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Grilled sourdough bread, a melburger patty, cheddar cheese, bacon, avocado, grilled onion with Thousand island dressing.
Served with sliced tomato, lettuce, onion, and Thousand island dressing.
Draped with cheddar cheese, two strips of bacon, lettuce, tomato, and onion, with Thousand island dressing.
Grilled hamburger patty on rye bread with cheddar cheese, sautéed onion, and tomato slices.
Our classic Melburger with cheddar cheese, bacon strips, and onion rings topped with barbecue sauce.
Topped with sliced tomato, jalapeños, lettuce, grilled onions, Thousand island dressing and pepper jack cheese.
Beef patty topped with bleu cheese crumbles, deep-fried onion straws, lettuce, and tomato.
Fresh patty on our signature bun, brushed with mayonnaise stacked on top of golden onion straws, draped with Swiss cheese and smothered in sautéed mushrooms.
With chopped onions and melted cheese.
Tortilla filled with two eggs scrambled with cheese, country sausage, Mels potatoes, and a touch of country gravy. Comes with a side of sour cream and salsa.
A large, grilled flour tortilla stuffed with smoked bacon, scrambled eggs, tomato, avocado, and cheese. Served with a side of salsa.
Breakfast sandwich with two scrambled eggs and your choice of bacon, ham or country sausage, and American cheese, served on grilled, thick sourdough bread.
Three fresh eggs, ground beef, Mels seasoning salt, fresh mushrooms, and spinach scrambled with green onions and topped with Parmesan cheese. Served with toast.
Our big, three-egg omelette stuffed with tomato, bacon, cheese, and sliced avocado, topped with a dollop of sour cream.
Three-egg omelette stuffed with ham, grilled peppers, onions, and cheese mix. Served with hash browns or Mels potatoes and toast.
A blend of jack and Cheddar cheese, green onions, sliced avocado, sautéed mushrooms, tomato, and sour cream.
Choose from country ham, sausage or bacon with jack and Cheddar cheeses.
Egg whites with Swiss cheese, fresh sautéed mushrooms, diced tomato, avocado, and fresh spinach. Served with fresh fruit instead of potatoes.
Jack and cheddar cheese with green onion, tomato, guacamole, salsa, and sour cream on a flour tortilla.
Battered, fried.
Chicken strips, smoked pork rib tips, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and chicken wings on a bed of melfries with ranch dressing and bbq sauce.
Mels original or try them with buffalo sauce. Served with your choice of sauce. 8 pcs
Sharable portion of Pecanwood Smoked Rib Tips tossed in BBQ sauce
Sweet Spanish onions thick-cut, double dipped in beer batter and fried crispy.
Choose your flavor and Make It a Malt if you please!
Fresh diced tomatoes, crumbled bacon, sliced hardboiled egg, and shredded jack and cheddar cheese on a bed of crisp lettuce and topped with crispy sliced chicken or buffalo-style chicken dipped in our hot wing sauce.
Lettuce, chopped bacon, diced chicken, avocado, green onions, egg, tomato, and bleu cheese crumbles.
Bed of greens topped with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and croutons. Choice of dressing
Alaskan Cod served with tarter sauce , coleslaw and Mels fries.
With three pieces of jumbo shrimp and two pieces of beer battered Alaskan cod. Served with cocktail and tarter sauce, coleslaw and Mels fries
Served with cocktail or tarter sauce, cole slaw and Mels fries.
Zesty and breaded. Have them tossed in sauce or on the side for dipping. 8 pcs
Juicy breaded tenderloin strips, fried golden brown. Served with your choice of sauce for dipping!
Pecanwood smoked pork rib tips served with cole slaw over Mels fries. Served with BBQ sauce for dipping!
Made in house, buttermilk battered and dusted in panko breading, topped with country gravy, sautéed mushrooms.
Breaded and crisp on the outside, moist, and tender inside.
Three pieces of beer-battered Alaskan cod battered in a light, crispy batter. Served with tarter sauce.
