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Soup of the Day
nice cup $4.95
biggish bowl $6.95
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Eggplant Fries
Ya gotta try ‘em! Crispy rice coating served with yogurt sauce and/or our marinara sauce
$9.95
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Bruschetta
Grilled bread with sauteed Rapini and Smoked Provolone
$9.95
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Warm Focaccia Bread
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Pecorino and Parmesan Cheese
$10.95
Homemade Ricotta $2
Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Garlic $2
Charred and Peeled Sweet Peppers $2
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Pepperoni Gumbo
nice cup $4.95
biggish bowl $6.95
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Meatballs
Tender beef and pork meatballs on cheesy polenta with red wine sauce, served with warm focaccia bread
$13.95
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Eggplant and Porcini “Meatballs”
with a light tomato sauce and Pecorino and Parmesan Cheese
$12.95
Served with focaccia
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Dressed Greens
A variety of seasonal greens with your choice of Caesar, gorgonzola, white wine vinaigrette, roasted garlic dressing or buttermilk dressing.
Half $5.95
Full $8.95
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Fall Caprese
Housemade mozzarella served with thin sliced imported Italian mortadella, roasted red sweet peppers, capers, caper berries, and a drizzle of parsley-basil extra virgin olive oil. We can substitute our garlic braised mushrooms for the cured pork mortadella if you prefer.
$15.95
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Slice of Ice
Cherry tomatoes, cubes of provolone, a lively roasted garlic dressing, and a scattering of sliced pepperoni blasted in the oven till it’s cupped and crispy, all piled on a slab of chilled iceberg.
$13.95
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Arugula and Shaved Cauliflower Salad
Shaved Parmesan, orange zest, smoked salt, housemade lemon oil
$12.95
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Add A Protein
You can have your choice of protein to be added to any salad: Anchovies $3.50, Turkey Thigh $5, Chicken Breast $7, Shrimp 4 for $7.50 and 6 for $10, Salmon (lunch portion) $8, Salmon (dinner portion) $12, or our hormone free, antibiotic free, grass fed Burger Patty $9
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Chef Hannah’s Caesar 2.0
A classic favorite done in Wheat Penny fashion. This salad packs a punch with an umami, anchovy forward Cesar dressing, white anchovies, and our housemade Pimente d'Espelette croutons, topped with a jammy, soft boiled egg.
$15.95
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Kale Salad 2.0
Thin ribbons of Lacinato kale are dressed with a lemony vinaigrette spiked with roasted garlic, Parmesan and Romano cheeses and toasted chile flakes, then plated and topped with a tangle of pickled radish and carrot, avocado, and a shower of olive oil-toasted breadcrumbs.
$14.95
Portioned for sharing
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Grilled Broccolini with Olives and Bottarga
Charred Broccolini topped with grilled Castelvetrano and Beldi olives, lemon oil, garlic bits, toasted focaccia breadcrumbs, and a light shower of freshly grated Bottarga.
$13.95
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Green Beans with Soy Sauce Vinaigrette and Anchovy Mayo
I stole these from Girl and The Goat in Chicago. They are savory, juicy, and hit all the right umami notes.
$11.95
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Roasted Yukon Potatoes
Split, flattened and roasted with olive oil, coarse salt and freshly ground pepper till crispy ‘round the edges.
$6.95
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Pizza Oven Baked Acorn Squash Gratin
Our version of San Francisco’s famed Greens Restaurant’s dish featuring Patchwork Garden Acorn Squash, imported Fontina cheese and a light tomato sauce. Served hot and bubbly with a shower of fresh herbs.
$16.95
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Creamed Spinach
Fresh sauteed garlic spinach, housemade mornay sauce, and parmesan gratineed to bubbly goodness in the pizza oven.
$9.95
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Herb Buttered Spaghetti Squash
Our favorite hard squash roasted, and then quickly sauteed with herb butter. So simple, yet so good!
