Terra Cotta Pasta’s Brunch Sando of the day. Photo by Aimsel Ponti I’m a longtime Terra Cotta Pasta Co. devotee, primarily because of my obsession with the vegetable Italian (olive oil, balsamic vinaigrette, fresh mozzarella, local tomatoes, fresh basil, seasoned breaded eggplant, sweet caramelized onions, salt and pepper).
I get one of those bad boys every couple of weeks and always marvel at how delicious it is and, at $7.99, affordably priced. More often than not, I also frequently pick up a sfogliatella (flaky lemon ricotta pastry) for my neighbor and fellow Italian, Anna.
It was during a recent trip to Terra Cotta that something different in the display case caught my eye. So much so that I snapped a photo to remind myself. There, before me, was something called a Brunch Sando, priced at $8.
99. This one featured spinach, scrambled eggs, Asiago cheese, maple sage sausage, tomatoes, greens and garlic aioli on a sesame seed bagel. I was told that the daily Brunch Sando was a new offering at Terra Cotta, and in my mind, I channeled Arnold Schwarzenegger and said to myself, with conviction, “I’ll be back.
” And so it came to pass, about a week later, that I strolled into Terra Cotta as a woman on a mission. A smile accompanied my rumbling stomach upon seeing that the Brunch Sando of the day featured spinach, scrambled eggs, Asiago cheese, tomatoes, pepperoncini, bacon and chili aioli. It was if someone stood in the middle of the kitchen, waved a wand and assembled a .