Food and Menus

DINNER MENU

All entrees served with a salad, La Panciata dinner bread, dessert, coffee and tea.

SALADS

Mixed Green Salad with Italian dressing

Spinach salad
Spinach, red onion, crushed walnuts, feta, and dried cranberries with homemade maple roasted garlic balsamic vinaigrette.

DINNERS

Chicken Divan
Boneless chicken breasts, fresh broccoli, cream of chicken and cream of celery soup, curry mayonnaise, grated cheddar cheese, herbed bread crumbs. Baked and served with a side of rice, fresh vegetable and cranberry sauce. (student group favorite)

Vegetable Divan
Mixed steamed vegetables topped with cream of celery and/or mushroom soups, curry mayonnaise, grated cheddar cheese, herbed bread crumbs. Baked and served with a side of rice, fresh vegetable and cranberry sauce.

Nita's Herbed Chicken
Boneless chicken breast breaded, topped with white wine, onion, butter and parsley sauce. Baked and served with a side of rice, fresh vegetable and cranberry sauce. (most popular chicken dish)

Chicken Parmesan
Breaded boneless chicken breasts, baked in marinara sauce, topped with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Served with a side of pesto pasta mixed with vegetables.

Vermont Black Angus Beef
Sliced Sirloin au Jus served with twice-baked potato and fresh vegetable.

Pork Tenderloin
Tenderloin tips sautéed with mushrooms and onions, in a light white wine, parsley cream sauce served with rice and fresh vegetable.

Roasted Pork Tenderloin
With a cherry reduction sauce. Served with wild rice and ginger-parsley carrots.

Baked Salmon
Salmon filet baked with a lemon-dill sauce. Served with a side of red potatoes with fresh parsley and fresh vegetable.

Manicotti
Ricotta cheese mixed with ground beef, mozzarella, Parmesan, oregano and basil, rolled in fresh egg pasta sheet. Baked in marinara sauce and topped with grated Parmesan. Vegetarian version would replace ground beef with steamed broccoli or spinach.

Chicken and Vegetarian Burritos
make your own/ buffet style for smaller groups – Flour tortillas, Tacos, fried burger, sautéed chicken, mixed vegetables, black beans, refried beans, corn, Guacamole, cheddar cheese, sour cream and Green Mountain Gringo salsa. Served with a side of rice.

Eggplant Parmesan
Sliced eggplant breaded and grilled then baked in layers of sauce and mozzarella cheese. Served with a side of pesto pasta with mixed vegetables.

Lasagna
Layers of pasta, marinara sauce and a blend of ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses with either mixed vegetables or beef. We also offer the vegetable lasagna with a side sausage marinara sauce.

Chicken and Veggie Stir-fry
Usually a buffet situation for smaller groups (15-25) with mixed veggies in a sweetginger, orange, tamari sauce, sautéed chicken, sautéed pork or beef, fried tofu, tempeh, whole grain rice.

BBQ
Huge buffet of burgers, dogs, sausage, veggie burgers, BBQ chicken breast, roasted potatoes, green salad, fruit salad, pasta salad, chips various other sides.

DESSERTS

Apple Crisp
Maple syrup sweetened tangy/tart apples from local orchards under a yummy crisp served with vanilla ice cream

Mud Pie
Coffee ice cream in a chocolate cookie crust topped with warmed chocolate sauce topped and whipped cream

Raspberry Mud Pie
All the above with frozen raspberries on top. (Pierce's Inn favorite)

Lemon Cake
Tangy moist lemon cake with a sweet lemon glaze (recipe from Silver Palate Cookbook)

Tiple Chocolate Brownie
Served with ice cream and chocolate sauce and whipped cream. (chocolate lovers will not be disappointed!)

Chocolate Cake
With vanilla or chocolate frosting, served with ice cream

Tiramisu
Early '90s Italian hit making a comeback! Mascarpone cheese custard filling on lady fingers with rum, espresso, dark chocolate shavings.

Angel Food Cake
With vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce

Strawberry Short cake
Plenty of whipped cream and strawberries on a moist yellow cake (seasonal)

Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp
This is the best flavor that the Creator put on this earth! Nothing touches the sweet and sour pleasure of Strawberry-Rhubarb sweetened with a little VT maple syrup. Served with vanilla ice cream (seasonal)

Assorted Sorbets
Served with chocolate wafers

LUNCH MENU

All lunches are served with a homemade soup and a bountiful salad bar with homemade dressings! Additional side goodies include but are not limited to homemade pickles, hard boiled eggs, potato chips. All fruits and vegetables are fresh and we procure locally grown produce whenever possible.

HOMEMADE SOUPS

Tomato Basil
Butternut squash
Red Lentl
Corn Chowder
Thai Corn Chowder with coconut, ginger and curry
Clam Chowder

QUICHE

Bacon and spinach
Ham and broccoli
Mixed vegetable (usually squash, zucchini, onion and red pepper)
Cream cheese and green chili peppers
Green pepper, mushroom and zucchini
Tomato

Quiche is served with Panciatta bread.

SALAD

Asian Chicken Salad
Bow-tie pasta, marinated boneless chicken breast, spinach leaves, bean sprouts, red pepper, and scallions, topped with a sweet and tangy red
wine vinegar and maple ginger orange vinaigrette dressing.

Assorted Sandwiches and Soup
Grilled cheese, grilled ham and cheese, tuna and egg salad. Cold cuts available as well.

Chicken Caesar Salad
Caesar Marinated Chicken, Romaine lettuce, croutons, mix of Parmesan and Romano cheeses and creamy Caesar dressing.

Sesame Noodles and Baked Lemon-Rosemary Tofu
Somen noodles with tamari, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil and pan roasted sesame seeds topped with
vegetables with a side of baked lemon-rosemary tofu.

Bruce's World famous Pierce's Inn Chili
Top secret moderately spicy beef and/ or vegetarian chili. Served with cheese and sour cream as needed, as well as homemade maple corn bread.

Orzo Salad with Feta and Roasted Vegetables
Orzo with red and yellow peppers, eggplant, red onion, garlic, basil and pine nuts with a lemon sauce. Served warm.

Baked Tufu with Rosemary Marinade
Sliced tofu baked in Rosemary, lemon, balsamic and tamari sauce dressing. Served with long grain rice.

Napa Valley ColesSlaw
Cabbage, shaved almonds, radish scallions, and cilantro with creamy soy ginger cayenne pepper sauce.

Guacamole Salad
Ina Garten's famous spicy lime flavored guac salad with blackbeans, red onion and lots of avocado.

LUNCH DESSERTS

Triple Brownie Sundae
Served with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream. Chocolate lovers fantasy dessert!

Raspberry Mud Pie
Famous Chocolate wafer crust with coffee ice cream and frozen raspberries covered in chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

Mud Pie
Crushed Oreo cookie crust with coffee ice cream covered in chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

Apple Crisp
Ever popular. Served with vanilla ice cream

Lemon Cake
Served with lemon glaze. No shortage of lemon flavor here, many fresh lemons squeezed and zested go into this cake!

Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
Outrageously tasty but seasonal. Served with vanilla ice cream.

Various sorbets
Served with chocolate cookies