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Website
6307 Delmar Blvd.
- 725-6985
In the Loop - University
City, Missouri
Andy & Paula Ayers
- Proprietors
APPETIZERS
Crawfish
Stuffed Mushroom Caps 4.95
Salsiccia Stuffed Mushroom
Caps 4.25
Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushroom
Caps 4.95
Combination Stuffed Mushroom
Caps 4.75
Grilled Chilled Tenderloin
Remoulade 5.95
Our Own Smoked Missouri Rainbow
Trout 5.95
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail 6.25
Shrimp Remoulade 6.25
SOUPS
& SALADS
Soup
du Jour - Made
from scratch at Riddle's. 1.65/2.65
Riddle's Garden Vegetable
Soup - A low fat,
low calorie vegetarian medley
in tomato stock. 1.65/2.65
Dinner Salad - A satisfying
garden salad of lettuce,
fresh mushroom carrot, red
onion & tomato. 1.95
Eden Salad - A
garden fresh vegetable salad with
lettuce, ftesh @ushroom,
cheese, carrot, red onion,
tomato, green pepper, cucumber,
ripe olive & egg. 3.75
Chef Salad - A moimd
of crisp lettuce, fresh mushroom,
hain- turkey, cheese, carrot,
red onion, tomato & egg. 3.75
Mayfair Salad - A
delightful combination of lettuce,
fresh mushroom, turkey, green
pepper and egg.
Served with our Mayfair dressing.
3.75
Eden, Chef or Mayfair
Salad in lieu of the dinner salad
with entree order. 2.75
Riddle's Homemade
Salad Dressings
Ranch - Mayfair -
Blue Cheese
Ginger-Lemon - Spicy
Italian
RIDDLE'S PENULTIMATE
CAFE & WINE BAR
STARTERS & SMALLER
PORTIONS
THE HOMEGROWN TOMATO
SALAD! - It's been a very tough year for tomatoes, but
they're finally here! Thick slices of juicy, ripe, sweet red
tomatoes from Andy Ashley's Organic Farm in, Chesterfield, MO,
with bell pepper, red onion, artichoke heart and our Italian dressing.
5.25 -Trade up to Homegrown Tomato Salad w/entree: add
3.75 to entree price.
Missouri Shiitake Mushrooms -
They're back! Organically
grown on Bald Eagle Farm in Shannon County, MO at the confluence
of the Jack's Fork & Current Rivers, sauteed in butter with
salt, pepper & splash of white wine, these are likely the
best mushrooms you've ever eaten. 5.95
Crawfish Shreveport - Delectable,
chilled crawfish meat with red onion, bell pepper and corn, marinated
with lime juice and cayenne pepper in delicious, sweet Shreveport
Poppyseed Dressing. 5.95
Smoked Trout - A
side of fresh Rainbow Trout from Troutdale Ranch in Gravois
MiIIs, Missouri - hickory smoked in our kitchen and
served with
Fresh Dill-Sour Cream Sauce.
5.95
Smoked Alaskan King Salmon - Wild
salmon from the icy waters of the Cook Inlet are smoked with hickory
wood in our kitchen and served with
Fresh Dill-Sour Cream Sauce.
6.95
Hot & Sweet Homegrown Corn
Relish - Fresh cut corn
from the Thies Family Farm in St. Louis County with red
bell pepper & green onion, seasoned with cayenne & cumin,
sugar, nutmeg & Homegrown fresh basil, served with rich, ripe
avocado slices. 4.95
Normandie Sandwich -
Focaccia, Italian herb
bread, is sprinkled- with olive oil, spread with Boursin, a
delicious, soft herb-garlic cheese from Normandie, France, covered
with chopped fresh basil & ripe tomato, popped under the broiler.
5.25
Asparagus Capocoffa - Crisp,
tender asparagus spears marinated in spicy oil & vinegar,
wrapped in thin slices of Capocolla, pork loin cured with
crushed red pepper by John Volpi on the MU. 4.95
TODAY'S HOMEMADE SOUPS
Mulligatawny Soup - A
delicious honeyed and curried chicken
soup with carrots, apples
and lots of meat.
Riddle's Garden Vegetable
Soup - Low fat, low calorie,
all vegetarian in tomato
juice stock.
Chilled Orange-Apricot
Soup - So creamy,
rich and delicious,
you'd never guess it's made
with low-fat yogurt!
