Bistro Bella Vita Menu
Bistro Bella Vita offers a modern European dining experience in Grand Rapids, MI. With a focus on Italian and French cuisine, the menu features a wide variety of options, including vegan and vegetarian choices. The vibrant ambiance and attentive service create a welcoming atmosphere for diners. Customers praise the generous portions and flavorful dishes, such as the carbonara pizza and saffron risotto. The restaurant accommodates large groups and special occasions, providing private dining options. Guests enjoy the lively atmosphere, customizable cocktails, and diverse wine selection. Overall, Bistro Bella Vita is a standout choice for a romantic dinner or a gathering with friends and family. The attentive staff adds an extra touch of elegance to the dining experience, making it a memorable destination in Grand Rapids.
Appetizers
Tomato Bruschetta
Balsamie roasted tomato, onion pesto, ricotta, crostini
Mushroom Polenta
Mi mushrooms, creamy polenta, per apple pistou, sage
Salmon Bruschetta
Smoked, crostini, goat cheese crema, fresh dill pickled onion relish, fried caper
Crispy Frog Legs
Dijon aioli, shishito, red wine char siu
Calamari
Pesto marinade, marinara, garlic aioli, gremolata
Bread Course
House made focaccia, evo & herbs per person
Mussels
Fennel, caper potato, lemon, white wine, butter, herbs
Frites
Truffle oil, garlic aioli
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Feta raita, pickled onion, pedro ximenez, evo
Spicy Pork Meatballs
Sugo, herbs, pecorino
Charcuterie Plate
Italian meat, bread, appropriate garnish
Cheese Plate
Artisan cheese, bread, appropriate garnish
Maison
Greens, carrot, radish, crouton, choice of dressing
Arugula
Honey crisp apple, serrano ham, goat cheese, hazelnuts, sherry vinaigrette
Warm Winter
Parsnip, cauliflower, confit carrot, cabbage, goat cheese, walnut, maple chili vinaigrette
Baby Kale
Crispy prosciutto, herb crumb, caesar dressing, grana padano
Brisket Ribollita
White bean, cabbage, herbs
Clam Chowder
Sourdough cracker, chive
Salads & Soups
Entrées
Beef Brisket Bourguignon
Baby potato, farm vegetables, mushroom, red wine jus
Steak + Frites
Prime striploin au poivre, truffle frites, herb salad, duck gravy
Duck Two Ways
Grilled breast, confit leg, root vegetable apple hash, maple mornay
Poulet De Provence
Rotisserie roasted chicken breast & leg, brown butter 'mashed potato, seasonal vegetables, chicken jus
Saffron Risotto
Shrimp, sen scallop, mussels, black pepper sausage, green bean, red pepper, calabrian chili aioli
Green Curry Lamb
Roasted root vegetables, polenta, charmoula
Faroe Islands Salmon
Butter poached potato, brisket, broccoli, charred zucchini, crab tonnato, herbs
Risotto
Mi mushroom, truffle oil, haricot vert, pecorino vinaigrette
Pork Chop
Bacon fat sweet potato, brussels sprouts, pepperonata
Rigatoni Bolognese
Traditional northern italian meat sauce, parmesan
Mafaldine
Duck confit, mi mushroom, apple, brussels sprout, sherry, brown butter
Fusilli
Confit chicken, pecorino cream, black pepper, herbs
Bucatini Carbonara
Pork belly, haricot vert, roasted onion, pecorino, egg
Goat Cheese Ravioli
Tomato, leek, pecorino, tomato agro dolce, basil, evo
Seafood Spaghetti
Shrimp, mussels, tomato, caper, calabrian chili, coquillo olive, white wine
