Cavalletta Aptos CA Mon 2/17/25
Friends on the quest for great taste!
Coastal Aptos & Rio Del Mar!
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On the prowl for good eats!
California influenced Italian dishes!
They call it Italian inspired New American cuisine! Locally sourced!
Bistro style array of delicious eats that will leave you wanting to come again, for sure!
A wood-fired pizza oven is a center piece in the open kitchen! If you sit at the long wooden bar, you can't miss it!
And so we did! Let's do the drinks & light eats!
Let's share the bites & admire the tastes!
Cavalletta creates a relaxed ambiance & subdued celebratory mood by giving you a modern renovated interior & communal vibe! Come alone, socialize with other patrons, or bring your friends or family, you're met with a smile & welcomed in!
We begin with a taste of vino, to decide on a bottle of sparks! Gracious Katie H is pouring Red Sparkling Brut! It's a good unpretentious & unfussy young bubbly Rosé!
Silvia Zucchi in Purezza Lambrusco di Sorbara Brut!
Denominazione di Origine Protetta
Vendemmia 2023
San Prospero Italia
Cocktails in my party included a taste of Espresso Martini & refreshing Hugo Spritz! These are special offerings not yet on the menu LOLz. Each is deeply refreshing with dignifying taste!
Focaccia to accompany first sips: Stracciatella, Sea Salt, Chives. It's lightly toasted. Stracciatella is like the insides of a Burrata, the milder, cottage cheesey or ricotta-like substance, it's so yummy!
Washington oysters special, off the menu, a platter of smaller sized deeper seated in its shell mollusks, with milder softer taste, you've got to give them a try!
Here's our thin crust Mushroom Pizza, a simple creation of arugula, mozzarella & Parmigiano Reggiano. Chef Nick Sherman experimented a lot before developing the pizza pie from the dough made with extra fine Italian double zero flour Tipo 00!
Wood Fired Cauliflower looks like an elaborate dessert! It's coated in tahini, pistachio, caper salsa verde, raisins, and probably a bunch of secret ingredients I'm not aware of!
That Cauliflower dish carried flavor like nobody's business! I honestly thought it was a dessert, a cake of some sort or a torte, when it first came out! I'd say that its main ingredient is not Cauliflower but rather a concoction of sauces it comes covered with! Outstanding!
Cavalletta is Chef Nick Sherman's newer creation that was once a pop-up at his Capitola's Trestles, back in 2023, on a Monday night when Trestles is usually closed.
Cavalletta, a Grasshopper in Italian, quickly became a staple in Aptos' vibrant cuisine scene! Located on Soquel Dr at a space formerly occupied by Restaurant Malik Williams.
Special thank you to Chefs & owners, Nick Sherman & Shawn Ryberg! Nick comes from Napa Valley Cooking School via Napa's Basalt! As well as an array of Wine Country esteemed restaurants like The Farm at Carneros, Redd, St Francis Winery, El Dorado Kitchen, Martini House! Shawn comes from decades as Head Chef at iconic Haleiwa Joe's & most recently, Roy's Beach House at Turtle Bay Resort!
And to the entire tram!
Gracious Katie H is epitome of smiles!
Mille Grazie, Sydney!
*A glass of wine, so smooth, so fine,
It sparkles bright, like stars that shine!
A sip, a swirl, a taste divine,
In every drop, a little time!
[ Review #830 w 9 pic Mar 4, 2025 ]
~Silvia Zucchi Lambrusco di Sorbara Brut! 49
~Washington oysters! 21
~Focaccia: Stracciatella~Sea Salt~Chives! 12
~Mushroom Pizza! Arugula~Mozz~Parmigiano Reggiano 24
~Wood Fire Cauliflower: Tahini~Pustachio~Caper Salsa Verde~Raisins 16
~Refreshing Hugo Spritz! 13
~Espresso Martini off the menu! 14
~Fruition Citrosa 9
~ Facciamo un brindisi! Silvia Zucchi Lambrusco di Sorbara Brut!
~Gracious Katie H is pouring!
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