Brugos Italian Bistro

Comfort Food Appetizers

• Hot Wings

  With our own spicy sauce, or ask for ultra-hot if you dare!

• BBQ Wings

  Our special BBQ Sauce. Ask around, it's hard to beat our wings!

• My Sister Maria's Flash Fried Zucchini

  Family Red Sauce. Flash fried zucchini sits over a bed of red sauce, fresh basil, and Gorgonzola cream

• Homemade Cheesy Breadsticks

  Generous portions of our soft & cheesy breadsticks we all love! (These take time to bake)

• Chrissy's Garlic Bread

  Simple. French bread toasted, real butter, roasted garlic, fresh basil, imported Parmesan

• Meatballs & Sauce

  Our family sauce made with good red wine, our delicious meatballs, imported Parmesan

Simple Appetizers/Small Plates

• Italian Meatball Sliders

  Delicious meatballs, family sauce, basil, arugula, imported parmesan on our fresh toasted bread

• Buttermilk Calamari

  Homemade with our original fresh Lemon and Orange Aioli. All rings because you asked!

• Caprese a la Familia & French Bread

  I grew up with this! Roma tomato slices, fresh basil, fresh Buffalo Mozzarella. Our famous Aunt Ida's Balsamic and olive oil drizzle. Bella! Comfort food at it's best!

• Chicken Diavolos

  Boneless little chicken bites, lightly breaded, infused with red pepper oil. Served with our homemade smoky buttermilk dressing

• Antica Anti Pasto Plate

  Sliced Genoa salami, pepperoni, capicolla, mozzarella, olives, roasted garlic, basil, touch of fresh pesto, tomatoes with basil finish. (No bread)

• Homemade Italian Panzanella

  A wonderful Italian peasant food I grew up with! Italian croutons mixed with our very own label, Aunt Ida's balsamic, EVOO olive oil, fresh tomatoes, basil, thin purple onion, imported parmesan, all mixed together and served with fresh cucumber slices. Made to order. Bella

Salads

All made with fresh spring mix & crunchy iceberg greens. Custom made for you each and every time! Regular is meal size

• The Anti Pasto Salad

  Salami, pepperoni, capicolla, roma tomatoes, olives, onions, and mozzarella

• Our Julius Caesar Salad

  Homemade delicious dressing, fresh romaine, hand cut tomatoes, the most expensive parmesan, mild roasted garlic. Bella. Add Chicken for an additional charge

• Gorgonzola Chicken Salad

  Tender grilled white chicken, fresh pesto, roasted garlic, roma tomatoes, purple onions, black olives, mozzarella, and dressed lightly with gorgonzola crumbles

• Mom's Spinach Salad

  Her famous, slightly sweet dressing recipe is what makes this salad delicious! Fresh spinach, bacon, tomatoes, fresh onion, croutons, crunchy walnuts, orange slice

• The Black Mountain Salad

  Roma tomatoes, cheddar cheese, fresh bacon, French fried shoestring onions, BBQ sauce drizzle, fresh cucumbers. Our homemade smoky ranch dressing. Add: Calamari / Chicken for an additional charge

• Nick's Chicken Club Salad

  Fresh Greens with grilled chopped white chicken, fresh bacon, cheddar cheese, asiago cheese, hand cut tomatoes, thin sliced onions

• Fresh Green Dinner Salad

  Greens. Sliced purple onions, Roma tomatoes, roasted cashews, croutons

Homemade Dressings for Your Salad

• Aunt Ida's Sweet Spicy Italian

  Local favorite!

• Buttermilk Ranch

• Family Caesar

• Creamy Sharp Pesto

• Aunt Idas' Balsamic & Olive Oil

  with Our House Roasted Garlic

Gourmet Pizzas

Personal 10", Medium 12"(for 2), Giant 16"(for 4). Gluten Free Available in Personal size only. Additional Charge. These are handmade, hand rolled pizzas. In fact your pizza is not a pizza until you order it! Then we start rolling! No shortcuts or microwaves here! Real food takes time!

• Chicken Club

  Chicken breast, bacon, red onions, roma tomatoes, and cheddar cheese with house roasted garlic white sauce

• The Big Combo (Over 4 Pounds!)

  That's the giant size! Pepperoni, Chicago Italian sausage, red onions, green bell peppers, fresh mushrooms, black olives with our house roasted red sauce

• The Green Thumb Veggie

  Red Onions, green bell peppers, fresh mushrooms, roma tomatoes, black olives with our House roasted red sauce

• Chicken with Roasted Garlic (House Specialty)

  Our Award Winner. Chicken breast, roasted garlic, artichoke hearts, and roma tomatoes. Finished with house special roasted garlic white sauce

• Pizza Bella

  Creamy Alfredo white sauce, chicken breast, bacon, and roasted garlic with mozzarella and parmesan

• Cousin Johnny's Anchovy, Red Sauce & Basil Pizza

  I'm not a fan of anchovy's per say, but when Johnny makes this pizza, we all devour it. Little bits of anchovy are pressed into the dough before baking. He adds Parmesan and Mozzarella, basil leaf finish. Bella

• Philly Cheesesteak

  We use our Alfredo sauce, add tender paper thin Philly cheese steak and top with red onions, bell peppers, and mozzarella cheese

• Southwestern BBQ Chicken

  Chicken breast, our smoky BBQ sauce, and mozzarella. Simple & delicious

• The Franktown (One of the Local Favorites!)