Parisian Gnocchi
Pork ragout, fried sage, pecorino
Housemade Pasta
Pizzas
Rustica
Italian sausage, pepperoni, mozzarella, marinara, parmesan
Calzone 'Bella Vita'
Pork belly, prosciutto cotto, pickled shishito, fresh mozzarella, smoked tomato sauce, basil, arugula salad
Formaggi
Pecorino, gorgonzola, rosemary, mozzarella, parmesan, garlic oil
Prosciutto
Prosciutto de parma, goat cheese, arugula, garlic oil, calabrian chili, mozzarella
Margherita
Ricotta, fresh mozzarella, basil, smoked tomato sauce
Fall Salad
Delicata squash, rainbow chard, pickled pepper, pepita, cranberry dressing, pecan pesto, honey sea foam
Grande Conchiglie
S&s lamb ragù, heirloom tomato, gruyère, pickled peppers
Red Snapper
Sweet potato-curry soubise, broccolini, spaghetti squash, parsnip, parsley crust
Daily Features
Beverages
Bell's Brewery Rind Over Matter
Kalamazoo, mi (%) citrus wheat ale
Waypost Esb
Fennville, mi (.%) extra special bitter (oz. can)
Coppercraft Rum
Carpano Bitter
Mommenpop Blood Orange Vermouth
Pineapple
Lime
Demerara
Beverages - Urban Jungle
Beverages - Apple Tree
Apple Jack
Rye
Lemon
Orange
Spiced Apple Syrup
Allspice Dram
Sanbitter
Grapefruit-Rosemary Demerara
Lime
Beverages - (Na)Groni
Bad + Bitter
Lavender Negroni
Gin/salers aperitif / dolin blanc / violette
Negroni Lusso
Valentine old tom gin / campari cocchi barolo chinato
Unlikely Negroni
Bols genever / pisco / gran classico / port
Negroni Bianco
Gin/suze / lillet blanc
Moscato D'asti
Soni gramella' / cantine elvio tintero / piemont//
Late Harvest Rieslino
Schlinkhaus / nohe / ger/
Pinot Cricio
Le monde / friuli / it /
Côtes-Du-Rhone Blanc (Roussanne)
Chateau du trignon / gigondas / fr/
Sauvignon Blanc
"Sincerely' / neil ellis wines / western cape / sa /
Rose
"Guilhelm' by moulin de gassac / languedoc-roussillon/fr/
Chardonnay
Calera by duckhorn wine company / central coast / ca/
Chenin Blanc
Champalou / vouvray / loire valley / fr /
Glass White
Needle And The Damage Done
Cabernet Sauvignon
Trig point / alexander valley / ca / / .l magnum plush blackberry / savory tobacco / vanilla bean / dark currant jam
Gamay Noir
Marcel lapierre / morgon / beaujolais / burgundy / fr / candied strawberry / fresh raspberry bramble /pencil lead / garden sage
Côtes-Du-Rhône
E. Guigal / rhône / fr /
Barbera D'asti
Renato ratti / piedmont / it /
Chianti Classico
"Il bastioni' / fattoria i collazzi / tuscany / it /
Pinot Noir
'Caiden's vineyards / block nine / ca/
Nebbiolo
G.d. Vajra / langhe / piedmont / it /
Cabernet + Friends
Mountain cuvée' / chappellet / sonoma + napa / ca/
“Cabernet Sauvignon”
"The left bank' / neil ellis wines /stellenbosch/sa/
Syrah
Qupé / central coast / ca/
Glass Red
Bubbles
Prosecco
'Lampo' /borgoluce / it/nv
Blanc De Blancs
"Lilyale' zero dosage / waris hubert / champagne / fr/nv
Brut
"Cuvée gregory' / michel mailliard / champagne / fr/nv
Brut Rosé
"Grand cru'/ andre clouet / champagne / fr/nv
Cabernet Sauvignon
Heitz cellars / st. Helena / napa valley / ca
Pinot Noir
'Leah vineyard / seresin estate / marlborough/nz
Order-Me-Now, Please
'Le petit clos' / clos apalta valle de colchagua cl
Syrah
Lionel faury / st. Joseph northern rhone vales fr
Bordeaux
Château lalande-borie / saint-julien / left / fr /
Zinfandel
Demostene ranch/ridge vineyards / alexander vca
