Anteprima, the rustic/regional/hip Italian in Andersonville, opened just short of five months ago. We recently got our hands on the new menu, and we wanted to share with you what’s changed.
A few dishes were added, and it’s worth listing them in detail. There are two new starters: zucchini filled with cous cous and roasted vegetables ($4), and a chicken gizzard polenta ($10). Ooh, those do sound regional and rustic. Two new, upper-scale pastas include fettuccine with wild Chanterelle mushrooms ($12 and $18 for half and full portions, respectively) and pappardelle with boar ragu ($11 and $17); these replaced a penne with mozzarella and cherry tomatoes and a tagliatelle with prosciutto ragu. As for the mains, a pan-seared snapper was subbed out for Coho salmon. Um…what else. An heirloom tomato soup and a beef carpaccio were dropped. But can that really be extent of the changes?
The real story is in the prices. A shade under 50% of the prices went up, by an average of a little over a dollar. Sometimes that dollar is only a small percentage (like the Calamri Napolitana going fron $17 to $18), but in other cases, the price jump was significant (the crostini toscani went from $4 to $6). One possible reason for this is that the menu is priced exclusively in even dollar amounts. Where a fifty cent price increase would have been appropriate, the restaurateurs seemed to have chosen either no change or a dollar. Even-dollar pricing is classy, and we commend it - it’s hard to feel nickel and dimed when everything ends in .00.
On the other hand, some restaurants maintain their prices for years, even in the face of food inflation. We guess this is out of laziness, loyalty to customers, or an honest assessment of the value of the food. In Anteprima’s case, it seems to be based on what the market can bear. So far, people seem to be fairly fond of the place - a review from a month back entitled “wonderful” said:
been here quite a bit as i live in the neighborhood. They change the menu and specials on a very regular basis. Everything i’ve had has been great. Love the place!!
Anteprima, the rustic/regional/hip Italian in Andersonville, opened just short of five months ago. We recently got our hands on the new menu, and we wanted to share with you what’s changed.
A few dishes were added, and it’s worth listing them in detail. There are two new starters: zucchini filled with cous cous and roasted vegetables ($4), and a chicken gizzard polenta ($10). Ooh, those do sound regional and rustic. Two new, upper-scale pastas include fettuccine with wild Chanterelle mushrooms ($12 and $18 for half and full portions, respectively) and pappardelle with boar ragu ($11 and $17); these replaced a penne with mozzarella and cherry tomatoes and a tagliatelle with prosciutto ragu. As for the mains, a pan-seared snapper was subbed out for Coho salmon. Um…what else. An heirloom tomato soup and a beef carpaccio were dropped. But can that really be extent of the changes?
The real story is in the prices. A shade under 50% of the prices went up, by an average of a little over a dollar. Sometimes that dollar is only a small percentage (like the Calamri Napolitana going fron $17 to $18), but in other cases, the price jump was significant (the crostini toscani went from $4 to $6). One possible reason for this is that the menu is priced exclusively in even dollar amounts. Where a fifty cent price increase would have been appropriate, the restaurateurs seemed to have chosen either no change or a dollar. Even-dollar pricing is classy, and we commend it - it’s hard to feel nickel and dimed when everything ends in .00.
