Café Américain Restaurant and Catering
225-924-9841 | 225-927-1626
cafeamrest@yahoo.com
7521 Jefferson Highway | Baton Rouge LA 70806

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Jefferson Dinner Menu

Southern Family Recipes with a Touch of Classic Flair

Dinner Menu

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*Call for our Off the Board dinner specials
(225) 927-1626

Appetizers

Sweet Potato Hushpuppies
$ 11.99

Creamy on the inside, Crispy on the outside

Boudin Balls
$ 8.99

(6) 8.99

Homemade Onion Rings
$ 6.99
Fried Cheese
$ 9.99
Boudin Eggrolls
$ 10.99
Fried Catfish Fingers
$ 11.99
Seafood Stuffed Jalapeños
$ 13.99
Spinach and Artichoke Dip with Melba Toast
$ 12.99
Crab Cakes (2)
$ 15.99

Jumbo lump crabmeat

Fried Green Tomatoes with Grilled Shrimp
$ 15.99
Broiled Seafood Stuffed Mushrooms
$ 14.99
Coconut Shrimp
$ 12.99

6 Large

Sides

French Fries
$ 3.50
Sautéed Potatoes
$ 3.99
Baked Potato
$ 3.99
Dirty Rice
$ 4.50
Stuffed Potato
$ 4.50
Angel Hair Pasta
$ 3.99
Baked Sweet Potato
$ 3.99
Sautéed Green Beans
$ 3.99
Sweet Potato Fries
$ 3.99
Fresh Steamed Vegetables
$ 4.99
Steamed Asparagus (Seasonal)
$ 4.99
Steamed Broccoli
$ 4.99

Soups & Salads

Seafood Gumbo
$ 7.00

Cup $7.00 | Bowl $13.00

Du Jour

Ask Your Server

Cream of Jumbo Lump Crab and Asparagus or Broccoli (Seasonal)
$ 7.00

Cup $7.00 | Bowl $13.00

Crawfish Etouffee
$ Seasonal

Bowl or Cup

Cole Slaw
$ 3.50

With peanuts

Green Salad
$ 4.50

Romaine with shredded carrots, and tomatoes

Side Caesar
$ 4.99

Romaine tossed in homemade Caesar dressing, topped with Parmesan and croutons

House Salad
$ 4.99

Romaine topped with purple onions, sunflower seeds, and a mixture of Parmesan, Romano, and Bleu cheese, tossed in our Sensation dressing

Shrimp Remoulade
$ 13.99

Boiled shrimp on a bed of shredded iceberg topped with our homemade Remoulade sauce and garnished with boiled egg, tomato, and lemon

Salad American | With grilled or fried shrimp
$ 14.99

Romaine and shredded carrots, boiled egg, tomato, and with your choice of dressing

Salad American | With grilled, blackened or fried chicken
$ 14.99

Romaine and shredded carrots, boiled egg, tomato, and with your choice of dressing

Salad American | With grilled garlic pepper encrusted tuna
$ 17.99

Romaine and shredded carrots, boiled egg, tomato, and with your choice of dressing

Coconut Almond Salad | With Shrimp
$ 16.99

Romaine lettuce topped with mandarin oranges and shrimp fried in our crispy coconut almond butter

Mandarin Salad | With Grilled or Fried Shrimp
$ 14.99

Romaine topped with mandarin orange slices and slivered almonds

Mandarin Salad | With Grilled or Fried Chicken
$ 14.99

Romaine topped with mandarin orange slices and slivered almonds

Classic Caesar | With grilled or fried chicken
$ 14.99

Romaine lettuce tossed in our homemade Caesar dressing, topped with croutons and Parmesan cheese

Classic Caesar | With grilled or fried chicken
$ 15.99

Romaine lettuce tossed in our homemade Caesar dressing, topped with croutons and Parmesan cheese

Classic Caesar | With grilled or fried shrimp
$ 15.99

Romaine lettuce tossed in our homemade Caesar dressing, topped with croutons and Parmesan cheese

Classic Caesar | With grilled steak
$ 17.99

Romaine lettuce tossed in our homemade Caesar dressing, topped with croutons and Parmesan cheese

Classic Caesar | With grilled or blackened salmon
$ 17.99

Romaine lettuce tossed in our homemade Caesar dressing, topped with croutons and Parmesan cheese

Double House Salad | With grilled or blackened chicken
$ 14.99

Romaine topped with purple onions, sunflower seeds, and a mixture of Parmesan, Romano, and Bleu cheese, tossed in our Sensation dressing

Double House Salad | With grilled or blackened shrimp
$ 14.99

Romaine topped with purple onions, sunflower seeds, and a mixture of Parmesan, Romano, and Bleu cheese, tossed in our Sensation dressing

Double House Salad | With grilled garlic pepper encrusted tuna
$ 17.99

Romaine topped with purple onions, sunflower seeds, and a mixture of Parmesan, Romano, and Bleu cheese, tossed in our Sensation dressing

Double House Salad | With grilled or blackened salmon
$ 17.99

Romaine topped with purple onions, sunflower seeds, and a mixture of Parmesan, Romano, and Bleu cheese, tossed in our Sensation dressing

Dressings: House Sensation, Thousand Island,Blue Cheese, Honey Mustard, Oil and Vinegar, Italian, Marianne, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Ranch, Remoulade, Chambord Vinaigrette, Greek Feta Vinaigrette.