The Perfect Red (Cabernet Sauvignon)
"Le clairet / broc cellars / solano county green valley ca
Barolo
Bussia' / aldo conterno / piedmont/it/
Gigondas
'Racines / les pallières / rhône valley / fr /
Barbera D'alba
Allesandro e gian natale fantino / piedmont it /
Châteauneuf-Du-Pape
Domaine de la solitude / rhône valley / fr /
Tinto, Jump On It
Porto dos cavaleiros / duoro / po /
Carignane
Demostene ranch/ridge vineyards / alexander vca
Frappato
'Ll frappato' / occhipinti / terre siciliane / it/
Red, Rogue, Rosso
Coffee
Cup
Joe
Espresso
Single
Latte
Earl Grey Crème
Jasmine Green
Citrus White
Coconut Vanilla Chai
Decaf Peppermint
Loose Leaf Tea
Just Desserts
Butterscotch Budino
Salted caramel, whipped cream, sugar cookie
Dark Chocolate Mousse
Hazelnut praline, spiced orange, caramel
Apple Tarte Tatin
Vanilla gelato, rum-soaked raisin, walnut
Tiramisu
Espresso-soaked ladyfingers, chocolate, sweet mascarpone cream
Gelato + Sorbet
Chocolate, vanilla, rotating selection, house-made sorbet
Perrin Brewing Gold
oz true pint comstock park, michigan (.%) gold ale
Bell's Two Hearted
oz true pint kalamazoo, michigan (%) american ipa
Ceo Stout
oz true pint traverse city, michigan (.%) coffee stout
Bell's Oberon
oz true pint kalamazoo, michigan (.%) wheat ale
Draft Beer
Instant Classics
White Port + Tonic
It eez what it eez
Necroni Lusso
Valentine old tom gin/barrel-aged campari cocchi barolo chinato
Retrograde
Exotico tequila / campari / luxardo maraschino lime + grapefruit / grapefruit bitters
Necroni Bianco
Gin/suze / lillet blanc
Guinness Stout
Ireland
Coors Light
Leffe Blonde
Abbaye de leffe s.a.
Malted Milk Ball
Perrin brewing oz
Miller Light
High Noon Hard Seltzer
Illinois
Vandermill Totally Roasted Cider
Michigan
Corona Extra
Mexico
Bud Light
Heineken N/A
Netherlands
Peroni
Italy
Minute I.p.a
Dogfish head
Heineken
Netherlands
Menabrea Bionda
Italy
Bells Official Hazy Ipa
Michigan
Aluminum And Glass
Bistro Cocktails
Rosy Cheeks
Tito's handmade vodka / st. Germain/ fresh lemon strawberry-rosemary shrub
Red Hot American Summer
Chili-infused mezcal / pineapple juice / house sour annamon salted rim
Bramble Jam
Gin/lime + lemon ginger beer/blackbetty puree
Barrel Aged Old Fashioned
Journeyman last feather rye / luxardo maraschino angostura + orange bitters
Falcon Punch
House-made rum blend / pineapple / orange velvet falernum/ grenadine
Modern Fashioned
Buffalo trace bourbon / cherry-black walnut bitters demerara / bruléed orange
It's Britney, Spritz
Aperitif / blueberry / levender / peppercorn lemon/brut sparkling
Pomegranate Punch
Pearl blueberry vodka / pomegranate liqueur sour / white cranberry
Plum Crazy
Pearl plum vodka / plum wine blackberry puree / white cranberry
The Pear
Grey goose pear vodka / pear puree / apple juice
Ginger & Juice
Pineapple vodka / ginger liqueur / pineapple
Bistro Blues
Raspberry vodka / blue curacao / sour / lemon lime soda
Cold Hearted
Vanilla vodka / creme de strawberry / pineapple
Prickly Pear
Exotico tequila / triple sec prickly pear purée / house sour
The Cucumber
Pearl cucumber vodka / white cranberry
Pink Lady
Citrus vodka / limoncello / prickly pear purée / house sour
Bistro Martinis
Pinot Noir
'Nevermore' / Gothic / Willamette Valley / Or /
Comstock country cherry/ hot asphalt / fried sage leaf
