{"id":321654,"date":"2023-03-18T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=321654"},"modified":"2023-03-17T06:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:58:22","slug":"antica-trattoria-serves-up-simple-and-tasty-sicilian-cuisine-in-la-mesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/antica-trattoria-serves-up-simple-and-tasty-sicilian-cuisine-in-la-mesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Antica Trattoria serves up simple and tasty Sicilian cuisine in La Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antica Trattoria is located at 5654 Lake Murray Blvd. (Photos by Robin Dohrn-Simpson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sicilian cuisine celebrates the sea and the sun. The southern Italian island has been influenced over millennia by Italy, Greece, Spain, France, and various Arab countries. The cuisine highlights the use of fresh vegetables, fish, and beef and that is exactly what you will find at La Mesa\u2019s Antica Trattoria. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Francesco Basile, owner, and executive chef has been working in a kitchen since the age of 16 and studied in a culinary school in Palermo. His philosophy of cuisine is \u201cI try to stay in my Sicilian roots when I create menus. I make simple food. Simple is tastier. I don\u2019t like complicated food,\u201d Basile said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Antica Trattoria has been a local favorite in La Mesa since 2001. \u201cMy kitchen chefs have been with me for up to 17 years,\u201d Basile said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Enjoy Brasato, braised boneless short ribs in a Cabernet Sauvignon sauce with mashed potatoes and vegetables.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The menu changes seasonally to highlight the freshest ingredients. As a diner, this makes it exciting to always have new dishes on the menu. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some highlights on the current menu are Saltimbocca which is a Veal Scaloppini and Prosciutto with mashed potatoes and vegetables. Brasato that is braised boneless short ribs in a Cabernet Sauvignon sauce with mashed potatoes and vegetables.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some pasta dishes on the winter menu are house-made Pappardelle with porcini mushrooms, wild mushrooms, and a Gorgonzola dolce cream sauce. Burrata Ravioli stuffed with smoked salmon and shrimp in a brandy cream sauce. For the traditionalist their Lasagna with baked pasta sheets, meat sauce, b\u00e9chamel, and layered in cheeses. Nonna\u2019s Sunday \u201csugo\u201d (traditional tomato sauce) gnocchi with diced short ribs and green peas.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sicily is renowned for its seafood and Antica Trattoria does not disappoint. The Cioppino Livornese with clams, mussels, calamari, shrimp, and the chef\u2019s choice of fish is hot and savory.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Vegetarians can enjoy the Parmigiana di Melenzane with Sicilian-style eggplant and San Marzano tomatoes layered with Parmigiano Reggiano and Mozzarella cheeses.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The name Antica means old in Italian and the inside of the restaurant is rustic, which is where the name came from. \u201cWho would think that a strip mall would have such a high-end restaurant? I\u2019m so happy that we found this restaurant. And I tried the Lasagna, which I\u2019m told is the ultimate test plate for Italian food, and it was incredible,\u201d said Sue Fickess, a guest visiting from Colorado.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Located at 5654 Lake Murray Blvd in La Mesa, call (619) 463-9919 for more information. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Go to: anticatrattoria.com\/<\/a> for the daily menu and Open Table for reservations. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

– Robin Dohrn-Simpson is a local food and travel writer. Reach her at: robindohrnsimpson.com<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sicilian cuisine celebrates the sea and the sun. The southern Italian island has been influenced over millennia by Italy, Greece, Spain, France, and various Arab countries. The cuisine highlights the use of fresh vegetables, fish, and beef and that is exactly what you will find at La Mesa\u2019s Antica Trattoria. Francesco Basile, owner, and executive […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":968,"featured_media":321656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"15437","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Sicilian cuisine celebrates the sea and the sun. The southern Italian island has been influenced over millennia by Italy, Greece, Spain, France, and various Arab countries. The cuisine highlights the use of fresh vegetables, fish, and beef and that is exactly what you will find at La Mesa\u2019s Antica Trattoria.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15437],"tags":[15589,12501,12364,12421],"class_list":["post-321654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-mesa-courier-features","tag-antica-trattoria","tag-dining","tag-food","tag-la-mesa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/968"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321654"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321663,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321654\/revisions\/321663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}