Bella Milano Menu (Update 2025)
Introducing Bella Milano, a comfort food and Italian cuisine haven located at 4525 Wabash Ave, Springfield, IL. This upscale restaurant offers a wide range of options, including starters like Garlic Cheese Bread, Calamari Fritti, and Lump Crab Cakes. Their salads, such as The Milano Salad and Caesar, are fresh and delicious. Indulge in their pasta dishes like Pasta Three Way, Lasagna, and Cajun Chicken Pasta. Customers praise the efficient and friendly wait staff, making dining a pleasant experience. The food, presented consistently with great flavor, leaves a lasting impression. While the decor may need a slight update, the dishes are prepared freshly, ensuring quality. Bella Milano is a solid choice for a date night or gathering with friends, offering a varied and enjoyable dining experience.
Starters
Garlic Cheese Bread**
Bread dipped in garlic butter and topped with provel cheese and Italian herbs, served with red sauce
Calamari Fritti
Hand-breaded, flash-fried calamari rings garnished with banana peppers and served with our house made red sauce and chipotle aioli
Shrimp Di Napoli
Five jumbo, butterflied shrimp sauteed in white wine lemon butter sauce with bread crumbs, garlic, and a touch of red chili flake
Toasted Ravioli*
Our famous jumbo, hand-breaded beef ravioli served with house made meat sauce
Bruschetta Capri
Baguette baked with basil pesto and mozzarella, topped with diced tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, fresh basil, and balsamic reduction
Lump Crab Cakes
Pan-seared lump crab cakes topped with a lemon, caper, red onion aioli
Spinach Artichoke Dip
Artichokes and spinach baked with cheese and a hint of red pepepr flake, served with oven-baked asiago flat bread
The Milano Salad**
Enjoy our famous house salad on a bed of fresh lettuce, green onions, prosciutto ham, a special blend of cheese and our house made Milano dressing
Caesar**
House made caesar dressing tossed with romaine lettuce, croutons, asiago cheese and topped with anchovies
Strawberry Grilled Chicken
Grilled chicken breast with strawberries, red onions, toasted almonds and walnuts, dried cranberries and mozzarella in our house made poppy seed dressing
Soup of the Day
Our chef's specialty soup made fresh daily. Tomato Basil or Soup of the Day
Add 3 Shrimp
Add to Any Salad
Add Grilled Chicken
Add to Any Salad
Add Grilled Salmon
Add to Any Salad
Salads
Pastas
Pasta Three Way*
Spaghetti, ravioli and penne in house made meat sauce baked with provel cheese and a meatball
Lasagna
Beef and italian sausage lasagna baked in house made meat sauce, topped with provel cheese and besciamella sauce
Pasta Con Broccoli
Cheese-stuffed tortellini tossed in a creamy red sauce with mushrooms, broccoli, and a hint of red pepper and garlic
Spaghetti with Meatball
Spaghetti tossed in house made meat sauce with a homemade meatball
Creamy Garlic Angel Hair with Shrimp
Angel hair pasta tossed in a roasted garlic, rosemary cream sauce with spinach, shallots, and sauteed shrimp
Baked Mostaccioli
Penne in house made meat sauce baked with provel cheese
Tortellini*
Beef, pork and prosciutto tortellini in an asiago, butter, cream sauce with fresh mushrooms, peas, and prosciutto ham
Fettuccine Alfredo
Fettuccine served in a house made butter cream sauce with fresh asiago cheese
Cajun Chicken Pasta
Penne tossed in Cajun cream sauce with bell peppers, red onions, blackened chicken breast and lime sour cream
Add Salmon
Add to any pasta
Add 2 Meatballs
Add to any pasta
Chicken Parmigiano
Lightly breaded, flash-fried chicken breast topped with house made red sauce and provel cheese
Chicken Stasilli
Lightly breaded, flash-fried chicken breast sautéed in a white wine lemon butter sauce with garlic, fresh mushrooms, broccoli, and a hint of red pepper
Chicken Milano*
Lightly breaded, charbroiled chicken breast topped with our creamy provel cheese sauce, fresh mushrooms, and green onions
Cajun Gouda Chicken
Hand-breaded, fried chicken breast topped with a smoked Gouda Cajun cream sauce, mushrooms, roasted red bell peppers, and green onions
Citrus Honey Glazed Salmon*
Pan-seared salmon topped with a citrus, honey glaze and served on a bed of sautéed spinach
Entrees & Sandwiches
Sides
Spaghetti
with your choice of house made sauce: red sauce, meat sauce, or oil butter garlic sauce
Fettuccine Alfredo (add $2)
Waffle Fries
Sauteed Broccoli
Choose Our Hand-Tossed Crust Or Thin Crust
Bella Mediterraneo
mushrooms, artichoke hearts, minced garlic, mozzarella, house made pizza sauce, feta, basil pesto
BBQ Chicken
diced chicken, onions, cheddar, mozzarella, bbq sauce
Super
sausage, pepperoni, onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, black olives, mozzarella, house made pizza sauce
Mushroom Sherry
sherry and sage-marinated diced mushrooms, caramelized onions, asiago, provel, mozzarella, roasted tomatoes, fried spinach, feta, lime sour cream
Additional Toppings
Ham, Pepperoni, Bacon, Chicken, Spinach, Sausage, Artichoke Hearts, Black Olives, Garlic, Feta Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, Broccoli, Pineapple, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Red Onion, Anchovies, Bell Peppers
Brick Oven Pizzas
Children's Menu
Kids Fettuccine Alfredo
Kids Spaghetti & Meatball
Chicken Strips & Fries
Italian Macaroni & Cheese
Pizza - 1 Topping
Baked Italian Club
Roast beef, Italian salami, and bacon on homemade grilled garlic bread with house-made poblano cheese spread, romaine lettuce, onion, pepperoncini, tomato, and our signature Milano Dressing
Sweet Potato Cream Pasta
Penne tossed in an asiago, sweet potato, besciamella cream sauce with spinach, Italian sausage, red onion, and dried cranberries
Garlic Grilled Cheese
A blend of melted mozzarella, smoked Gouda, and cheddar cheese on grilled garlic butter sourdough. Try it with our house-made tomato basil soup!
Italian Stuffed Pepper
Lightly breaded, fried eggplant topped with house-made red sauce and provel cheese
Raspberry Blue White Fish
Lightly fried pecan-crusted white fish topped with blue cheese crumbles and house made chipotle raspberry sauce served over flash-fried spinach with crispy prosciutto ham