$8.95
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Chicago Style Chicken Parmesan
We gently pound a chicken breast and coat it with our parmesan panko breadcrumbs. It is quickly fried to order and topped with pizza sauce, a slice of our housemade mozzarella and fresh basil. Mayor Daley would be pleased! Served with housemade Jojos or vinaigrette-dressed greens
$14.95
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Smoked Brisket Sandwich
This beautiful brisket is smoked over hickory wood for eight hours, then wrapped in butcher paper which holds in the incredible juices while we smoke it for an additional 4 hours. Sliced brisket is piled on a soft toasted Wheat Penny hoagie roll with melted smoked provolone, red wine barbecue sauce and creamy, slightly spicy Alabama White sauce cabbage slaw. Served with your choice of housemade Jojos, or vinaigrette-dressed greens.
$18.95
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Wheat Penny Burger
We are so excited to be featuring local grass-fed beef from The Maker’s Meadow! This is true pasture raised organic beef that is hormone and antibiotic free. With cheddar cheese, lettuce, pickles, sliced onion and your choice of classic condiments. We serve it on a toasted golden hamburger bun with housemade Jojos or vinaigrette-dressed greens or your choice of dressing. (If you prefer, you can substitute our Crispy Cauliflower Patty for the beef patty.) Our default temp is medium-well; if you’d like your beef burger cooked differently, just let us know!
$15.95
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Mushroom Milanese
A big portobello mushroom breaded with panko crumbs, then deep-fried till golden brown and crispy-crunchy. Served hot on freshly made focaccia bread with a fistful of arugula and a smear of salsa verde, an Italian green sauce made with parsley, capers, olive oil, lemon, and love.
$13.95
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The Philadelphia
This is the sandwich that Liz won 2nd place in The International Italian Sandwich Competition! Pork Shoulder braised to juicy tenderness is teamed up with provolone cheese and one of our favorite vegetables, rapini. This quintessential Italian cousin to broccoli is a traditional match with pork--in pasta, in soups and on Sunday dinner platters, but especially in this iconic Italian sandwich beloved in Philadelphia. Juicy, garlicky perfection served on our house-made Ciabatta roll.
$15.95
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Chef Robert's Special Burger- Changes Bi-Weekly-
We are so excited to be featuring local grass-fed beef from The Maker’s Meadow! This is true pasture raised organic beef that is hormone and antibiotic free. Please call us to find out what we are featuring this week. Served with housemade Jojos or vinaigrette-dressed greens. (If you prefer, you can substitute our Crispy Cauliflower Patty for the beef patty.) Our default temp is medium-well; if you’d like your beef burger cooked differently, just let us know!
$18.95
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Green Lasagna with Cheese and Tomato
Homemade spinach pasta comes rolling forth from the pasta machine brilliantly green and very thin. It is layered with housemade ricotta cheese scented with nutmeg, and a light, fresh tomato sauce--eons away from the heavy, dense lasagna of the past. Simple, delicate, authentic, and so good. Served with a mixed green salad.
$23.95
Add Italian Chicken Sausage, Italian Sausage or Sliced Meatballs $2.50
Add Taylor Street- Garlic Braised Mushrooms, Spinach, and Italian Sausage $5
Add Vegetarian Taylor Street- Garlic Braised Mushrooms and Spinach $4
Add Chicken Taylor Street- Garlic Braised Mushrooms, Spinach, and Chicken Italian Sausage $4
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Housemade Pappardelle with Lamb Ragu
One of the world’s most beloved sauces for pasta, Lamb Ragu is just what the first bite of frost calls for. Mirepoix with lots of olive oil-simmered garlic, fresh thyme, red wine and tomato is the perfect flavor profile for our local lamb, both ground and tender chunks of shoulder, slow-cooked to an aromatic heartiness and ladled over our homemade pappardelle noodles. There’s nothing better.
Half $16.95
Full $28.95
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Hop the Gem Pasta
Hop The Gem Pasta Rustachella is the finest dried pasta available in the United States. The Maccheroni al Torchio is a swirly, cone-shaped beauty, just perfect for scooping up and holding the juices and tomato bits in our Tomato Salsa Cruda. Scatter in a quarter pound* of our homemade chicken sausage, a shower of basil leaves, and a heavy handful of Parmesan and Romano cheeses, and you’ve our all-time customer favorite pasta. You can substitute our housemade ricotta or vegan cashew ricotta if you prefer!
