Avanti Italian Bistro & Bar

187 N Sierra Madre Blvd, Pasadena
(626) 817-9180

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Menu

Appetizers
Bruschetta
Fresh tomato, basil, garlic, and Parmesan on toasted focaccia bread.
Black Pepper Seared Ahi Tuna
Served with capers, red onions, and sour cream over corn fritters with a side of microgreens.
Calamari
Served with a wedge of lemon and a side of marinara.
Roasted Vegetable Sliders
Zucchini, shiitake mushrooms, tomato, basil, and feta cheese with balsamic reduction.
Fried Mozzarella Sticks
Served with marinara sauce.
Eggplant Rollantine
Baked eggplant stuffed with ricotta, spinach, and Parmesan, topped with marinara.
Spicy Meatball Sliders
Sliced meatballs on homemade rolls with roasted red pepper sauce and mozzarella.

Soups
Minestrone Soup
Hearty vegetable soup.
Soup of the Day
One of the following soups will be served. Broccoli with a touch of cream, chicken barley, french onion, tomato bisque, lentil, and etc.

Salads
House Salad Mix
Baby spinach, baby red and green romaine, carrots, tomatoes, various greens, and kalamata olives in a house-made lime-herb dressing.
Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, house-made croutons, Parmesan cheese, and our unique house-made Caesar dressing.
Red & Golden Beet Salad
Served with microgreens, baby arugula, and caramelized feta cheese with an orange balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
Crispy Goat Cheese Salad
Baby spring mix, shredded carrots, julienne cucumber, orange segments, and endive bows with honey mustard dressing.
Quinoa Kale Salad
Served with red and white quinoa, sun-dried tomato, candied walnuts, shredded carrots, and red onions with a tarragon vinaigrette dressing.
Mediterranean Salad
Baby spring mix, chopped tomatoes, red onions, kalamata olives, garbanzo beans, feta cheese, and focaccia croutons with an apple-lime dressing.
Sesame Crusted Chicken & Arugula Salad
Served with granny smith apples, candied walnuts, Gorgonzola, and oregano, with Arturo's sherry wine vinaigrette.
Kale & Spinach Salad
Served with sliced granny smith apples, cherry tomatoes, goat cheese, cranberries, or blueberries with apple-lime dressing.
Caprese Salad
Fresh tomatoes and basil with fresh mozzarella balls with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Entrees
Grilled Scottish Salmon
Served with a kale quinoa mixture, shiitake mushrooms, shredded carrots, shallots, cherry tomatoes, and grilled asparagus.
Branzino
The Mediterranean baked fish with rosemary garlic mashed yam, roasted baby broccoli, and lemon caper sauce.
Filet Mignon
Grilled eight ounces premium filets with potatoes au gratin, shredded carrots, and asparagus with apple brandy bordelaise sauce.
Rack of Lamb
Roasted New Zealand rack of lamb with mashed parsnip and potato with shredded carrots, grilled asparagus, and rosemary bordelaise sauce.

Pasta
Chicken Dijon Fettuccine
Breast tenders, garlic, broccoli, Parmesan, and parsley in a Dijon Alfredo sauce.
Angel Hair
Vegetarian. Served with fresh diced peeled tomatoes, fresh basil, chopped garlic, and olive oil.
Wild Mushroom Rigatoni
Vegetarian. Served with cherry tomatoes, truffle oil, shaved Parmesan, and herbed wine reduction.
Grilled Chicken Linguini
Served with shiitake mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and goat cheese crumble in a light basil cream sauce.
Chicken Tequila Fettuccine
Breast tenders along with fresh red and green peppers, Bermuda onions and cilantro in a tequila lime cream sauce.
Seafood Pasta
Tiger shrimp, scallops, Bermuda onions, fresh garlic, golden-yellow, green and red peppers, in a white wine and cream sauce served on linguine pasta.
Farfalle Bowtie Pasta
Vegetarian. Fresh mozzarella balls, diced peeled tomatoes, fresh basil, and chopped garlic in olive oil and red wine sauce.
Seafood with Red Bell Pepper Sauce
Zucchini, mushrooms, broccoli, sun-dried tomatoes, tiger shrimp, scallops with red pepper light cream sauce served on linguine pasta.
Linguine Carbonara
Prosciutto ham with shiitake mushroom and Parmesan in Alfredo cream sauce.
Pesto Pasta
Vegetarian. Pesto sauce with basil, pine nuts, Parmesan and garlic in cream sauce, served with farfalle pasta.
Butternut Squash Ravioli
Vegetarian. Served with choice of walnut lite cream or our original aurora sauce.
Fettuccine Alfredo
Vegetarian. Served with Parmesan cheese.
Lasagna
Served with premium beef, diced vegetables, ricotta, and mozzarella cheese.
Spaghetti Marinara
Vegetarian.
Spaghetti Meatballs

