Pazzaluna at 360 St. Peter Street Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 Phone: 651-223-7000 is one of the St. Paul restaurants that has many extras – outdoor dining, weather permitting, a special chef’s table, with a special menu. They are open seven days a week, the bar from 4 PM, the restaurant from 5 PM. Do make reservations and try to do it before the day you plan on coming. The style is dressy/casual.
The menu starts off with items such as marinated butterfly shrimp for $14.50, Ahi tuna salad for $16.50 or fried calamari for $16.00. Pazzaluna is one of the St. Paul restaurants where you can find some unique kinds of pizza such as Chicken and grilled asparagus for $12.00 or honey roasted chicken for $12.00. Soup can be a choice like tomato water soup for $8.50 and salads like a traditional Caesar for $7.50 or an Arugula salad with port win vinaigrette for $9.00.
The pasta choices at Pazzaluna include linguini with clams, shrimp, scallops and spec for $21.50 and lobster stuffed tortelloni for $28.00. For the main course, you can choose from items such as cumin dusted Ahi tuna for $29.00, whole rack of lamb for $32.25 and organic king salmon for $25.00.
You can top off your meal at Pazzaluna with choices from the dessert menu like strawberries, blueberries and raspberries with creme anglaise for $8.25, chocolate souffle cake for $8.25 or tiramisu for $7.75 and after dinner drinks such as espresso for $3.50, double espresso for $4.75, cappuccino for $4.75, double cappuccino for $5.95, caffe latte for $4.76 or choose from a selection of single malts, single batch bourbon, cordials, armagnac or cognac.
Pazzaluna also has a large selection of imported and domestic wines, imported and domestic beers, 8 different martinis for $8.75 each and a choice of 4 special cocktails for $8.00 each.
The bar at Pazzaluna has happy hour Monday to Friday 4 to 6 and 9 to 10 with ½ price Tap beers, select wines by the glass and Ketel One Martinis, Cosmos and Margherita Pizza.
Notes on Pazzaluna. Pazzaluna is one of the St. Paul restaurants that is downtown, with plenty of parking available. The menu has a good variety of dishes. Many of the salads and pasta dishes would be fine for a vegetarian, and the menu does change to allow for seasonal dishes. It is one of the largest of the St. Paul restaurants with seating for 450, but even so do make reservations. The wait time is not usually long, but they do get large parties and that can take up room very fast. Of course, the bar does make any wait time a pleasant experience. As for the quality of the food, the chef is a gold medal award winner in world class cooking competitions. If you want a real special time, inquire about having dinner at the chef’s table. It will cost a bit more, but it is a once in a lifetime chance to have the most unique dinner ever.
