see what we’re offering:
lunch @ town.
small plates / large plates / sandwiches served with salad & pecorino potatoes / sweets
grilled romain salad — 12
gorgonzola dolce/red onion/smoked pecan/date
mortadella crostini — 8
mortadella mousse/fig & onion compote/pistachio
salad — 10
green grapes/taleggio/marcona almonds/greens/white balsamic
pecorino potatoes — 6.5
rosemary/chili oil
olives — 5
warm/mixed/marinated
- dinner /
andare in città! (go to town!)
Our dishes are smart upgrades on Italian classics. That means the ingredients are fresh, beautifully cooked, and unpretentious. That doesn’t mean just pasta, though — we’re talking’ pestos, polentas, hearty roasted meats, fragrant herbs, pillowy gnocchis, fresh fish, and some delicious things you may never heard of.
meet the town. drunk
We of course recommend moderation, but we’re excited about the fine local beers and wines we’ll be pouring. On top of that, we’ll be offering a carefully-curated list of Italian wines for your enjoyment.
talk of the town —
and a table
Give us a call and we’ll save you a spot.
613.695.8696 (TOWN)
info@townlovesyou.ca
You can find us on Facebook & Twitter too.
go to town.
You’ll find us at 296 Elgin Street
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
near the corner of Elgin and Gilmour.
time for town.
We would be glad to serve you…
| for lunch: | ||
| Wednesday – Friday | 11:30 – 2:00 | |
| and / or dinner: | ||
| Tuesday – Thursday | 5:00 – 10:00 | |
| Friday & Saturday | 5:00 – 11:00 | |
| Sunday | 5:00 – 10:00 | |
talk of the town —
and a table
Give us a call and we’ll save you a spot.
613.695.8696 (TOWN)
info@townlovesyou.ca
You can find us on Facebook & Twitter too.
go to town.
You’ll find us at 296 Elgin Street
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
near the corner of Elgin and Gilmour.
time for town.
We would be glad to serve you…
| for lunch: | ||
| Wednesday – Friday | 11:30 – 2:00 | |
| and / or dinner: | ||
| Tuesday – Thursday | 5:00 – 10:00 | |
| Friday & Saturday | 5:00 – 11:00 | |
| Sunday | 5:00 – 10:00 | |
Dinner - Sweets
dinner@ town.
small plates / large plates / town cheese plate (available at dinner only) / sweets
buttermilk panna cotta — 6
strawberry-rosé glaze
warm sticky fig cake — 11
berries/sailor jerry's rum sauce/coconut sorbetto
ice cream sunday — 9
salted caramel ice cream/chocolate sauce/whip cream/caramel popcorn & peanuts
Lunch - sandwiches served with salad & pecorino potatoes
lunch @ town.
small plate / large plates / sandwiches served with salad & pecorino potatoes / sweets
chicken fritto — 14
italian coleslaw/rooster mayo
roasted mortadella — 13
balsamic agrodolce/fried egg/arugula
shrimp fritto — 13
lettuce/tomato/remoulade
grilled portabello & fiore di latte — 13
watercress pesto
Lunch - sweets
lunch @ town.
small plate / large plates / sandwiches served with salad & pecorino potatoes / sweets
buttermilk panna cotta — 6
strawberry-rosé glaze
warm sticky fig cake — 11
berries/sailor jerry's rum sauce/coconut sorbetto
ice cream sunday — 9
salted caramel ice cream/chocolate sauce/whip cream/caramel popcorn & peanuts
Dinner - small plates
dinner@ town.
small plates / large plates / town cheese plate (available at dinner only) / sweets
calamari BLT — 14
pretzel crusted calamari/pork belly/smoked remoulade/house bun
grilled octopus — 22
grilled fingerlings red onion & cherry tomatoes/salsa verde/frisee/pig cheek vinaigrette
crab crostini — 14
slow poached egg/citrus hollandaise/cucumber/chili
whipped burrata — 13
warm bacon vinaigrette/prosciutto/grilled white wine poached pear/arugular & frisee salad/crostini
mortadella crostini — 9
mortadella mousse/fig & onion compote/pistachios/fried egg/bacon
salad — 10
green grapes/taleggio/marcona almonds/greens/white balsamic
olives — 5
warm/mixed/marinated
pecorino potatoes — 6.5
rosemary/chili oil
grilled romain salad — 12
gorganzola dolce/red onion/smoked pecan/date
chilled ribeye — 13
horsradish cream/preserved pecorino romano/marinated mushrooms/arugula/pine nuts
lunch @ town.
