Hopleaf Bar Menu and Prices

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Hopleaf Bar Menu

Last Update: 2025-03-14


Our Specialty

Mussels

$13.00 - $24.00

Very fresh from Prince Edward Island! Your choice of style both served w/ frites & aioli ---BELGIAN-STYLE: steamed in Wittekerke white ale w/ sliced shallots, celery, thyme & bayleaf; ...or... in WHI


Appetizers

Housemade Sausage Plate

$13.00

a trio of sausages served with seasonal accompaniments. Please ask your server for a description. Available at Lunch also.

Spice-Crusted Broken Arrow Ranch Venison

$16.00

grilled w/juniper-fennel crust, truffled celery root purée, red currant sauce, shaved fennel, braised mustard seeds

Caulifower Arancini

$12.00

fried risotto balls w/cauliflower, ancho-buffalo sauce, blue cheese, compressed celery root relish, black walnuts. Available at Lunch also.

Fried Veal Sweetbreads

$14.00

w//fried mushrooms, cauliflower mostarda, frisée, scallion, pistachio, pickled shallots, caper butter & Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge gastrique

Pan-Seared Diver Scallops

$16.00

w/parsnip purée, melted leeks, pickled shallots & black garlic-rye vinaigrette

Charcuterie Trio

$14.00

Choose 3 from the following: Country Paté; Chicken Liver Mousse; Tasso Bacon; Pork Belly Rillette; Nduja; Summer Sausage; Tonno di Maiale; Headcheese. Charcuterie is available at Lunch also

Frites

$5.00

Onion Rings

$7.00

w/ spicy mustard aioli. Available at Lunch also.

Daily Soup

$6.00

Available at Lunch also


Salads(available at Lunch also)

Rabbit Confit

$9.00

w/grilled rapini, Peruvian lima beans, Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge-plumped cranberries, pumpkin seeds, pecorino, black garlic-mustard vinaigrette

Fall Cobb

$8.00

w/shaved brussels sprouts, pickled red onion, Point Reyes Blue Cheese, hard boiled egg, Honeycrisp apples, house bacon, candied walnuts, sweet potato vinaigrette

Kale

$8.00

w/grilled beets, pickled Honeycrisp apples, caperberries, toasted black walnuts, miso-maple vinaigrette


Entrées

Steak Frites

$32.00

wood-grilled grass-fed ribeye (10-12oz.) from Oregon Painted Hills Farm w/your choice of maitre d' butter or lemon-horseradish butter; & our Belgian-style frites

Steak Frites #2

$25.00

wood grilled pasture-raised bavette (10oz.) w/ your choice of maitre d' butter or lemon-horseradish butter; & our Belgian-style frites

Wood-Grilled Duroc Pork Chop

$27.00

red wine-glazed; w/smoked gouda grits, roasted cauliflower/broccoli/salsify, black pepper vinaigrette, bacon marmalade & pickled cauliflower

Stewed Beef Short Ribs

$26.00

braised in Brother Thelonious; w/sweet potato polenta, stout braised greens, confit shallots, pickled cauliflower & grilled baguette

Maple-Brined Duck Breast

$26.00

wood-grilled, butternut squash purée, root vegetable bread pudding, roasted romanesco, Jacobin Rouge currants, fried sage, pumpkin seed oil

Pan-Seared Coho Salmon

$25.00

w/mushroom-squash broth, roasted miataki mushrooms, salsify, tarragon/pumpkin seed pesto, pickled grapes

Falafel Belgian Waffle

$18.00

spiced chickpea waffle w/lima bean & kale ragout, califlower "baba ganoush", pickled red onion, & shaved cauliflower/toasted quinoa/parsley salad


Sandwichesare of course available at Lunch

Toasted Nueske Ham

$11.00

on pumpernickel; gruyere cheese & apple-tarragon coleslaw; pommes frites

Grass-Fed Brisket

$13.00

on light rye; Montreal-style dry rub, slow-roasted while wrapped in bacon; w/stone-ground mustard, housemade dill pickle & pomme frites

Fried Catfish Hoagie

$12.00

farm-raised by Heartland Catfish, (Itta Bena, Mississippi) cornmeal-dusted, remoulade, lemon-tabasco pickles & frisée; pommes frites

C B & J

$11.00

on sourdough; house-made cashew butter, fig jam & raclette cheese, pan-fried; w/ stilton mac-&-cheese & house-made potato chips

Duck Reuben

$13.00

on marble rye; pekin duck breast, slow-roasted, w/ cranberry cream cheese spread, house-made sauerkraut, emmenthaler, pommes frites

House-Smoked Beef (available at Lunch ONLY)

$13.00

on rosemary ciabatta; w/beer mustard onions & horseradish sauce; pommes frites


Sidesare all available at Lunch also.

House-made Potato Chips

$6.00

Macaroni & Stilton Cheese

$6.00

Pancetta / Bourbon Beans

$6.00

Cold-Smoked Fried Brussels Sprouts

$7.00

w/truffle oil, pickled red onion & pecorino

Side Salad

$6.00


Cheese

Artisanal Cheese served w/paired accompaniments

$

Ask server for today's selection


Desserts

Cranberry Bread Pudding

$8.00

w/sage cream, smoked sweet potato, candied walnuts

Flourless Chocolate & Beet Cake

$8.00

w/pomegranate sorbet, almond puree & balsamic vinegar

Duck Fat Doughnuts

$8.00

w/bourbon caramel, maple ice cream, streusel, bacon apples

Figs & Pears

$8.00

w/clove-mint ice cream, lemon honey, Lindemans apple lambic tuile


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