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Our Menu

  • Breakfast All Day Everyday
  • Lunch Combination Special
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*Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions • Toast choices: Biscuit, Challah, Cinnamon Raisin Toast, English Muffin, Gluten-free White, Light Rye, Wheat, Ciabatta and Sourdough. Served with our delicious homemade mix berry jelly. It's slap your face good!! • Toast choices: Biscuit, Bagel, Challah, Cinnamon Raisin, English Muffin, Gluten-free White, Light Rye, Multigrain, Ciabatta and Sourdough, Herb Focaccia, Holly (Texas toast). Served with our delicious homemade mixed-berry jelly. It’s slap your face good!!!

Sandwiches

Bread options: Sourdough, Multigrain, Light Rye, Ciabatta, bagel, Herb Focaccia, Challah, Tortilla wrap, Gluten free white, Wheat Hoagie or Croissant • Most sandwiches are toasted • Includes one side: Fruit, cottage cheese, chips, or house salad with champagne vinaigrette | Sub soup +$2.50

Bistro

$14.00
Grilled chicken, bacon, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, and Dijon bistro sauce on Ciabatta.

Brie Lt

$14.00
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and melted brie. Grilled and beyond good!

"Our" Turkey Club

$14.00
Hand-carved oven-roasted turkey, avocado, bacon, lettuce, havarti, and pesto mayo.

Super Missile

$14.00
Shredded grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, caramelized onions, roasted tomato, bleu cheese, and mayo served on a toasted wheat hoagie!

California Crab Cake*

$10.75
Pan seared, crab cake patty topped with avocado, havarti, lettuce, and pico de gallo, all on a toasted herb focaccia bun.

Ham and Swiss Melt

$14.00
Thin-sliced country ham, Swiss, and dijon mustard.

Spinach Melt, for You Veg Heads!

$14.00
Sautéed spinach, roasted tomato, and Swiss. Your choice of bread!

Caprese

$14.00
Fresh mozzarella, basil, tomatoes, and pesto. Your choice of bread!

Caprese Melt

$14.00
Fresh mozzarella, basil, tomatoes and pesto. Your choice of bread!

Smoked Salmon*

$18.00
Cold Smoked Salmon, creamed cheese, capers and greens. What kind of bread, you ask? Your choice!

Grilled Cheese

Mom's Choice

$12.00
Cheddar only. Because Mom had a hard day!

Gramma's Secret

$12.00
Velveeta. Always wondered why it was sooooooo good!

Special Cheeser

$14.00
Mom's off to work and feelin' rowdy! Cheddar, Swiss, tomato, and bacon.

Gourmet

$15.00
Mom's got an au pair! Brie, Goat cheese, and apples!

Hot Stuff

$14.00
Mom feelin’ SASSY! Hot pepper cheese and banana peppers!

Soup

Our vegetarian Tomato Basil daily, or Soup de Jour on chalkboard | Duh! Small or large!

Baby Bear

$5.00

Mamma Bear

$7.00

Salads

*Dressings: House-made Champagne Vinaigrette, Ranch, Bleu Cheese, Caesar, Strawberry Vinaigrette, California Red French, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Vinegar & Oil, Lemon Vinaigrette • Add ons: Chicken, Bacon, Turkey or Ham +$4.50 | Cold smoked Salmon +$5.00 | Salmon Filet +$6.00

Very Berry

$15.00
Fresh greens, blueberries, strawberries, candied walnuts, dried cranberries, and topped with shaved parmesan cheese. Served with our strawberry vinaigrette.

Chicken Caesar*

$15.00
Chicken, romaine, shaved parmesan, toasted sesame seed almonds and a side of our Caesar dressing!

Ruth's Cobb

$15.00
Fresh greens, shredded chicken, bacon, avocado, diced tomatoes, hard-boiled egg, and bleu cheese crumbles.

Salmon Avocado*

$18.00
Fresh greens, seared salmon filet, avocado, toasted almonds, shredded carrots, and our lemon vinaigrette on the side.

Mixed Greens

$12.00
Mixed-greens, grape tomatoes, cucumber, shaved parmesan, and homemade croutons. Served with our homemade Champagne Vinaigrette.

The Fungus Amongus

$15.00
Fresh spinach, mushrooms, artichokes, tomatoes, hardboiled egg, and warm breaded goat cheese with your choice of dressing.

