Here’s your tour of Spina, the latest to inhabit 175 Avenue B (before it, there was Uovo, Panicifico, Paolina, etc.). The restaurant has only been open a day and neighbors are already grumbling that the East Village hardly needs another trattoria (at this rate we’re tempted to expand that to New York in general), but PR is calling this a “fresh pasta house,” and just in case you forget it, there’s a pastamaker named Blanca right in the dining room. Head chef Roberto Patriarca brought her over from i Trulli, where he was a sous — he has also spent time at Felidia and Maremma. See his handiwork in our slideshow — Spina is currently open only for dinner, from Tuesday through Sunday starting at 5:30 p.m. (serving beer, wine, and wine punches), but brunch is soon to come.
INSALATE
ARUGULA
pecorino, merlot vinaigrette 8
TRADITIONAL CAESAR SALAD
in a parmesan bowl 9
ORGANIC BABY GREENS
lemon vinaigrette 8
BUFFALO MOZZARELLA
AND TOMATOES 12
AFFETTATI
choice of three 14
CACCIATORINI
small pork salame
PORCHETTA
roast pork
COPPA
lightly spiced salame
PROSCIUTTO DI SAN DANIELE
aged 18 months
SPECK
smoked peppered ham
BRESAOLA
air-dried beef
FORMAGGI
choice of three 14
TALEGGIO
Lombardia
PARMIGIANO REGGIANO (cow)
Emilia Romagna
ROBIOLA (cow, goat & sheep)
Piemonte
GORGONZOLA DOLCE (cow)
Lombardia
PECORINO STAGIONATO (sheep)
Piemonte
A ‘mpepata e cozze
Neapolitan mussels in peppered white wine broth
for the table
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PASTA FRESCA
handmade daily
TAGLIOLINI
with clams and cherry tomatoes 15
PAGLIA E FIENO
with tomato and basil 13
PAPPARDELLE
al pesto 14
MALLOREDDUS
bolognese 14
MACCHERONCINI
with shrimp, saffron
and zucchini 14
ORECCHIETTE
with rabbit ragu 15
CAVATELLI
with broccoli rabe 14
BLACK FETTUCCINE
with crabmeat 15
GNOCCHI
with roasted eggplant, tomato
and smoked mozzarella 13
LASAGNA 14
RISOTTO 15
roasted beets & ricotta di bufala
CICCHETTI
PANZEROTTI 6
baby calzones with
tomato and mozzarella
TORTINO 8
pan-seared squid and baby artichoke cake with lemon dressing
FRITTURA 9
fried calamari, shrimp
and zucchini
GAMBERETTI 10
creamy lemon-garlic shrimp, fennel salad, pickled red onion
BRUSCHETTA 6
daily chef’s selection
POLPETTINE 6
meatballs in a rich tomato sauce
MORTADELLA 6
grilled mortadella
CARNE
BISTECCA ALLA FIORENTINA
grilled prime rib eye with
Swiss chard and Tuscan fries
for two 50
BATUTTA DI POLLO
grilled chicken
with baby greens 15
PESCE
PESCE ALLA GRIGLIA
whole grilled fish of the day with market vegetables
for two p/a
SALMONE
grilled salmon in a mustard sauce with pink peppercorns and asparagus 16
Spina, 175 Avenue B, nr. E 11th St.; 212-253-2250
