The Great Impasta Italian

The Great Impasta Menu

(217) 359-7377
114 W Church St, Champaign, IL 61820
$$$$$

Appetizers


Chicken Liver Pate
homemade since 1983, with currants and brandy, served with balsamic red onion jam, marinated vegetables, kalamata olives, roasted peppers.
Mussels & Cream
fresh cultured mussels from prince edward island, served with a basil cream sauce and garlic toast.
Crab Cakes
new england style with roasted red pepper aioli and mixed greens.
Stuffed Mediterranean Bread Loaf
a great impasta original - mozzarella, parmesan, assorted fresh vegetables and olives baked in our baguette. served with pasta salad nicoise.
Sausage In Crust
homemade pork sausage in a buttery crust. served with mixed greens.

Soups

Cup or bowl.
Marcostrone
marco polo's favorite vegetarian style minestrone with fresh vegetables, lentils, pasta, carefully selected herbs and spices and topped with parmesan cheese.
Clam Chowder
sea clams and potatoes in a pure cream broth with herbs, spices, bacon, and a sprinkle of green onion.
Seafood Gumbo
crabmeat, shrimp, green peppers, onion, and celery in a spicy cajun broth.
Soup Of The Week
our soon to be "famous".

Salads


Spinach Salad
red onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, crispy bacon and our house dressing.
Chicken Caesar Salad
grilled chicken breast with romaine lettuce, parmesan, croutons and our house caesar dressing.
House Salad
mixed greens, sun-dried tomatoes, red onions, crumbled gorgonzola, house vinaigrette.
Tuna Classique
seared tuna steak atop mixed greens, asparagus, roasted potatoes, kalamata olives, hardboiled egg.
Pasta Salad With Spinach And Walnut Pesto
avail. in small/ large fresh spinach and walnut pesto with peas, olives, tomatoes, red onions, tuna and herbs and rotini pasta.
Pasta Salad Nicoise
avail. in small/ large our homemade regular fettuccine and spinach fettuccine tossed with both ripe and green olives, tomatoes, red onions, green peppers, herbs, parmesan cheese and our special vinaigrette.
Mediterranean Pasta Salad With Tuna
avail. in small/ large shell pasta mixed with tuna, both ripe and green olives, tomatoes, onions, green peppers and pepperoncini tossed in our house dressing.

Featured Attractions

Featuring our fabulous fresh pasta.
Ribeye Gorgonzola
a grilled 12 oz ribeye topped with gorgonzola cream, served with broccoli.
The Great Impastanoff
lunch serving available tender chunks of braised sirloin in a sour cream, mushroom and onion sauce served over homemade fettuccine.
Papa Piero's Chicken And Cream Sauce
lunch serving available bite sized morsels of chicken breast sauteed in wine, garlic, fresh herbs, and spices served over homemade fettuccine.
Mardi Gras Pasta
lunch serving available our homemade fettuccine in a cajun cream sauce with chicken, shrimp, and andouille sausage.
Linguini With Mushrooms And Asparagus
cremini and shitake mushrooms, english peas, garlic, provolone & lemon zest.
Linguini Pescatore
clams, mussels and shrimp with spicy marinara and ripe olives served over our homemade linguini.
Lasagna Marinara With Meat
our homemade lasagna pasta layered with italian pork sausage, ricotta, parmesan, mozzarella tomato and bechamel sauces.
Seafood Lasagna
our homemade spinach lasagna layered with shrimp, clams, crab claw meat & mozzarella and bechamel sauce.
Sausage In Crust
sliced homemade fresh sausage meat baked in a butter pastry crust with a side order of spaghetti marinara and broccoli florets.
Wild Mushrooms
sundried tomatoes, and onion risotto, our creamy risotto with cremini, shitake mushrooms, sundried tomatoes and onion.
Saffron Risotto
creamy risotto enriched with a saffron broth and shrimp, mussels, and andouille.
Portobello Napoleon
balsamic mushroom layered with fresh mozzarella, crispy eggplant, basil pesto & roasted garlic served with marinara and grilled asparagus.
Veal Piccata
classic presentation featuring lemon & caper sauce, angel hair pasta and asparagus.

