Starters

Order an appetizer to split or to enjoy yourself, a great way to try more of what our menu has to offer.

• Mussels & ‘Nduja
  Blue Hill Bay mussels sautéed with spicy Calabrian ‘Nduja sausage, fresh tomatoes, and white wine, served with grilled sourdough bread. Our ‘Nduja comes from Tempesta Market in Chicago, winner of a 2018 Good Food Award!

  Small	$18
  Large	$30

• Poutine
  A classic dish from Quebec served here at the Roadhouse! Hand-cut, twice-cooked fries loaded with Widmer’s cheese curds and topped with beef gravy and scallions.

  	$15

• Sea Islands’ Sweet Potato Fries (V)
  Sweet potatoes hand-cut and twice-cooked, based on a traditional Sea Islands’ recipe. Served with housemade spicy mayonnaise. Can be gluten-free. (GF)

  Small	$12
  Large	$15

• Chili & Cheddar Fries
  Our hand-cut, twice-cooked fries smothered in ancho beef chuck chili and topped with Cabot cheddar cheese and scallions.

  	$15

• Ari’s Pimento Cheese (V, GF)
  A classic starter all over the South. A creamy spread of Cabot cheddar, Hellmann’s mayonnaise and chopped red peppers. Served with celery.

  	$12

• Buttermilk Biscuits (V)
  Two of our delicious housemade buttermilk biscuits, made with Vermont Creamery cultured butter! Served with your choice of peach or blueberry preserves from Blackberry Patch, Michigan honey, or even more Vermont Creamery cultured butter!

  	$8

• Cajun Fries (V)
  Hand-cut French fries tossed in a housemade Cajun spice blend to bring the heat!

  	$10

Salads

Farm-fresh local greens and produce make our salads a delicious option for a starter or an entrée! Dressings: Red Wine Vinaigrette, Ranch, Russian, Cider Vinaigrette, Honey Mustard Vinaigrette, & Cider Balsamico

• Roadhouse Simple Salad (V)
  Mixed greens from Blue Mitten Farms with Tantré Farm carrots and SarVecchio parmesan cheese, served with your choice of dressing.

  Small	$9
  Large	$14

• Classic Caesar
  Romaine lettuce with housemade Caesar dressing, SarVecchio parmesan cheese and salt-and-pepper croutons. Our Caesar dressing is made with raw egg yolk and anchovies. Can be gluten-free.(GF)

  Small	$13
  Large	$17

• Kale & Pine Nut (V, GF)
  Thinly shredded kale with dried cherries, pine nuts, garlic, lemon, extra virgin olive oil and SarVecchio parmesan cheese. This dish contains nuts!

  Small	$13
  Large	$17

Soups

Our soups really do hit the spot!

• Ancho Beef Chuck Chili
  Pasture-raised beef chuck with Camellia black beans in an ancho chili broth. Topped with scallions.

  Cup	$11
  Bowl	$14

• Southwestern Vegetable (Vegan, GF)
  Fresh corn, New Mexico green chiles, and roasted red peppers in a rich sweet potato broth. Garnished with tortilla strips, cilantro, and housemade avocado salad.

  Cup	$10
  Bowl	$13

Burgers & Sandwiches

Our burgers are ground fresh every day! All burgers and sandwiches are served with hand-cut, twice-cooked fries unless otherwise noted. Your choice of toppings include lettuce, tomato, pickle, and/or onion. Add applewood smoked bacon for $3.00. Substitute sweet potato fries for $2. Any of our sandwiches or burgers can be enjoyed on gluten-free bread for an additional $3.00.

• Roadhouse Burger
  Pasture-raised, dry-aged beef grilled over oak and served on a Bakehouse brioche bun. Choose your favorite cheese from our all-American cheese list to add to your burger! Only $2-$3.50 more. Turn up the heat by blackening your burger with our housemade Cajun spice blend! Only $2 more!

  	$21

• Fried Chicken Sandwich
  A fried boneless chicken breast topped with pickles, and New Mexico green chili ranch on a Bakehouse brioche bun. Add cheese for $2.00- 3.50 more

  	$25

• “Chicken-Fried” Mushroom Sandwich (V)
  Fresh maitake mushrooms dipped in buttermilk and then fried in seasoned flour. Served on a Bakehouse brioche bun with pickles and New Mexico green chile ranch dressing.

  	$22

• Pit-Smoked BBQ Pork Sandwich
  Classic Eastern North Carolina whole hog BBQ made from free-running Berkshire hogs raised at Bastian Farms in Milan, Michigan. Smoked over whole Michigan oak logs for 15 hours. This pork is hand-pulled, chopped, and seasoned with our Eastern North Carolina vinegar BBQ sauce. Served on a Bakehouse brioche bun with your choice of BBQ sauce and a side garnish of yellow mustard slaw.

