Southern Bistro Menu

Soups and Salads

Gumbo

Chef’s favorite gumbos served with Missouri long grain rice

$6

Today’s Soup

Prepared daily from fresh, seasonal ingredients

$5

Cornbread & Bibb Lettuce Salad

Chive & buttermilk dressing, shaved radishes, cucumbers, spiced nuts

$6

Cornfried Oyster Salad

Baby spinach, boiled farm egg, warm bacon dressing

$8

Shrimp Remoulade

Boiled shrimp tossed with a spicy Louisiana mayonnaise, julienned peppers, tobacco onions

$8
   

Snacks

Lima Bean Hummus

A Middle Eastern dip made with lima beans, garlic, and tahini served with warmed pita

$3
   

Praline Bacon

Housemade bacon coated with nuts and brown sugar

$4

Boudin Balls

Cajun pork & rice sausage coated with Japanese bread crumbs and served with a Southern tartar sauce

$5

Hush Puppies

Cornmeal and jalapeno fritters, bacalao, burnt lemon sauce

$4

Sharing Plates

Charbroiled Oysters

Oysters on the half shell, herb vinaigrette, grated parmesan

$2.25 each, minimum of 3

Popcorn Shrimp

Semolina breaded bite size shrimp served with ravigote sauce

$8

Crawfish Bread

Rich bread filled with a cheesy crawfish etouffee

$7
   

Miniature Natchitoches Meat Pies

Spicy beef turnovers serve with special sauce

$9

Signature Po’ Boys

6 inch po’ boy served with potato chips and pickles

Fried Shrimp

Semolina dusted shrimp served with lettuce, tomato, and special sauce

$9

Gumbo Dog

Grilled Andouille and our daily gumbo served with pepperjack cheese and coleslaw

$10

Roast Beef

Homestyle hot roast beef with gravy served with lettuce, tomato, and horseradish ketchup

$8

Surf n’ Turf

Fried shrimp and hot roast beef served with lettuce, tomato, horseradish ketchup, and special sauce

$10

The Peacemaker

Our crispy bacon and cornfried oysters served with lettuce, tomato, and ravigote sauce

$11

Supper

Roasted Mushrooms and Gnocchi

Scallion & ricotta gnocchi, pan roasted oyster mushrooms, tender celery, herb veloute

$14, add guanciale $3

Shrimp and Grits

Sautéed jumbo white shrimp and cheddar cheese grits topped with a bourbon and leek sauce

$18

Smothered Chicken

Amich chicken braised with onions, served with a rich gravy and “dirty rice” risotto

$15
   

Shellfish Maque Choux

saute of seafood with grilled corn, okra, peppers and rich bisque, served with crispy boudin balls

$19

Sweet Potato Wrapped Catfish

Served with roasted mushrooms, braised red cabbage, smoked salt, sage beurre blanc

$16

Creole Spiced Butcher Steak

Caramelized onions, mashed potatoes, tasso marchand de vin

$20

Daily Specials
Monday

Red Beans and Rice

Red kidney beans slowly cooked with tasso and served with local hamhocks and Missouri long grain rice

$12
Tuesday

Stuffed Peppers

Missouri grass fed beef filled red bell peppers, housemade chitarra pasta, and red gravy

$12
Wednesday

Tasso Smoked Pork Chop

8 oz. local pork chop smoked and coated with tasso spices, served with smothered collard greens

$15
Thursday

Skillet Fried Chicken

Traditional Southern fried chicken cooked in cast iron skillets, served with mashed potatoes, sweet & sour green beans, and gravy

$17
Friday

Blackened Fish

Fresh fish fillet coated in our Creole spices and served with a crowder pea and okra fricassee

$18
Saturday

Trout Menuiere

Cast iron seared Troutdale Farm rainbow trout served with a spicy lemon butter sauce and molasses mashed sweet potatoes

$16

Sweets

Pecan & Bourbon Pie

Old-style pie crust with a traditional pecan filling spiked with Kentucky bourbon

$5

Bread Pudding

Cinnamon and clove laced bread pudding served with a rum – raisin sauce

$5

Seasonal Fruit Dessert

An always changing selection of American fruit desserts

$5
   

Crème Brulee

Rich cream custard browned with turbinado sugar, served with a cookie and seasonal fruit

$6

Rootbeer Float

Homemade rootbeer, homemade vanilla bean ice cream

$4