Half Order $13.50
Full Order $22
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Eggplant Parmesan
Served with your choice of one side. Slices of roasted eggplant layered with housemade ricotta and mozzarella cheeses make the ultimate melding of flavors, cloaked in our tomato-basil sauce and emerging bubbly-brown from the pizza oven. This dish is vegetarian and gluten-free, and we can make it with cashew ricotta and vegan mozzarella for our vegan folks!
$22.95
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Grilled Shrimp, Broccolini and Peppers with Polenta
Grilled with the vegetables, over polenta parmigiana and garnished with lemon oil and a drizzle of salsa verde, this is a "shrimp and grits" your mama never dreamed of.
$25.95
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Housemade Pappardelle with Wild Mushroom Ragu
Porcini and Lion’s Mane mushrooms, along with Portabellos and Criminis give a woodsy umami to this classic pasta sauce, simmered with mirepoix, garlic, fresh thyme, Italian tomatoes and housemade mushroom stock. Served over our stellar handmade pappardelle, It’s fall in a bowl, ladies and gents.
Half $14.95
Full $26.95
Served with your choice of two sides unless noted.
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Cauliflower T-Bone 2.0
A thick center-cut slice of cauliflower is poached in aromatic broth, then cooked to a deep, burnished brown on the flat top with a dusting of porcini rub until it browns up like a steak! Garnished with a rough-chopped salsa-ish sauce of capers, garlic, fresh mint, fresh oregano, and good olive oil. This is our new take on one of our favorite dishes.
$23.95
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Crispy Brick Chicken Thighs
On the menu since day one! Superior-quality, all-natural chicken thighs are boned out, seasoned and cooked juicy and crispy under a brick. Served with a drizzle of housemade roasty-rich gravy.
$28.95
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Grilled Strip Steak with Porcini Rub
This 12 oz. beauty is rubbed with a housemade spice mix of dried porcini mushrooms, coarse salt, crushed black pepper and Spanish paprika, grilled to charred and juicy.
$38.95
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Seared Sea Bass with Beurre Blanc
This wild caught Chilean Sea Bass from Australian waters is a buttery fish with extraordinary taste and firm, yet flaky texture that lends itself to a simple preparation like beurre blanc. It is certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council, as well as rated 'Best Choice' by the Monterey Bay Aquarium 'Sea Watch' program. We are so excited to add this to our menu!
$40.95
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Smoked Brisket
We smoke this beautiful brisket over hickory wood for eight hours, then wrapped in butcher paper to hold in the juices, and then smoked for another four hours. Served with a trio of housemade BBQ Sauces
$33.95
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Prime Dry-aged Bone-in Ribeye
Treat yourself to the intensified flavor of this 30-day dry-aged prime beef steak. The steaks are wet-aged 30 days, then racked to dry, and the magic begins. The meat becomes beefier and the fat more flavorful. The texture becomes silky and tender. The rib bone is split, and accounts for about ¾ ounce of the 12 oz. weight. Seasoned with kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper, grilled to your liking, then finished with a schmear of house-made porcini mushroom butter and a drizzle of white truffle oil. We send it out to you plated with two giant, crispy onion rings and your choice of two sides
$47
Small and Large-size gluten-free rounds are available as well. Shoestring Onions are dredged in gluten-free flour.
Mornay is a milk sauce with a gluten-free flour-and-butter-roux.
