Our Menu
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Appetizers

Soup of the Day
$4.95/cup
$6.95/bowl
Warm up with a nice cup or a biggish bowl!

Pepperoni Gumbo
$4.95/cup
$6.95/bowl
Warm up with a nice cup or a biggish bowl of this Wheat Penny classic!

Warm Focaccia Bread
$10.95
Extra virgin olive oil, pecorino, and parmesan cheese.

Eggplant Fries
$9.95
Ya gotta try ‘em! Crispy rice coating served with yogurt sauce and/or our marinara sauce.

Eggplant & Porcini “Meatballs”
$12.95
With a light tomato sauce and pecorino and parmesan cheese.

Meatballs
$13.95
Tender beef and pork meatballs on cheesy polenta with red wine sauce, served with warm focaccia bread.

Bruschetta
$9.95
Grilled bread with sauteed rapini and smoked provolone.

Cacio e Pepe Broccolini with Crispy White Beans & Burrata
$18.95
Handmade buffalo burrata l crispy, creamy flash-fried white beans l fresno chile l charred broccolini l pecorino romano l garlic l Italian parsley.

Scallops
$21.95
Corainder crusted scallops with a refreshing salad of julienned jicama, Granny Smith apple, cilantro, and citrus

Charred Octopus
$17.95
Chef Devin's Oven Charred Octopus hot from the pizza oven, served with a curry cauliflower and Calabrian chilis that we partner with arugula and doused in a N'duja vinaigrette

Asparagus Mixed Grill
$14.95
Early season asparagus, marinated artichokes, zucchini spears with lemon aioli, parmesan/romano and herbs.
Salads

Seasonal Caprese
$16.95
Housemade mozzarella, roasted zucchini, garlic braised mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and basil.

Italian Wedge
$16.95
Romaine, gorgonzola dressing, thin speck, oven roasted cherry tomatoes, thinly sliced celery, torn castelveltrano olives
Dressed Greens
$5.95/+
Half $5.95 | Full $8.95 • A variety of seasonal greens with your choice of Caesar, gorgonzola, white wine vinaigrette, roasted garlic dressing, or buttermilk dressing.

Kale Salad 2.0
$15.95
Thin ribbons of Lacinato kale are dressed with a lemony vinaigrette spiked with roasted garlic, parmesan and Romano cheeses, and toasted chile flakes, then plated and topped with a tangle of pickled radish and carrot, avocado, and a shower of olive oil-toasted breadcrumbs.
Slice of Ice
$14.95
Cherry tomatoes, cubes of provolone, a lively roasted garlic dressing, and a scattering of sliced pepperoni blasted in the oven till it’s cupped and crispy, all piled on a slab of chilled iceberg.

Arugula & Shaved Cauliflower Salad
$12.95
Shaved parmesan, orange zest, smoked salt, and housemade lemon oil.

Cacio e Pepe Broccolini with Crispy White Beans & Burrata
$18.95
Handmade buffalo burrata l crispy, creamy flash-fried white beans l Fresno chile l charred broccolini l pecorino romano l garlic l Italian parsley.
Eat Your Vegetables
Portioned for sharing.

Cacio e Pepe Broccolini with Crispy White Beans & Burrata
$18.95
Handmade buffalo burrata, crispy, creamy flash-fried white beans, Fresno chile, charred broccolini, pecorino romano, garlic, Italian parsley.

Creamed Spinach
$9.95
Fresh sauteed garlic spinach, housemade mornay sauce, and parmesan gratinated to bubbly goodness in the pizza oven.
Herb Buttered Spaghetti Squash
$8.95
Our favorite hard squash roasted, and then quickly sauteed with herb butter. So simple, yet so good!

Green Beans with Soy Sauce Vinaigrette & Anchovy Mayo
$11.95
I stole these from Girl and the Goat in Chicago. They are savory, and juicy, and hit all the right umami notes.

