Frankies 457 Spuntino menu: choose your pasta

Frankies 457 Spuntino menu examples

Selected examples from SeEat’s 54-entry September 10, 2026 capture. The official linked food PDF reviewed September 30 is labeled August 2026. This is a dated preview, not a guarantee of current specials or availability.

Three pasta directions to compare

Choose by the named sauce and accompaniment, not a best-dish ranking.

A sausage-and-butter direction

Cavatelli with Hot Sausage

The menu pairs cavatelli with hot sausage and browned sage butter. Compare that combination with Linguine with Spicy Crab Marinara for a seafood-and-tomato direction. Both names mention heat, but the menu gives no comparable intensity rating.

Filled pasta with a broth accompaniment

Sweet Potato Ravioli

The named combination is sweet potato ravioli in Parmesan broth. Compare with Gnocchi Marinara with Fresh Ricotta if tomato is the direction you want. Broth does not mean dairy-free: Parmesan is cheese.

A lamb sauce rather than sausage

Pappardelle with Lamb Ragu

Choose the lamb direction deliberately; Mafalda with Pork Sugo is a separate pork choice. Pasta names alone do not identify the meat. Read the full dish before adding another meat-based course.

AI reference images · not photographs of the restaurant’s actual dishes

Read the whole format and ingredient list

Several ingredients recur in different dishes; that does not make the formats interchangeable.

1. 01

   Distinguish main from sandwich

   Meatballs with Pine Nuts & Raisins is a classics entry; Meatball Parmigiana sits under sandwiches. Eggplant Marinara also has a separate sandwich with Pecorino. Say which format you mean rather than order only the shared ingredient.

2. 02

   Look for the smaller named ingredients

   Meatballs explicitly name pine nuts and raisins; radishes name anchovy vinaigrette. These details affect preference and questions about ingredients. Do not infer the sandwich meatballs have an identical recipe without confirmation.

3. 03

   Decide whether the polenta is already included

   Sweet Sausage and Tomato Braised Short Rib list polenta. Hot Pine Nut Polenta is separately listed among antipasti. Compare the included accompaniment before adding another polenta dish; quantities still need staff confirmation.

Menu words that change the choice

Crostini

The menu’s bread-based appetizer category. Ricotta & Honey and Tuna & Roasted Red Pepper are separate topping directions.

Salumi

Cured-meat choices, separate from the pasta section and from the mixed antipasto tasting.

Marinara and Parmesan broth

These named accompaniments distinguish tomato-direction gnocchi from the ravioli broth. They do not establish every other ingredient.

Cold Sliced Ribeye

The menu explicitly says cold. Do not assume this entry is a hot steak with separately listed sides.

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