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Housemade Soup

with cornbread

Cup $4.95

Bowl $6.95

Slow-Roasted Red Beets

with horseradish, pecans and crumbled goat cheese

$7.95

Cone of hot, crisp Garlic Frites

with two dipping sauces

$6.95

House Green Salad

Leafy greens, spinach leaves, shredded cabbage and fresh herbs, lightly dressed and served with warm toast

$8.95

Half $5.95

Grilled Angus Beef $7

Seared Salmon Fillet $7

Grilled Lark Burger Patty $6

Grilled Meadow Burger Patty $5

Grilled Chicken Breast $5

Raw or Grilled Tofu $4

Smoky Nueske's Bacon and Cherry Tomato $5

Crumbled French Feta and Good Olives $3

Choice of Homemade Dressings

Mustard-Caper Vinaigrette | Sesame-Lime Vinaigrette | French Blue Cheese Vinaigrette | Miso Ranch

Chopped Salad

Chopped cucumber, tomato, radish, carrot and celery are tossed with fresh lemon vinaigrette on a bed of leafy greens and piled with egg, avocado, crumbled feta, herb leaves and a drizzle of homemade herb mayonnaise. Served with warm toast.

$12.95

Caesar Salad

Leafy greens, classic anchovy dressing, homemade croutons and roasted tomato garnish, served with warm toast.

$10.95

Half $6.95

Vietnamese Noodle Salad

Chilled rice noodles, a goodly portion of crunchy, thinly-sliced vegetables, hot grilled chicken, steak or tofu and a showering of mint, basil, cilantro and cashews. Served with the chile/lime juice/fish sauce condiment called nuoc cham. Ask for vegetarian nuoc cham or even non-spicy nuoc cham if that suits you better.

With Grilled Angus Steak $15.95

With Grilled Chicken or Tofu $13.95

Lark Burger

Good, coarsely-ground beef seasoned with red wine, minced onion, coarse salt and fresh rosemary, all of which enhance and juicify the burger. The alcohol is totally cooked out before wine meets beef. Served on a buttered, toasted kaiser roll with white cheddar, mustard-mayo and lettuce.

$12.95

Meadow Burger

A meatless, whole grain, nut and vegetable burger grilled to a crispy brown, nestled in a buttered, toasted kaiser roll, slathered with mustard-mayonnaise and topped with lettuce and juicy, marinated roma tomato slices, This burger is vegan, and though some of the accompaniments listed are not, just say the word and we’ll substitute olive oil and vegan-naise for the butter and mayo.

$11.95

Steak Sandwich

Our new beef sandwich! A quarter pound of thinly sliced strip steak is laid on a hot griddle, and when nice and brown, covered in sharp cheddar. When it goes all melty, we spatch it up onto a toasted crusty sub roll that we import special from New Jersey’s Amoroso Bakery, and lastly we spoon on our housemade spicy cherry pepper relish. Simple, tasty, tender, that’s what I’m talkin’ about.

$14.95

Grilled Fish Sandwich

A New England haddock fillet is seasoned, seared and served on grilled farmhouse bread piled with slaw and spread with caper mayonnaise.

$12.95

Grilled Chicken with Fried Lemon, Tapenade and Roasted Tomatoes

Italians batter and fry thin slices of lemon, peel and all, and they are so delicious! Hot and crispy, they make a chicken sandwich sing, Toasted baguette is spread with homemade mayonnaise mixed with our special olive spread, then filled with grilled chicken, roasted tomatoes and the freshly-fried lemon slices. Served with fries or vinaigrette-dressed greens.

$12.95

Spaghetti Carbonara

Steaming strands of spaghetti very lightly coated with tiny soft curds of egg and ricotta, accented with Nueske’s smoked bacon, peas, black pepper and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. So good. Served with toast.

