Put your menu bar code in your 'master' template (wherever you're defining the location for your ng-view). Use a separate Nav controller for the menu bar. It

Put your menu bar code in your 'master' template (wherever you're defining the location for your ng-view). Use a separate Nav controller for the menu bar. It seems like your biggest issue is just data sharing, e.g. each page needs different menu items or something. Just create an Angular service that provides the backing data for the menu bar and exposes an API to other controllers to change things in the menu bar or get the value of a search field in the menu bar, etc. This type of thing is exactly what angular services are for.