  	$24

• Pit-Smoked BBQ Beef Sandwich
  Pit-smoked front quarter of beef, braised ’til tender, hand-pulled, and seasoned with Red Rage Tomato BBQ. Topped with more Red Rage BBQ and served on a Bakehouse brioche bun with a side garnish of yellow mustard slaw.

  	$26

Vegetarian

You don’t have to be a vegetarian to enjoy these dishes! Ask your server about adding BBQ, grilled chicken, fish, scallops, shrimp, or steak!

• “Chicken-Fried” Mushroom Basket (V)
  Fresh maitake mushrooms dipped in buttermilk and then fried in seasoned flour. Served with mashed potatoes and pepper gravy.

  	$28

• Mac & Three (V)
  The vegetarian cousin of the meat & three! Roadhouse macaroni and cheese, seasonal roasted vegetables, Anson Mills’ grits and cheese, and sautéed spinach.

  	$32

• Grilled Grits
  Anson Mills’ organic stone-ground grit cakes, grilled over oak, and topped with a mix of fresh corn, roasted red peppers, caramelized onions, and New Mexico green chiles tossed in our cider vinaigrette. Garnished with Cabot cheddar cheese and scallions.

  	$28

Fish

All of our fish is freshly sourced, filleted in house, and gluten-free. Available broiled, sautéed, grilled, blackened (+$2), or rubbed with Zingerman’s Coffee Spice rub (+$2). Dishes are served with mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach, unless otherwise noted. While we try to do our very best, we cannot guarantee the removal of all bones, so we do advise caution when enjoying our fish.

• Atlantic Salmon
  Sustainably farm-raised in the Bay of Fundy.

  	$36

• Whitefish
  Caught in the Great Lakes, best sautéed or broiled

  	$36

• Rainbow Trout
  Locally raised in Michigan, great grilled

  	$36

• Acadian Redfish
  Wild caught off the coast of Maine, great blackened.

  	$32

• Creole Pot Likker Fish Stew (GF)
  Creole-seasoned fresh fish sauteed in pot likker broth (made with lots of bacon). Served atop Anson Mills’ stone ground organic grits and bacon-braised greens.

  	$36

Macaroni & Cheese

Voted Top Comfort Food by Alton Brown on the The Food Network Show “America’s Best”! Macaroni made with our béchamel sauce contains onions. Substitute the Mancini pasta on any of our Mac & Cheeses with gluten-free fusilli egg noodles and gluten-free béchamel! Additional $2.00 for a small, $3.00 for a large, and $1.00 for a side.

• Roadhouse Macaroni & Cheese (V)
  Housemade béchamel sauce & lots of Cabot cheddar caramelized with Mancini pasta.

  Small	$18
  Large	$24

• Pimento Cheese & Bacon Macaroni
  Nueske’s applewood-smoked bacon and our housemade pimento cheese, tossed with housemade béchamel sauce and caramelized with Mancini pasta. Garnished with celery leaf. Want it vegetarian? Remove the bacon!

  Small	$22
  Large	$28

• Fried Chicken Macaroni & Cheese
  Our buttermilk fried chicken, chopped and tossed with housemade béchamel sauce & lots of Cabot cheddar cheese caramelized with Mancini pasta.

  Small	$22
  Large	$28

• Macaroni, Chicken & Monterey Jack
  Our pit-smoked, free-range chicken, fresh-cut corn, New Mexico green chiles and fresh cilantro tossed with housemade béchamel sauce & lots of Ig Vella’s Monterey Jack cheese caramelized with Mancini pasta. Garnished with cilantro.

  Small	$22
  Large	$28

Meat

All of our chicken and meat are carefully sourced from Michigan farms. The animals are pasture-raised, humanely treated, and free of hormones. We also do all of our butchering in house!

• Build Your Own Fried Chicken Basket!
  Please choose at least two pieces from the list below to build your basket. The price of each piece is in addition to the $6.00 charge for sides. Farm-raised Amish chicken, marinated in buttermilk and breaded in a Tellicherry black pepper seasoned flour, then deep-fried. Served with mashed potatoes topped with housemade chicken gravy, and a garnish of yellow mustard coleslaw.

  Breast	$12
  Thigh	$7
  Leg	$6
  Wing	$5
  GF Breast	$16
  GF Thigh	$11
  GF Leg	$10
  GF Wing	$9

BBQ Meat

Inspired by BBQ pit-master Ed Mitchell and the work of the Southern Foodways Alliance, we prepare our BBQ following traditional methods, cooking on a wood-fired open pit and giving the meat the time it needs to be full-flavored.

