Nicole's Restaurant Cocktail

Dinner Menu

Dinner Hours

Monday: 5pm-9pm

Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday, Thursday: 5pm-9pm

Friday, Saturday: 5pm-10pm

Sunday: 4pm-9pm

Menu items and prices are subject to change.

Food

Small Plates

Sausage Potato Kale Soup
$8. | $12.

Parm cheese | parsley

fried calamari
$14.

Hot peppers | marinara

crispy artichokes v
$10.

Lemon-pepper aioli

Mediterranean Brussels Sprouts
$12.

lemon fill, roasted chickpeas, goat cheese, tzatziki

Burrata
$14.

Confit tomatoes | roasted pepper salad | pesto

Cheese Board
$22.

Chef's choice of four cheese | accompaniments | flatbread crackers | toasted baguettes

Cripsy Polenta Cake and Mushroom Ragu VG
$14.

Pan fried polenta | coconut milk | mushroom ragu

MARGARITA Flatbread V
$15.

Fresh mozzarella | tomato | basil

Sausage & Pepper flatbread
$17.

Butternut squash puree | prosciutto | goat cheese | candied pecans | fried sage | arugula

Zuppa di clams
$16.

Little neck clams | spicy pan marinara

Clams Basillico
$16.

Garlic | butter | white wine | basil

Shrimp cocktail
$14.

Over Nicole's cocktail sauce

Food

Sides

Broccoli Rabe
$9.

Garlic oil | parmesan

Italian Potatoes
$6.

Roasted and seasoned

Spaghetti squash
$8.

With marinara

Classic Italian Meatballs
$7.50

Tomato Sauce

Garlic Bread

4 pieces $5. | 8 pieces $8.

Polenta Cake
$7.

Marinara | parm | basil

Food

Salads

salad additions

Grilled chicken 1/2 breast 5 | full breast 8 Grilled shrimp 3 pieces 9 | 5 pieces 14 Grilled salmon 14

Beet and Pistachio Salad
$16.

Field greens | roasted beets | toasted pistachio | goat cheese | pickled onions | lemon-oregano vinaigrette

NICOLE'S FIELD GREEN SALAD vg gf
$7 | $11

Garden vegetables | balsamic vinaigrette

classic caesar salad v
$7 | $11

Garlic-toasted croutons | Romano cheese | anchovies

Food

pastas

ADD A HOUSE SALAD OR CLASSIC CAESAR SALAD $3.

short rib ragu
$28

Braised | pappardelle | tomato gravy | Romano cheese

pappardelle & meatballs
$19
penne alla vodka v
$19

Add 1/2 breast chicken 5, full breast 8.0 | Shrimp 3 pieces $9 | 5 pieces 14

linguini clam sauce
$24

Little neck clams | pan marinara or garlic-wine fume

shrimp and scallop scampi
$32

Garlic butter wine sauce | spinach | Linguini

SPAGHETTI SQUASH & EGGPLANT “MEATBALLS” vg
$25

Spaghetti squash | eggplant "meatballs" | broccoli rabe | marinara | mediterranean herbs | crisp basil

Creamy Boursin and Mushroom Pasta
$22.

Pappardelle | spinach | sun-dried tomatoes | parmesan Add 1/2 breast chicken 5, full breast 8.0

Food

classics

SERVED WITH PASTA | ADD A HOUSE OR CAESAR SALAD 3.

classic parmigiana

Eggplant 21 | Chicken 24 | Veal 29 |

sorrento

Chicken 27 | Veal 32 | Layered with eggplant | marinara | mozzarella

stuffed eggplant v gf
$24

Herbed goat cheese & ricotta | spinach | marinara | mozzarella

marsala gf

Chicken 27 | Veal 31 | Shrimp & Scallops 32 Sautéed mushrooms | Marsala wine

Saltimboca

Chicken 26 | Veal 30 sage | fontina cheese |sherry wine sauce | sautéed spinach

zuppa di pesce
$38

Clams | shrimp | scallops | calamari | tomato fume

Food

Specialties

ADD A HOUSE SALAD OR CLASSIC CAESAR SALAD 3.

Pork Chop
$34

Bone in pork chop | sweet potato mash | broccoli rabe | cider dijon pork a jus

hazelnut chicken
$28

Hazelnut-crusted | Frangelico-orange cream sauce | pasta

grilled salmon gf
$29

Spaghetti squash | lentils | kale | lemon oregano vinaigrette

Brick Chicken
$28.

airline chicken breast & thigh | Italian potatoes | roasted baby carrots | herb pan jus

SEARED RIB EYE CONTADINA
$39

Italian potatoes | roasted brussels sprouts | mushrooms | sun-dried tomatoes | bourbon cream sauce

Seared Swordfish
$32.

crispy polenta cake | spinach | tomato caper relish

Food

Desserts

Based on house availability

French Silk Pie
$10.

Deacadent dark chocolate infused with Baileys Frangelico and Kahlua with an Oreo cookie crust

Flourless Chocolate Torte
$9

Rich creamy gluten-free chocolate torte

Cannoli
$6.25

Choice of three mini or one large

Featured Cheesecake
$10.

A cheesecake from our Chef's featured selection

Key Lime Pie
$8

Tart key lime pie with a sweet graham cracker crust

Italian Rainbow Cake
$9

Tricolor cake filled with sweet raspberry jam and almond marzipan. With a chocolate icing and sprinkles

Spumoni Ice Cream Cake
$12.

