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the restaurant’s famous Tetrazzini—in
both chicken and seafood varieties.
Porta Bella also offers its signature New
York Strip, which can be pepper crusted
and topped with a creamy Gorgonzola
or Marsala sauce. The restaurant is
well known for seafood, especially its
Maryland Blue Crab Stuffed Shrimp,
stuffed with green peppers, onions and
spices, and served over a bed of spinach
fettuccine with a white wine clam sauce.
Porta Bella’s famous thin crust pizza
is also a favorite, especially in the
summer time at a comfortable table in
the courtyard with a glass of red. The
Chicken Florentino pizza is a perennial
favorite, featuring chicken breast,
bacon, tomatoes, spinach, and feta and
mozzarella cheeses.
“We are continually voted Madison’s most
romantic restaurant, and we are proud to
be home to more first dates, anniversary
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dinners, and special occasions than
anywhere,” Ed says. “We’re looking
forward to many more years.”
Jeanne Carpenter is a
former farm girl turned
freelance food writer,
living in Oregon, Wisconsin.

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