundae
caramel popcorn ice cream, milk chocolate ice cream, peanut butter caramel sauce, salted peanuts, caramel corn
Cookies, Nougat And Caramel Plate
Pineapple Basil Merinuge Glacee
pineapple basil sorbet, toasted coconut dacquoise, roasted pienapple, coconut-white chocolate ganache, basil

Dining Room Menu


Greencastle Spring Salad
baby romaine, shaved radish and umbrian truffle, burata di puglia
Chilled Northern Neck Peasoup
our lightly smoked salmon, soft cooked egg and a marcona almond froth
Pennsylvania Rabbit, En Porchetta
boneless saddle stuffed with herbs and chard.fennel remoulade, mustard fruits, pickled rhubarb and balsamico

Dining Room Menu


Wood Oven Roasted California King Salmon And Lancaster County Pea Salad
with pink grapefruit and pumpernickel croutons
Eastern Shore Soft Shell Crab Fritto
spring onions, wax beans, sugar snaps, lemon and radish remoulade
Faretto
spelt flour pasta with sugar snaps, mint,peasand shiitakemushrooms

Dining Room Menu


Nova Scotia Halibut
with rosemary and lime. chioggia beets, english peas, baby carrots
Wood Grilled Muscovy Duck Breast
air chilled with special spices. with early summer vegetables, pea purée, and a sauce of local cherries
Brodetto
american red snapperand louisiana white shrimp. with baby bok choyand glazed fennel

Sweets


Strawberries And Cream
steve's strawberries, whipped vanilla ganache, strawberry sorbet, shortcake bits
Passion Fruit White Chocolate Ganache
valrhona dulcey namelaka, caramelized rice crispices, exotic caramel sauce, lime sherbet
Vanilla Polenta Custard
blueberry sorbet, buttermilk sherbet, blueberry compote, cornmeal sable, northern neck blueberries
Pineapple Basil Meringue Glacee
pineapple basil sorbet, toasted coconut dacquoise, roasted pineapple, basil
Dark Chocolate Torte
whipped manjari ganache, salted caramel sauce, caramelia namelaka, buttermilk soorbet
Strawberry And Rhubarb Sorbets
roasted beet cake, pipe dreams goat cheese cookies, candied rhubarb, strawberries

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