A new Italian eatery opens up on Forest Avenue and brings a wide variety of menu items into the food mix in Port Richmond.
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The restaurant has lots to offer, with comfortable dine in available, a partial opened kitchen, salad bar with panini press, the restaurant builds up appetite surrounding the Basil color scheme and it looks great, comfortable & casual.
The restaurant starts with options such as Breakfast Quesadilla, Burrito, Basil Breakfast, Pancakes and French toast. The restaurant moves from the standard offerings and introduces lots of unique items, Fried Artichokes Cuts with Crumbled blue cheese, Bang Bang Shrimp, Italian Fries, Tator Tots just to mention a few.
Salads come in Small or Large and Basil has plenty of choices. Greek Goddess made with Feta, Waldorf with Candied Walnuts, Cobb with Avocado and Bacon, Buffalo Chicken. The Green Monster looks interesting with it’s green peppers, broccoli, cucumbers, green olives, blue cheese over Romaine with sweet and spicy mango-lime Vinaigrette. The House Basil Salad is made with Strawberries, Candied Walnuts, Goat cheese, Dried Cranberries over Mesculin with Raspberry vinaigrette. Basil Cucina is also specializing in the “Build your own” trend for the Salads, toppings and sandwiches.
For the Soups, the restaurant offers regular homemade or Organic Broth Chicken Bone or Vegetable.
Onto the specialties: Basil Cucina specializes in “Specialty Pies” and for the price makes them very affordable. Let’s take a look.
- Personal $8.95, Large $14.95, Square $16.95 (SPECIALTY PIES).
- Sweet Meats Heat: With tomato sauce, pecoriino, fresh mozzarella, hot sausage, soppressata, roasted jalapenso and hot honey
- Rainy Day: Meatball and Sausage crumbled with onions, tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, pecorino, stracciatella
- Sunrise: Roasted butternut squash, bechamel gorgonzola, caramelized onions, fresh mozzarella, roasted jalapenos, honey and Stracciatella.
- many other unique specials such as Pineapple express, Snow White, Yukon Denali, Amalfi Coast, Fire Engine, Villa Mater, Carnivore, Garden.
Rolls, Calzones and Stuffed breads are on the menu as well. Various selections of Panini’s, served on Basil Focaccia Bread are posted on their listing page. Burgers, Kids corner and all others are options. Gourmet Cold Sandwiches come in Heros or Wraps. Hot sandwiches, served with Fresh Mozzarella on some sandwiches which is Homemade. Just like the salads, build your own is an option as well.