Roasted Yukon Potatoes
$6.95
Split, flattened, and roasted with olive oil, coarse salt, and freshly ground pepper till crispy ‘round the edges.
Sandwiches
Served with your choice of dressed greens or jojo's.
Chicago Style Chicken Parmesan
$14.95
We gently pound a chicken breast and coat it with our parmesan panko breadcrumbs. It is quickly fried to order and topped with pizza sauce, a slice of our housemade mozzarella, and fresh basil. Mayor Daley would be pleased! Served with housemade Jojos or vinaigrette-dressed greens.

Mushroom Milanese
$13.95
A big portobello mushroom breaded with panko crumbs, then deep-fried till golden brown and crispy-crunchy. Served hot on freshly made focaccia bread with a fistful of arugula and a smear of salsa verde, an Italian green sauce made with parsley, capers, olive oil, lemon, and love.

The Philadelphia
$15.95
This is the sandwich that Liz won 2nd place in The International Italian Sandwich Competition! Pork Shoulder braised to juicy tenderness is teamed up with provolone cheese and one of our favorite vegetables, rapini. This quintessential Italian cousin to broccoli is a traditional match with pork--in pasta, in soups, and on Sunday dinner platters, but especially in this iconic Italian sandwich beloved in Philadelphia. Juicy, garlicky perfection served on our house-made Ciabatta roll.

Smoked Brisket Sandwich
$19.95
This beautiful brisket is smoked over hickory wood for eight hours, then wrapped in butcher paper which holds in the incredible juices while we smoke it for an additional 4 hours. Sliced brisket is piled on a soft toasted Wheat Penny hoagie roll with melted smoked provolone, red wine barbecue sauce, and creamy, slightly spicy Alabama White sauce cabbage slaw. Served with your choice of housemade Jojos, or vinaigrette-dressed greens.

Chef Robert's Special Burger - Changes Bi - Weekly -
$18.95
We are so excited to be featuring local grass-fed beef from The Maker’s Meadow! This is true pasture-raised organic beef that is hormone and antibiotic-free. Please call us to find out what we are featuring this week. Served with housemade Jojos or vinaigrette-dressed greens. (If you prefer, you can substitute our Crispy Cauliflower Patty for the beef patty.) Our default temp is medium-well; if you’d like your beef burger cooked differently, just let us know!

Wheat Penny Burger
$15.95
We are so excited to be featuring local grass-fed beef from The Maker’s Meadow! This is true pasture raised organic beef that is hormone and antibiotic free. With cheddar cheese, lettuce, pickles, sliced onion and your choice of classic condiments. We serve it on a toasted golden hamburger bun with housemade Jojos or vinaigrette-dressed greens or your choice of dressing. (If you prefer, you can substitute our Crispy Cauliflower Patty for the beef patty.) Our default temp is medium-well; if you’d like your beef burger cooked differently, just let us know!
Cauliflower Patty Special Burger
$16.95
Chef Rob’s Special Burger. We serve it on a toasted golden hamburger bun with housemade Jojos or vinaigrette-dressed greens or your choice of dressing. Our default temp is medium-well.
Wheat Penny Cauliflower Patty Burger
$16.95
Check out Chef Rob’s Special Burger, or just go traditional with cheddar cheese, lettuce, pickles, sliced onion (any or all) and your choice of classic condiments. We serve it on a toasted golden hamburger bun with housemade Jojos or vinaigrette-dressed greens or your choice of dressing. Our default temp is medium-well.
Pasta & More

Butternut Squash Rigatoni
$15.95/+
Half Order $15.95 | Full Order $27.95 • Butternut squash rigatoni with crispy pancetta. Vegetarian version with mushrooms available.

