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Starters

Beer Braised Short Rib     13

Slow braised in a dark stout and served with potato puree, caramelized Westmalle Dubbel onions and pickled celery. Topped with a rich beef demi-glace.

 

Cheese Plate     18

Today's trio of cheese:

***Birchrun Blue***  (Birchrun Hills Farm, Chester Springs, Pa)

* Cow, Raw *

Semi-soft blue cheese. Mild, sweet, and peppery. Creamy with delicate blue cheese flavors.

***Clover Truckle***  (Clover Creek Cheese Cellar, Williamsburg, PA)

* Cow, Raw *

Clothbound Cheddar aged in a 25 pound truckle for one year. Smooth and creamy with a fudgey texture and some hints of pineapple.

***Noblette***  (Calkins Creamery, Honesdale, PA)

* Cow, Pasteurized *

Soft, fresh pastured baby brie. Petite and dainty, like an elegant and more interesting cousin of brie. Notes of herbs and mushrooms, with a buttery finish.

Served with house-made jams, Green Meadow Farm raw honey & seasonal fruit, our house-made pickles & pickled mustard seed.

 

Chicken Fingers     12

House-made, lager-battered, golden fried chicken fingers.  Served with mild barbecue sauce

 

Chicken Liver Mousse     12

with pickled mustard seeds, peach jam, pickled apples, chives, and toasted sourdough from Merzbacher's Bakery.

 

Pommes Frites     6

Our award winning fresh-cut, double-fried frites. Served with Monk's world-famous bourbon mayonnaise for dipping

 

Roasted Vegetable Soup     7

Roasted root vegetables with our rich veggie stock, thyme & cream. Topped with toasted hazelnuts and preserved citrus. (VEGETARIAN)

 

Smoked Trout Dip     11

Smoked trout spread topped with caper and onion relish. Served with sliced baguette

 

Spanish Flies     15

Incredibly hot chicken wings w/chipotle pepper sauce that are not for the faint of heart. They aren't those wimpy 'buffalo wings' - these babies are incendiary!  HOT! HOT! HOT! Did I mention that they're HOT? We do offer barbecue sauce for the less adventurous. Served with a side order of our famous frites

 

Salads

Baby Green Salad     7

Organic greens with our Monk's Flemish Sour Ale vinaigrette
ADD Goat Cheese for 3  ADD Chicken Breast 9

 

Beet Salad     14

Arugula, Roasted Red Beets, Fresh Chévre, Pickled Fennel, Apples, and Shaved Toasted Almond in a Citrus Vinaigrette

 

Caesar     9

Baby kale & field greens tossed in our tangy caesar dressing and topped with croutons
ADD Chicken Breast 9

 

Monk's Duck Salad     21

Organic greens with duck breast (grilled medium/medium rare), goat cheese, spicy walnuts & Monk's Flemish Sour Ale soaked craisins *contains nuts

 

Mussels

All Mussels served with Pommes Frites (about a pound and a half)    21

Ghent    

Ommegang Hennepin, fumet, parsley, caramelized leeks, bacon, bleu cheese & garlic

 

Monks    

Allagash White, fumet, garlic & parsley

 

Red Light    

Belgian golden ale, fumet, toasted chili de arbol broth, parsley and garlic *contains soy

 

Thai Curry    

Monk's Flemish Sour, fumet, Thai red curry, basil, garlic & coconut milk

 

Burgers

All are served on a Merzbacher’s Bakery Sweet Potato Bun (vegan) and bottom buns have our home-made mayo (contains eggs). Burger, Chicken Breast & Vegan Burger.

Burger     16

 

Chicken Breast     16

 

Vegan Burger     16

 

Burger Topping

Bruges    

sauteed mushrooms & gruyere

 

Brussels    

bacon & cheddar

 

Cheddy    

Cheddy Topper cheese from Vermont Farmstead (made with Alchemist Heady Topper) & pickled red onion

 

Ghent    

broccoli rabe & cheddar 

 

Monk's    

caramelized leeks & bleu cheese

 

Trappist    

goat cheese, lettuce, tomato & raw onion

 

Sandwiches

Duck Salad Sandwich     17

Our award winning salad served sandwich style on an Italian roll. Baby greens with grilled duck breast, goat cheese, spicy walnuts and Monk's Flemish Sour Ale soaked craisins. Served with a side baby green salad *contains nuts

 

Pulled Pork Sandwich     13

Spicy pork slow cooked in Belgian brown ale, served with house slaw and BBQ sauce on an Italian long roll. Served with a side baby green salad. *contains soy

