Feast of the 7 Fishes

Christmas Eve Dec. 24th

Gravlax
house cured salmon / caper berries / dill / lemon cream cheese
WINE PAIRING - Greco di Tufo (2020)

Uovo Riso
chilled sesame tuna / warm rice / house kewpie / basil togarashi / egg yolk
WINE PAIRING - Nortico Dry Rose (2020)

Cioppino
cod / shrimp / San Marzano tomatoes / crostini
WINE PAIRING - Novellum Chardonnay (2020)

Sorbet palate cleanser

Beer-steamed Mussels
bangs island mussels / pilsner / garlic / mustard / tarragon
WINE PAIRING - Vino Critone IGT Calabria Bianco Librandi

Shrimp Shooter
shrimp / bloody mix
WINE PAIRING - Pasqua ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Passione Sentimento Passimento Rosso

Puttanesca
spaghetti / anchovy / olives / mushrooms / capers
WINE PAIRING - Cecchi, Chianti Classico (2019)

Tiramisu
WINE PAIRING - Villa di Campobello il Santo Vin Santo Seating at 5 PM.

$80 pp

Reservations required by December 23rd.

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The Feast of the Seven Fishes
is part of the Italian-American Christmas Eve celebration, although it is not called that in Italy and is not a "feast" in the sense of "holiday," but rather a grand meal. Christmas Eve is a vigil or fasting day, and the abundance of seafood reflects the observance of abstinence from meat until the feast of Christmas Day itself.

Today, the meal typically consists of seven different seafood dishes. The tradition comes from Southern Italy, where it is known simply as The Vigil (La Vigilia). This celebration commemorates the wait, the Vigilia di Natale, for the midnight birth of the baby Jesus. It was introduced in the United States by Southern Italian immigrants in New York City's Little Italy in the late 1800s. 

The long tradition of eating seafood on Christmas Eve dates from the Roman Catholic tradition of abstaining from eating meat on the eve of a feast day. As no meat or animal fat could be used on such days, observant Catholics would instead eat fish.