  Another one of Chrissy's favorites! Our mild roasted garlic white sauce. Then we add mozzarella, asiago, chicken, bacon, roasted garlic, sundried tomatoes, and gorgonzola, topped with fresh Basil after it comes out!

• Joe's Sicilian Meatball Pizza

  These meatballs are Delicious! We add our red sauce, mozzarella, red onions, green bell peppers, and fresh mushrooms

• Good Golly Miss Molly

  Named by one of our good customers, we use our fresh pesto and add shrimp cooked in garlic butter, onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, tomatoes, and black olives

• Our Margarita (Queen of Cheese Pizzas)

  Not just a one cheese pizza, our Margarita is made with Four of the most expensive cheeses! Mozzarella, provolone, amazing imported parmesan, asiago with a fresh basil leaf finish over red sauce. Bella! (No tomatoes)

• The Popular Pig

  Using our BBQ sauce, we add mozzarella, delicious baby back shredded pork, sliced peaches, and sprinkle with Cheddar

• Meat Cravers Pizza

  Canadian bacon, salami, pepperoni, Chicago sausage, with our House Roasted garlic red sauce. Still one of our best

• Fancy Cashew Pizza

  Chicken breast, roasted cashews, fresh pesto, artichoke hearts, black olives, and extra cheese

• Troy's Braveheart

  Truly a Man Pizza! We take our white sauce, mozzarella, sausage, chicken drizzled in BBQ sauce, Doritos brand Nacho Tortilla chips, jalapenos, onions, cheddar, and more BBQ Sauce! Crazy we know, but it's loved by so many for a reason! Per Mare Per Terras!

• The Taco Pizza

  We use our special taco and salsa seasoned ground beef, then add cheddar cheese, red onions, roma Tomatoes, black olives, and fire roasted green chilies, then top it off with MORE cheddar cheese. Better than a taco!

• Mama Mia Spicy Hot Italian (House Specialty)

  Our award winner. Salami, pepperoni, red onions, fresh mushrooms, sweet fire roasted red bell peppers, black olives, roma tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh grated parmesan with our spicy ultra hot roasted garlic red sauce

• Chrissy's Favorite (A House Specialty)

  A Sicilian purist at heart, her dad really did come over on a boat from Sicily, so try hers! Onions, fresh mushrooms, pepperoni roasted garlic red and AND fresh pesto

• The Cefalu

  This is a takeoff of Chrissy's family pizza. Very simple and light. Olive oil, parmesan is worked into the dough, topped with thin sliced onions tomatoes, mushrooms, fresh pesto. Very little cheese, no sauce, just amazing olive oil. Not American style in any way. (We use regular crust only)

• The Flyin Chorizo Pizza

  Locally made chorizo, chicken, cheddar, mozzarella, cilantro, jalapenos, and artichoke hearts with roasted red sauce!

• Finding Nemo Scampi Pizza

  Just an amazing pizza. Delicious baby shrimp sautéed in our own garlic butter with sundried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, roasted garlic, Asiago and mozzarella over our creamy garlic white sauce. Superb

• Wing It!

  This is a warm pizza! So if you like hot wings, try it! We use our top secret hot wing sauce, mozzarella, and white chicken mixed with our garlic white sauce, jalapenos, pineapple topped lightly with cheddar

• The Edinborough

  A Western Bacon Cheeseburger pizza! House red sauce with fresh ground beef, BBQ sauce, beer battered onion rings, tomatoes, bacon, cheddar and mozzarella

Create Your Own Pizza or Calzones

Remember Calzones take longer, but they're worth it! Calzones made with ricotta and mozzarella. Calzones not available in Personal size please. These Are Hand Made, Hand Rolled Pizzas, real food takes time! In fact, your pizza is not a pizza until you order it! No shortcuts here! Your pizza comes with our Standard Crust, crispy on the bottom, soft and chewy on the inside. If you prefer Thin Crust, which we are very good at, please ask!