With dressing and cranberry sauce.
We pair a delicious 6 oz. New York strip steak and 4 pieces of our jumbo fried shrimp.
Six jumbo shrimp with a light oriental panko breading with a side of cocktail sauce.
Skin on and sprinkled with Mels special seasoning
Melfries covered with chopped bacon, melted jack, and cheddar cheeses, diced green onions and a dollop of sour cream.
With cheddar and jack cheese and chopped onions.
Sprinkled with parmesan cheese.
With mixed jack and cheddar.
Carved breast of turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise on white bread.
With jack, cheddar, and American cheeses.
Sliced USDA choice oven roasted beef simmered in au jus on a French roll.
This one has it all! Served on our hoagie-style bun with tender-sliced, grilled sirloin steak topped with sautéed mushrooms, grilled onions, and layered with cheese sauce, topped off with jalapeño and pepperoncini.
Classic with bacon, lettuce, and tomato.
With jack, cheddar, and American cheeses with sliced ham.
With lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise served on a hamburger bun.
Corned beef with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Thousand island dressing on grilled rye.
A full quarter pound, 100% all-beef hot dog, sliced, and grilled. Served on a steak roll with lettuce, tomato, pickles, avocado, and sliced onions.
Mels hot dog with chopped onions and melted cheese.
Chicken breast served on our french roll, topped with jack cheese, avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
Mels turkey burger with mayo, topped with cheddar cheese on our signature whole wheat bun.
Chicken breast with cheddar cheese, bacon strips, and onion rings topped with BBQ sauce and served on our signature bun.
Served on our signature bun with lettuce, tomato, and onion with a side of mayo.
Chicken breast with jack cheese, green chiles, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, and salsa served on a wheat bun.
Served on our signature bun with bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and onion straws.
Our grilled chicken breast dressed up with cheddar cheese, strips of bacon, lettuce, tomato, and a creamy mustard sauce, served on our signature whole wheat bun.
Served on our signature whole wheat bun with honey mustard dressing, lettuce, tomato, and pickle.
Two hotcakes or waffle, two bacon or two sausage links and two eggs, any style.
Served with whipped butter and syrup
Our Belgian waffle served with four chicken tenders. Served with butter, maple syrup and a dusting of powdered sugar.
With whipped cream.
Made with fresh eggs and sweet cream butter!
Full stack, with whipped cream.
Full Stack, fresh bananas cooked inside our buttermilk hotcakes, topped with whipped cream.
Full stack with crispy bacon pieces cooked inside. A sweet and savory delight!
Full stack, bursting with blueberries and topped with whipped cream
Full stack with Ghiradelli chocolate chips melted throughout. Topped with whipped cream.
With your choice of ham, sliced avocado or country sausage on a grilled English muffin, topped with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce.
Grilled English muffin halves topped with three strips of bacon, grilled tomato slices, avocado, poached eggs, and topped with hollandaise sauce.
Grilled English muffin halves topped with sliced tomato, fresh spinach, poached eggs, and topped with hollandaise sauce.
Bacon and green chiles scrambled with eggs and topped with avocado and melted cheese. Served with salsa and sour cream on the side.
A combination of scrambled eggs, diced country sausage, link sausage, and bacon, all covered with melted mixed cheese and our country gravy.
We cover your choice of potatoes with two biscuits, two country sausages and country gravy and top it with two eggs any style.
Choice of potatoes, two biscuits, two sausage links, two pieces of bacon, and ham steak. Smothered in country gravy and topped with three eggs any style.
With choice of four pieces of bacon or four sausage links.
With choice of country sausage, hamburger patty or ham steak.
Sliced oven roasted turkey with dressing and cranberry sauce.
With buttermilk biscuit, melted cheddar cheese, and onion.
Root beer with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Root beer blended with premium vanilla ice cream.
Sprite blended with orange sherbet.
Coke blended with premium vanilla ice cream.
Served with creamed cheese
Choose your flavor and Make It a Malt if you please!