 

Seitan Cheese Steak     12

Michael's seitan (wheat meat) sauteed with onions and mushrooms. served on a long roll and topped with gruyere cheese. Served with a side of baby greens salad (VEGETARIAN) NOW AVAILABLE: Daiya dairy-free "mozzarella" upon request

 

Main Plates

Local Mushroom Pappardelle     20

Mycopolitan Mushroom Farm's Lion's Mane, Pioppino, Oyster, Trumpet, & Shiitake mushrooms cooked in herbs, butter, garlic & cream, tossed together with Pappardelle pasta and topped with Parmigiano Reggiano (VEGETARIAN)

 

Organic Chicken Thigh     15

Served over barley and mushrooms with roasted sweet potatoes. Topped with an anchovy cream sauce.

 

Roasted Farm Veggies     15

Roasted local veggies from Green Meadow Farm served over beluga lentils, cider-soaked craisins and a tahini-kimchi sauce    (VEGAN/GLUTEN FREE) *contains sesame

 

Steak Frites Salad     20

5 oz. flat iron steak marinated with roasted garlic and herbs de Provence then grilled and served over seasonal greens with our award winning pommes frites

 

Dessert

Apple Raspberry     12

fresh sliced apples baked over a raspberry filling in a sweet pastry shell

 

Bailey's Cheesecake     12

Bailey's and chocolate chip cheesecake topped with an espresso chocolate ganache and Jameson whipped cream

 

Blackberry Almond Tart     12

fresh blackberries, sliced almonds, sweet pastry shell

 

Blueberry Lemon Tart     12

fresh blueberries baked in a lemon brown butter custard with a sweet pastry shell

 

Bourbon Pecan Tart     12

gooey bourbon spiked filling, pate brisee shell and pecan pieces, served warm.

 

Chocolate Créme Brülée     12

vanilla créme brülée filling, chocolate espresso bean pastry, chocolate-espresso ganache

 

Key Lime Tart     12

fresh Key Lime curd, local whipped cream, sweet pastry shell

 

Takeaway Beer - All Cans

Single Can Four Pack Six Pack
Yards Brawler (Philadelphia) 5 25

Beer

Single Can Four Pack Six Pack
Allagash North Sky 16oz (ME) 7 25
Almanac Sour Cherry Nova 16oz (CA) 9 35
Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose 12oz (CA) 6 30
Collective Arts Guava Gose 12oz (NY) 7
Collective Arts NA IPA 12oz (NY) 6
Collective Arts Ransack the Universe NEIPA 16oz (Canada) 7
Crooked Stave Petite Sour Blueberry 16oz (CO) 10 36
Crooked Stave Petite Sour Peach 16oz (CO) 10 35
Crooked Stave Petite Sour Raspberry 16oz (CO) 10 36
Crooked Stave Sour Rose 12oz (CO) 7 25
De Dolle XL (40th Anniversary Ale) 12oz (Belgium) 10
Dock Street Rye IPA (Philadelphia) 7 25
Down East Original Blend cider 12oz (MA) 6 30
Gaffel Kolsch 16.9oz (Germany) 7
Hitachino Yuzu Lager 11.8oz (Japan) 10 35
Jever Pilsner 16.9oz (Germany) 7 25
Jolly Pumpkin Oro 16oz (MI) 8 30
Kasteel Quad Nitro (Belgium) 10 35
Kasteel Rouge Nitro (Belgium) 10 35
Monk's Café Flemish Sour Ale 11.2oz (Belgium) 8 30
New Belgium Fat Tire 6 30
Nomad Freshies Salt & Pepper Gose 12oz (Australia) 9 35
OEC Trifaldi Oatmeal Stout 16oz (CT) 7 25
Oxbow Surfcasting 12oz (ME) 6 30
Rodenbach Classic 16.9oz (Belgium) 7.5 28
Schlenkerla Helles Smoked Lager 16oz (Germany) 10 35
Strange Roots Mystic Parallel - BA w/ PA De Chanuac must 16oz (PA) 10 35

Cider

Single Can Four Pack Six Pack
Downeast Original Cider 12oz (MA) 6 30
Frecon Early Man (PA) 7 26
Ploughman Birdwatcher 12oz (PA) 7.5 28
Ploughman Kenspeckle 12oz. (PA) 7.5 28
Ploughman Lupulin Lummox dry cider w/hops 12oz (PA) 7.5 28
Ploughman Stayman Winesap cider 12oz (PA) 7.5 28
Sagardoa Gurutzeta Basque cider 12oz (Spain) 9 35