*Vegan option is with housemade cashew ricotta and Follow Your Heart dairy free shredded mozzarella
Small Round 15.95 / Large Round 22.95 unless noted
Build Your Own Pizza
The Basic Cheese Pizza – Housemade Pizza Sauce, Provolone and Mozzarella Cheeses … 12.95/18.95
Just Ask Your Server If You Would Like to Substitute Follow Your Heart Vegan Cheese- No Upcharge
Add Vegan Cashew Ricotta, Shrimp, Bacon, Ham, Pepperoni, Anchovies, Feta, Meatballs (not gluten or dairy free), Braised Pork,
Red Chorizo, Jackfruit, Grilled Chicken Breast, Blue Cheese, Braised Turkey, Italian Sausage,
Peppers and Onions, Fresh Mozzarella, Ricotta, Goat Cheese, Castelvetrano Green Olives, Basil, Black Dry-Cured Olives, Pineapple, Banana Peppers, Giardiniera, Beet Pesto (Vegan), Jalapenos, Crispy Shoestring Onions, Garlic-Braised Mushrooms, Chimichurri, Spinach, Calabrian Chili, Roasted Red Peppers or Braised Onions
1.75/2.75 per ingredient
Specialty Pizzas
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ANGRY SAL
An Olive Oil Base with Italian Pork Sausage, Fresh Mozzarella, Basil and Spicy Tomato Sauce on Top
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ANGELA aka WHITE MARGARITA*
A White Margarita with Fresh Mozzarella, Sliced Roma Tomato, Basil
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TOMMASO*
Grapes, Roman Sauce, Aged Blue Cheese, Crispy Shoestring Onions
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HAWAII 4-0
Ham, Charred Pineapple, Fresh Jalapeños, Cilantro
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PHILOMENA
Sliced Meatballs (Our House-Made Meatballs Contain Bread Crumbs (gluten) and Dairy), Sweet Peppers and Onions, Oregano
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TARTE FLAMBE
A white pizza with Bechamel, Nueske’s Bacon, Braised Onions, Fresh Thyme
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THAT’S THE WAY
Marinara, Roasted Red Peppers, Pepperoni
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CHIMI PICANTE
A white pizza with Braised Pork, Smoked Provolone, Peppadew Peppers and Chimichurri- The Argentinian Fresh Herb, Vinegar and Olive Oil Sauce. Spicy!
Small $16.95
Large $23.95
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OKIE DOKIE ARTICHOKIE*
Mornay, Spinach, Fontina, Artichoke Hearts, Garlic Bits
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DUCK ON THE MOUNTAIN
EVOO with Fontina and a little bit of Provolone and Mozzarella, house-made smoked Maple Leaf Farms Duck Bacon, Caramelized Sweet Onions
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UNBEETABLE
Beet Pesto, Spinach, Whipped Goat Cheese
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TAYLOR STREET
Italian Pork Sausage, Spinach, Garlic-Braised Mushrooms
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The PPP
Spicy Tomato Sauce with Pepperoni, Peppadew Peppers, Pepperoncini and Fresh Mozzarella
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MR. WHITE
A White Pizza with Smoked Provolone, Mozzarella, Fontina, Parmesan, Rosemary
Small $14.95
Large $21.95
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MAGIC MIKE
EVOO Base, Shredded Provolone and Mozzarella Mix, Fontina, Capocollo, Spinach, Calabrian Chili, Marinated Guided By Mushrooms Blue Oysters and their Lion's Mane Mushroom Honey
Small $17.95
Large $25.95
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NDUJA WANNA
Red Sauce, Fresh Thyme, Fresh Mozzarella, N’duja Chicken Sausage, Peppadews
Small $16.95
Large $23.95
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STREETS OF LAREDO
EVOO base with housemade Red Chorizo, local Patchwork Butternut Squash, Crema, Lime Zest and Cilantro
Small $16.95
Large $23.95
Available at lunch and dinner
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STREETS OF LAREDO
EVOO base with housemade Red Chorizo, local Patchwork Butternut Squash, Crema, Lime Zest and Cilantro
Small $16.95
Large $23.95
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Machete
Spicy Tomato Sauce with Black Beans, Chorizo, Cheddar and Crispy Fried Tortillas Strips, Lime, Cilantro.
Small $16.95
Large $23.95
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Housemade Pappardelle with Wild Mushroom Ragu
Porcini and Lion’s Mane mushrooms, along with Portabellos and Criminis give a woodsy umami to this classic pasta sauce, simmered with mirepoix, garlic, fresh thyme, Italian tomatoes and housemade mushroom stock. Served over our stellar handmade pappardelle, It’s fall in a bowl, ladies and gents.