“Salad” Sandwiches and “Salad” Salads

*Dressings: House Champagne Vinaigrette, Ranch, Bleu Cheese, Caesar, Strawberry Vinaigrette, California Red French, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Vinegar & Oil, Lemon Vinaigrette

Chicken Salad

$14.00
Roasted chicken, red grapes, cashews, celery, onions, and mayo. With a slice of Havarti cheese.

Egg Salad

$14.00
Hard-boiled eggs, dill and mayo. It’s hard to mess with a classic!

Tuma Salad

$14.00
Albacore tuna, celery, carrots, seasoning and mayo.

Salads

$14.00
Same as above….. Add greens, take away the bread.

Scrambles

Scramble Du Jour*:

$12.00
Check it out on the chalkboard! Includes your choice of our fresh fruit, cottage cheese, or house salad with champagne vinaigrette, slow roasted potatoes and choice of toast | Sub soup +$2.50

Or Get Your Control Fr Eak On! by Building Your Own

$15.00
Scramble or Omelet • Obviously, eggs with your choice of 3 items. If you pick more than 3, you pay extra for the more expensive ingredients DUH! Congratulations! Now go ahead and pick your items! Includes toast, and your choice of fresh fruit, cottage cheese, or side salad | Sub soup +$2.50

Build Your Own Skillet*

$14.00
Choose 3 items below, served on roasted potatoes, with an egg cooked your way on top, served with toast!

Cheese:

Brie | Bleu Cheese | Cream Cheese | Feta | Goat | Havarti | Fresh Mozzarella | Shaved Parmesan | Pepper Jack | Provolone | Swiss | Velveeta | White Cheddar | Yellow Cheddar

Meat*:

Bacon | Beef Brisket | Chorizo | Country Ham | Chicken | Smoked Salmon | Sausage | Turkey

Veggies:

Artichokes | Asparagus | Avocado | Banana Pepper | Basil | Caramelized Onion | Green Pepper | Horseradish | Jalapeño | Mushrooms | Raw Onions | Pesto | Potatoes | Red Peppers | Roasted Tomatoes | Sun-dried Tomato | Pesto Spinach | Squash | Zucchini

Benedicts

Enjoy the classics, or have a little fun! All are topped with two poached eggs and our scratch-made Hollandaise sauce. Served with your choice of our fresh mixed fruit, cottage cheese, slow roasted potatoes, or our house salad with champagne vinaigrette.

Traditional*

$14.00
Shaved ham on top of an English muffin.

Ruth's Crab*

$18.00
Served atop our pan-seared crab cakes | No bread

A La Crossing*

$14.00
Asparagus and Bacon on top of sourdough toast.

*Florentine

$14.00
Sauteed spinach, roasted tomato, and Swiss cheese on sourdough.

The Traitor... Aka the Jon Snow*

$14.00
Served on our homemade Norwegian Potato Cakes.

Eggs Sardou*

$14.00
Who's this Sardou guy... who cares? Sautéed spinach and artichokes on sourdough toast.

Salmon Avocado*

$18.00
Pan-seared smoked salmon and fresh avocado on sourdough toast.

Back Home in Indiana*

$14.00
Hoosier version…our sausage patties on an English muffin.

Eggs

"We only use cage free eggs!" Eggs without borders

Old School*

$12.00
2 eggs your way, choice of bacon, ham or sausage served with your choice of toast and slow-roasted potatoes and homemade jelly.

Not so Old School*

$14.00
2 eggs your way over smoked beef brisket or corned beef hash, and your choice of toast.

Not Your Average Breakfast Sandwich*

$13.00
Seize the moment, it's your time to shine • Choose Eggs, Cheese, Meat on your choice of toast. Served with your choice of our fresh fruit, or house salad with champagne vinaigrette, or classic chips, or slow-roasted potatoes.

Omelets

#1. Potato Omelet*

$15.00
Roasted potatoes, bacon, tomatoes, white cheddar cheese. Accompanied with a side of homemade chive sour cream. Served with your choice of our fresh fruit, or house salad with champagne vinaigrette, and your choice of toast.

#2. Spinach Omelet*

$15.00
Fresh sautéed spinach, oven-roasted garlic tomatoes and feta cheese! Served with your choice of slow-roasted potatoes, fresh fruit, or house salad with champagne vinaigrette, plus choice of toast.

#3. Salmon Omelet*

$17.00
Smoked salmon, fresh sautéed spinach and cream cheese. Served with your choice of slow-roasted potatoes, fresh fruit, or house salad with champagne vinaigrette, plus your choice of toast.