TODAY'S ENTREE &
SEAFOOD SPECLALS
Chicken Stupendo - A
boneless breast is sauteed with green onion
and a hint of garlic, flamed
with peach schnapps and served with a
sauce of peach nectar and
slices of fresh peach from my favorite
peach grower, George Lovins
in Dexter, Missouri. 14.95
Memphis Pulled Pork BBQ
- The dish employs the
results of
painstaking, on-site research
in Memphis! A whole pork butt is
dry-rubbed and slow smoked
with hickory for ten hours in our
kitchen, served with Memphis-style
BBQ sauce, fresh cut cole slaw
and your choice of vegetable
sides. 9.95
Tuna Pesto - A
boneless fillet of fresh Yellowfin tuna, grilled quickly over
high heat and served with tomatoes and Pesto sauce made with fresh
basil from Leland Eikennann's organic farm in Bourbon,
Missouri. 16.95
Trout Martha - Fresh,
boned Missouri Rainbow Trout from
Troutdale Ranch in Gravois
NUs, Missouri -
broiled with artichoke heart,
fresh broccoli,
roasted red pepper and pine
nut stuffmg. 15.95
Cajun Cavatelli - A
rich white sauce with fresh mushrooms,
red and green bell peppers,
delectably sweet crawfish meat,
like tiny lobster tails, and a dash
of cayenne. 11.95
Linguini with Homegrown
Basil Pesto - We don't
make pesto
unless we have fresh, locally
grown basil. This time, the fragrant,
bright green basil leaves
are from Leland Eikennann's Organic
Farm in Bourbon, Missouri,
ground with garlic, pine nuts,
Parmesan cheese and olive oil. 9.95
BBQ SHRIMP
Jumbo shrimp, basted
and grilled with a tangy
homemade barbecue sauce.
12.95
SHRIMP REMOULADE
DINNER
A dinner sized portion
of jumbo shrimp are boiled, then
chilled ice cold and
served with Riddle's own Remoulade sauce,
FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">a spicy Creole mustard sauce.
17.95
VEGETABLE PLATE
A selection of today's
fresh vegetables, always the best on the market,
locally and organically
grown when available.
Served with salad. 9.75
GRILLED STEAKS
Filet Mignon - 9 oz. 16.95
Sirloin Strip - 12 oz.
18.25
STEAK MARCHAND
DE VIN
Grilled to order,
served with a long-sinitnered French-Creole sauce
of beef stock, prosciutto,
red wine and garlic.
Filet Mignon - 17.95 Sirloin
Strip - 18.95
STEAK DELMAR
Grilled to order, served
in a traditional American style
heaped with sauteed mushroom
and onion.
Filet Mignon - 17.95 / Sirloin
Strip - 18.95
FRESH SEAFOOD
& SPECIAL ENTREES
Fresh seafood selections,
special and seasonal entrees change regularly. They are described
on the Daily Menu.
Entrees are
accompanied by afresh vegetable
and choice of
soup or salad
ENTREES
VEAL DIJON
Tender slices of free-range
veal are sauteed with fresh mushrooms, flamed with brandy and
served with a sauce of Dijon mustard and cream. 13.25
VEAL NORMANDY
Tender slices of free-range
veal are sauteed with fresh mushrooms and prosciutto, flamed with
apple schnapps and finished with fresh apple slices and crewn.
13.65
VEAL AKSELROD
Tender slices of free-range
veal sauteed with fresh
mushrooms and green
onion, perfinned with raspberry vinegar,
finished with sour
cream and tomato and served
on a bed of long grain
and wild rice.
Only at Riddle's.
13.95
CHICKEN ROSP,
A boneless breast
is sauteed with onion and green pepper,
served in a sauce
of rose Wine and soy sauce,
brown sugar and oregano.
Only at Riddle
Is. 11.45
CHICKEN MAJOR GREY
A boneless breast
is sauteed with green onion, poached in brandy
and served with a
sauce of sour cream and mango chutney.
Only at Riddle
Is. 11.95
SHRIMP SARA
Jumbo shrimp are sauteed
with fresh garlic and mushroom,
served with a sauce
of white port wine, tomato,
artichoke heart and
cream.
Only at Riddle
Is. 14.25
TODAY'S FRESH VEGETABLES
Homegrown, Very Sweet Bi-Color
Corn-on-the-Cob
Homegrown Summer Squash with
Prosciutto & Romano
Both from Thies Farm
in St. Louis County, MO
Homegrown Red Beets in a
beautiful pink sour cream dressing
Homegrown Green Beans with
Butter & Ham
Both from Andy Ashley's
Organic Farm in Chesterfield, MO
Homegrown New Potatoes -
Potatoes the way they oughta be!
