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Lunch & Dinner

Served all day

Oysters

Broiled our style!
Casino 5.00 each

Bacon, scallion, biscuit crumbs, parmesan, swiss

Tchoupitoulas 5.00 each

Cayenne butter, garlic, herbs

Orleans 5.00 each

Blackened Voodoo bbq sauce

Oyster Flight 15.00

Can’t decide? Try a sampling of each!

Starters

Crawfish Beignets 5.75 each

Spiced with cayenne, scallions & cheddar

Hushpuppies 7.00

Chipotle rémoulade

Spicy Fried Cauliflower 12.00

Chipotle rémoulade (vegan)

Big Easy BBQ Shrimp 17.00

Jumbo shrimp swimming in a spicy cayenne butter sauce

Onion Soup Gratinée 10.00

Melted swiss cheese crouton

Éntrees

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 16.50

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

Red Beans & Rice—Oh So Nice! 16.50

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

Shrimp & Grits with Spicy Tomato- Bacon Gravy 25.00

Sautéed shrimp, cheddar grits

Catfish & Grits with Spicy Tomato- Bacon Gravy 25.00

Crispy catfish nuggets, cheddar grits

Catfish des Allemands 25.00

Bronzed catfish, crawfish étouffée, pecan rice pilaf

Spicy Pasta Orleans 25.00

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 13.75
  • Breast, wing & biscuit 13.75
  • Half chicken & two biscuits 27.50
By the Piece
  • Drumstick or Wing 3.75
  • Thigh 6.00
  • Breast 6.00

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 18.00

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

Sub cornmeal-fried oysters +3.00

Beignets—Served all day

New Orleans' favorite donut! Three per order
Plain 8.75

For the die-hard traditionalist

Chocolate 14.25

Filled with molten Ghirardelli chocolate

Granny Smith Apple 14.25

Sweetened with cinnamon-honey butter

Crawfish 17.25

Spiced with cayenne, scallions & cheddar

Three Way 12.25

One each: Plain, apple, & chocolate

Flight 18.00

One each: Crawfish, plain, apple, & chocolate

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Ube 5.75 each

Filipino purple yam beignet filled with ube coconut jam & white chocolate

On The Side

Meaty
  • Country Sausage Gravy 6.00/12.00
  • Cornmeal-fried Shrimp or Catfish 13.00
  • Cornmeal-fried Oysters 15.00
  • Collards with Bacon 6.00/12.00
Vegetarian
  • Cream Biscuit 4.25
  • Cole Slaw 4.50/9.00
  • Creole Potato Salad 5.00/10.00
  • Mac & Cheese 6.25/12.50
  • Grits 5.25/10.50
  • Cheese Grits 6.25/12.50
Vegan
  • Fries 5.00
  • Green Salad 5.00/10.00
  • Corn Succotash 6.00/12.00
  • Garlic Spinach 6.00/12.00
Side Cups
  • Chicken & Andouille Gumbo 8.00
  • Red Beans & Rice with Andouille 8.00

Drinks

  • Grandma’s Molasses-Black Walnut Iced Coffee with Whipped Cream 6.00
  • Sweet Watermelon House Tea 4.50
  • Lemonade 4.50
  • Arnold Palmer 4.50
  • Iced Tea 3.50
  • Mineral Water 4.00
  • Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite 3.75
  • Abita Root Beer 4.25
  • Orange Juice 3.50
  • Guava Nectar 5.00
  • Apple Juice 5.00
  • Milk 3.50
  • Community Coffee with Chicory 4.75
  • Café au Lait 4.75
  • Espresso 4.00
  • Cappuccino 4.50
  • Latte 5.00
  • Mocha 6.00
  • Hot Chocolate 5.50
  • Hot Tea 4.00
Cocktails, Beer & Wine
  • Hurricane Andrew 12.00
  • Creole Bloody Mary 10.00
  • Mimosas 10.00 / 19.00
  • Coup de Café 7.00
  • Underberg Bitters Shot 3.50
  • *Our cocktails are low-ABV
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  • Fort Point Kolsch Style Ale 8.00
  • Abita Amber 8.00
  • Almanac Love Hazy IPA 10.00 (16oz)
  • Russian River Pliny the Elder Double IPA 12.00 (510ml)
  • East Brothers Oatmeal Stout 10.00 (16oz)
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  • Sparkling Rosé 8/30
  • Chardonnay 12/46
  • Sauvignon Blanc 12 (250ml can)
  • Rosé 12 (250ml can)
  • Côtes du Rhône 9/34
  • Malbec 12 (250ml can)
  • Corkage 15
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