Little Giant
Restaurant Menu
starters & salads
chicken liver mousse $10
fig-onion compote, toasted hazelnuts, mâche, grilled filone
giant pickle plate $8
an ever-changing assortment of pickled seasonal vegetables
chestnut soup $9
sesame seed brittle, vincotto agrodolce,
kabocha squash & farro salad $12
cinnamon-roasted kabocha squash, herbed farro, wilted mizuna, fried chickpeas,
cumin-lemon buttermilk dressing, slivered almonds
truffled mushroom salad $14
pan-roasted portabello, shiitake & cremini mushrooms, roasted cauliflower, poached egg,
truffle oil, breadcrumbs, spiced pumpkin seeds
warm spinach dip $12
fresh spinach, grana padano & ‘chips’
entrees
bourbon-molasses braised short rib $24
cedar river farms all-natural boneless short rib, rockland plantation stone ground grits,
roasted tuscan kale with grana padano, pine nuts, macerated raisins
sausage & onions $24
house-made fennel-apple sausage, caramelized onions, warm beluga lentil salad, mizuna
orecchiette $21
meyer lemon, broccoli rabe, crispy pancetta, toasted pinenuts
swine of the week $22
roasted new york strip of pork, molasses-baked butter beans, curtido
pan-roasted cod $24
fresh & shell bean ragout, toasted israeli couscous, mustard greens, lemon gremolata
dayboat scallops $23
butternut squash puree, toasted hazelnuts, mâche salad
market sides
teleggio polenta & wild mushrooms $8
maple-roasted brussels sprouts $8
grafton cheddar mac & cheese $7 with bacon add $2
“world-famous” buttermilk-chive biscuit with honey butter $4
sweet potato gratin with grana padano, sage & walnuts $7
sweets $8
cake of the week
blood orange-olive oil cake, housemade blood orange marmalade,
candied blood orange peel, whipped crème fraiche
apple crisp
honeycrisp apples, cranberries, brown sugar topping, vanilla gelato
sticky toffee pudding
caramelized bananas, toffee sauce, vanilla gelato
mexican chocolate bread pudding
aleppo pepper whipped cream
thin mint sundae
warm chocolate fudge cake, mint chip gelato,
mint-chocolate sauce, peppermint tuile
‘milk’ & cookies
baked-to-order chocolate chip, oatmeal & molasses cookies,
scoop of vanilla gelato, love
l.e.s. egg cream
stoli vanilla, milk, seltzer, chocolate sauce, pretzel rod
(time out new york’s 2005 critic’s pick)
** non-alcoholic version also available **
PLEASE NOTE: All menu items and prices are subject to change.