Zingerman's Roadhouse » Lunch Menu

Lunch Menu

The following is an example of the really good American food served at the Roadhouse. Our chefs change the menu every day. If you'd like to know what we're cooking for lunch, download our current lunch menu.
Appetizers
Real Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes
Traditional recipe made with real Maryland jumbo lump blue crab meat, a touch of mayonnaise and spices. Served with Roadhouse tartar sauce. Additional crab cakes $6.25 each.
  12.50
Roadhouse Corn Dogs
Kosher, all-beef hot dogs dipped in a homemade batter of Anson Mills organic corn meal. Served with a selection of Zingerman's mustards.
  6.50
Chili and Cheddar Fries
Our ancho beef chuck chili over hand-cut, twice cooked fries with our grated 2-year-raw-milk Vermont cheddar.
  6.50
Spicy Sweet Onion RingsVegetarian
Served with homemade spicy ketchup. A huge hit in these parts.
  6.50
Sea Islands Sweet Potato FriesVegetarian
Sweet and hand-cut, twice cooked and served with spicy mayo.
  small $4.50 / large $6.50
Soup
Ancho Beef ChiliGluten Free
Hand-cut Niman Ranch beef with black beans in ancho chile broth.
  5.50 (cup) / $8.50 (bowl)
Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Cup of Soup
You choose the cheese from our all-American cheese list and we'll grill it on Bakehouse bread. Served with a cup of really good soup.
  13.00
Salads
Roadhouse GardenVegetarianGluten Free
Organic baby greens and local organic lettuce with fresh herbs, red onion, cucumbers, carrots and housemade salt-and-pepper croutons. Served with your choice of dressing. For gluten free, ask for no croutons.
  5.00 mini/ $6.25 regular
The Pit Master's Salad
Applewood smoked ham, pit-smoked chicken, Point Reyes blue cheese, hard cooked eggs, greens and veggies with your choice of homemade dressing.
  13.25
Shrimp & Crab Louis
The California classic. Romaine lettuce topped with Maine Bay shrimp and real Maryland jumbo lump blue crab meat, homemade Russian dressing, hard-cooked eggs, red onion and capers.
  17.50
Buttermilk Fried Chicken Salad
A Roadhouse bone-in fried chicken breast atop chopped romaine tossed with our homemade buttermilk ranch dressing, hard cooked egg, and cucumber.
  11.50
Classic Caesar
Whole leaf baby romaine with really good Caesar dressing, aged Wisconsin parmesan and salt-and-pepper croutons.
Add grilled chicken ......................................................13.00
Add grilled Cornman Farms top round .........................16.00
  11.00
Warm Spinach & Wild Mushroom SaladVegetarianGluten Free
Fresh spinach and wild mushrooms with goat cheddar, roasted pepper, leeks and fennel in a brown butter vinaigrette.
  12.50
Sandwiches
The Roadhouse Reuben
Arkansas peppered ham, Wisconsin Swiss cheese, Alabama hot slaw and Russian dressing on grilled Roadhouse bread. Comes with hand-cut French fries.
  14.50
BBQ Pulled Chicken
Pieces of pit-smoked free-range chicken in Alex's Red Rage Tomato BBQ sauce, on a Bakehouse onion roll. Comes with hand-cut french fries.
  14.50
Meatball Sandwich
Handmade Niman Ranch beef and pork meatballs in a spicy marinara topped with provolone and Stravecchio parmesan on a toasted Bakehouse hoagie roll.
  13.50
New Mexico Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Freshly grilled Amish free-range chicken breast with young jack cheese, applewood-smoked bacon, lettuce, avocado salad, green chiles and spicy mayo. Comes with hand-cut french fries.
  14.50
BBQ Beef Brisket
Very tender pieces of pit-smoked Niman Ranch brisket served with spicy tomato BBQ sauce and a side of slaw.
  14.00
Chopped Pork BBQ Sandwich
New using Chef Alex's Cornman Farms hogs, pasture-raised in Dexter. Seasoned with your choice of barbeque sauce on a Bakehouse onion roll. Served with mustard cole slaw. Choose from:
Eastern North Carolina Vinegar BBQ Sauce
Memphis Tomato BBQ Sauce
South Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce
  13.50
Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Cup of Soup
You choose the cheese from our all-American cheese list and we'll grill it on Bakehouse bread. Served with a cup of really good soup.
  13.00
Roadhouse Burgers
*Niman Ranch Burger
Served with lettuce, onion and pickles on a Bakehouse onion roll. Served with hand-cut french fries. Make it a cheeseburger by selecting from our great American cheese list! (prices vary!)
  9.95
*Midwest Patty Melt
For folks who want a real, full-flavored, "know-fat," eating experience right off the griddle. A Roadhouse burger with grilled onions, wild mushrooms and real Swiss cheese on grilled Bakehouse rye. Comes with hand-cut french fries.
  13.50
New Mexico Black Bean & Hominy BurgerVegetarian
No meat but plenty of flavor. Spiced with roasted garlic, red peppers and onion. It's served with avocado salad, lettuce, onion and pickles, on a Bakehouse onion roll. Comes with hand-cut french fries.
  12.00
*5 Burger Super Sampler
They are so darned cute you have to try them! Five mini-burgers topped with different cheeses - a delicious way to try our many great American cheeses. Served with lettuce, onion, pickles, and homemade spicy ketchup. Comes with hand-cut french fries.
  19.50
Cornman Farms Burger
All grass-fed beef, dry aged, ground and grilled over oak, served on a Bakehouse onion roll with lettuce, onion and pickles. Add Cheese! (prices vary)
  12.95
Po'Boys
The Peacemaker
Named for street car strikers the poor boy (or po'boy in NOLA) has been a corner grocery tradition since 1929. We're serving them "dressed" with Cornman Farms shredded cabbage, pickled green tomatoes and mayonnaise on a griddled Bakehouse hoagie roll.

