Gioia Celebrates the Aperitivo with New Menu

Gioia has launched a new aperitivo menu. Hailing from Lodi, Italy, Chef Federico Comacchio loves to share his Italian culture with others, especially when it involves food and company. Gioia’s new aperitivo menu features small snacks or “cicchetti,” including fried calamari and stuffed olives, that pair with the variety of classic and cocktails like the Espresso Martini or the seasonal SnowBall. For $25 per person from 4:30 - 6:30 PM, guests can pair one drink and one cicchetti before their Italian meal.

CICCHETTI

• Calamari Fritti | 17 Fried calamari, arrabbiata sauce, lemon
• Olives | 11 Fried stuffed Castelvetrano olives, tomato, rosemary pistachio sauce
• Chips | 10 Fried new potatoes, black truffle butter, 24-month-aged Parmigiano
• Crostino | 15 Stracciatella cheese, Calabrian peperoncini and arugula

DRINKS | 16 each

• Gioia Classic: New Amsterdam Vodka or Gin, dry vermout, blue cheese olives
• Paper Plane: Bourbon, Select bitter, amaro, lemon
• SnowBall: Diplomatico rum, coconut rum, pumpkin spice, lemon coconut shaving rim
• Espresso Martini: Dutch chocolate vodka, Mr. Black coffee liquor, espresso