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Lunch & Dinner

Served all day

Oysters

Broiled our style!
Casino 4.75 each

Bacon, scallion, biscuit crumbs, parmesan, swiss

Tchoupitoulas 4.75 each

Cayenne butter, garlic, herbs

Orleans 4.75 each

Blackened Voodoo bbq sauce

Oyster Flight 14.00

Can’t decide? Try a sampling of each!

Starters

Crawfish Beignets 4.50 each

Spiced with cayenne, scallions & cheddar

Hushpuppies 7.00

Chipotle rémoulade

Big Easy BBQ Shrimp 17.00

Jumbo shrimp swimming in a spicy cayenne butter sauce

Onion Soup Gratinée 9.25

Melted swiss cheese crouton

Éntrees

Bowl o’ Greens 10.00

Mixed greens & shaved red onion with shallot vinaigrette

Add fried shrimp or catfish +6.00
Add blackened tofu +6.00
Kale & Chicory Salad 14.75

Red grapes, toasted almonds, red onion, cow’s milk feta, sugarcane vinaigrette

Add fried shrimp or catfish +6.00
Add blackened tofu +6.00
Chicken & Andouille Gumbo 15.00

Okra, steamed white rice & scallion. Served with toasted french roll

Red Beans & Rice—Oh So Nice! 15.00

Smoky, spicy stewed kidney beans with andouille sausage & steamed white rice. Served with toasted french roll

Shrimp & Grits with Spicy Tomato- Bacon Gravy 21.00

Sautéed shrimp, cheddar grits

Catfish des Allemands 22.00

Bronzed catfish, crawfish étouffée, pecan rice pilaf

Spicy Pasta Orleans 22.00

Sautéed shrimp, crawfish, mussels & andouille sausage with fusilli pasta in a spicy red pepper garlic cream

Brenda’s Fried Chicken

Our secret recipe fried chicken served with hot pepper jelly
Combos
  • Thigh, drumstick & biscuit 11.50
  • Breast, wing & biscuit 11.50
  • Half chicken & two biscuits 22.00
By the Piece
  • Drumstick or Wing 3.25
  • Thigh 5.00
  • Breast 5.00

Sandwiches

With choice of creole potato salad or cole slaw
Vegan Josephine 12.50

Best tofu you’ll ever wrap your mouth around—on a toasted bun

Croque Monsieur 16.00

Baked ham & swiss with béchamel sauce on sliced sourdough

Top it with a fried egg for a Madame! +2.75
Pulled Pork Sandwich 16.00

Barbecue sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, mayo & dill pickles on a toasted bun

Big Mama’s Spicy Chicken Sandwich 16.00

Our secret recipe spicy fried chicken on a toasted bun with mayo, dill pickles, lettuce & tomato

Brenda’s Fried Seafood Po’ Boy 17.50

Choose from cornmeal-fried shrimp or catfish, with lettuce, tomato & chipotle rémoulade

Sub cornmeal-fried oysters +2.75

Beignets—Served all day

New Orleans' favorite donut! Three per order
Plain 7.00

For the die-hard traditionalist

Chocolate 10.00

Filled with molten Ghirardelli chocolate

Granny Smith Apple 10.00

Sweetened with cinnamon-honey butter

Crawfish 13.50

Spiced with cayenne, scallions & cheddar

Three Way 9.00

One each: Plain, apple, & chocolate

Flight 13.50

One each: Crawfish, plain, apple, & chocolate

On The Side

Meaty
  • Country Sausage Gravy 5.00
  • Cornmeal-fried Shrimp or Catfish 9.00
  • Cornmeal-fried Oysters 12.00
  • Collards with Bacon 6.00
Vegetarian
  • Cream Biscuit 4.25
  • Cole Slaw 3.50
  • Mac & Cheese 6.75
  • Grits 5.25
  • Cheese Grits 6.25
Vegan
  • Fries 5.00
  • Creole Potato Salad 3.50
  • Green Salad 4.00
  • Corn Succotash 5.25
  • Garlic Spinach 6.00
Side Cups
  • Chicken & Andouille Gumbo 7.50
  • Red Beans & Rice 7.50

Drinks

  • Grandma’s Molasses-Black Walnut Iced Coffee with Whipped Cream 5.50
  • Community Coffee with Chicory 3.50
  • Café au Lait 3.75
  • Espresso 3.50
  • Cappuccino 4.00
  • Latte 4.50
  • Mocha 5.50
  • Hot Chocolate 4.50
  • Hot Tea 3.00
  • Iced Tea 3.00
  • Sweet Watermelon House Tea 3.50
  • Abita Root Beer 3.00
  • Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite 2.50
  • Mineral Water 3.00
  • Orange Juice 3.00
  • Milk 3.00
Cocktails, Beer & Wine
  • Hurricane Andrew 10.00
  • Creole Bloody Mary 9.00
  • Mimosas 9.00 / 17.00
  • Coup de Café 6.50
  • Underberg Bitters Shot 3.50

  • *Our cocktails are low-ABV
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  • Abita Amber 7.00
  • Fort Point Kolsch Style Ale 7.00
  • Uinta Baba Black Organic Dark Lager 7.00
  • Almanac Love Hazy IPA (16oz) 8.00
  • Russian River Pliny the Elder Double IPA (510ml) 11.00
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  • Sparkling Rosé 7/28
  • French Country White 8/32
  • Chardonnay 11/44
  • Rosé 8/32
  • Côtes du Rhône 8/32
  • Zinfandel 11/44
  • Pinot Noir 11/44
  • Corkage 10
Brenda’s French Soul Food •
652 Polk Street @ Eddy, San Francisco
• 415-345-8100
Brenda’s French Soul Food
652 Polk Street @ Eddy, San Francisco

415-345-8100