Lucca Cafe

Lunch Menu

Served from 11am to 2pm Monday through Friday. We feature Fresh Pastas, Certified Angus
Beef, Fresh Albacore Tuna, Diestel Free-Range Turkeys, All Natural Chicken Breast, Wild Salmon (when available), and locally grown Organic Greens and Produce. All items can be easily prepared for take away.

Salads

Lucca

Organic Baby Lettuces, Grape Tomatoes, Roasted Sweet Peppers, Kalamata Olives, and Toasted Pine Nuts, topped with Toasted Goat Cheese and tossed with Lucca Balsamic Vinaigrette.

Better than a Caesar Salad

Romaine Hearts, Grape Tomatoes, Avocado, Herbed Croutons, Parmesan Shavings, Fried Capers and
our own Caesar Dressing

All Natural Chicken Breast Bowl

Lucca’s All Natural Crispy Parmesan Chicken Breast over Romaine Lettuce, Market Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Red Onions, Avocado, and Applewood-Smoked Bacon with Buttermilk-Gorgonzola Blue Cheese Dressing.

Chopped Steak Salad

Grilled Rib Eye Steak, Mangoes, Fresh Mozzarella, Market Tomatoes, Arugula, Celery Hearts, Artichoke
Hearts, Red Onions, and Butter Lettuce with Creamy Dijon Dressing

Soups

A Selection of Freshly Made Soups of the Day, Served with Crostini

Pastas

Served with your choice of a cup of Soup or a Lucca Side Salad and Crostini. Fresh Gluten Free Pasta made with Rice Flour or Sautéed Spinach available.

Linguini alla Checca

Linguine served with Fresh Roasted Tomato Sauce, diced Market tomatoes, a chiffonade of Basil, Pine Nuts, and topped with Parmesan Cheese.

Seafood Linguine

(Wild Salmon, Wild Mahi Mahi and Wild Shrimp)
your choice of sauce: Spicy Tomato Ragu (or not, this is very good mild), Light White Wine, Diced Market Tomatoes. Rich Pesto Genovese Cream, Diced Market Tomatoes

Good ol’ Healthy Shrimp

Grilled Shrimp on top of Linguini with Olive Oil, White Wine, Roasted Garlic, Artichoke Hearts, Capers, Chopped Market Tomatoes, and Parsley.

The Norma

Fresh Pappardelle Egg Noodles, Savory Ragu, Eggplant, Chopped Tomatoes, Fresh Basil, and Fresh Mozzarella and Parmesan Cheeses or with Grilled Chicken Breast.

Chicken Marsala, Wild Mushrooms and Ricotta

Penne Pasta with All Natural Chicken Breast, Wild Mushrooms, and Marsala Wine Sauce –with a touch of Parmesan and Ricotta Cheeses.

Lucca Special Pastas

Served with a Lucca Side Salad and Crostini

“Sunday Sauce”

Grandma Bottari’s original rich Meat Ragu with Lucca Meatballs and Italian Sausage served with Penne, then dusted with Parmesan Cheese. The same way she served it for more than 70 years.

All Natural Chicken Breast Ravioloni Aperti

Large Open Ravioli stuffed with grilled All Natural Chicken Breast, Spinach, Creamy Pesto Sauce, Parmesan Cheese, and Pine Nuts.

Roasted Butternut Squash Raviolis

Roasted Butternut Squash Raviolis with Brown Butter Sage Splash and Spinach alla Romana.

Sandwiches

All Sandwiches are served on Toasted Ciabatta Bread unless otherwise stated and accompanied by your choice of a Small Lucca Salad or Soup of the Day. Toasted Wheat Bread or a wrap can be substituted for any Sandwich.

Meatball Hero

Our own Certified Angus Beef and Pork Sausage Meatballs with melted Provolone Cheese, Meat Ragu, and Roasted Peppers, served on a toasted Talera Roll–the best west of New Jersey!

Cerified Angus Beef Tri-Tip and Havarti Cheese

Marinated Certified Angus Beef Tri Tip Steak roasted to medium rare, sliced and served with Havarti Cheese, Caramelized Onions, Oven-Roasted Tomatoes, Organic Lettuces and Mustard Sauce

All Natural California Chicken Breast

All Natural Chicken Breast, marinated in Herbs and Lime Juice, then grilled and served with Avocado, Market Tomatoes, Organic Lettuces, and Chipotle Aioli

Blackened Rib Eye Steak Wrap

Blackened Rib Eye Steak, Caramelized Sweet Onions, Havarti Cheese, Avocado, Oven Roasted Tomatoes, Hearts of Romaine Lettuce and Cool Creamy Ranch Dressing in a Tomato Flavored Wrap.

Grilled Portobello Mushroom

Grilled Portobello Mushroom, Fresh Mozzarella Cheese, Baby Spinach, Market Tomatoes, Red Onions, Basil Pesto Aioli add Grilled All Natural Chicken Breast

Tuna, Avocado and Provolone Wrap

Freshly Poached Albacore Tuna (never canned!) Salad with Market Tomatoes, Provolone Cheese, Avocado, Organic Lettuces and Our Own Aioli in a Sun-Dried Tomato Flavored Wrap

Lucca BLT

Applewood-Smoked Bacon, Butter Lettuce, and Market Tomatoes with Carmelized Onions, Goat Cheese, and Our Own Aioli

Turkey Club Wrap

Diestel Free-Range Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, Applewood-Smoked Bacon, Organic Greens, Market Tomatoes and Sun-Dried Tomato Aioli in a Spinach-Flavored Wrap

Lucca Kid’s Menu

For our guests under 12. Served with Fresh Fruit and a Sweet Treat.

Grilled Cheese Panini

Havarti Cheese on Wheat Toast with the crusts cut off.

Pasta with Plain Red Sauce or Butter and Cheese

Butterfly Pasta served with our own Tomato Ragu or Melted Butter, with or
without Parmesan cheese. Meatball added for extra cost.

Desserts

All of our Desserts are made In House from Scratch

Scones and Curd:

Meyer Lemon Curd, Blueberries and Three Mini Raisin Scones

Cobbler to live for

Warm Strawberry and Rhubarb Cobbler with an Oatmeal Crust and a scoop of Handmade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

The Warm and Wicked

Caramel, Chocolate, Cinnamon and Snickers Bar all wrapped up with Caramelized Bananas in our Challah Bread Pudding with White Chocolate Sauce and Housemade Whipped Cream

Smore’in a Jar

Dark Dark Chocolate Budino, Warm LUCCA brownie Crumble, Marshmallow Cream, Hazelnutinfused Graham Cracker Crumbs, Caramel Sauce, Cocoa Nibs, a Little Chocolate Sauce, House Made Marshmallows, toasted naturally…in a Fench Canning Jar

The Usual Suspects

Add a scoop of Handmade Ice Cream or Sorbet to the Dessert of the Day.
Scoop of Handmade French Ice Cream or Sorbet (ask your server for flavors)

Lucca Brownie

Assorted House Baked Cookies

Lucca Lemon Squares

CONTACT US
Phone: (949) 725-1773

6507 Quail Hill Parkway
Irvine, CA 92603 [Map]
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SERVICE HOURS
Lunch Hours
Monday-Friday 11:am - 2:pm

Dinner Hours
Sunday-Thursday 5:pm - 9:pm
Fridays and Saturdays 5:pm - 9:pm

Brunch Hours
Saturdays 9:30am - 2:00pm
Sundays 9:30am - 2:00pm