calamari steak sliced & fried, served with caesar dressing and tomato sauce.
Skillet Mussels
mussels in a red or white wine sauce.
Skillet Mushrooms
mushrooms sauteed in white wine.
Gorgonzola Bread
house bread with gorgonzola cheese & tomatoes.
Crab Cake
savory stuffing with crab meat breaded & fried, on a plate of roasted tomato butter sauce.
Italian Quesadilla
italian sausage, green, red & yellow bell peppers and onions sauteed in our marinara sauce, placed between 2 crispy flour tortillas with melted mozzarella cheese, served with garlic/spice olive oil for dipping.
Soups & Salads
salads topped with parmesan
Bowl Of Soup
ask for soup of the day.
Original Caesar Salad
romaine lettuce tossed with caesar dressing, topped with anchovy, on request.
Grilled Chicken Caesar
Sauteed Shrimp Caesar
Crab Cake Caesar
Smoked Salmon Caesar
Spinach Salad
House Salad With Chicken
mixed greens with cucumbers, tomatoes, green apples and our vinaigrette dressing.
Tomato Mozzarella
sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese on a bed of worcestershire sauce, topped with balsamic vinegar, basil, ground pepper, season salt & virgin olive oil.
Auntie Pasto's Warm Goat Cheese Salad
goat cheese patty encrusted with ground walnuts, over mixed greens with balsamic honey dijon.
Entrees
Eggplant Parmesan
sliced eggplant, egg washed and sauteed with jack cheese, parmesan, white wine & tomato sauce, served with a choice of pasta or vegetables & polenta.
Chicken Parmesan
chicken breast, egg washed and sauteed with jack cheese, parmesan, white wine & tomato sauce, served with a choice of pasta or vegetables & polenta.
Chicken Marsala
chicken breast, in marsala wine sauce with mushrooms, onions and a touch of tomato sauce, served with choice of pasta or vegetable and polenta.
Chicken Or Calamari Piccata
chicken breast or calamari steak, egg washed & sauteed with lemons, capers, onions, butter & white wine, served with pasta or vegetables and polenta.
Gorgonzola Chicken
chicken breast, sauteed in a pesto sauce with sundried tomatoes, gorgonzola & pine nuts over mixed vegetables.
Grilled Tilapia Heart Healthy
tilapia fillet, herb-rubbed & grilled, served with whole wheat pasta (with marinara sauce) and steamed vegetables.
Snapper Meuniere
snapper filet sauteed in browned lemon butter sauce with parsley, served with pasta & vegetables.
Pizza
Fresh Tomato Basil With Mozzarella
Roasted Garlic Chicken
Pepperoni/ground Beef/bell Peppers
Spinach/artichoke/feta/mushrooms
Four Cheese
Pasta
add a shrimp & crawfish topping to any dish for $5.95
Chicken Minelli
chicken breast pieces in a garlic cream sauce with fresh parmesan, served over pasta.
Clams Tuscano
chopped clams, spicy tomato cream sauce over pasta.
Chicken Milano
pieces of chicken, sundried tomatoes & broccoli sauteed in olive oil with garlic & parmesan, served over pasta.
Meat Sauce
pasta served with our traditional meat sauce.
Meatball & Pasta
marinara sauce and pasta served with two large meatballs.
Basil, Garlic & Tomatoes
pasta served with crushed tomato, fresh basil & garlic, just a splash of olive oil.
Sausage And Peppers
italian sausage with sauteed onions, green, red & yellow peppers with tomato sauce.
Seafood Pasta
mussels in the shell, calamari, blackened fish, shrimp, chopped clams, tomatoes & olives sauteed in white wine and tomato sauce.
Spinach & Cream
light cream sauce with chopped spinach, a hint of nutmeg & garlic.
Mixed Vegetables
pasta primavera (fresh vegetables which may include, zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, broccoli, leeks, green beans) sauteed in tomato sauce served over spaghetti.
Creamy Pesto
cream sauce with pesto (fresh basil, walnuts, parmesan).
Carbonara
bacon, mushrooms & olives sauteed in white wine & chicken broth, in an rich egg cream sauce.
Steak & Peppers
beef tenderloin pieces sauteed with mushrooms, onions & bell pepper, deglazed with red wine and a touch of tomato sauce, served on pasta.
Crawfish Ravioli
a bowl of cheese-filled ravioli topped with our tomato cream sauce and crawfish tails.
Fresh Black Pepper Fettuccini With Shrimp
fresh black pepper fettuccini in a cream sauce with sauteed shrimp, portobello mushrooms, smoked bacon.
Fresh Spicy Angel Hair & Shrimp
sauteed shrimp with diced peppers, onions, cilantro over angel hair pasta with a spicy vegetable & seafood broth.
Fettuccini With Cilantro, Jalapenos And Crawfish
fettuccini pasta in a cream sauce with crawfish, jalapeno & cilantro.
Black Bean Pasta
southwestern-style pasta with cilantro, onions, tn-colored peppers & black beans in a cream sauce with goat cheese, topped with chicken and served over fettuccini.
Smoked Salmon With Dill
sliced smoked salmon tossed with our garlic cream sauce & dill, served over fettuccini.
Traditional Lasagna
layers of italian sausage, ground beef, mozzarella, fresh basil & tomato sauce between lasagna noodles.
Linguine With White Clam Sauce
chopped clams tossed with linguine in a traditional white clam sauce (clam juice, white wine, lemon & spices, topped with a layer of breadcrumbs).
Scallops & Angel Hair
large sea scallops served with angel hair pasta, tossed in our zesty tomato butter sauce, topped with a dollop of our tomatillo sauce.
Auntie Pasto’s could just as easily be found in the Little Italy section of New York, but that’s not the reason to visit this bistro overlooking Bellaire’s Paseo Park. Go for the heavenly dessert called To Die For, a luscious pastry stacked with layers of ladyfingers, creamy mascarpone cheese, almond torte and seasonal berries. Still you may want to delay the gratification of the sweet hereafter with some surprisingly inventive dishes. They’re served in an atmosphere that is comfortable enough to accommodate the whole family, yet trendy enough to attract real foodies. This is primarily an Italian menu where you’ll find cilantro fettuccini with jalapenos and crawfish, and black pepper fettuccini with shrimp