Sandwiches

*Served with French Fries | Add Sweet Potato Fries for .75

Grilled Chicken Club
$ 14.99

Grilled chicken and bacon on three slices of bread, with French fries | Served with sweet potato fries or onion rings 14.99

Club Sandwich
$ 14.99

Ham, bacon and turkey stacked high on three slices of bread with French fries | Served with sweet potato fries or onion rings 12.99

Grilled Cheese Sandwich
$ 6.99
Grilled Chicken Breast
$ 11.99

Add cheese (American, Cheddar, Swiss, Pepper Jack, or Smoked Gouda), jalapeños, bacon, grilled mushrooms or grilled onions for an additional charge.

White or wheat for sandwiches

Gourmet Burgers

*French Fries Included | Add Sweet Potato Fries for .75 | Add Onion Rings for 1.00

Black & Bleu Burger
$ 13.99

(Ground Beef or Ground Turkey) A blackened hamburger topped with cheddar cheese, grilled onions and bleu cheese crumbles with lettuce and tomato

Gouda Burger
$ 13.99

(Ground Beef or Ground Turkey) Grilled onions, mushrooms and smoked Gouda cheese dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise

Café Burger
$ 11.99

8 oz. patty topped with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and mayonnaise

Bacon Cheddar BBQ Burger
$ 13.99

(Ground Beef or Ground Turkey) Bacon and cheddar dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and mayonnaise, BBQ sauce on the side

Turkey Burger
$ 12.99

Ground turkey dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and mayonnaise

Served on brioche bun

Poboys

*All poboys are served on New Orleans French bread with French fries.

Fried Catfish
$ 14.99
Fried Shrimp
$ 14.99
Fried Oyster
$ 17.99
Half & Half | Seafood Only
$ 16.99
Hot Roast Beef Poboy with Gravy
$ 15.99

Above dressed with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and pickles

Fried Platters

*Served with sweet potato hushpuppy, garlic bread, side salad or coleslaw, and choice of baked potato, sweet potato, French fries, sweet potato fries, stuffed potato or sautéed potato
Extra charge for Bacon and Cheese

Shrimp (12)
$ 21.99
Oyster (12 - 15)
$ 25.99
Catfish | 2 Fillets
$ 23.99
Catfish Fingers | 2 Fillets cut into strips
$ 24.99
Combination: Choose 2 of the above 4
$ 24.99
Stuffed Shrimp Platter (4)
$ 24.99
Seafood Platter | Fried or Broiled
$ 31.99

Stuffed shrimp, oysters, shrimp, catfish and crab claws, served with a cup of gumbo

Cafe Specialties

*All served with your choice of two sides: salad, steamed vegetables, sautéed green beans, steamed asparagus, angel hair pasta or potato (baked, stuffed, sautéed, French fries, sweet potato fries), and garlic bread

Grilled Catfish | 2 Fillets
$ 23.99
Grilled Shrimp (12 Large)
$ 21.99

Served with lemon butter basil sauce

Ahi Tuna
$ 23.99

8 oz of sashimi tuna pepper encrusted or plain with lemon butter basil sauce 23.99| With sautéed shrimp 28.99

Grilled Shrimp and Catfish
$ 23.99

Six grilled shrimp and a catfish fillet served with lemon butter basil sauce

Grilled or Blackened Salmon
$ 25.99

8 oz. ,topped with a creole mustard dill sauce

Seafood Pasta
$ 27.99

Shrimp, crawfish and jumbo lump crabmeat in our homemade cream sauce over your choice of pasta (angel hair, fettuccini, bowtie), served with garlic bread

Seafood Stuffed Chicken
$ Seasonal

Stuffed with seafood stuffing, topped with a crab, shrimp and crawfish cream sauce

Grouper Almondine
$ Seasonal

Pan sautéed Grouper topped with sautéed almonds

Crab AuGratin
$ Seasonal

Jumbo Lump Crabmeat

Eggplant Jefferson
$ Seasonal

Fried eggplant medallions with lobster, crabmeat and crawfish stuffing topped with a smoked crawfish Gouda sauce

