Pizzeria Ortica
650 Anton Boulevard, Suite J
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 
Phone: 714.445.4900
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Lunch $20 / Dinner $30

Lunch $20

First Course
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Arugula, radicchio, endive, apples, Gorgonzola, candied walnuts

Braised Mary’s chicken and pork meatballs
marinara, garlic crostino

Second Course
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Margherita
Crushed San Marzano tomatoes, mozzarella, basil
 
Meatball panino
Mary’s chicken meat balls, burrata cheese, pickles

Stracchino and burrata ravioli
tomato conserva, basil, garlic

Dessert

Mascarpone gelato
guava pate di frutta

No substitutions

Dinner $30

First Course
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Arugula, radicchio, endive, apples, Gorgonzola, candied walnuts

Braised Mary’s chicken and pork meatballs
marinara, garlic crostino

Second Course
-Select One-

Pizza
Cotechino sausage, cavolo nero, smoked mozza- rella, green onions

Stracchino and burrata ravioli
tomato conserva, basil, garlic

Local Black Cod in Cartoccio
Chanterelles, rosemary, sun chokes

Dessert
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Mascarpone gelato
guava pate di frutta

Babà al rhum
Rum soaked brioche

Tiramisu Espresso
rum soaked lady fingers, sweet mascarpone

No substitutions

Chef Justin Miller

 
Question: How long have you been a chef?
Answer: I started culinary school in 2003.  And I have been working in the kitchen full time since then.

Question: How long have you been at this restaurant?
Answer: It will be 3 years in January.  I took over as executive chef in march 2010

Question: What do you enjoy most about your profession?
Answer: I've always been a pyro.  I think working with fire is pretty fun. I also love our all wood pizza oven. We cook 90% of our products in that one oven. The dry hot heat is fun to cook with.

Question: When you’re not in the kitchen what are you doing?
Answer: Surfing, drinking good beer, making beer at home, hanging out with good friends.

Question: What is your most popular dish?
Answer: Margarita pizza. The most simple and traditional thing that we have to offer.

Question: Your last meal on Earth would be??
Answer: Corn beef and cabbage.  I absolutely love this simple old dish. I think that it is the Irish in me.