Served with sliced tomato, lettuce, onion, and Thousand island dressing.
Grilled sourdough bread, a melburger patty, cheddar cheese, bacon, avocado, grilled onion with Thousand island dressing.
Chicken strips, smoked pork rib tips, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and chicken wings on a bed of melfries with ranch dressing and bbq sauce.
Our classic Melburger with cheddar cheese, bacon strips, and onion rings topped with barbecue sauce.
Fresh diced tomatoes, crumbled bacon, sliced hardboiled egg, and shredded jack and cheddar cheese on a bed of crisp lettuce and topped with crispy sliced chicken or buffalo-style chicken dipped in our hot wing sauce.
Our big, three-egg omelette stuffed with tomato, bacon, cheese, and sliced avocado, topped with a dollop of sour cream.
Fresh patty on our signature bun, brushed with mayonnaise stacked on top of golden onion straws, draped with Swiss cheese and smothered in sautéed mushrooms.
Our Belgian waffle served with four chicken tenders. Served with butter, maple syrup and a dusting of powdered sugar.
Chicken breast served on our french roll, topped with jack cheese, avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
Jack and cheddar cheese with green onion, tomato, guacamole, salsa, and sour cream on a flour tortilla.
Battered, fried.
Chicken strips, smoked pork rib tips, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and chicken wings on a bed of melfries with ranch dressing and bbq sauce.
Mels original or try them with buffalo sauce. Served with your choice of sauce. 8 pcs
Sharable portion of Pecanwood Smoked Rib Tips tossed in BBQ sauce
Sweet Spanish onions thick-cut, double dipped in beer batter and fried crispy.
Alaskan Cod served with tarter sauce , coleslaw and Mels fries.
With three pieces of jumbo shrimp and two pieces of beer battered Alaskan cod. Served with cocktail and tarter sauce, coleslaw and Mels fries
Served with cocktail or tarter sauce, cole slaw and Mels fries.
Zesty and breaded. Have them tossed in sauce or on the side for dipping. 8 pcs
Juicy breaded tenderloin strips, fried golden brown. Served with your choice of sauce for dipping!
Pecanwood smoked pork rib tips served with cole slaw over Mels fries. Served with BBQ sauce for dipping!
Root beer with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Root beer blended with premium vanilla ice cream.
Sprite blended with orange sherbet.
Coke blended with premium vanilla ice cream.
Made in house, buttermilk battered and dusted in panko breading, topped with country gravy, sautéed mushrooms, and choice of biscuit or cornbread.
Breaded and crisp on the outside, moist, and tender inside.
USDA Angus Choice beef. Made in house with topped with brown gravy and mushrooms.
Three pieces of beer-battered Alaskan cod battered in a light, crispy batter. Served with tarter sauce.
10 oz. rib eye steak with sautéed mushrooms.
With dressing and cranberry sauce.
We roast our pot roast with a medley of carrots, onions and celery to bring out the natural juices. All served over a double portion of lumpy mashed potatoes covered in our mushroom beef gravy. Your choice of cup of soup or dinner salad
We pair a delicious 6 oz. New York strip steak and 4 pieces of our jumbo fried shrimp.
8 oz. prime rib cut served with four pieces of our jumbo fried shrimp.
8 oz. cut
Six jumbo shrimp with a light oriental panko breading with a side of cocktail sauce.
Grilled sourdough bread, a melburger patty, cheddar cheese, bacon, avocado, grilled onion with Thousand island dressing.
Served with sliced tomato, lettuce, onion, and Thousand island dressing.
Draped with cheddar cheese, two strips of bacon, lettuce, tomato, and onion, with Thousand island dressing.
Grilled hamburger patty on rye bread with cheddar cheese, sautéed onion, and tomato slices.
Our classic Melburger with cheddar cheese, bacon strips, and onion rings topped with barbecue sauce.
Topped with sliced tomato, jalapeños, lettuce, grilled onions, Thousand island dressing and pepper jack cheese.
Beef patty topped with bleu cheese crumbles, deep-fried onion straws, lettuce, and tomato.