Italian Specialty
Chicken Piccata Specialty
Tender chicken breast sautéed with white wine and a lemon caper mushroom sauce and served with a side of angel hair pasta.
Beef Bolognese Specialty
Beef in tomato and mushroom ragu with a touch of cream and served with penne pasta.
Chicken Florentine Specialty
Chicken breast stuffed with spinach, mushrooms, light mozzarella, mixed in a tomato mushroom cream sauce with a touch of marinara and a side of angel hair.
Ribeye Ristto Specialty
Comes with risotto or vegetables and cherry tomatoes.
Ribeye Plate Specialty
Comes with risotto or vegetables and cherry tomatoes.
Scallop & Shrimp Risotto Specialty
Red risotto with mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, asparagus tips, scallops, and shrimp.

Gourmet Pizzas
Wood Burned Delight
Fresh tomato sauce, ricotta cheese mix, pepperoni, black olives, and a pre-mix of green and red peppers with red onions.
Chicken Magnifico
Light BBQ sauce, BBQ breast tenders, cilantro, and Bermuda onions.
From the Garden
Vegetarian. Olive oil base. Red onions, black olives, squash, zucchini, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and imported milk goat cheese.
Seafood Pizza
Olive oil base. Tiger shrimps, scallops, golden-yellow peppers, tomatoes, and leeks.
Glazed Apple Pizza
Vegetarian. Olive oil base. Roasted baby garlic, glazed sliced apples, roasted peeled red peppers, Gorgonzola cheese, leeks, and roasted almonds.
Prosciutto Pizza
Olive oil base. Prosciutto ham, a pre-mix of green and red peppers with red onions, tomatoes, fresh garlic, oregano, and imported milk goat cheese.
For Me Cheese Pizza
Quattro formaggio. Olive oil base. Vegetarian. Olive oil base. Four cheese mix (Gorgonzola, Parmesan, provolone, and mozzarella) fresh basil, oregano and a choice of black olives or fresh tomatoes.
Avanti Special Pizza
Olive oil base. Bacon julienne, fresh basil, Gorgonzola cheese, and red onions.
Hawaiian Pizza
Olive oil base. Bacon julienne, fresh basil, Gorgonzola cheese, and red onions.
Shiitake Mushroom Pizza
Vegetarian. Fresh tomato sauce, fresh tomato, fresh basil, shiitake mushroom, black olives, and goat cheese.
Giuseppe Pizza
Fresh tomato sauce, ricotta cheese mix, sauteed spinach, red onions, mushrooms, red peppers, and chicken breast tenders.
Extra Thin Pesto & Sundried Tomatoes Pizza
Vegetarian. Pesto sauce base with kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes, and imported milk goat cheese.
Smoked Mozzarella Pizza
Olive oil base. Sliced link sausage, smoked mozzarella cubes, shiitake mushrooms, and sun-dried tomatoes.
Arturo's Roasted Corn and Arugula Pizza
Vegetarian. Roasted corn, cherry tomatoes, caramelized onion, arugula zucchini, and balsamic reduction drizzles.
Cheese Pizza
Touch of Italy Pizza
Fresh tomato sauce, sliced Italian sausage links, a pre-mix of red and green peppers with red onions, Parmesan cheese, and oregano

Side Orders
Avanti's Special Garlic Rolls
Mashed Parsnip Potatoes
Grilled Asparagus
Rosemary Garlic Mashed Yam
Steamed Broccoli
Side of 3 Meatballs
Comes with marinara.

Desserts
Apricot Bread Pudding
Served with cream Anglaise sauce.
Coconut Sorbet
Heart-healthy vegan.
Italian Gourmet Ice Cream
Choose from spumoni, mint chocolate or white chocolate amore.
Tiramisu Cake

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Recent Reviews

Such an enjoyable evening! Have been a patron since 1992, first on Lake, and now here. Shrimp & Scallop Risotto, Lamb Shank and Filet. Such a delight after so many months away! (Updated year. Thought I had fixed before I posted ?)
August 2021
Very sad to learn Avanti's owners are retiring and have sold the restaurant. Another Pasadena fixture gone. I've enjoyed their food since they had their pizza cafe on Lake Avenue. Have fond memories of celebrating a big birthday party where all the guests loved the space, the service and the menu. Wishing Bobby and Mina happy travels and a well-deserved retirement.
August 2021
In Google it had 2 $$ marks, but the place is quite expensive. The service was good and let us change the order because the Rissoto was not a real Rissoto. The other dishes were good but overpriced.
August 2021

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Avanti Italian Bistro & Bar

187 N Sierra Madre Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 817-9180