• Roadhouse BBQ Plate
  The ultimate BBQ sampler plate! Pit-smoked pork spare ribs topped with Red Rage tomato BBQ sauce, pit-smoked beef topped with Red Rage tomato BBQ sauce, and pit-smoked pork topped with South Carolina mustard BBQ sauce. Served with bacon-braised greens and mashed potatoes.

  	$38

• Pit-Smoked Spare Ribs
  Niman Ranch-raised pork spare ribs, smoked over oak for nine hours and smothered with Red Rage tomato BBQ sauce. Served with mashed potatoes, a side garnish of mustard coleslaw, and a little extra Red Rage.

  Half Rack	$38
  Full Rack	$60

• South Carolina BBQ Ribs (GF)
  Niman Ranch-raised pork spare ribs, smoked over oak for nine hours and smothered with South Carolina mustard BBQ sauce. Served with Anson Mills’ heirloom grits, a side garnish of mustard slaw, and a little extra SC BBQ.

  Half Rack	$38
  Full Rack	$60

• Pit-Smoked BBQ Pork
  Classic Eastern North Carolina whole hog BBQ made from free-running Berkshire hogs raised at Bastian Farms in Milan, Michigan. Smoked over whole Michigan oak logs for 15 hours. This pork is hand-pulled, chopped, and seasoned with our Eastern North Carolina vinegar BBQ sauce. Served with mashed potatoes, bacon-braised collard greens, and topped with your BBQ sauce of choice.

  	$30

• Pit-Smoked BBQ Beef
  Pit-smoked front quarter of beef, braised ’til tender, hand-pulled, and seasoned with Red Rage Tomato BBQ. Served with mashed potatoes, bacon-braised collard greens, and topped with even more Red Rage BBQ.

  	$32

• Whole Pit Chicken
  Whole Amish raised chicken seasoned with salt and Tellicherry black pepper and smoked over oak for 3 hours. – Limited Availability

  	$26

Meat & Three

We’re bringing a southern tradition to you right here in Ann Arbor! You choose your meat and then pick your three sides to round out your plate. All of our steaks are dry aged to approx. 5 weeks, which creates a complexity of flavor achieved no other way. Turn up the heat by blackening your steak with our Cajun spice blend for only $2 more!

• Tenderloin
  8 oz

  	$52

• Ribeye
  10 ounces, boneless

  	$50

• New York Strip
  10 ounces.

  	$48

• Top Sirloin
  8 ounces

  	$44

• London Broil
  6 ounce flank steak marinated with Worcestershire sauce, shallots, and garlic.

  	$38

• Skirt Steak
  6 ounces.

  	$36

• *Chicken Fried Steak
  Tenderized sirloin breaded in our Tellicherry black pepper seasoned flour, then deep fried ’till golden brown and smothered with chicken gravy

  	$36

Sides

All our sides are full-flavored and traditionally made.

• Roasted Tri-Color Carrots (Vegan, GF)
  Heirloom varietal carrots from Tantré Farm roasted with olive oil, salt, and tellicherry black pepper.

  	$10

• Anson Mills’ Grits & Cheese (V)
  Anson Mills’ stone ground grits and Cabot cheddar cheese

  	$7

• Bacon-Braised Collard Greens (GF)
  Locally-grown collard greens braised until tender with lots of Nueske’s applewood smoked bacon!

  	$8

• Carolina Gold Rice (V, GF)
  Anson Mills’ long grain rice, topped with Vermont Creamery cultured butter.

  	$8

• Roadhouse Mashed Potatoes (V, GF)
  Made with lots of Vermont Creamery cultured butter.

  	$8

• Side of Mac-n-Cheese (V)

  	$10

• Yellow Mustard Slaw (V)
  Chopped cabbage and carrots with Raye’s yellow mustard and balsamic vinegar.

  	$6

• Sautéed Spinach (Vegan, GF)

  	$8

• Sautéed Mushrooms (V, GF)
  Local maitake & shitake.

  	$9

Fresh Oysters

For over 20 years, the Roadhouse has proudly served plump, briny East Coast oysters, which we get in from Foley Fish. All the varieties we get are raised sustainably and carefully checked by Foley to maintain their 100-plus-year tradition of having incredibly high-quality fish and shellfish. We offer a chef’s choice of $2 oysters for Happy Hour, Mon-Fri 2pm-6pm! Come on by for a really great deal!

Artisanal Cheese Selections

The Roadhouse doesn’t mess around when it comes to cheese! We bring in the cream of the crop from all over the U.S. for our cheese board selections, including favorites from our very own Zingerman’s Creamery here in Ann Arbor! Any of our artisanal cheeses can be added on top of a burger or used to make a melty grilled cheese sandwich.