Hop the Gem Pasta
$15.95/+
Half Order $15.95 | Full Order $26.95 • Rustachella torchio, light tomato cruda, housemade chicken sausage, Parmesan, Romano and basil

Grilled Shrimp, Broccolini & Peppers with Polenta
$25.95
Grilled with the vegetables, over polenta parmigiana and garnished with lemon oil and a drizzle of salsa verde, this is a "shrimp and grits" your mama never dreamed of.

Green Lasagna with Cheese & Tomato
$23.95
Homemade spinach pasta comes rolling forth from the pasta machine brilliantly green and very thin. It is layered with housemade ricotta cheese scented with nutmeg, and a light, fresh tomato sauce--eons away from the heavy, dense lasagna of the past. Simple, delicate, authentic, and so good. Served with a mixed green salad | Add Italian Chicken Sausage, Italian Sausage, or Sliced Meatballs +$2.50 | Add Taylor Street- Garlic Braised Mushrooms, Spinach, and Italian Sausage +$5.00 | Add Vegetarian Taylor Street- Garlic Braised Mushrooms, and Spinach +$4.00 | Add Chicken Taylor Street- Garlic Braised Mushrooms, Spinach, and Chicken Italian Sausage +$4.00

Eggplant Parmesan
$23.95
Thin slices of sautéed eggplant layered with housemade ricotta and mozzarella cheeses make the ultimate flavor melding, cloaked in our tomato-basil sauce and emerging bubbly-brown from the pizza oven. Served with your choice of one side. This is vegetarian and gluten-free and we can make this with cashew ricotta and vegan mozzarella for our vegan folks!

Housemade Gnocchi Di Ricotta Alla Boscaiola
$19.95/Half
$30.95/Full
Ricotta dumplings with pancetta and local mushrooms including Italian oyster, portabella, criminin and porcini- served in a rich mushroom brodo with fine grated romano and herbs.

Housemade Gnocchi Di Ricotta Alla Zucca e Pomodori
$18.95/Half
$29.95/Full
A satisfying vegetarian Ricotta dumplings with roasted zucchini and sweet grape tomatoes- served with fine grated romano and herbs.
Plate Dinners

New Grilled Ohio Lamb Chops
$38.95/3 Pieces
Three beautiful lamb loin chops are brined in balsamic, rosemary, garlic, Dijon, and whole grain mustard and then grilled to your liking. Chef Robert serves them with a wonderful, sweet onion compote that compliments these flavorful bone-in lamb chops. Served with your choice of two sides.

Crispy Brick Chicken Thighs
$28.95
On the menu since day one! Superior-quality, all-natural chicken thighs are boned out, seasoned, and cooked juicy and crispy under a brick. Served with a drizzle of housemade roasted-rich gravy.

Smoked Brisket
$33.95
We smoked this beautiful brisket over hickory wood for eight hours, then wrapped in butcher paper to hold in the juices, and then smoked for another four hours. Served with a trio of housemade BBQ Sauces.

Red Snapper
$39.95
Chargrilled Red Snapper with Calabrian Quinoa Tabbouleh. Served with your choice of two sides.

Cauliflower T - Bone 2.0
$23.95
A thick center-cut slice of cauliflower is poached in aromatic broth, then cooked to a deep, burnished brown on the flat top with a dusting of porcini rub until it browns up like a steak! Garnished with a rough-chopped salsa-ish sauce of capers, garlic, fresh mint, fresh oregano, and good olive oil. This is our new take on one of our favorite dishes.

Grilled Strip Steak with Porcini Rub
$38.95
This 12 oz beauty is rubbed with a housemade spice mix of dried porcini mushrooms, coarse salt, crushed black pepper, and Spanish paprika, grilled to charred and juicy.

Prime Dry - Aged Bone - In Ribeye
$48.95
Treat yourself to the juicy, minerally flavor of this 28-day aged prime beef steak. The meat becomes beefier and the fat more flavorful. The texture becomes silky and tender. Seasoned with kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper and grilled to your liking. The meat is finished with a schmear of house-made porcini mushroom butter and a drizzle of white truffle oil. We send it out to you plated with crispy onion straws.
Pizza
Small and Large-size regular and gluten-free rounds are available.