small plates / large plates / sandwiches served with salad & pecorino potatoes / sweets
eggplant parmesan — 16
tomato basil sauce/fiore de latte cheese/crispy caponata
rabbit sugo —25
house-made cavatelli pasta/oyster mushrooms/edamame beans/dried black olive
linguini & mushrooms — 19
le corpin mushrooms/cured lonza/slow poached egg
bacon wrapped chicken thighs — 24
double smoked bacon/italian sausage stuffing/salsa romesco/orange/eggplant caponata/olive confit
red wine
wine @ town.
red wine / white wine / rose & sparkling
by the glass
primitivo — 9 — 42
‘Critera’, Schola Sarmenti, Puglia, Italy, ’08 IGT
gamay noir — 10 — 46
Tawse, Niagara Peninsula, ’11 VQA
syrah — 10 — 46
‘La Clarissa’, Cantina Rallo, Patti Piccolo Vineyard, Sicilia, Italy, ’11 IGP
ripasso — 11 — 49
‘Classico Superiore’, Luigi Righetti, Veneto, Italy, ’09 DOC
montepluciano d'abrusso — 11 — 49
La Quercia, Abruzzo, Italy, ’09 DOC
rosso dei notri — 13 — 64
(sangiovese, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, franc & syrah)
Tua Rita, Toscana, Italy, ’11 IGT
by the half bottle
cabernet merlot — 21
Cave Springs, Niagara Escarpment, ’10 VQA
valpolicella classico — 27
Speri, Veneto, Italy, ’10 DOC
barbera d'alba superiore — 29
‘Vigna Pugnane’, Franco Conterno, Monforte d'Alba, Italy, ’09 DOC
amarone — 42
‘Capitel de Roari’, Righetti, Veneto, Italy, ’08 DOC
sassalloro — 49
‘Sangiovese Grosso’, Jacopo Biondo Santi, Toscana, Italy, ’08 IGT
brunello di montalcino — 68
Mastro Janni, Montalcino, Siena, Italy, ’07 DOCG
by the bottle
nero d'avola — 38
Normanno, Sicilia, Italy, ’11 IGT
chianti rufina — 46
Colognole, Toscana, Italy, ’07 DOCG
pinot nero — 49
La Tunella, Friuli, Italy, ’09 DOC
nebbiolo — 52
‘Mesdi’, Franco Conterno, Monforte d'Alba, Italy, ’10 DOC
cabernet franc — 56
‘County Unfiltered’, Norman Hardie, Wellington, PEC, ’11 VQA PEC
le papesse — 58
(sangiovese, merlot, negretto, balsamena)
Villa Papiano, Emilia Romagna, Italy, ’09 DOC
melissa — 64
(gaglioppo & greco nero)
‘Mutro’, Cantina Val Di Neto, Caladria, Italy, ’06 DOCG
chianti classico — 64
Castello di Verrazzano, Vendemmia, Italy, ’10 DOCG
sangiovese - cabernet — 66
‘Bron & Ruseval’, Celli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ’10 IGT
sangiovese — 72
‘Small Lots Program’, Sandhill, Kelowna, Okanagan Valley, ’10 BC VQA
tintilia — 78
‘Pietrafitta’, Cianfagna, Molise, Italy, ’07 DOC
sagrantino — 84
Colepetrone, Umbria, Italy, ’06 DOCG
barbaresco — 86
‘Teorema’, Molina, Treiso, Italy, ’09 DOCG
pinot noir — 86
‘Lowery Vineyard’, Leaning Post, Niagara Peninsula ’09 VQA
blind trust — 98
Laughing Stock Vineyard, Okanagan Valley, ’09 BC VQA
barbera d'asti superiore — 98
‘Nizza’, Cavallotti, Vendemmia, Italy, ’07 DOC
reseca — 110
(nerello mascalese)
Gulfi, Sicilia, Italy, ’05 IGT
syrah — 115
‘Estate Grown’, Painted Rock, Okanagan Valley, ’09 BC VQA
barolo — 120
Gigi Rosso, Falletto, Italy, ’07 DOCG
amarone — 125
‘Valpolicella Classico’, Villa Monteleone, Veneto, Italy, ’07 DOC
red icon — 140
(merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot & syrah)
‘Estate Grown’, Painted Rock, Okanagan Valley, ’09 BC VQA
white wine
wine @ town.
