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Girasole Italian Cuisine - The Plains, VA

Girasole

Authentic Regional Italian Cusine

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Pantry

Take our pantry home with you! We are now offering local, imported, and house made specialties for you to purchase and use in your own home. Order individually or in a gift basket for yourself, a friend, or loved one. Because nothing beats the gift of good food.

    • For Your Pantry

    • Candied Green Walnuts in Syrup

      $13

      4.4oz Candied green walnuts marry beautifully with both savory and sweet dishes. Excellent as a topping for desserts or as an accompaniment for hard cheeses. Use in place of candied chestnuts as an accompaniment to roast pork or duck.

    • Morello Amarene Cherries

      $17

      11.8oz Wild cherries preserved in a rich syrup from Le Marche, Italy. A sumptuous topping or ingredient for desserts and cocktails. Mix in fruit salads or use as a topping for ice cream, panna cotta, or cheesecake. Swirl into yogurt and top with granola. Mix into a cake batter for a stunning dessert studded with cherries.

    • Fabbri Amarene Cherries

      $28

      22oz Decorative ceramic jar

    • Organic Mostagro Balsamic

      $24

      100mL A style of balsamic produced from Barbera grapes and aged 1 year in wood. Lots of body and nuance, packaged in a wonderful, individually numbered gift box with a leather tie. It is ideal for sophisticated and intense vinaigrettes, grilled vegetables, and is perfect on red meats, turnips and cabbage soups.

    • Extra virgin olive oil for cooking

      $35

      1 gallon

    • Imported Olive Oils avaialable for purchase individually or in a gift box of three

    • ColleMassari IGP Organic Extra virgin olive oil, Tuscany

      $33

      500mL Elegantly spicy and fruity, with hints of bitter greens, aromatic wild herbs, and the pronounced flavor of artichoke. Gold medalist at the World Olive Oil Competition.

    • Crudo Extra virgin olive oil, Puglia

      $30

      500 mL Robust oil made from Ogliarola olives. Flavors of artichoke heart and fresh olive, as well as a long lasting, pleasurable bitterness. Gold medalist at the New York International Competition. 

    • Meliddu Biodynamic Extra virgin olive oil, Sardinia

      $38

      750mL Intensely fruity with a spicy finish, mild.

    • Nocellara Cutrera Extra virgin olive oil, Sicily

      $33

      500mL Medium intensity made from Nocellara del Belice olives. Herbaceous aromas, green olive flavor, and a persistent spiciness. Gold medalist at the New York and Los Angeles International Competitions. 

    • Poggio Lamentano Extra virgin olive oil, Tuscany

      $42

      750mL Organically farmed estate with beautiful views over the Tyrrhenian Sea and the islands of Elba, Capraia and Gorgona. The oil is brightly colored, with vibrant, complex, lemony-nutty flavors and peppery, rocket-like aftertaste.

    • Viride Extra virgin olive oil, Tuscany

      $30

      500mL Full bodied, rich olive oil made from blending three olive varietals: Frantoio, Moraiolo, and Leccino, all grown organically in Tuscany.

    • For your refrigerator or freezer

    • Sprecher Craft soda (root beer, cream soda, cherry cola), Blenheim Ginger Ale

      $4.5 btl
    • Loaf of our house made bread

      $9

      Enjoy immediately or freeze and re-heat in the oven.

    • Hombre organic butter

      $9

      8oz, 83% butterfat, unsalted. Made using fresh cream from this bio-dynamic farm located in Modena.

    • Whiffletree Farm eggs

      $3.00

      One half dozen.

    • True Farms hydroponic arugula

      $10

      Enough for 2 salads.

    • House smoked salmon

      $30 per lb

      Thinly sliced

    • Pecorino Fiore Sardo DOP

      $18 per lb

      A rustic aged sheep’s milk cheese from Sardinia produced since the bronze age. Smoked by burning the bark of a gnarly looking cork tree. The flavor is powerful and distinctive with an amazing texture

    • Parmigiano Reggiano aged 30+ months

      $26 per lb

      Made using organic raw cow’s milk. The farm, located in Modena, grows the cow’s entire diet within the farm using organic agriculture. It’s longer ageing accentuates the crunch,deepens, sharpens the flavors, and makes this one of the world’s greatest tables cheeses. Ideal after a meal, pair with powerful wines to stand up to its flavors.

    • House made marinara

      $15

      Made with DOC San Marzano tomatoes. Quart size.

    • House made fettucine or chitarrini

      $20

      4 nests. Serve 3-4 people.

    • Half tray lasagna

      $125

      Serves 8. Available as a traditional meat lasagna, eggplant and goat cheese lasagna, or local mushroom lasagna.  Must be pre-ordered at least 4 days in advance.

    • Whiffletree Farm whole organic chicken

      $5 per lb

      Organic whole chicken, around 3 lb’s.

