Bites Nearby: Piccolo Ristorante

Whether you're looking for a new date night idea or catering for your next event, Piccolo has a scrumptious range of options for the hungry palate.

Start off dinner with age old favorites such as all white meat chicken tenders, fried calamari or whole baked clams, or opt for something a bit more adventurous like the seafood cakes with shrimp, scallops and crabmeat, scungilli salad or cold antipasto salad with all of the trimmings.

Head straight to the entrees menu for a wide range of seafood, chicken, veal, pizza and pasta platters. Can’t make up your mind? Piccolo offers combination platters which bring together the tastes of shrimp, eggplant and broccoli; veal parmigiana and baked ziti; chicken and eggplant parmigiana with two stuffed shells; shrimp, veal and linguini and more.

If you’re tired of regular pizza, get one of the specials. The vegetable pizza presents you with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and your choice of three vegetables, while the hearty barbecue chicken pizza blends BBQ sauce, cubes of white meat chicken, red onion, cilantro and mozzarella cheese into one tasty combination.

Some of these options, while delectably delicious, are a bit too heavy for lunch time cuisine. Luckily, Piccolo has a lunch  menu full of lighter choices such as nine-inch individual pizzas, linguini in a red or white clam sauce, ravioli in tomato sauce or baked with mozzarella cheese and the ever loved rigatoni ala vodka.

Trying to watch your midday food intake in preparation for a big party or a happy hour date? Plenty of heart healthy options grace the menu with their presence, so sink your calorie conscious teeth into the aforementioned linguini, grilled vegetable platter over penne, penne talos with vegetables in a very light oil and garlic sauce, grilled chicken Caesar salad or the chicken shoemaker with green peppers, mushrooms and fresh garlic. Low-fat cheeses are also available, so you can make your favorite gooey, cheesy entrée a little bit better for you.

When you don’t feel like going out for a lengthy amount of time, but still crave this restaurant’s tempting fare, simply order from the take out menu. All of your favorites  are still available, so just call in your order, head over to Piccolo to pick it up and enjoy a cozy night in the comfort of your own home with your family, friends or sweetheart.

Plan a bridal shower, engagement celebration or Christening party at Piccolo, since they offer catering options as well. If you’re planning a backyard celebration or need to bring in food to another locale, off premise catering is another of Piccolo’s services. The culinary options are bountiful. Trays of veal marsala or francese, chicken francese or piccata, linguini with clam sauce, broiled salmon or sole, baked stuffed shells and cookies are only a few of the mouthwatering choices available when you let Piccolo cater your affair.