red wine / white wine / rose & sparkling
by the glass
frascati — 8 — 38
‘Superiore’, Casale Marchese, Lazio, Italy, ’11 DOC
chenin blanc — 9 — 42
Cave Spring, Beamsville Bench, Niagara, ’10 VQA
muscat — 10 — 46
Lailey Vinyard, Niagara River, ’12 VQA
ribolla gialla & chardonnay — 11 — 49
‘Prime Note’, Venica & Venica, Friuli, Italy, ’10 IGT
greco di tufo — 11 — 49
Perugini e Campania, Campania, Italy, ’10 DOCG
grillo — 11.50 — 54
‘Bianco Maggiore’, Cantina Rallo, Sicilia, Italy, ’11 IGP
by the half bottle
chardonnay — 38
‘Quarry Road’ Estate Bottled, Tawse Winery, Vinemount Ridge, ’10 VQA
franciacorta — 58
'Cuvee Prestige', Ca' del Bosco, Embusco, Italy, NV DOCG
by the bottle
tollgate white — 46
(semillion, chardonnay, viogner, sauvignon blanc, riesling)
Stratus Vineyard, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ’08 VQA
muller thurgau — 49
Elena Walch, Alto Adige, Italy, ’10 IGT
verdicchio de matelica — 54
Fattoria la Monaceaca, Marche, Italy, ‘10 DOC
riesling — 56
‘Foxcroft Vineyard’, Leaning Post, Niagara, ‘09
rock pile pinot gris — 58
‘Jack Rabbit Flats Vineyard’, Fielding Estate Winery, Lincoln Lakeshore, ‘11 VQA
gewürztraminer — 68
Stratus Vineyard, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ’10 VQA
pinot grigio — 68
‘Jesera’, Venica & Venica, Friuli, Italy, ’10 DOC
trebbiano — 74
‘Altare’, Marramiero, Abruzzo, Italy, ’09 DOC
chardonnay — 86
‘Old Vines’, Lailey Vineyard, Niagara River, ’08 VQA
rose and sparkling
wine @ town.
red wine / white wine / rose & sparkling
rosé
rosato — 9 — 42
Bastianich, Friuli, Italy, ’11 IGT
rosé — 62
Joie Farm Winery, Okanagan Valley, ’10 VQA
sparkling
ancestral — 7 — 11 — 54
Hinterland, Hillier, Prince Edward County, ’11 VQA
franciacorta brut — 9 — 13 — 65
Majolini, Lombardia, Italy, NV DOCG
italian bubbles rosé brut — 42
Secco (with Charles Smith), Veneto, Italy, 11
whitecap — 49
Hinterland, Hillier, Prince Edward County, ’11 VQA
franciacorta — 1/2 btl — 58
'Cuvee Prestige', Ca' del Bosco, Embusco, Italy, NV DOCG
franciacorta millesimato electo — 86
Majolini, Lombardia, Italy, 05 DOCG
Dinner - large plates
dinner@ town.
small plates / large plates / town cheese plate (available at dinner only) / sweets
bacon wrapped chicken thigh — 24
double smoked bacon/italian sausage stuffing/salsa romesco/orange/eggplant caponata/olive confit
slow braised beef short rib — 29
carrot farrotto/cipollini onions/carrots/walnut, celery & parsley salad
caccuiuco — 28
scallops/shrimp/clams/light tomato & nduja broth/israeli couscous/pig cheek
ricotta stuffed meatballs — 11/20
soft polenta/san marzano
rabbit sugo — 25
house-made cavatelli pasta/oyster mushrooms/edamame beans/dried black olive
linguini & mushrooms — 19
le corpin mushrooms/cured lonza/slow poached egg
Dinner - Cheese Plates
dinner@ town.
small plates / large plates / town cheese plate (available at dinner only) / sweets
3 for $13 or 5 for $20
served with crostini, fresh bread, spiced nuts, fruit mostarda, and honey
taleggio, Italy
cow milk, washed rind, semi soft, pasteurized
champagnole, Quebec
goat milk, firm, pressed rind, raw
migneron de charlevoix, Quebec
cow milk, semi firm, washed rind, pasteurized
highland blue, Ontario
sheep milk, semi firm, full flavoured, raw
cendre de pres, Quebec
cow milk, soft, vegetable ash center, pasteurized
