La Posta is a neighborhood restaurant bringing the soul of Italian cuisine into the heart of Seabright.
“LA VITA É UNA COMBINAZIONE DI PASTA E MAGIA” - FEDERICO FELLINI
Thanks to Andrew Steingrube and Good Times Santa Cruz for Amore Foray: Pan-Italian explorations at La Posta
Welp … the City Council, led by Fred Keeley and Sonja Brunner, moved to cancel ANY work to make the Rail Bridge more passable. Y’all can still walk it, though.
Menu for Nov 19 - 23
Antipasti
Olives - House marinated olives: Cerignola, Castelvetrano, Gaeta, Taggiasca $6
Dirty Girl Chicories - Freddy’s apples, blue cheese, walnuts $13
Puntarelle alla Romana - Spade & Plow chicories, anchovy, breadcrumbs $15
Tonno - lentils with O2T bigeye tuna, olives, hard cooked egg, fermented chili aioli $18
Gnoccho Fritto - 24-month prosciutto, pickled onion, blue cheese $25
A serving of la Posta bread, rosemary-walnut or white $4
Primi
Made daily in our kitchen
Risotto - local chanterelles, Live Earth butternut squash, parmigiano $32
Fettuccine - O2T Monterey squid, clams, fennel sofritto, tomato, fermented chili $32**
Spaghetti - beef-pork polpette, basil, parmigiano $32**
**Gluten-free pasta: add $5
Secondi
Merluzzo alla Ghiotta - O2T black cod in tomato-olive sauce $38
Duck leg confit, celery root puree, Dirty Girl chicories, huckleberry sauce $38
Contorni
Foraged chanterelle and porcini bread pudding $12
Rodoni Brussels Sprouts, guanciale, apples, saba $12
Pizze
Margherita - tomato, mozzarella di bufala, basil $20
Funghi - Humboldt County chanterelles, fontina, spinach, caramelized shallots, garlic creama $26
Prosciutto - tomato sauce, 24-month prosciutto di parma, stracciatella, rocket pesto $26
Salsiccia – tomato, house-made sausage, kale, burrata, calabrian chili $24
Dolci & Gelati
Affogato - vanilla gelato, espresso $8
Granita di Caffe con Panna - coffee granita, whipped cream, cocoa $8
Torta di Mele - Freddy’s apples, vanilla gelato $12
Tart - lemon curd, chocolate $12
Pistachio + orange zest biscotti $1 /each
Ricciarelli - almond cookie (gf) $1 /each
- Gelati - $4 -
vanilla bean
pistachio
coconut stracciatella
coffee-caramel
chocolate-hazelnut
strawberry-lemon sorbetto
…don’t forget the bread!
La Posta Bread $10
Sourdough made with our 30 year old starter
Sourdough White / Walnut-Rosemary Brown
PLEASE NOTE: la Posta charges a 20% gratuity for parties of 6 or more
Reserve Wine List
We think it high time to break into the good stuff!
Special Thanks to our Farmer Partners
Fogline Farm / Freddy Menge / Happy Boy / Jason Collins / Live Earth / Ocean2Table / Phil Foster’s Pinnacle Farm / Blue Heron Farm
PICK UP LOCATION
538 SEABRIGHT AVENUE
SANTA CRUZ, CA
CALL OR EMAIL ORDER - WE’LL CONFIRM
831.457.2782 - or - 831.457.9782 (anytime)
lapostarestaurant@gmail.com (after hours)
HOURS
Wednesday - Thursday | 5 - 8:30PM
Friday - Saturday | 5 - 9:30PM
Sunday | 5 - 8:30PM