The Peacemaker is made with fried Apalachicola oysters.
  14.00
Yazoo City Fried Catfish
Yazoo, Mississippi catfish dusted in Anson Mills' yellow corn meal and lightly fried.
  13.50
Macaroni
Roadhouse Macaroni & CheeseVegetarian
A Roadhouse favorite! Homemade cream sauce and lots of 2-year old raw-milk Vermont cheddar caramelized with the Martelli family's artisanal macaroni from Tuscany (the best pasta in the world!). Read Ari's essay.
  9.50
Pimento Cheese MacaroniVegetarian
All-out Southern comfort food. Martelli pasta caramelized with our made-from-scratch Southern pimento cheese. Add Arkansas peppered bacon for $2.50.
  10.50
Macaroni & 3 Peppercorn Goat CheeseVegetarian
Fresh, handmade goat cheese sauce caramelized with freshly-cracked black Telicherry, green, and white peppercorns, topped with a crispy fried Zingerman's Creamery cheese round. Read Ari's essay. (Want to make it at home? The recipe is online, too!)
  11.00
Macaroni, Smoked Chicken & Monterey Jack
Real Monterey Jack handmade by the folks at Vella cheese (one of the last creameries in the country to make authentic Monterey Jack) with pit-smoked free-range chicken, freshly-cut corn, and fire-roasted New Mexico green chiles. Check out the Mac-n-Cheese Essay.
  13.50
Cal-Fiorentina MacaroniVegetarian
Fresh spinach and roasted pepper caramelized with Ig Vella's Monterey Jack and topped with a crispy fried Zingerman's Creamery cheese round. Check out the essay.
  12.50
Memphis Macaroni
Alex's Red Rage BBQ Sauce, applewood smoked bacon, Cornman Farms pulled pork tossed with Martelli pasta, topped with Stravecchio parmesan cheese.
  11.50
Specialty Entrees
Buttermilk-Fried Free-Range Chicken
Amish free-range chicken dipped in buttermilk batter then deep fried, served with mashed local potatoes, real gravy and yellow mustard slaw.
  4 pieces 19.50 / 2 pieces 14.50
Pit Smoked Spare Ribs
Niman Ranch pork ribs, cooked for nine hours. Served with Alex's Red Rage Tomato BBQ Sauce, mashed local potatoes and yellow mustard slaw.
  full rack 29.00 / half rack 19.00
BBQ Pork Entree
Traditional whole hog barbeque made with local hogs delivered direct from the farm. It's pit smoked for 14 hours hours, hand-pulled, chopp[ed and blended with your choice of barbeque sauce. Served up with mashed local potatoes and Southern-style braised greens. Choose from:
Eastern North Carolina BBQ Sauce
Memphis Tomato BBQ Sauce
South Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce
  13.50
Pit Smoked Beef Brisket
Niman Ranch beef, pit-smoked then braised 'til it's very tender. Served with spicy tomato BBQ sauce, mashed local potatoes & Southern-style braised greens.
  14.00
Roadhouse Omelette
Eggs from Sunrise Farms in Homer, Michigan with the fillings and cheese of your choice. Served with hand-cut double-cooked fries.
  11.00
*Grits & Eggs
Stone-ground South Carolina grits, topped with two freshly fried eggs, Nueske's applewood-smoked bacon and Zingerman's 2-year-old Vermont raw-milk cheddar.
  11.00
Grilled Carolina White GritsVegetarianGluten Free
Organic grits from Anson Mills, cooked, cooled, cut and then heated on the wood-fired grill. Topped with Zingerman's 2-year-old Vermont raw-milk cheddar, caramelized onions, roasted red peppers, roasted New Mexico green chiles, and freshly-cut corn sautéed with cider vinaigrette.
  11.00
Sides
Roadhouse Mashed Potatoes   3.50
South Carolina White Grits with Vermont CheddarGluten Free
Read Ari's essay.
  4.50
Hand-Cut Fries   3.50
Southern Style Braised Greens (with lots of bacon)Gluten Free
Read Ari's essay.
  3.50
Sautéed SpinachGluten Free   4.00
Side-O-Mac-n-Cheese   7.50
Carolina Gold Rice (aka "Charleston Ice Cream")Gluten Free   4.00


* Can be cooked to order. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
If you see this guy, the menu item is meatless.
Gluten-free



Zingerman's Roadhouse · 2501 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 · (734) 663-3663 (FOOD)
Hours: Mon-Thurs 7am-10pm, Fri 7am-11pm, Sat 10am-11pm, Sun 10am-9pm
Drive-up & To-Go: Mon-Thurs 6am-10pm, Fri 6am-11pm, Sat 7am-11pm, Sun 7am-9pm