Streets of Laredo
$17.95
$24.95
Small $17.95 | Large $24.95 • EVOO base, 50/50 blend, chorizo, butternut squash, lime zest and crema

Magic Mike
$18.95
$26.95
Small $18.95 | Large $26.95 • EVOO Base, shredded provolone and mozzarella mix, fontina, capocollo, spinach, Calabrian chili, marinated guided by mushrooms blue oysters, and their lion's mane mushroom honey.

Mr. White
$15.95
$22.95
Small $15.95 | Large $22.95 • A white pizza with smoked provolone, mozzarella, fontina, parmesan, rosemary.

The PPP
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • Spicy tomato sauce with pepperoni, peppadew peppers, pepperoncini, and fresh mozzarella.

Okie Dokie Artichokie*
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • Mornay, spinach, fontina, artichoke hearts, garlic bits.

Veganator
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • A red or white pizza with smoked jackfruit, spinach, peppers and onions, and cashew ricotta.

Unbeetable
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • Beet pesto, spinach, whipped goat cheese.
Taylor Street
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • Italian pork sausage, spinach, garlic-braised mushrooms.

Angry Sal
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • EVOO with Italian Pork Sausage, fresh mozzarella, basil, and spicy tomato sauce on top.

Angela, Aka White Margarita*
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • EVOO with Fresh Mozzarella, Sliced Roma Tomato, Basi

Tommaso*
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • Grapes, roman sauce, aged blue cheese, crispy shoestring onions.

Hawaii 4 - 0
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • Marinara, ham, charred pineapple, fresh jalapenos, and cilantro.
Philomena
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • Marinara, sliced meatballs, sweet peppers, and onions with oregano.

Tarte Flambe
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • Mornay with Nueske’s bacon, braised onions, and fresh thyme.
That’s the Way
$16.95
$23.95
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • Marinara, roasted red peppers, pepperoni.

Duck on The Mountain
$17.95
$24.95
Small $17.95 | Large $24.95 • EVOO with fontina and a little bit of provolone and mozzarella, house-made smoked maple leaf farms duck bacon, caramelized sweet onions.

Chimi Picante
$17.95
$24.95
Small $17.95 | Large $24.95 • Chimichurri- the Argentinian fresh herb, vinegar, and olive oil sauce with braised pork, smoked provolone, and peppadews.

Chupacabra
$16.95/+
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 • roasted garlic puree base, thin-sliced capicola, candied jalapeño, sheep’s milk feta, and arugula.

Wrigley Field
Small $16.95 | Large $23.95 House roasted beef brisket, Chicago-style giadiniera, topped with parmesan and Romano

N'Duja Wanna?
$17.95
$24.95
Small $17.95/ $24.95. Marinara, thyme, fresh mozzarella, n'duja chicken sausage, peppadew peppers
Desserts

Arnie’s Chocolate Cake
$7.95
With salted caramel sauce and whipped cream.
Tiramisu
$9.95
Classic tiramisu
House - Made Buckeye Ice Cream
$6.95
Salted peanut butter base with a dark chocolate swirl and a drizzle of chocolate sauce.

Vanilla Ice Cream Our Way
$6.95
With extra virgin olive oil, crushed dark chocolate bits, and a pinch of Maldon flake salt.
Assorted Vegan Ice Creams
$3.95/+
One Scoop $3.95 | Two Scoops $5.95 • Cold brew coffee and boba, coconut milk base vanilla, coconut base strawberry, rice and soymilk base.

GF Carrot Cake
$8.95
Flourless Carrot Cake with caramel cream cheese frosting *contains almonds*
Pear Croustade
$8.95
Served warm with a mini scoop of vanilla ice cream

Flourless Chocolate Ganache Cake
$9.95
Gluten free, served with whipped cream