Layers of chocolate, pistachio, and cherry ice cream with an Oreo cookie crust

Drinks

COCKTAILS

Paper Plane
$14.

Bulliet Bourbon | Amaro | Aperol | lemon juice

Old Fashion Italiano
$14.

Makers Mark | bitters | sweet vermouth | Luxardo cherry, orange, Amaretto Dr Saronno splash

French greyhound martini
14.

Titos Vodka, St. Germain, splash of grapefruit, a sugar rim, and a lemon slice

Espresso Martini
$14.

Vanilla vodka, kahlua, espresso, Baileys (optional)

Napa Valley Sour
$14.

Bulliet Bourbon, cabernet sauvignon, lemon juice, orange bitters, simple syrup, grapes, egg whites

Prickly Pear Mojito
$14.

Bacardi, prickly pear syrup, muddled mint and limes, soda

Negroni Rosa
$14.

Hendrick's, aperol, dry vermouth

Fig Mule
$14.

Tito's, fig syrup, lime, ginger beer

Negroni Rosa
$14.

Hendrick's, aperol, dry vermouth

Margarita Carota
$12.

Casamigos, carrot juice, triple sec, jalapeño syrup, lime juice, salt or sugar rim

Drinks

Mocktails

NA Espresso Mocktini
$12.

Espresso, cold brew, milk, & dark rum simple syrup

NA Bada Bing Refresher
$8.

Bada bing cherry juice, lemon juice, dark morello cherry sparkling Pellegrino

NA Dark Cherry Mule
$8.

Dark cherry juice, lime juice, Saranac NA ginger beer

NA Passion Fruit Sour
$8.

Passion fruit juice, natural apple juice, lime juice, egg whites

Drinks

SANGRIA

Nicoles' Red Sangria

Vanilla vodka, red wine, simple syrup, cranberry juice, orange juice, with a lemon twist

Spring Sangria

Limoncello, grapefruit, pinot grigio, mixed fruit

Rosé Sangria

Prosecco rosé, peach nectar, peach schnapps, Strawberry seltzer

Drinks

BOTTLED WATER

SAN PELLEGRINO SPARKLING WATER

3.75 12 oz | 6.50 33.8oz

SPARKLING OR STILL SARATOGA WATER

3.75 12oz | 6.50 28oz

Drinks

BOTTLED BEER

Domestic

Bud | Bud light
coors lite
miller lite
blue moon
mich ultra
samuel adams lager
corona
Fog Alley Watermelon Crawl

Imported

Heineken
Heineken Lite
guinness
Stella Artois

Craft & Specialty

Dogfish 60 minute ipa
Neon Pools
Ommegang Nirvana IPA
Milk Stout Nitro
lagunitas ipa
omission gluten free
crabbies ginger beer
bucklers n/a
Drinks

DRAUGHT BEER

Sloop | Juice Bomb IPA

A hazy, golden, unfiltered IPA. 6.5% ABV | Fishkill, NY

Ommegang | Rare Vos Amber Ale

Dry fruity, slightly fruity/hoppy with a beguiling spiciness | 6.5% ABV | Cooperstown, NY

Allagash | White

Belgian style wheat beer 5.2% ABV | Portland, ME

PERONI LAGER | BIRRA PERONI BREWERY

European Pale Style Lager | 4.7%ABV | Rome, Italy

Drinks

wine list

WHITE | ROSE | SPARKLING

PLACIDO PINOT GRIGIO, VENETO, ITALY
$9 | $30

Full, fresh, lively, notes of ripe pear on the finish

SANTA MARGHERITA PINOT GRIGIO, ITALY
375mL $28 | 750ML $52

Dry, intense aromas, flavors of Golden Delicious apples, a long, multi-layered finish

Hans Greyl Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough
$9 | $30
Beringer White Zinfandel, Napa valley, CA
$8 | $28
GLENORA, RIESLING, NY FINGERLAKES
$9 | $35

Crisp fruit flavors, yet subtle and dry

Josh Chardonnay, California
$9 | $32

Apple, pear, lemongrass, vanilla and subtle oak nuances

Caposald, ROSE, Italy
$8 | $28

Apple, pear, vanilla, creamy butter and toasty

MASCHIO, PROSECCO, VENETO, ITALY
$8 | $30

Full, fresh, lively, notes of ripe pear on the finish

RED

BANFI CENTINE, TUSCANY ITALY
$11 | $36

Fresh, juicy wine, vibrant acidity, tropical fruit flavors, passion fruit, melon, and grapefruit.

COLORES DEL SOL MALBEC, MENDOZA, ARGENTINE
$9 | $32

Raspberry and blueberry flavors, light tannin, bright acid

ASKA Banfi cab Sauv-franc blend
$64

A rich style, displaying flavors of cherry, blackberry, earth and tea

CASTELLO BANFI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, TUSCANY
$98

Smooth velvety style, notes of dried cherry and raspberry

BOLLA AMARONE, VENETO
$124

Rich dry, black cherry, long round finish hint of cocoa and spice

MOUNT PEAK, ORIN SWIFT SENTINEL CABERNET SAUVIGNON
$99

Sonoma | Blackberry, cherry, anise and toasted cedar, notes of sweet cream

WINES BY THE GLASS

Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Rose, Reisling, Moscato, Pinot Noir, Chianti, Cabernet Sauvignon

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Nicole’s Special Events and Catering

556 Delaware Ave,
Albany NY 12209

Phone: (518) 436-4952
Fax: (518) 463-9983
Email: info@nicolescatering.com