Our Brunch Menu
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| House Made Soup served with cornbread | $5.95 |
| Fruit Bowl cut up seasonal fresh fruit | $3.95 |
| Housemade Granola with milk or yogurt and sliced bananas if you like | $6.95 |
| Brunch | |
| Shrimp and Grits - A Southern brunch tradition, bite-size shrimp from the Texas Gulf Coast are sauteed in a hot skillet with butter, garlic, mushrooms, chopped tomato, scallions and dirty spice, hit with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and a shot of Tabasco, then swooshed from the pan onto a mound of cheddar grits in a warm, shallow bowl. Served with buttered toast. | $12.95 |
| Mushroom Migas - This delicious Tex-Mex dish comes from our friend Julia, a Louisiana native and a shiitake mushroom grower. Cut-up corn tortillas are sauteed in a little oil until softened, then scrambled with sliced shiitakes, three organic eggs and shredded sharp cheddar. Quick as a bunny the migas are swooshed onto a warm plate and showered with shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, cilantro and avocado. The tortilla melds with the egg and cheese in an indescribable way, and with all that fresh stuff piled on top it’s light and appealingly salad-ish and very savory. | $12.95 |
| Japanese Sesame Omelette with Bulldog Sauce and Fresh Vegetable Fried Rice - Fresh eggs and hot rice are perfect partners in Asian cooking, and one of my favorite breakfast combinations. Here we make a delicious stir-fried rice with ginger, mushrooms, and lots of fresh vegetables, mound it steaming onto a plate and top it with a thin, rolled omelette flavored with sesame oil and whole herb leaves. A drizzle of Japanese Bulldog sauce (a great bottled sauce made from fruit and vegetables; we call it the Japanese A-1) makes this dish so good I crave it all week. | $12.95 |
| Salami and Egg Scramble - Good Genoa-style salami diced and tossed in a hot pan, then scrambled lightly with three organic eggs, sharp New York cheddar and chopped tomato. Served with hand-grated hash browns and buttered toast. | $13.95 | Omelette with Fried Sweet Peppers, Onions. Basil and Fontina - made with love, good butter and three organic eggs. A la carte 10.95 with hand-grated hashbrowns and buttered toast, ten-grain or sesame |
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a la Carte $10.95
with hand-grated hashbrowns and buttered toast, your choice of ten-grain or Italian sesame $13.95 | |
| Grilled Pit Ham, Egg and Cheese Sandwich - Organic scrambled eggs, smoky pit ham, muenster cheese and mayo spiked with dijon mustard, lemon juice and a touch of honey on grilled farmhouse bread. Served with hot, crisp french fries and homemade ketchup, hand-grated hash browns or vinaigrette-dressed greens | $8.95 |
| Huevos Rancheros – This is what everybody eats on weekend mornings in New Mexico, from cowpokes to society matrons. It grows on you till you don't want anything else. Fresh corn tortillas covered in cheese are broiled and topped with two poached eggs and a vibrant, fragrant tomatillo-green chile sauce that's not very spicy but has flavor to spare. Served with creamy, smoky pinto beans and hash browns. | $12.95 |
| Potato Roesti with Cheese, Eggs and Bacon – Hand-grated fresh potatoes tossed with minced onion make the best hash browns, especially when cooked into a round, thick, griddle-crusted cake as they do in Switzerland. Top the potato cake with good Dutch cheese and two fried eggs, serve with toast and three strips of Nueske's bacon and you've got a Sunday morning spread that'll keep you till suppertime. | $12.95 |
| Buttermilk-Soaked Oat Pancakes – Tender, flavorful pancakes made with brown sugar, whole wheat, and oats soaked overnight in buttermilk are much lighter than you'd expect and absolutely delicious. Three big brown beauties are piled on your plate and served with organic maple syrup and butter. | $8.95 |
| Greek Chicken Sandwich – Boneless, skinless breast meat coated in chopped herbs and lemon zest, seared on the flat top and tucked into a pillowy bun with cucumber slices, fried garlic bits and thick yogurt sauce. Served with fries, Paul's homemade ketchup and spicy mustard pickles. | $8.95 |
| 'Lark Burger – This Coleman hamburger is juicy, delicious and all about the beef. The secret ingredient is red wine, and what it does to a humble burger without overwhelming it is reason enough to open a restaurant. The alcohol is totally cooked out before wine meets beef. Served on a buttered, toasted roll with mustard-mayonnaise, cheddar and lettuce, with fries, Paul's homemade ketchup and spicy mustard pickles. | $9.95 | Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Chicken, Steak or Tofu – If you've ever had a classic chilled rice noodle dish in a good Vietnamese restaurant, you know why some people wish they could eat it every day. A cool mound of rice noodles, a goodly portion of crunchy, thinly-sliced cabbage, cucumber, carrots, scallions and radishes, a mound of hot grilled chicken, steak or tofu and a showering of mint, basil, cilantro and chopped peanuts. Served with ramekins of the traditional (and addictive) chile/lime juice/fish sauce condiment called nuoc cham or a special no-fish sauce vegetarian nuoc cham, and fiery red chile sauce for mixing in. |
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Chicken or Tofu $10.95
Steak $12.95 |
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| Chopped Salad – Crisp fresh vegetables including cucumber, tomato, avocado, radish, celery and hard boiled egg cut into bite-size chunks and tossed with lemon, olive oil, crumbled feta and fresh herbs on a bed of chopped romaine. Garnished with a drizzle of homemade herb mayonnaise and served with warm toast. | $10.95 |
| Hoppin' John – A delicious version of this Southern supper dish, black-eyed peas are simmered with onion, cooking greens and some snappy spices, then ladled over hot rice and garnished with pepper vinegar, roasted garlic oil, chopped tomato, scallion and grated white cheddar. Served with cornbread. | $8.95 |
| Brunch Sides | |
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Hash Browns $2.95
1 Egg $1.50 1 Pancake $3.50 2 Pancakes $6.95 Nueske's Bacon: smoky and delicious $3.95 Dale Filbrun's Pork Sausage: local organic breakfast links $3.95 Toasted Banana Bread with Butter $2.95 Buttered Toast, Italian sesame or ten-grain bread $2.25 |
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