Fresh patty on our signature bun, brushed with mayonnaise stacked on top of golden onion straws, draped with Swiss cheese and smothered in sautéed mushrooms.
Two choice angus beef patties with cheddar cheese, tomato, lettuce, and onion with Thousand island dressing.
With chopped onions and melted cheese.
Mels turkey burger with mayo, topped with cheddar cheese on our signature whole wheat bun.
Chicken breast with cheddar cheese, bacon strips, and onion rings topped with BBQ sauce and served on our signature bun.
Served on our signature bun with lettuce, tomato, and onion with a side of mayo.
Chicken breast with jack cheese, green chiles, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, and salsa served on a wheat bun.
Served on our signature bun with bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and onion straws.
Our grilled chicken breast dressed up with cheddar cheese, strips of bacon, lettuce, tomato, and a creamy mustard sauce, served on our signature whole wheat bun.
Served on our signature whole wheat bun with honey mustard dressing, lettuce, tomato, and pickle.
A sweet-tart lemony filling topped with light fluffy meringue; a true American tradition.
Mels fresh-baked pies apple or berry. Try it with Ice Cream!
With choice of four pieces of bacon or four sausage links.
With choice of country sausage, hamburger patty or ham steak.
Two pancakes, two eggs, two strips of bacon, one country sausage and ham with hash browns or Mels potatoes.
Tortilla filled with two eggs scrambled with cheese, country sausage, Mels potatoes, and a touch of country gravy. Comes with a side of sour cream and salsa.
A large, grilled flour tortilla stuffed with smoked bacon, scrambled eggs, tomato, avocado, and cheese. Served with a side of salsa.
Breakfast sandwich with two scrambled eggs and your choice of bacon, ham or country sausage, and American cheese, served on grilled, thick sourdough bread.
Three fresh eggs, ground beef, Mels seasoning salt, fresh mushrooms, and spinach scrambled with green onions and topped with Parmesan cheese. Served with toast.
Housemade with bell peppers and onions, served with fresh fruit and toast.
Two eggs with corn tortillas, shredded jack, and Cheddar cheese, topped with avocado, ranchero sauce, and sour cream. Served with refried beans.
Three farm-fresh scrambled eggs with authentic chorizo. Served with refried beans topped with cheese, sour cream, fanned avocado, a sprinkle of green onions, salsa, and corn tortillas.
10 oz. regular cut.
With your choice of ham, sliced avocado or country sausage on a grilled English muffin, topped with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce.
Grilled English muffin halves topped with three strips of bacon, grilled tomato slices, avocado, poached eggs, and topped with hollandaise sauce.
Grilled English muffin halves topped with sliced tomato, fresh spinach, poached eggs, and topped with hollandaise sauce.
Skin on and sprinkled with Mels special seasoning
Melfries covered with chopped bacon, melted jack, and cheddar cheeses, diced green onions and a dollop of sour cream.
With cheddar and jack cheese and chopped onions.
Sprinkled with parmesan cheese.
With mixed jack and cheddar.
Served with whipped butter and syrup
Two hotcakes, french toast or waffle, two bacon or two sausage links and two eggs, any style.
Batter-dipped and grilled.
Our Belgian waffle served with four chicken tenders. Served with butter, maple syrup and a dusting of powdered sugar.
With whipped cream.
Made with fresh eggs and sweet cream butter!
French toast topped with strawberries.
Full stack, with whipped cream.
Full Stack, fresh bananas cooked inside our buttermilk hotcakes, topped with whipped cream.
Full stack with crispy bacon pieces cooked inside. A sweet and savory delight!
Full stack, bursting with blueberries and topped with whipped cream
Full stack with Ghiradelli chocolate chips melted throughout. Topped with whipped cream.
Three-egg omelette stuffed with ham, grilled peppers, onions, and cheese mix. Served with hash browns or Mels potatoes and toast.
Our big, three-egg omelette stuffed with tomato, bacon, cheese, and sliced avocado, topped with a dollop of sour cream.
