{"id":108,"date":"2008-03-08T13:33:22","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T12:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:28:33","slug":"osteria-dassisi-santa-fe-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"Osteria d&#8217;Assisi &#8211; Santa Fe, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 455px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 455\/342;vertical-align: middle; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/italian\/Images\/Assisi01.jpg\" alt=\"Osteria d'Assisi\" width=\"455\" height=\"342\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Osteria d&#8217;Assisi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Historians have characterized the discovery, exploration, and colonization of the Americas in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as having had three express purposes: glory, gold and God. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This holds true in New Mexico where Spanish Explorers may have come for glory and gold, but finding neither, stayed for God.\u00a0 Believing the large population of native peoples needed to hear the Gospel, the Spaniards established New Mexico first as a colony then as a mission.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The effort to Christianize the native peoples was led by Franciscans, known then as the Sons of St. Francis of Assisi.\u00a0 The sandal-shod Franciscans carried the Gospel throughout the Indian pueblos, indelibly imprinting Franciscan spirituality into the fabric and soul of New Mexico&#8217;s Catholicism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Evidence of their spirituality remains in the large population of Roman Catholics in New Mexico today, but also in the names given to villages throughout the state. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">One example is La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco, translated from Spanish to The Royal Village of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi, shortened to Santa Fe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In addition to being the patron saint of Santa Fe, Saint Francis is the patron saint of animals, birds and the environment, three things which many Santa Feans hold dear.\u00a0 What better name then for a restaurant than one which honors the humble patron of Santa Fe with its name.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 455px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 455\/342;vertical-align: middle; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/italian\/Images\/Assisi02.jpg\" alt=\"One of the beautiful dining rooms\" width=\"455\" height=\"342\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">One of the beautiful dining rooms<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In 1995, a restaurant named Osteria d&#8217;Assisi, was launched in a renovated home about two blocks north of the historic Santa Fe Plaza. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Fittingly, Osteria is the Italian word for a humble restaurant where wine and tasty food are served.\u00a0 Osterias are known as much for their hospitality as they are for their cuisine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The Osteria d&#8217;Assisi is renown for its regional Italian cuisine, utilizing the &#8220;Mediterranean&#8221; approach to its culinary preparation.\u00a0 This time-honored approach is marked by the use of fresh ingredients and olive oil.\u00a0 The menu includes house-made pasta, fresh seafood, veal and lamb, locally grazed beef, gourmet pizza, fresh bread baked daily and decadent desserts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The restaurant&#8217;s interior features an Italian decor amidst remnants of an old New Mexico home that includes large vigas in several of the restaurant&#8217;s dining rooms.\u00a0 Kiva style fireplaces set against colorful, multi-hued walls are another reminder that this was once a very nice home in a historic area of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The simple wooden furniture is more functional than it is comfortable.\u00a0 White linen tablecloths adorn each table while the walls of the main dining room are festooned with colorful paintings.\u00a0 A small patio, offering the feel of a country villa, is perfect for summer time dining.\u00a0 In the winter, the patio&#8217;s metal grate tables might just have an inch or two of snow on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 398px; 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font-family: Verdana;\">Each table includes a bottle of extra virgin olive oil and if you&#8217;re so inclined, a spray bottle of Trader Giotto&#8217;s Balsamic vinegar to spritz onto the olive oil or the bread.\u00a0 The marriage of olive oil and Balsamic vinegar makes for a nice bread dip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The menu&#8217;s &#8220;Minestre e Insalate&#8221; (soup and salad) section features a soup of the day as well as fresh minestrone.\u00a0 A variety of fresh salads is also available, including the <em>Mozzarella Caprese<\/em>.\u00a0 This garden-fresh salad is comprised of fresh mozzarella with tomatoes and basil garnished with baby greens in a very light vinaigrette dressing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The mozzarella is sliced thickly and laid on top of slightly green tomatoes.