    • Guanciale

      $16 per lb

      Cured pork jowl eaten as charcuterie, but most often used in Italy’s most famous pasta dishes such as carbonara and amatriciana. More delicate texture and stronger flavor than pancetta. Thinly sliced.

    • Local, organic porterhouse steak

      $32 per lb
    • Pancetta

      $14 per lb

      Salt cured pork belly eaten as charcuterie, but more commonly used with pasta, on pizza, or cooked with soups. Thinly sliced.

    • Prosciutto di San Daniele ‘Black Label’

      $30 per lb

      Renowned throughout the world for its smoothness on the palate, fragrance, sweet taste, and leanness. San Daniele’s Black Label is air-dried and cured for over 16 months. Thinly sliced.

    • Speck

      $22 per lb

      Dry-cured, lightly smoked pork shoulder from northern Italy. Thinly sliced.

    • Pantry Desserts

    • House made gelato

      $10.50 – $18.50

      Vanilla, chocolate, or pistachio.  $10.50 for 8oz container, $18.50 for pint container

    • Must be 21 or older

    • Cocktails a Casa Tua

      $95

      Includes a bottle of Contratto vermouth Bianco, Adami Prosecco, Blenheim ginger ale, suggested cocktail recipes and garnishes packed in a re-useable cotton bag. Relax in place with our at home cocktail kit. 

    • Wine gift boxes

      $90+

      3 bottles of wine with retail pricing gift wrapped based on your price range, starting at $90. Make your own selection or ask Lydia for her recommendations.

    • Three vintages of the famed wine producer Giacomo Conterno’s Barbera d’Alba

      $195

      “The wines produced by Giovanni Conterno are monuments to Nebbiolo as well as to the glory of the Piedmont.” Robert Parker

    • Lydia’s favorite Barolo’s

      $250
    • Lydia’s favorite Brunello’s

      $250
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Aug 3

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Our locally grown, heirloom tomatoes are at peak ripeness! Served with a classic Piedmontese tonnato sauce. We open at 4:30. A presto!
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Jul 27

Open
From our garden to your plate, because seasonality is fundamental.

House made chitarrine with a purée of parsley, stalks and all, with sweet cruschi peppers. We open at 4:30.
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Jul 21

Open
On our featured specials tonight!  We are open for dinner, enjoy the last of this week’s featured specials before they change tomorrow. 
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📸 Halibut pan sautéed, over fennel, zucchini, and olives

📸 Baccalà mantecato, Venetian style cod whipped with olive oil and herbs until light and creamy, over heirloom polenta
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Jul 20

Open
We will see you tomorrow, Thursday, for our regular dinner service. 

Make sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter so you don’t miss out on any more Girasole happenings! Head to our website (link in bio) and scroll down to the bottom of the page to sign up.
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Jul 14

Open
Cobbler season!
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Jul 7

Open
Beautiful and delicious! Our negroni bianco, made with Tanqueray, Vergano chinato moscato, and Cocchi americano is available tonight. 

Come and enjoy the breeze on our patio, we open at 4:30.
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Jun 29

Open
Squash blossoms tempura, stuffed with ricotta and sun-dried tomato. In a very limited supply from our garden. 

We are open Wednesday through Sunday from 4:30 - 8:30pm.
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Jun 23

Open
Thanks to our generator, we have power! We will be open tonight for our regular dinner service at 4:30pm. 

That being said, our internet and phone lines are currently down, so if you would like to dine with us this evening, just stop in! 

Photographed before the storm yesterday is our melon and arugula salad with a mint dressing. Inspired by an ancient Roman recipe and available on our specials tonight!
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Jun 15

Open
We open at 4:30!

📸: Squab pan sautéed and served over frico, a crispy potato and Montasio cheese pancake traditional to the Alps
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Jun 9

Open
Off-menu, off-featured specials special! 

📸 Mint pappardelle with Morel mushrooms
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Jun 5

Open
Not just wine! 

Right now we have a great selection of German beers, including a Düsseldorfer Altbier, a Bavarian Helles lager, a classic Dunkel, and a Berliner Weisse. All perfect on a hot day!

📸 Professor Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse: In 1809, Napoleon and his troops identified Berliner Weisse as the champagne of the north! 1809 is a traditional interpretation of the Berliner style wheat beer that is refreshing and complex, delicately fruity, and subtly sour.
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Jun 1

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Shrimp preserved with vinegar and onions, served with pine nuts and raisins over heirloom polenta. A dish that is emblematic of Venetian cuisine and of its maritime culture and trading history. 

Fish and vegetables preserved this way are called saor, or flavor in Venetian dialect, a befitting name for a dish that grows more flavorful the longer it sits.

📸 Shrimp in saor over locally milled, heirloom polenta, currently on our featured specials menu
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Girasole Italian Cuisine - The Plains, VA

(540) 253-5501
4244 Loudoun Avenue
The Plains, VA 20198
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Monday & Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday – Sunday: 4:30pm with the last seating at 8:30pm

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