A blend of jack and Cheddar cheese, green onions, sliced avocado, sautéed mushrooms, tomato, and sour cream.
Choose from country ham, sausage or bacon with jack and Cheddar cheeses.
Egg whites with Swiss cheese, fresh sautéed mushrooms, diced tomato, avocado, and fresh spinach. Served with fresh fruit instead of potatoes.
Three-egg omelette stuffed with Mels chorizo, ortega chiles, diced tomato, chopped green onion, ranchero sauce, melted jack cheese, and sour cream.
Fresh diced tomatoes, crumbled bacon, sliced hardboiled egg, and shredded jack and cheddar cheese on a bed of crisp lettuce and topped with crispy sliced chicken or buffalo-style chicken dipped in our hot wing sauce.
Lettuce, chopped bacon, diced chicken, avocado, green onions, egg, tomato, and bleu cheese crumbles.
An original Mels favorite with julienne strips of turkey, ham, cheese, and hard-boiled egg over a bed of greens. Served with your choice of bleu cheese, Thousand island or ranch.
Breast of chicken, red, and green peppers and sautéed onions, served over a bed of greens with salsa, guacamole and sour cream.
Classic Caesar salad topped with breast of chicken. Served with cheese toast.
Bed of greens topped with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and croutons. Choice of dressing
A Classic Iceberg wedge topped with crumbled bleu cheese, bacon and chopped tomatoes. Choice of dressing
Available 10am-8pm
Only on Fridays 10am-8pm
With cornbread, melted cheddar cheese, and onion.
Bowl of chicken noodle soup and Mels house or Caesar salad with corn bread.
Half sandwich served on grilled sourdough bread, melfries, and choice of cup of chicken noodle soup, luncheon salad, fresh-sliced coleslaw, housemade pasta salad or cottage cheese.
Carved breast of turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise on white bread.
With jack, cheddar, and American cheeses.
Sliced USDA choice oven roasted beef simmered in au jus on a French roll.
This one has it all! Served on our hoagie-style bun with tender-sliced, grilled sirloin steak topped with sautéed mushrooms, grilled onions, and layered with cheese sauce, topped off with jalapeño and pepperoncini.
Classic with bacon, lettuce, and tomato.
Monterey jack, cheddar, and American cheese with bacon, tomato, and onion.
With cheddar cheese and sliced tomato.
With jack, cheddar, and American cheeses with sliced ham.
With lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise served on a hamburger bun.
Pastrami or corned beef with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Thousand island dressing on grilled rye.
Juicy thin sliced pastrami with lettuce and tomato on the side, stacked on our special Mels hamburger bun.
A full quarter pound, 100% all-beef hot dog, sliced, and grilled. Served on a steak roll with lettuce, tomato, pickles, avocado, and sliced onions.
Mels hot dog with chopped onions and melted cheese.
Albacore white tuna with mayonnaise, lettuce, and tomato on rye bread.
Chicken breast served on our french roll, topped with jack cheese, avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
With gravy and mushrooms.
Sliced oven roasted turkey with dressing and cranberry sauce.
Choose your flavor and Make It a Malt if you please!
Served with creamed cheese
Bacon and green chiles scrambled with eggs and topped with avocado and melted cheese. Served with salsa and sour cream on the side.
Mels potatoes with authentic chorizo, tomato, green onion, and melted cheese. Topped with two, farm-fresh eggs any style, sliced fresh avocado and a dollop of sour cream. Served with corn tortillas or toast.
Ham, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, scrambled with eggs and topped with mixed cheese.
A combination of scrambled eggs, diced country sausage, link sausage, and bacon, all covered with melted mixed cheese and our country gravy.
We cover your choice of potatoes with two biscuits, two country sausages and country gravy and top it with two eggs any style.
Choice of potatoes, two biscuits, two sausage links, two pieces of bacon, and ham steak. Smothered in country gravy and topped with three eggs any style.
Shredded or Slice
Last updated November 4, 2020