\u00a0 The vinaigrette enlivens the salad without overwhelming it.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a salad that evokes a spring-like feeling<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 392px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 392px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 392\/328;vertical-align: middle; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/italian\/Images\/Assisi06.jpg\" alt=\"Fetuccini with a Cajun cream sauce\" width=\"392\" height=\"328\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Fetuccini with a Cajun cream sauce<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Fresh, house-made pasta is a hallmark of great Italian restaurants and at Osteria d&#8217;Assisi, the profusion of pasta options will make it difficult to settle on an entree. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">If you&#8217;re ravenous for ravioli, there are two distinctly different ways to have it.\u00a0 The Ravioli di Zucca is a butternut squash-filled ravioli while the Ravioli di Vitello is stuffed with veal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">You might also opt out and enjoy the special of the day as I did during our inaugural visit when the featured fare was fettuccini with a creamy Cajun dressing.\u00a0 This flavorful m\u00e9lange also included green peas, shrimp and sausage with a generous sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 407px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 407\/362;margin: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/italian\/Images\/Assisi07.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza Bianca ai Funghi e Tartufo\" width=\"407\" height=\"362\" align=\"middle\" border=\"4\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Pizza Bianca ai Funghi e Tartufo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Many Cajun named entrees prepared outside Louisiana seem to focus on intense peppery heat and don&#8217;t capture the essence of true Cajun cuisine.\u00a0 The Osteria&#8217;s rendition would make a Cajun proud with a sauce that is not only pleasantly piquant, but creamy and delicious.\u00a0 Bite into each shrimp and it snaps with the unmistakable texture of freshness.\u00a0 The pork sausage is also piquant with nary a hint of fennel.\u00a0 The fettuccini is perfectly cooked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Gourmet pizza is a favorite lunchtime entree.\u00a0 Even though only three different pizzas are available on the menu, they seem to fly out of the kitchen.\u00a0 A traditional Pizza Margherita (fresh basil, mozzarella, tomato sauce) is one option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Another is the\u00a0<em>Pizza Bianca ai Funghi e Tartufo<\/em>, a pizza sans tomato sauce, but replete with assorted wild mushrooms, Fontina cheese and truffle oil.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a beautiful stone-oven-fired pizza covering most of the wooden plank on which it&#8217;s served.\u00a0 The fleshy fungi are perfectly cooked and imbue the pie with a lot of flavor while the Fontina makes it fragrant with fromage.\u00a0 The crust is light and thin with a nice char and air holes that say it&#8217;s perfectly prepared. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In 2007, John Vollertsen, writing for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafean.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Santa Fean<\/span><\/a> magazine declared Osteria d&#8217;Assisi the city&#8217;s best Italian restaurant of the year.\u00a0 &#8220;With a name like Lino Pertusini listed as the owner, you know you are getting the real McCoy when dining at this bustling downtown trattoria,&#8221; Vollertson writes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">It&#8217;s more like the real Moretti, Esposito, Parisella or Marino&#8211;as genuinely authentic as any Italian restaurant you&#8217;ll find anywhere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Osteria d&#8217;Assisi<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n58 South Federal Place<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Fe, New Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n(505) 986-5858<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 8 March 2008<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 1<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: N\/R<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: Mozzarella Caprese, Pizza Bianca ai Funghi e Tartufo, Cajun Fettuccini<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historians have characterized the discovery, exploration, and colonization of the Americas in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as having had three express purposes: glory, gold and God. This holds true in New Mexico where Spanish Explorers may have come for glory and gold, but finding neither, stayed for God.\u00a0 Believing the large population of native peoples needed to hear the Gospel, the Spaniards established New Mexico first as a colony then as a mission. The effort to Christianize the native peoples was led by Franciscans, known then as the Sons of St. Francis of Assisi.\u00a0 The sandal-shod Franciscans carried the Gospel throughout the Indian pueblos, indelibly imprinting Franciscan spirituality into the fabric and soul of New Mexico&#8217;s Catholicism. 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