$14.95

Housemade Soup

with cornbread

Cup $4.95

Bowl $6.95

Slow-Roasted Red Beets

with horseradish, pecans and crumbled goat cheese

$7.95

Cone of hot, crisp Garlic Frites

with two dipping sauces

$6.95

House Green Salad

Leafy greens, spinach leaves, shredded cabbage and fresh herbs, lightly dressed and served with warm toast

$8.95

Half $5.95

Grilled Angus Beef $7

Seared Salmon Fillet $7

Grilled Lark Burger Patty $6

Grilled Meadow Burger Patty $5

Grilled Chicken Breast $5

Raw or Grilled Tofu $4

Smoky Nueske's Bacon and Cherry Tomato $5

Crumbled French Feta and Good Olives $3

Choice of Homemade Dressings

Mustard-Caper Vinaigrette | Sesame-Lime Vinaigrette | French Blue Cheese Vinaigrette | Miso Ranch

Chopped Salad

Chopped cucumber, tomato, radish, carrot and celery are tossed with fresh lemon vinaigrette on a bed of leafy greens and piled with egg, avocado, crumbled feta, herb leaves and a drizzle of homemade herb mayonnaise. Served with warm toast.

$12.95

Caesar Salad

Leafy greens, classic anchovy dressing, homemade croutons and roasted tomato garnish, served with warm toast.

$10.95

Half $6.95

Vietnamese Noodle Salad

Chilled rice noodles, a goodly portion of crunchy, thinly-sliced vegetables, hot grilled chicken, steak or tofu and a showering of mint, basil, cilantro and cashews. Served with the chile/lime juice/fish sauce condiment called nuoc cham. Ask for vegetarian nuoc cham or even non-spicy nuoc cham if that suits you better.

With Grilled Angus Steak $15.95

With Grilled Chicken or Tofu $13.95

Everything-crusted Salmon with Tzaziki Sauce

We took the “everything” garlic, seeds and salt you customarily find on a bagel and dredged a thick salmon filet in it, with delicious results. Give the top a crusty sear and cloak the fish in classic Mediterranean cucumber-yogurt sauce and you’ve got what a salmon lover like me wants for dinner. Served with crispy Yukon potatoes and sauteed broccolini

$28

Roast Chicken Thighs with Jamaican Sweet Spices

Our biggest selling chicken preparation. I learned this recipe from a Cuban cook when I spent a season cooking in Key West. I felt like I had found my food soulmate. Allspice gives this roast chicken its signature Jamaican flavor, with fresh herbs, garlic and fresh-squeezed lime and orange juices coming in for the punch. The burnished chicken emerges from the oven crisp and heady with the smell of citrus and spices, and the juices are to die for. Served with coconut rice, grilled bananas and fresh vegetables.

$26

Seared Garlic Chicken with Goat Cheese, Capers, Spinach and Lima Beans

Boneless, skin-on chicken breast seared to a garlicky, crisp-skinned golden brown is paired with tender baby lima beans that have been quickly simmered with lots of fresh spinach leaves, a handful of capers and a splash of chicken stock. The limas are ladled over steaming jasmine rice and the chicken set atop the beans with a dollop of warm goat cheese and a strewing of fried garlic bits.

$26

Barbecued Portabello Mushroom with Grits and Greens

Portabellos have an affinity for being cooked over hickory, with a juicy, savory quality that I crave. We lightly smoke them in house and finish them in the oven, then we serve a big one glazed with kimchee barbecue sauce and topped with crunchy, batter-fried onions. Accompanied by cheese polenta and braised local collard greens, you are in for an early summer dinner full of bold, seasonal textures and flavors.

$22

Ricotta Tacos with Green Chiles, Capers and Spicy Tomatoes

A mixture of ricotta and goat cheese with green chiles and capers is rolled in fresh corn tortillas, crisped on the griddle and sauced with tomatoes cooked down with butter, white wine and fresh serrano chiles. Served on dressed cabbage and radishes as a fresh, crunchy counterpoint along with lemon-scallion rice and creamy, smoky pinto beans.

$22

Strip Steak with Haystack Onions, Rosemary and Herb Butter

We cut our strip steaks in-house the traditional way, leaving the outer edge rimmed with a bit of the fat cap. If you would like us to trim it fat-free, just let us know. The meat is rubbed with coarse salt, black pepper and rosemary, then grilled and served the way James Beard liked it—with a dollop of herbed butter and a tangle of crispy fried onions. Accompanied by buttermilk mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables.

$34

Spaghetti Carbonara

Steaming strands of spaghetti very lightly coated with tiny soft curds of egg and ricotta, liberally accented with Nueske’s smoked bacon, peas, black pepper and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.