Scratch Fives

Delicious avocado smashed fresh daily and served on your toast choice. Served with fruit, salad or cottage cheese.

Avocado Toast

$14.00
Delicious avocado smashed fresh daily and served on your toast choice. Served with fruit, salad or cottage cheese.

Biscuits and Gravy

$6.00/+
Fresh baked biscuits smothered in homemade gravy with our in house seasoned sausage. Or go for the spicy and get our Chorizo gravy! *Whole Shebang (full order, 2 biscuits) $15.00 | *Halvsies (1/2 order, 1 biscuit) $10.00 • Small cup just gravy $6.00

Fruit and Granola Banana Split

$12.00
House made granola, Bananas, blueberries, strawberries and yogurt.

Daily Quiche

$14.00
*See chalkboard. Made with love... and the freshest ingredients. Comes with fruit, salad or cottage cheese | Sub soup or potatoes $2.50

Norwegian Potato Cakes

$14.00
Ruth’s recipe made with mashed potatoes, leeks, squash, and zucchini. Pan seared and served with chive sour cream. Choice of fruit, salad, or cottage cheese.

From the Griddle

aka Treat Yo Self! Extra add ons! $3.00 each: Peanut Butter, Bacon, Bananas, Blueberries, Strawberries, Blueberry Compote, Chocolate Chips or Lemon Curd.

One Huge Pancake

$10.00
One ginormous sweet buttermilk pancake topped with butter and powdered sugar.

Cheesecake Pancakes

$12.00
Filled with nuggets of ooey- gooey creamy cheesecake! Topped with powdered sugar and strawberry butter! Pancake is as big as your plate with a whole piece of cheesecake inside!

Belgian Waffle

$11.00
We make them just as good as those beautiful Belgians!

French Toast

$12.00
Holly (Texas toast) Or your choice of bread, dipped in a sweet batter, topped with butter and powdered sugar!

Sweet Tooth

Lefse (Lef-Sa)

$12.00/+
$12.00 | Norwegian original, crepe-like, but made with potatoes. Traditional = rolled with butter, sugar and cinnamon or, try Blueberry, Strawberry, or Nutella Banana $15.00

Homemade Strawberry Shortcake

$9.00
Biscuits | Strawberries | Sauce | Whipped Cream

Coffee Cake

$5.00

Giant Cinnamon Roll

$5.00

Scones

$5.00

Lone Rangers / Misc

Stitch together your own breakfast, a la Frankenstein

Corned Beef Hash

$12.00
Potato, onion, corned beef.

Beef Brisket Hash

$12.00
Potato, onion, beef brisket.

Bacon, Ham or Sausage

$4.50

One Potato Cake

$4.50

Biscuit or English Muffin

$3.00

Granola

$6.00/Md bowl

Toast & Homemade Jelly

$3.50

One Egg*

$2.50

Just Yogurt

$3.00/Sm

Fruit Bowl

$4.00/+
Sm $4.00 | Md $6.00

Oatmeal

$6.00
*Add fruit: Bananas, Blueberries, Strawberries | Nuts: Pecans or walnuts – raisins.

Roasted Potatoes

$4.50

Side Salad

$4.50

Chips

$3.00

AKA Half and Half! Choose two of the three! You’re the Boss!

½ Soup

Cup of house made Vegetarian Tomato Basil

Soup of the Day listed on chalkboard

½ Sandwich

Brie LT

Grilled Cheese

Super Missile

Caprese

Spinach Melt

Turkey Club

Chicken Salad

Egg Salad

Tuna Salad

½ Salad

Mixed Greens

Very Berry

Wedge

Caesar

Chicken Salad

Egg Salad

Tuna Salad

Brunch Cocktails

Bloody Mary

$11.00
Tito’s Vodka

Bloody Maria

$13.00
Casamigos Blanco

Margarita

$13.00
Casamigos Blanco

Traditional Mimosa

$10.00

Mimosa of the Month

$12.00
Ask your server

Bailey’s & Coffee

$9.00

Wine

Bread & Butter Chard

$9.00/glass
$32.00/bottle

Bread & Butter Pinot Grigio

$9.00/glass
$32.00/bottle

Bread & Butter Pinot Noir

$9.00/glass
$32.00/bottle

Prosecco

$8.00/split

Beer

Stella Artois

$6.00
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