Half $14.95
Full $26.95
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Maine Gold Mussels
Chef Devin is serving these beautiful big Blue Hill Bay mussels with a light tarragon, white wine cream sauce. Garnished with roasted cherry tomatoes, tarragon pesto and focaccia grissini. Delicious and sustainable!
$22.95
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Chef Hannah’s Caesar 2.0
A classic favorite done in Wheat Penny fashion. This salad packs a punch with an umami, anchovy forward Cesar dressing, white anchovies, and our housemade Pimente d'Espelette croutons, topped with a jammy, soft boiled egg.
$15.95
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Chef Robert's Special Burger- Changes Bi-Weekly-
We are so excited to be featuring local grass-fed beef from The Maker’s Meadow! This is true pasture raised organic beef that is hormone and antibiotic free. Please call us to find out what we are featuring this week. Served with housemade Jojos or vinaigrette-dressed greens. (If you prefer, you can substitute our Crispy Cauliflower Patty for the beef patty.) Our default temp is medium-well; if you’d like your beef burger cooked differently, just let us know!
$18.95
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Seared Salmon with Roasted Butternut Squash Bisque and Root Vegetables
This sustainably farmed Antarctic salmon from Sixty-South is juicy on the inside, and golden-crispy on the outside. Chef Robert’s fall preparation highlights local Patchwork Gardens beautiful sweet butternut squash and a variety of root vegetables. Served with your choice of one (1) side. We cook our salmon to medium temperature by default, please let us know if you would like it cooked differently.
$34.95
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Grilled Vande Rose Farms Pork Chop 36.95 Two Chops 46.95
A tender, Iowa heritage breed bone-in chop is brined and grilled to your liking. We pair this beautiful pork with Chef Robert’s white cabbage braised with Nueske’s bacon, apples and housemade grainy mustard. This is a perfect dish for our seasonal colder weather. Served with your choice of two (2) sides.
One (1) Pork Chop $36.95
Two (2) Pork Chops $46.95
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Chef Devin’s Pear Croustade
Served with whipped cream.
$8.95
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Almond, Plum and Black Pepper Financier Cake (GF)
Served with plum sauce and whipped cream. Meant to be shared!
$10.95
gluten free
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Arnie’s Chocolate Cake
with salted caramel sauce and whipped cream
$7.95
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House-Made Buckeye Ice Cream
Salted peanut butter base with a dark chocolate swirl and a drizzle of chocolate sauce
$6.95
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Vanilla Ice Cream Our Way
With extra virgin olive oil, crushed dark chocolate bits and a pinch of Maldon flake salt
$6.95
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Chocolate or Vanilla Ice Cream
One Scoop $3.95
Two Scoops $5.95
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Assorted Vegan Ice Creams
Cold Brew Coffee and Boba - coconut milk base Vanilla - coconut base Strawberry - rice and soymilk base
One Scoop $3.95
Two Scoops $5.95
Featured and Classic Cocktails
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Country Dog
Belle of Dayton Vodka | Grand Marnier | Thyme Tincture | Carrot Cordial | Bénédictine | Lemon | Absinthe
$15
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Beet Boo Boo Bop
Beefeater Gin | Salers Aperitif | Beet and Beer Reduction | Dill Shrub | Lime | Peychaud’s Bitters
$14
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Disco Nap
El Jimador Blanco Tequila | Bistra Slivovitz | Hakutsuru Organic Junmai Sake | Miso | Ginger | Plum | Lemon
$15
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Climbing Up The Wall
El Jimador Reposado Tequila | Ancho Reyes | Tasty Cold Brew | Half & Half | Demerara | Chile de Árbol | Saline
$14
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Jupiters Groove
Apple-infused Hennessy | Los Magos Sotol | Averna | Smoked Cinnamon | Lemon
$15
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Golden Egg
Roasted Butternut Squash-infused Redemption Rye | Dewars Scotch | Allspice Dram | Demerara | Lemon | Lime | Egg White **contains egg
$14
egg
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Basil Smash
Tito’s Vodka | St. Germain Liqueur | Basil | Lemon | Housemade Grapefruit Cordial
$12
