Lazy weekend brunch with live jazz

La Tomate perks up its weekend brunch with live jazz, coming soon! Call (202)-667-5505 for details.

Come try our special 100 lb. mortadella

Just in, flown on special order from Italy…a one-hundred pound mortadella! Mortadella is a traditional sausage from Bologna, used as a charcuterie meat. We will be serving it sliced (by hand of, course) or cubed a. A bowl of mixed olives or a platter of assorted cheeses from our Prosciutto Bar is a perfect match to this smooth flavored Bolognese delight. Interestingly enough, it seems Medieval poet and write Giovanni Boccaccio shared our predilection. In writing his “Decameron”, he cites a coveted meat product called “mortadello”.

Call, Pick up and Serve…

Last minute decisions on what to do for your catering needs? No worries, La Tomate’s Prosciutto Bar has the answer. Just call (202)-667-5505 and we will prepare a platter of imported Italian charcuterie, sliced with our state-of-the-art hand slicer. Individual or mixed platters of fine cured meats and cheeses available.

Lunch On The Go? Try our “Paninis”!

A selection of sandwiches made with imported Italian charcuterie, hand-sliced to order and available for take-away daily. (from 11:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m)

Cocktails

Enjoy a cocktail or an “Aperitivo” between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. daily accompanied w/ complimentary noshes. Our bartenders serve-up a fine selection of wines by the glass, domestic and imported beers, traditional cocktails as well as Italian aperitivo classics like the Americano. Created in Italy in the 1920?s, and even with its purely Italian ingredients (Vermouth and Campari), this cocktail was ironically dubbed “Americano”, perhaps in jest of of the Americanization frenzy in Europe at that time.Cocktail aficionados will also enjoy our Negroni Sbagliato (which literally translates to “Incorrect Negoni”). This Milanese classic invented in the city’s historic Bar Basso in the 1960s rivals its Florentine precursor, the Negroni, offering a lighter alternative to the original recipe’s call for gin with sparkling wine.

Cin Cin…!