Buon Anno (Happy New Year)

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As the year comes to an end, we thought we should take a look at some of the best of La Gazzeta in the past year and to talk about some Italian New Year’s Eve traditions.

Wearing red underwear is a thing, especially for couples hoping to conceive, since red is the color of fertility in Italy. Don’t worry, we won’t be conducting panty inspections at the door. Let’s call it a private tradition.

Dinner throughout the country is also loaded with tradition, with pig’s trotters (feet) or a sausage containing pig’s trotters, and a side dish of lentils being the most popular dish. The high fat content is supposed to symbolize abundance. 

You will not find pig’s trotters among our NYE specials at M’tucci’s Italian or M’tucci’s Moderno. We’re going with Duroc Pork Loin, Sea Scallops, Lobster Ravioli and Grilled Chianina Flat Iron Steaks. All of the details are listed below for each restaurant.

Dried fruit and grapes (also traditionally eaten before the stroke of midnight in Mexico) are served at the end of the meal. The grapes symbolize the will power it took to save your grapes from the fall harvest. Enjoying them will mean wisdom, wealth and frugality in the coming year. 

Another Italian tradition that you are welcome to perform is “out with the old”, which finds southern Italians tossing old pots, pans and clothes from their windows. That won’t be very dramatic if you don’t live on the 3rd floor of an apartment building.

However you choose to celebrate New Year’s Eve and the first day of 2020, we want to thank you for all of your support in 2019 and promise to bring new and interesting Italian food to you in the coming year.

We will definitely bring a new restaurant to you in February 2020, M’tucci’s Twenty-Five at I-25 & Jefferson!

Artist rendering of the bar and patio at M’tucci’s Twenty-Five opening in February 2020.

Artist rendering of the bar and patio at M’tucci’s Twenty-Five opening in February 2020.

La Gazzeta di M’tucci’s - the best of 2019

June 21 - Report from the chef’s travels in Italy https://www.mtuccis.com/lagazzeta/2019/6/21/mtuccis-in-tuscany

June 28 - Part 2 of the trip to Italy: https://www.mtuccis.com/lagazzeta/2019/6/28/mtuccis-in-italy-part-2

May 9: Ravioli - https://www.mtuccis.com/lagazzeta/2019/5/8/ravioli-queen-of-stuffed-pasta

We hope you have enjoyed our weekly journeys through Italy with M’tucci’s. 

NEW YEAR’S EVE @ M’tucci’s Moderno

The celebration runs well past the ball dropping on New Years Eve in Rio Rancho!

Food Specials

House made Lobster Ravioli, Grilled Chianina Flat Iron Steak, and Grilled Ribeye with Truffle-Artichoke Purée. 

Drink Specials 

Bubbles and Cocktail specials throughout the evening, with a sparkling toast provided to ring in the new year.

Music

RJ Perez performs in the bar from 7:30 - 9:30 

DJ D-Monic starts at 10pm and plays until 1AM.  

New Years Eve @ M’tucci’s Italian

Food Specials

Pan Seared Sea Scallops, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Grilled Artichoke Heart, Sautéed Arugula, Lemon Butter Caper Sauce 

Rosemary & Milk Braised Lamb Shank, Creamy Garlic Polenta, Sautéed Greens 

Herb Roasted Duroc Pork Loin, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus, braising sauce

Wine Specials

Mer Soleil Chardonnay 2015

Mollydooker Gigglepot Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Lucky Star Pinot 2015

We will close at our normal hours, 10:00pm. Please join the M’tucci’s family at M’tucci’s Moderno for music and might toasts!

NEWS FROM M’TUCCI’S

M’tucci’s @ Lava Rock Brewing Company

Some new menu items are now available. Stop in for Nachos, a new salad, a new pizza and eggplant parmesan.

We also have a few new beers. “WORD OF MOUTH”, A BRETT SAISON. This French Farmhouse Saison fermented for six months and comes in a 9.2% ABV with 30 IBUs. Hurry, since this is a small batch beer and supplies are limited.

Try our collaboration with Bar Uno that produced a traditional English Bitter. Not as hoppy as an IPA, nor as malt-forward as an ESB, this terrific beer says, “bet you can’t drink just one.”

Also, Ash Cloud Hazy IPA is back (5.5% ABV and 35 IBU). A juicy and fruity IPA.

A few new beers are coming. The first is an Italian lager, “Birra M’tucci’s” which will be available at LRBC, M’tucci’s Italian and M’tucci’s Moderno. Another that is in the works is a Red Ale, which will be aged in the bourbon barrel in which the M’tucci’s Maker’s Mark Private Select was aged.

Gift Certificates available. A $20 Gift Certificate can buy a 64 oz. Growler and an Happy Hour Pint!Home Delivery now available through Door Dash

There is a full schedule of bowl games next week, come in for Happy Hour and Football!

Happy Hour Menu features The Burger, a 10” Margherita or Pepperoni Green Chile Pizza, Charcuterie Boards and Wings for $7, Monday - Friday 3:00 - 6:30. $1 off all pints. You can catch your favorite team on one of our large five screens.

$5 basket of Wings all day on Sunday

Live Music at Lava Rock, we’ll have live music every Thursday from 6:00 - 8:00 and Fridays from 8:00 - 10:00.

Tonight

12/27 - BuddhaFunk

M’tucci’s Italian

Weekend Specials

Cut of the Day - 24 oz Porterhouse, Salt Water Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus and a Balsamic Reduction 

Pan Seared-Sea Scallops - Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Grilled Artichoke, Sautéed Arugula, Caper Lemon Sauce 

Ravioli - Lobster/Crab/Cream Cheese Ravioli, Sautéed Pink Shrimp, Caramelized Onion, Lobster Cream Sauce

Braise - 12oz Hand Cut Pork Chop, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus, Cherry Gastrique

M’tucci’s Moderno

Weekend Specials


Herb Roasted Pork Loin: Herb roasted and brined in house and served with a sweet potato puree and grilled broccolini 

Pairing - Mimi, Chardonnay, Washington  Fresh and soft tones of apple and citrus, subtle spice and oak.

Pan-Seared fish of the Day is Yellowtail  - Yellowtail has a mild buttery flavor with a medium texture.  Served with our garlic mashed potatoes, sautéed organic arugula, grilled artichokes, topped with our caper lemon butter sauce and smoked prosciutto powder  

Pairing - Ruffino, Sparkling Rose, Italy  Crisp bubbly texture with notes of strawberry and hints of rose petals.

Cut of the Day - hand cut bone-in Porterhouse or a Boneless Ribeye 
Grilled to perfection and served with crispy saltwater potatoes, grilled asparagus and our traditional Italian Salsa Verde  

Pairing - Tercos Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina Aromas of blackberries and black cherry, great volume and depth with a long finish of soft tannins

Live Music

Tonight 8:00: Leah Leyva

January 2 @ 7:00: Oscar Butler

January 3 @ 8:00: Melissa Rios

M’tucci’s Twenty-Five

M’TUCCI’S TWENTY-FIVE JOB FAIR + ONLINE APPLICATIONS

4949 Pan American Highway NW, Albuquerque, NM - Next to Tomasita’s - South of Jefferson

January 11 from 10:00am - 4:00pm & January 12 from Noon - 5:00pm

We are looking for highly skilled and motivated servers, kitchen staff and bartenders. You can apply for a position at any of our locations online by clicking here. Applicants should come to the job fair with a resume and should have completed the online application.

See you next week. Ciao!