envy lounge

55-57 north pearl st / albany, ny 12207 694-ENVY (3689) / www.envyalbany.com

welcome to lunch at envy lounge

• soup du jour_____________________________________________ 7.50

• create your own 3 egg frittata- you may include red and yellow peppers, spinach, mushrooms, chorizo and cheddar, asiago or gruyere cheeses, served with a side salad of mixed greens__________________________________________________ 9.50

• grilled cheese of the day- classic croquet monsieur, gruyere and lean ham layered between two slices of crustless bread, dipped in egg batter and fried in butter, served with side salad and fresh fruit_______________________________________________11.50

• house made bbq pork sandwich topped with coleslaw and hand spun yukon gold potato chips__________________________________________________ 11.50

• premium slow roasted roast beef with warm brie, horseradish mayonnaise on a french baguette, au jus and a side salad of mixed greens_________________________12.00

• beef tips diane, served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables_______ 13.00

• tandoori chicken and rice served with spicy aioli and an arugula salad__________ 13.50

• chorizo steamers with butter, jonah crab claws and garlicky toast______________14.00

• hand spun yukon gold potato chips with malt vinegar____________________ 4.00

• mixed green salad with parmesan vinaigrette__________________________7.00

• tobacco onions___________________________________________6-00

• spicy crab dip served with warm pita bread___________________________ 9.00

executive chef, james derners

"kindly note: parties of 6 or more are subject to 20% gratuity

small plates, starters, amuses

•soup du jour___________________________________________________8

•house salad      _________________________________________________7

•a composed salad of butter lettuce, lightly fried goat cheese, caramelized bosc pears, almonds, and bing cherry sauce_________________________________________________9

•wrinkled fingerling potatoes - spicy garlic aioli_______________________________7

•crab and tuna_________________________________________________ 13 blackened eastern shore crab with rare tuna and creamed salsify tagliatelle en frico

•duck confit and baked brie__________________________________________12 wrapped in puff pastry with apricot nappage, toasted almonds and toasted baguette

•envy's own fish and chips_____________________________________________ 13 lightly fried sea bass, lotus root potato chips, malt vinegar, and horseradish remoulade

•ham and cheddar hushpuppies with spicy garlic aioli__________________________ 9

•crab fondue with toasted french baguette_________________________________ 13

•bbq shrimp______________________________________________________ 12 jumbo shrimp stuffed with fresh buffalo mozzarella wrapped with pancetta

•buffalo legs___________________________________________________9 buffalo style frog's legs with blue cheese sauce and vegetables

•jumbo shrimp cocktail, horseradish cream and spicy chili sauce_____________________15

•fried chicken drummettes with spicy honey parmesan and petite salad________________ 10

•pan seared scallops______________________________________________ 13 basil whipped potatoes, confetti sweet potatoes, white truffle oil and lavender honey

•scallop filled penne pasta___________________________________________9 basil sherry cream and white truffle oil

•chorizo steamers and jumbo shrimp with garlicky bread_____________________ mkt. price

•seared veal sweetbreads, creamed gnocchi with veal jus and white truffle oil_____________ 12

•escargot with garlic cream and red wine herb reduction, toast points_________________ 9

•new school macaroni and cheese                         ______________________________15
butter poached lobster with manchego and mascarpone cheese, aged sherry and elbow macaroni

main plates

entrees include char grilled seasonal vegetables

• duet of quail: mushroom risotto and sweetbread stuffed and one undressed with goat cheese and
chorizo grits, game jus___                               .._.._______________________________32

•basil encrusted salmon with scallop filled penne and a white truffle salsify beurre blanc ______29

•braised lamb shanks with three cheese risotto_______________________________28 apricot nappage and veal reduction

•on the bone - 20 oz of usda prime, slow roasted prime rib-eye, spicy sausage popover, tobacco onions, horseradish cream, au jus, and pepper melange_______________________________40

•pan seared scallops______________________________________________ 32

basil whipped potatoes, confetti sweet potatoes, white truffle oil and lavender honey

•envy's mixed grille - rack of lamb, spicy Italian sausage, scallops, clams and thyme scented

spatzel___________;____________________________________________ 30

•bronzed wild caught sea bass with crispy parmesan gnocchi, creamed spinach and sauce of brown butter, lemon shallots_______________________________________________ 34

•7 oz. roast tenderloin of beef with root vegetable and lobster mashed potatoes, mushroom demi     35

•vegetarian lasagna, grilled vegetables, pink bechamel, and three cheeses_______________ 24

•blackened grilled shrimp above a tower of tempura eggplant, beefsteak tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, mushrooms and aged balsamic with Chinese spinach____________________________28