Pausa Bar & Cookery Menu

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  • Salumi - House Made Charcuterie

    All of the are Following Served with Fresh Baked Tigella, Cunza, and Pickles (there is cross contamination with all our salumi with pistachios due to the Mortadella).
    • 3pc Salumi Board

      House Selection, served with cunza, pickles, mustard & tigella (please inform us of allergies, some of these items contain garlic & nuts, cross contamination with nuts on all salumi).
      $32.00
    • 5pc Salumi Board

      House Selection, served with cunza, pickles, mustard & tigella (please inform us of allergies, some of these items contain garlic & nuts, cross contamination with nuts on all salumi)
      $46.00
    • Prosciutto di San Danielle

      $19.00
  • Formaggi - Cheese Boards

    • 3pc Cheese Board

      Chef's Selection, served with seasonal compote, truffle honey, oat crackers & grilled bread (please inform us of allergies, some of these items contain nuts).
      $32.00
    • 5pc Cheese Board

      Chef's Selection, served with seasonal compote, truffle honey, oat crackers & grilled bread (please inform us of allergies, some of these items contain nuts).
      $46.00
  • Appetizers & Salads

    roasted corn, polenta corn bread croutons, cerignola olives, peaches, peach vinaigrette
    • Housemade Focaccia

      House-made focaccia, 72 hour dough maturation.
      $5.00
    • Burrata

      tomato pluot gazpacho, early girl tomato marmalade, focaccia croutons, sungold tomatoes, basil oil
      $20.00
    • Baby Romaine Salad

      endive, grapefruit vinaigrette, monte veronese fonduta, prosciutto di parma crumble, citrus segments
      $19.00
    • Kale Salad

      pink lady & granny smith apples, greek yogurt & dill dressing, pine nut puree, radishes
      $19.00
  • Wood-Fired Pizzas

    • Pizza Margherita

      tomatoes, house made mozzarella, basil, olive oil. (Pizzas are not sliced, please specify if preferred sliced. Re-heating instructions: pre-heat oven to 425 cook for 4 minutes.)
      $23.00
    • Pizza Salsiccia

      tomatoes, house made pork sausage, house made mozzarella, basil, olive oil. (Pizzas are not sliced. Add a pizza slicer to your order for $9. Re-heating instructions: pre-heat oven to 425 cook for 4 minutes.)
      $30.00
    • Pizza Cotechino

      house made mozzarella, beluga lentil puree, cotechino sausage, romanesco broccoli, calabrian chili chicharron
      $30.00
    • Pizza Pistacchio

      house made mozzarella, pistachio puree, blu di capra, rainbow carrots, spring onion, joceline’s honey
      $30.00
    • Pizza Anatra

      house made mozzarella, duck sausage, broccoli di ciccio, cerignola olives, calabrian chilis, pecorino romano
      $32.00
    • Pizza Romana

      house made mozzarella, puntarelle, pork pancetta, confit butterball potato, piacentino ennese (Pizzas are not sliced, please specify if preferred sliced. Re-heating instructions: pre-heat oven to 425 cook for 4 minutes.)
      $32.00
    • Vegan Pizza

      tomatoes, mixed seasonal vegetables. (Pizzas are not sliced. Add a pizza slicer to your order for $9. Re-heating instructions: pre-heat oven to 425 cook for 4 minutes.)
      $29.00
  • House Made Pastas

    • Truffle Gnocchi

      $30.00
    • Tagliolini

      honey mussels & potato puree, squid ink “salsa al nero,” parsley, lemon zest
      $30.00
    • Butcher’s Cappelletti

      Sheep ricotta, wild mushroom & truffle sugo, grana padano, veal demi-glace.
      $34.00
    • Red Wine Rigatoni

      braised pork sausage ragu, crispy lollipop kale, grana padano
      $30.00
    • Spring Garlic Pappardelle

      wagyu short rib sugo, grana padano, pickled spring garlic, beef tendon chicharron.
      $34.00
    • Vegan Pasta

      house made pasta, seasonal vegetables, w/ sauce options
      $29.00
    • Gluten Free Pasta

      casarecce pasta, made with quinoa, rice, and corn. Choice of sauce option.
      $30.00
  • Entrees & Sides

    • Petrale Sole

      spring garlic farro, roasted cauliflower, pickled spring garlic, salmoriglio sauce.
      $36.00
    • Quail

      grilled quail, spring onion puree, fregola sarda, romana beans, english peas, fava beans, salsa verde, poultry demi.
      $36.00
    • Pork Collar

      grilled pork collar, stinging nettle polenta, grana padano, maitake mushrooms, chicharron, huckleberry pork demi.
      $40.00
    • DD Milk-Fed Veal Tenderloin

      grilled veal tenderloin, espresso butter, yam puree, crispy cauliflower mushrooms, roasted parsnips, pickled shallots, bone marrow demi
      $50.00
    • Brussels Sprouts

      guanciale vinaigrette, colatura di alici caramel, salt cured egg yolk
      $15.00
    • Side Garlic Butterball Potatoes

      fried yukon gold potatoes, house made garlic butter (can be made dairy, garlic or gluten free upon request)
      $14.00
  • Desserts

    • Pecan Chocolate Cake

      chocolate sponge cake, pecan dark chocolate mousse, poached pears, almond streusel, pecan praline, red wine gel
      $16.00

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223 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401


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