Linguini with Homegrown Basil
Pesto Sauce
Both from Leland Eikennann's
Organic Farm in Bourbon, MO
TODAY'S HOMEEMADE DESSERTS
Homemade Peach Pie
- 3.25
Made with George Lovins'
peaches from Dexter, Missouri
Cries Out for a Scoop
of homemade Ice Cream - 4.25
Vanilla Poached Pear
with Grand Marnier Custard Sauce
and Fresh Oregon Raspberries
- 3.25
Homemade Almond Cheesecake
Almond Cheesecake with
Fresh Rasberries OR Peaches
Fresh Oregon Raspberries
OR
George Lovins' Peaches
from Dexter, Missouri
with Cream OR with Low Fat
Vanilla Yogurt - 2.95
Bananas Flood - An
extravaganza! Sauteed banana, pineapple &
coconut, flamed with dark
Jamaican rum, poured around a big serving
of our homemade French Vanilla
Ice Cream.
Plenty big enough to split!
- 6.95
Old Fashioned Homemade
Ice Cream made
here at Riddle's
Belgian Chocolate - - French
Vanilla - - Pistachio mint -
- Homegrown Peaches &
Cream -
Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie
- - Cinnamon-Red Hot -
Homemade Hot
Fudge Sundaes
Fresh Raspberry Sundaes
TODAYS DRAFT
BEERS
SERVED BY THE PINT!
Pete's Wicked Summer
Brew ON TAP
Sierra Nevada Pale
Ale ON TAP
The Original Pilsner
-
Pilsner Urquell
from the Czech Republic
ON TAP
The Original Micro
-
Anchor Steam
from San Francisco
ON TAP
Woodchuck Hard Cider
ON TAP
PASTA
Spaghetti
Conroy - Garlic-butter
sauce with white wine, sauteed
onion, mushroom and green
pepper, tossed with Parmesan cheese. 7.95
Lasagna - Baked with
our own flavorful red sauce,
homemade Italian sausage,
ground beef & cheeses. 8.25
Spinach Lasagna - A
meatless lasagna baked with
white sauce,, creamed spinach
& cheeses. 8.75
Cavatelli with Broccoli
- Rich cream sauce with
fresh mushrooms, fresh broccoli
& Parmesan cheese. 9.75
Cavatelli Tufto Mare -
Natural crabmeat, shrimp and white fish
in a crewny white sauce with
fresh mushrooms and a touch of curry. 11.95
Rigntoni Tassos - Rich
white sauce with peas, fresh mushrooms &
tassos, which is spicy Cajun
bacon from New Orleans. 9.75
Linguini Con Tonno - Butter,
olive oil, fresh garlic & tomato with
fresh basil, anchovy, red
onion, ripe olives and fresh, grilled tuna. 11.95
Spaghetti Bolonese - Red
meat sauce with ground
beef and homemade Italian
sausage. 7.95
LIGHTER
FARE
Grilled,
chilled beef tenderloin Remoulade sandwich 5.95
The Burger 4.95
The Cheeseburger 5.45
BBQ Chicken Breast Sandwich
5.25
Larger version of our popular
salads - Eden, Chef or Mayfair 5.25
Soup & Salad - One of
the salads above with a bowl of soup 7.75
DESSERTS
HOMEMADE ICE CREAM
We make our own ice
creams here in the restaurant by the
old-fashioned method,
using an oak tub packed with ice & rock salt.
The results, we believe,
speak for themselves.
Consult the Daily
Menu for today's flavor.
HOMEMADE HOT FUDGE
SUNDAES
PENULTIMATE ALMOND
CHEESECAKE
AS THE FANCY STRIKES,
WE PREPARE SPECIAL DESSERTS
which are described
on the Daily Menu.
BEVERAGES
Our Adult Beverage
Book offers an extensive and award-winning list of the
world's finest wines,
beers and spirits. We also serve:
Fresh brewed Kenya
AA coffee
Fresh brewed decaffeinated
coffee
Espresso, Cappuccino,
Caffe Latte, Caffe Americana
Herbal & Flavored
Teas
Soft drinks &
IBC root beer
NOTES
We accept Mastercard,
Visa, American Express & Diner's Club charge cards
in addition to Green
American Dollars.
We do not accept
personal checks at all.
We are, as they say,
not responsible for lost or stolen articles.
If we find it we'll
be glad to return it but if you're going to be mad about it,
don't leave it here
in the first place.
We will cheerfully
serve the wine or the birthday cake that you bring in with
you but these services
are subject to a service charge.
All food and beverages
are available to go. Case prices are available on most
wines and beers.
We are happy to discuss special carry out orders or catering.
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