Lunch Exclusives

Please note the "lunch serving available" notes in the classics and featured attractions sections.
Crab Cake 'Po Boy'
crab cakes, mixed greens and lemon mayonnaise.
Bacon Chicken Ala Diavolo
grilled chicken, provolone, bacon, lettuce, garlic mustard mayonnaise.
Italian Beef
top round roast beef sauteed with sweet peppers, onions, and pepperoncini.
French Dip
top round roast beef simmered and served au jus.
Portobello Panini
grilled marinated portobello mushroom with basil pesto and fresh mozzarella on wheat bread.

Lunch Special - Pick Two

Choose among any of the following.
Pasta Salad
with spinach and walnut pesto.
Pasta Salad Nicoise
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
with tuna.
Spaghetti Marinara
1/2 Order Of Italian
beef or french dip.
Sausage In Crust
Caesar Salad
Garden Salad
Spinach Salad
House Salad
Seafood Gumbo
Marcostrone
New England Clam Chowder
Soup Of The Week

The Classics


First Choose Your Favorite Pasta
spaghetti shells rotini homemade egg pastas fettucini spinach fettucini linguini angel hair cheese stuffed ravioli ($2.00 extra).

The Classics - Favorite Sauce

Then add your.
Agilio Olio
an olive oil, roasted garlic and herb sauce.
Alfredo
a parmesan and cream sauce, enriched with fresh egg yolk and cracked black pepper.
Basil Pesto And Grape Tomato
basil, olive oil and herb sauce with tomatoes and freshly grated parmesan.
Carbonara
bacon, eggs and freshly grated parmesan create a roman delicacy.
Gorgonzola
a rich gorgonzola cream sauce.
Marinara
our tomato sauce with herbs and chunks of tomato.
Favorite Ingredient
last, if desired, add a meatballs shrimp or chicken grilled ribeye mushrooms or asparagus prosciutto broccoli.

Desserts


Tiramisu
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Creme Brulee
Cio Bella Gelato
Raspberry Sorbet

Beverages


House Coffee
our special blend from local roaster, columbia street roastery also available espresso caffe latte cappuccino.
Teas
a variety of hot/ cold teas are available. hot chocolate milk orange juice.
Soft Drinks
pepsi, diet pepsi, mountain dew, slice lemonade limonata san pellegrino mineral water san pellegrino.

Soup


New England Clam Chowder
$15.00
New Orleans Seafood Gumbo
15.00

$Pasta Salads

3 Pound minimum order.
Pasta Salad
$8.00
with spinach pesto.
Nicoise Salad
$8.00
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
8.25
with tuna.

$Salads

Small or large sizes available. Small serves 8-10, large serves 18-10.
Garden Salad
$25.00-40.00
House Salad
$35.00-60.00
Caesar Salad
30.00-55.00

$Catering Pans

May be ordered hot or cold. Half pans serve 8-10 (1 baguette included). Full pans serve 15-18 (2 baguettes included).
Lasagna Marinara
$40.00-80.00
Lasagna
$50.00-95.00
with meat.
Lasagna Primavera
$45.00-85.00
Portobello & Roasted Pepper Lasagna
$45.00-85.00
Seafood Lasagna
$50.00-95.00
Baked Mostaccioli
$25.00-40.00
with meatballs, 15 meatballs, 25 meatballs.
Great Impastanoff
$50.00-95.00
Papa Piero's Chicken In Cream Sauce
50.00-95.00

$Sides


Chicken Liver Pate
$10.00
(pound).
Spinach & Walnut Pesto
$10.00
(pound).
Sausage In Crust
$32.00
(pound).
The Great Impasta Marinara
$5.00
(pint).
The Great Impasta Vinaigrette
$5.00
(cup).
Our Famous Baguettes
$2.00
(each).
Freshly Grated Parmesean
$8.00
(pound).
Meatballs
$1.00
(each).
Tiramisu
$55.00
serves 12-16.

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