• Personal Pizza

  Available in 10 in

• Medium Pizza or Calzone

  Available in 12 in

• Giant Pizza or Calzone

  Available in 16 in

Create Your Own Pizza or Calzones - Toppings

Then choose your toppings from below. Prices are next to each item. A bit of advice: On medium or giant selecting many toppings is fine, but on a personal it adds up fast, though it will be wonderful! It might be better to go with one of our many topping gourmet personals instead

• Anchovies

• Artichoke Hearts

• BBQ Chicken

• Black Olives

• Buffalo Mozzarella

• Canadian Bacon

• Capers

• Capicolla

• Caramelized Onions

• Charbroiled Chicken Breast

• Chicago Sausage

• Chorizo

• Extra Mozzarella

• Extra Pesto

• Fire Roasted Green Chili's

• Fire Roasted Red Bell Peppers

• Fresh Basil

• Fresh Cilantro

• Fresh Ground Beef

• Fresh Mushrooms

• Fresh Roma Tomatoes

• Fresh Spinach

• Gorgonzola Cheese

• Green Bell Peppers

• Green Olives

• Italian Salami

• Jalapenos

• Meatballs

• Pepperoncini's

• Pepperoni

• Philly Style Beef

• Pineapple

• Real Bacon

• Red Onions

• Ricotta Cheese

• Roasted Cashews

• Roasted Garlic

• Salsa

• Shredded Slow Cooked Pork

• Shrimp

• Sliced Peaches

• Sundried Tomatoes

Brugos Sauces

Choose From Brugos Sauces:

• House Roasted Red Sauce

  our standard delicious sauce

• House Special Mild Roasted Garlic White

• Creamy Alfredo Sauce

• Fresh Homemade Pesto

• Extra Virgin Italian Olive Oil

• Spicy Ultra Hot Roasted Red Sauce

Desserts

• Lois Cefalu's Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

  I grew up with this delicious, moist, Italian brown apple cake filled with hand cut slices of red apples. I learned to make this from Mom when I was ten. The best part for me though was the thick cream cheese frosting on top!

• Black Mountain Rockslide

  One small but luscious and light textured Brownie topped with buttery caramel, piled high with Brownie cubes, toasted pecans and drizzle with milk chocolate ganache

• Spectacular Handmade Sicilian Gelato

  These are special! So good in combinations! Very rich! One petite scoop will make you happy! Or maybe two! Fresh Mint Dark Chocolate Chunk made with real mint; Imported Belgian Chocolate; Velvet Salted Carmel; Roasted Banana

• Strawberry Reduction Laced Cheesecake

  Our Lucious cheesecake laced with a stunning strawberry reduction! Rich and lovely. One taste and you won't be able to stop!

• Classic Spumoni

  Smooth velvety Italian Ice Cream. A combination of pistachio, brandied cherry, and chocolate. It's a favorite here!

Roastery of Cave Creek Coffee

Proudly Serving

• Roastery of Cave Creek Coffee

  Fine roasted coffee there, ground here. And we have their iced tea too. Located just across the street from us

Comfort Food Pastas

And even though were "just "a pizza place, we use only the BEST imported Italian Cheeses, Pastas, and ingredients! Imported Gluten free penne available for an additional charge. (Allow 15 extra minutes for cooking). This is our only gluten free pasta option

• Chrissy's Lasagna

  This lasagna was the inspiration for Chrissy's Favorite Pizza! Lasagna with our homemade family sauce, fresh pesto, chicken, mushrooms, asiago, mozzarella, and parmesan

• Chicken & Italian Sausage Lasagna

  Lasagna with the family sauce, tender white chicken, fresh sausage, mild roasted garlic and lots of cheese!

• Pumpkin & Mascarpone Ravioli in Mom's Cream Sauce

  Delicate and delicious. Who would think these flavors would go together so well but they do, but Mom was always right

• Fresh Homemade Pesto & Spaghetti

  Pure, fresh pesto made right here daily from imported Italian cheeses, fresh basil, homemade roasted garlic and pure virgin Italian olive oil over spaghetti

• Fettuccini Alfredo

  Creamy parmesan, mild roasted garlic. Add Chicken for an additional charge

• Classic Spaghetti & Meatballs

  My Families Heritage Sauce. Passed from mother to daughter. Simply the best spaghetti you will ever have

• Crab Fettuccini in Pesto Cream Sauce

  In our homemade basil cream sauce with a pesto like flavor

• Spaghetti al Fresco

  Plain, simple. Tossed with olive oil, fresh basil, roasted garlic, fresh tomatoes

Daily Dinners Specials

All made to order! And when we run out, that's all!

• Monday: Rigatoni and Crumbled Italian Sausage

• Tuesday: Fancy Cheese Tortellini

  Bella! Red or white sauce, tell server, or it will come with red

• Wednesday: Chicken Marsala

  A local favorite!

• Thursday: Chicken Parmesan

• Friday: House Roasted Garlic Shrimp Scampi over Fettuccini

• Saturday: Mama Mia Spicy Shrimp over Angel Hair

  Like our pizza with shrimp!

• Sunday: Chicken Picatta