$19

Soft Shell Crab with Thai Garlic Butter Sauce

Dredged in panko crumbs, quickly deep-fried and drizzled with a silky sauce made of butter, garlic, ginger and Sriracha sauce, this crab is about as crunchy-yummy-oh-my-goodness as you can get. Served on a mound of slaw splashed with sesame-lime vinaigrette.

$12.95

Add another crab to either the app or the entrée $12

Fried Green Tomatoes with Chow-chow

Sliced, coated in breadcrumbs and fried till crisp and golden brown, green tomatoes soften and sweeten with cooking and are many people’s favorite treat. The hot tomatoes are dolloped with a lively remoulade and served with homemade chow-chow, a chopped, mustardy relish full of cabbage, peppers, onions, and chopped green tomato that goes with every summer thing in the world

$8.95

The Bayleen Salad

As a young line cook, our Chef Brauny worked at a San Diego-area island resort restaurant called Bayleen. This salad is inspired by one he made there. Thinly sliced kale tossed with matchstick carrots is dressed with a sensational fresh strawberry vinaigrette and garnished with crumbles of milky feta cheese. The best part is what comes with it: three warm, flaky little biscuits studded with pink peppercorns. A great starter for this time of year!

$8.95

Grilled Bread with Fresh Peaches, Pecans, and Whipped Blue Cheese

We were wowed by the peaches we got when The Peach Truck arrived in Dayton from Georgia, and they were selling fresh-shelled pecans as well. Why not use them together? Grill a thick slice of DLM farmhouse bread, slather it with aged French blue cheese whipped to light and airy with some cream cheese, load on chunks of said fabulous peach, sprinkle on some toasted pecans, and get ready to take a big bite of July!

$8.95

Pickled Eggs in a Nest

Pickled eggs are an old-school treat that we associate with the beginning of summer. We hard-boil, peel and brine local eggs, then serve 2 split eggs in a big, warm, tangly nest of fried potato. Perched on a tasty shmear of Tabasco mayo, it is warm and cool, crunchy and creamy, pickle-y and salty, not to mention cute! A delicious combination.

$7.95

Soft Shell Crabs with Thai Garlic Butter Sauce

Dredged in panko crumbs, quickly deep-fried and drizzled with a silky sauce made of butter, garlic, ginger and Sriracha sauce, a soft shell crab is about as crunchy-yummy-oh-my-goodness as you can get. Served with broccolini and buttermilk mashed potatoes, this much beloved, once-a-year seafood special is available for just a few weeks.

$34

Crab Spaghetti

Hot spaghetti tossed with a quarter pound of crabmeat, lots of lemon, a splash of cream and a liberal sprinkling of fresh herbs is just what to order when you want shellfish and lots of flavor, but nothing heavy.

$25

Crumb-baked Halibut with Preserved Lemon Mayonnaise

Wild Alaskan Halibut is in season now, and this preparation is a favorite of our staff. A quick dredge in breadcrumbs seasoned with lemon zest, fresh basil and parsley, a slide into a hot oven, then a drizzle of homemade mayonnaise super-charged with preserved lemon--just the thing for this meaty yet delicate fish. And if some of that luscious mayo gets onto the crispy fried potatoes and even the fresh vegetables? All the better.

$34

Pan-fried Walleye

Fresh out of Canadian Lake Erie, walleye pike is Ohio’s favorite dinner fish. And no wonder—mild and sweet with a delicate texture, I can hear it sizzling in frying pans all over the state. Here the fish is rolled in cornmeal, fried crispy on the griddle and served with celery sauce, a creamy, Southern-style tartar sauce flavored with minced celery, celery seed, green onion and lemon. Add buttermilk mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables and you’ve got Midwestern eating at its best.

$29

Grilled Hanger Steak with Worcestershire Butter

Juicy with a very meaty flavor, this delicious cut is a guest favorite. Here the beef is rubbed with spices, grilled, sliced and slathered with a spoonful of a steak butter made with Ben’s homemade worcestershire sauce. It goes with beef and butter in a most heavenly way. Dave likes the worsty sauce so much, he sips it on its own. Maybe that is too much information. The steak is served with fresh vegetables and crispy little yukon gold potatoes.

$29