Cafe Redfish
$ Seasonal

Blackened Redfish topped with sautéed crabmeat, spinach, sundried tomatoes, and mushrooms

Crawfish Stuffed Tenderloin
$ Seasonal

Pork Tenderloin stuffed with a crawfish stuffing & Italian bread crumbs topped with a smoked crawfish Gouda sauce

Redfish with Crabmeat
$ Seasonal

Jumbo lump crabmeat

New Orleans Style BBQ Shrimp (12)
$ 24.99
Grilled Fresh Fish of the Day
* Ask Your Server

Add sautéed pecans or almonds (extra charge)

Shrimp Orleans
$ 29.99

Two shrimp stuffed with crabmeat and wrapped in a thin catfish fillet, deep-fried and topped with seafood sauce

Grilled or Blackened Redfish
$ 21.99

with Sautéed Pecan $28.99

Crabcake Bogart
$ 31.99

Fried crab cakes topped with our signature homemade seafood sauce

Grilled or Blackened Grouper
$ Seasonal
Chicken Marsala
$ Seasonal

Pan Sautéed chicken in our signature Marsala wine sauce

Eggplant Caroline
$ Seasonal

Fried eggplant medallions topped with our homemade crawfish Étouffée

Grilled Catfish Acadiana
$ Seasonal

Grilled catfish fillets topped with our homemade crawfish Étouffée

Chicken Teriyaki
$ Seasonal

Pan Sautéed chicken breast cooked in our signature teriyaki sauce

Grilled or Blackened Mahi-Mahi with Shrimp
$ Seasonal
Trout Almondine
$ Seasonal

Pan Sautéed Speckled Trout topped with toasted almonds

Chops, Steaks, and Chicken

*All served with your choice of two sides: salad, steamed vegetables, sautéed green beans, steamed asparagus, angel hair pasta or potato (baked, stuffed, sautéed, French fries, sweet potato fries), and garlic bread

French Cut Pork Chops (2)
$ 26.99

Topped with a cane syrup reduction sauce

Chicken Kabobs (2)
$ 17.99

Mushrooms, bell peppers, onion, and tomatoes served over dirty rice

Grilled 8 oz Chicken Breast
$ 16.99
14-16 oz CAB Ribeye Steak
* Market Price

Richly marbled, robustly flavored and aged in house, this classic Certified Angus Beef brand steak is sure to satisfy. Served with baked potato

8oz Filet Mignon
* Market Price

Certified Angus Beef brand natural tenderloin, aged 28 days for melt-in-your mouth quality and flavor. Served with baked potato

Steak Kabobs (2)
$ 26.99

Mushrooms, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes served over dirty rice

Create Your Own Pasta

*Made to order: please allow a few extra minutes to prepare. All topped with Parmesan Cheese and served with garlic bread

PASTAS:  Angel Hair | Bowtie | Fettuccini 

SAUCES:  Scampi Butter | White Cream | Pesto

VEGETABLES:  Mushrooms | Carrots | Green Onions | Zucchini | Tomato | Squash | Spinach | Cauliflower | Broccoli | Purple Onions

Pasta & Sauce
$ 11.99
Pasta & Sauce | With 5 Vegetables
$ 16.99
Grilled or Blackened Chicken | With 3 Vegetables
$ 21.99
Grilled Shrimp | With 3 Vegetables
$ 23.99
Crawfish | With 3 Vegetables
* SEASONAL

Kids Menu

*For Kids 12 and Under ONLY

Sides: French Fries, Green Beans, Mandarin Oranges

Grilled Chicken Fingers with one side
$ 10.99
Fried Chicken Fingers with one side
$ 10.99
Bowtie Pasta with white cream sauce
$ 5.99
Fried Shrimp with one side
$ 10.99
Fried Catfish served with one side
$ 10.99
Cheese Pizza
$ 6.99
Grilled Cheese Sandwich with one side
$ 6.99

Deserts

Award Winning Bread Pudding
$ 6.50

Topped with pecans and Bailey’s Irish Cream and Chocolate Rum Sauce

Cheesecakes
$ 6.75

Served with whipped cream and your choice of topping

Lemon Ice Box Pie
$ 5.00
Mississippi Mud Pie
$ 5.00
Café Juban
$ 8.50

Cheesecake topped with our Bailey’s Irish Cream, chocolate, rum sauce

Drinks

Milk
$ 4.50
Orange, Cranberry, or Pineapple Juice
$ 4.00

Fresh Squeezed!

Cherry Coke or Cherry Sprite
$ 3.50
*Coffee
$ 3.50
*Soft Drinks
$ 3.50

Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Minute Maid Lemonade, Barq's Root Beer

*Tea
$ 3.50

Sweet or Unsweet

*Free Refills

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