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Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
Buffalo Trace | Glenmorangie | Demerara | Angostura Bitters | Hickory Smoke
$13
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Wheat Penny Manhattan
Redemption Rye | Housemade Beer Jam | Angostura Bitters | Orange Cream Citrate
$12
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The Mountain Gem
Fennel-infused Watershed Gin | Genepy les Chamois | Rosemary | Lime
$12
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Sweater Weather
Ginger-infused El Jimador Blanco | Cointreau | Salted Caramel | Lemon | Yuzu
$12
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Kate’s Whiskey Sour
Redemption Rye | Lemon | Lime | Orange | Simple Syrup | Egg White | Angostura Bitters **contains egg
$12
egg
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"French 75"
Housemade “Gin” | Lemon | Simple Syrup | Housemade Lychee “Champagne”
$10
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“Bubbly”
Housemade Lychee “Champagne”
$8
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Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice
Lyres N/A Spiced Cane | Grenadine | Cinnamon | Lime | Soda
$11
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N/A Blackberry Sour
Lyres N/A American Malt | Blackberry | Black Peppercorn | Lemon | Lime | Egg White
$12
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Wild Crab Apple Soda
Wild Crab Apples | Sugar | Water
$8
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Ginger and Lemon
21 oz. $2.50
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House Spritz
Prosecco | Aperol | Soda
$10
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Bitter Spritz
Prosecco | Campari Soda | Peychaud’s Bitters
$11
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Plum & Sake Spritzer
Prosecco | Hakutsuru Plum Wine Hakutsuru Organic Junmai Sake
$11
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Flying Spritz
Prosecco | Amaro Nonino Aperol | Lemon | Soda
$12
Rotating Drafts
10oz - $6 16oz - $8-
Loose Ends - Copper Coin
Italian Pilsner - 4.4%
Collaboration with Wheat Penny and Loose Ends Brewing
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Streetside - Golden Eye
West Coast IPA 5%
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Dayton Beer Company - Broken Trolley
Blood Orange Blonde Ale - 5.3%
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Original Sin - Black Widow
Blackberry Cider - 6%
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Urban Artifact - Bushel
Spiced Apple Tart Fruit Sour - 4.5%
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West Side Brewing - Dry Irish Stout
Dry Irish Stout - 4.3%
Wheat Penny Dinner Family Packs
Orders for the Family Packs must be CALLED IN by 4:00pm. (937)496-5268 **For your convenience, this menu item is fully cooked and then flash cooled and refrigerated so it will need to be reheated prior to consuming**-
Green Lasagna with Cheese and Tomato
Homemade spinach pasta layered with housemade ricotta cheese scented with nutmeg, and a light, fresh tomato sauce. Simple, delicate, authentic, and so good. Includes salad, feeds 4. **For your convenience, this menu item is fully cooked and then flash cooled and refrigerated so it will need to be reheated prior to consuming**
$70
Pro Tip: order it Taylor Street-style, and we top the lasagna with our house Italian sausage, sauteed spinach and garlic-braised mushrooms. $8
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Eggplant Parmesan Family Pack
Eggplant Parmesan Family Pack Thin slices of sautéed eggplant layered with housemade ricotta and mozzarella cheeses is the ultimate cozy supper, cloaked in our tomato-basil sauce and emerging bubbly-brown from the pizza oven. This Family Pack serves 4, and comes with your choice of one side to share. This dish is vegetarian and gluten-free, and we can make this with cashew ricotta and vegan mozzarella for our vegan folks!
$60
Taylor Street Style-Pro Tip: order it Taylor Street-style and we top it with our house Italian sausage, sauteed spinach and garlic-braised mushrooms. $10
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Chicago-Style Chicken Parmesan Family Pack
Six gently pounded chicken breasts are coated with our Parmesan-panko breadcrumb mix and quickly fried to golden-crispy delicious, then topped with marinara sauce, melty slices of our housemade mozzarella and fresh basil. This Family Pack serves 4, and comes with your choice of one side to share
$68