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It’s official.
Cielo, the brand-new Italian restaurant at Mondrian Scottsdale, opens tonight at 6 p.m. It replaces three-year-old Asia de Cuba, which served its last dinner there on Saturday.
Executive chef Donald Lemperle remains in charge in the kitchen, and as it turns out, Italian food is his forte.
At the tender age of 16, Lemperle started cooking at his father’s Italian restaurant, Genentoni’s, in Staten Island, New York. He went on to launch Fiamma Trattoria in New York and Fiamma Osteria in Las Vegas, as well as the Fiamma that preceded Asia de Cuba in Scottsdale.
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Cielo’s menu features handmade pastas such as braised oxtail tortelli with tomato sugo and parmesan crema, wood-fired pizzas, a variety of antipasti, and several entrees featuring seafood, chicken, and steak. Prices run from $8 to $28. There’s also an extensive selection of specialty cocktails.
Read on for the full menu:
ANTIPASTI
INSALATA MISTA
CHOPPED SALAD WITH CUCUMBER, OLIVE, RADISH, GORGONZOLA, ROMAINE, FRISSE, RADICCHIO
RED WINE VER JUS
8
INSALATA DI RUCOLA
ARUGULA, SHAVED FENNEL, GRANNY SMITH APPLE, PECORINO,
CIDER & MESQUITE HONEY VINAGRETTE
9
ANGURIA & PROSCIUTTO
WATERMELON, PROSCIUTTO DI
9
CAPRESE
12
MEZZELUNE FRITTE
CRABMEAT & NDUJA CALABRIAN SAUSAGE
12
POLPETTINE SICILIANE
RAISINS, PINOLI NUTS, POMODORO SAUCE, BAKED RICOTTA SALATA
10
ANTIPASTO DELLA
ARTESAN SALAMI, CAPOCOLLO,
12
PRIMI PIATTI
PAPPARDELLE ALLA BOLOGNESE
SAUSAGE & BEEF RAGU, HOMEMADE RICOTTA CHEESE
14
RAVIOLI DELLA
HOMEMADE THREE CHEESE RAVIOLI
15
SPAGHETTI CON LE VONGOLE
BABY CLAMS, SMOKED BACON, JALAPENO
17
CONCHIGLIE
SHELLS WITH PARMESAN CREAM, GUANCIALE, LEEKS, PECORINO
16
TORTELLI DI MANZO
HOMEMADE BRAISED OXTAIL TORTELLI, TOMATO SUGO
17
BUCATINI CON SALSICCIA
SWEET FENNEL SAUSAGE
16
SECONDI SALMONE AL BASILICO BASIL MARINATED WILD SALMON WITH SUNDRIED TOMATO 24 CAPESANTE JUMBO 26 POLLO AL MATTONE WOOD FIRED ROASTED 21 PETTO DI POLLO CROCCANTE CRISPY ORGANIC CHICKEN BREAST, 19 BISTECCA 28 PLEASE ASK YOUR SERVER
WOOD FIRED PIZZA MARGHERITA HOMEMADE MOZZARELLA, 12 SALAME BACCALONE SALAMI, WOOD ROASTED PEPPERS, TUSCAN OLIVES 14 FUNGHI WILD MUSHROOM, WHITE TRUFFLE ESSENCE 14 HOMEMADE ROSEMARY GARLIC FOCACCIA WITH WHIPPED RICOTTA CHEESE 5
