Big Jones Menu

5347 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
  • Appetizers

    • Pimiento Cheese

      Piquant spread of aged Cheddar cheese, homemade Worcestershire, and pimientos, with piccalilli and benne crackers. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)
      $11.00
    • Fried Green Tomatoes

      Fried crisp in Hazzard Free Farm cornmeal, smoked catfish salad and deviled egg puree. gluten free.
      $18.00
  • Egg Dishes

    • Mushroom & Leek Omelet

      Four Farmer's Hen House eggs filled with Four Star Mushroom duxelles, melted leeks, and Prairie Fruits Farm chevre, choice of side
      $18.00
    • House-Cured Bacon Omelet

      Three farm eggs, our house-cured & smoked bacon, griddled onion, Jarlsberg cheese, choice of side
      $17.00
    • Omelet Bayou Teche

      Three farm eggs, Louisiana crawfish tails, andouille sausage, cream cheese, bearnaise sauce
      $20.00
    • Biscuits & Gravy

      Char-grilled house-cured andouille sausage on sweet potato biscuits with redeye gravy, served with two fried eggs
      $19.20
    • Shrimp & Grits

      Texas coast Gulf of Mexico white shrimp smothered in savory Tasso ham and shiitake mushroom gravy, served on creamy Anson Mills grits. Contains pork and gluten. Can be made gluten or pork-free upon request.
      $27.60
    • A Simple Southern Breakfast

      Two Milo's Farm eggs cooked your way with a cornbread muffin and choice of creamy grits. Choice of meat +4
      $10.80
  • Sandwiches

    • #BeatBobbyFlay Breakfast Sandwich

      Housemade chaurice sausage, apple chutney, tomme cheese, and eggs, served with your choice of side
      $14.00
  • Sides

    • Creamy Cheese Grits (SMALL SIDE)

      Anson Mills Carolina Gourdseed White flint grits cooked in Kilgus Farmstead Jersey cow milk with aged Cheddar cheese
      $5.00
    • Petite Butter Lettuce Salad

      Gotham Greens butter lettuce dressed with tarragon vinegar and extra virgin olive oil
      $8.00
    • Fresh Fruit Cup

      Strictly seasonal fruit
      $9.00
    • Potatoes O'Brien

      Shredded potatoes cooked in butter with onion and green bell pepper
      $5.00
    • Chaurice Patties (Creole Hot Sausage)

      Housemade with Fischer Farms' pork and a clutch of pungent spices
      $5.00
    • Fischer Farms Ham Poached In Cream

      Indiana smoked ham poached in Kilgus Farmstead cream
      $6.00
    • Two Milo's Farm Eggs

      Pasture-raised eggs from near the Quad Cities
      $6.00
    • House-Cured & Smoked Bacon

      Cured in-house starting with Beeler's Pure Pork bellies, smoked with applewood
      $5.00
  • Homebaked Goods

    • Skillet Cornbread

      Hazzard Free Farm heirloom cornmeal baked in bacon fat, topped with whipped sorghum butter. Gluten free!
      $11.00
    • Beignets

      Three Creole doughnuts lightly spiced and deep fried, buried in confectioner's cugar
      $7.00
    • Duck Boudin Kolache

      SW Louisiana-style, a sweet milk roll filled with homemade peppery duck boudin sausage.
      $8.00
    • Huckleberry Stuffed Beignet

      A sweet bread roll filled with candied pecans and cream cheese, topped with crispy pecan and brown sugar crust
      $7.20
  • Griddle Cakes

    • Apple Stack French Toast

      Homebaked buttermilk bread griddled in dreamsicle custard, local Klug Farm peaches, creme anglaise, toasted oat streusel, whipped cream
      $19.20
    • Tres Leches Pancakes

      Fluffy flapjacks spiced with Mexican cinnamon and soaked in three milks, filled with dulce de leche and topped with Klug Farm raspberries and blueberries and homemade pecan granola
      $17.00
    • Corn Griddle Cakes

      Savory flapjacks filled with sharp Cheddar and topped with two eggs, tomato gravy, sea island red peas, avocado, creme fraiche
      $16.00
    • Cajun Pancakes

      Thin custardy crepes filled with homemade strawberry preserves and showered in powdered sugar, served with whipped sorghum butter
      $10.80
  • Entrees

    • Catfish & Grits

      Crispy catfish fillet atop creamy grits, garnished with fresh green onions and accompanied by a savory sauce with diced vegetables.
      $24.00
    • Biscuits & Gravy

      Char-grilled house-cured andouille sausage on sweet potato biscuits with redeye gravy, served with two fried eggs
      $20.40
    • Fried Chicken (Half)

      Four pieces of the recipe some have called the Best in America, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, and sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
      $32.00
    • Fried Chicken (Dark Meat)

      One thigh and one leg, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
      $19.00
    • Fried Chicken (Light Meat)

      One breast and one wing, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
      $20.00
    • Hunter's Oatmeal

      Anson Mills Brewster oat groats cooked in Kilgus Farmstead cream, served with crispy duck confit rillettes, nectarine preserves, crispy honey pecan granola, and fried sage
      $21.00
  • Dessert Plates

    • Bourbon Bread Pudding

      Richly spiced pudding spiked with bourbon whiskey, served with homemade Klug Farm peach butter, toasted oat streusel, Tahitian vanilla ice cream
      $13.00
    • Persimmon Pudding

      Wild frost-kissed Indiana persimmons baked in a decadent custard with fragrant spices and orange peel, served with honey coriander ice cream. Made and baked to order - please allow approximately 20 minutes.
      $18.00
    • Sticky Molasses Cake

      Warm spice cake served with wine-poached Klug Farm bosc pear, tres leches ice cream, and green anise lace cookie
      $18.00
  • Homebaked Breads

    • Skillet Cornbread

      Hazzard Free Farm heirloom cornmeal baked in bacon fat, topped with whipped sorghum butter. Gluten Free.
      $8.50
    • Sweet Potato Biscuits

      Two dainties fresh baked to order, served with roasted jalapeno honey butter
      $8.40
  • Appetizers

    • Pimiento Cheese

      Piquant spread of aged Cheddar cheese, homemade Worcestershire, and pimientos, with piccalilli and benne crackers. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)
      $11.00
    • Fried Green Tomatoes

      Fried crisp in Hazzard Free Farm cornmeal, smoked catfish salad and deviled egg puree. gluten free.
      $18.00
    • Deviled Crawfish Cakes

      Louisiana crawfish tail patties seasoned with mustard and cayenne and sauteed, served with sweet corn relish and remoulade. Pescatarian.
      $20.00
    • Relish Tray

      A staple of Southern hospitality - homemade pimiento cheese with a sampling of seasonal house pickles and hand-rolled benne crackers
      $21.60
  • Soup / Gumbo

    • Gumbo Yaya

      Chicken, housemade andouille sausage, and homemade worcestershire sauce flavor this broth along with a dark, smoky roux, served with steamed Cahokia rice
      $9.00
  • Salads

    • Rooftop Garden Salad

      Made without wheat and vegetarian. gotham greens butter lettuce tossed with shallot, radish, pecans, hook's blue cheese, buttermilk herb dressing.
      $15.00
    • Blackened Chicken Salad

      Miller Farms Amish chicken rubbed with spices and charred, served with Gotham Greens butter lettuce tossed with tomato confit, cornbread crumbs, avocado, and green goddess dressing
      $21.00
  • Dinner Entrees

    • Crispy Catfish A La Big Jones

      Alabama catfish fried crisp in corn and rice flour breading, served with creamy grits, sea island red peas, and tasso ham beurre monte. Gluten Free.
      $30.00
    • Crawfish Etouffee A La Breaux Bridge, Ca. 1930

      Louisiana crawfish tails smothered in butter and wine with onion and spices, served with steamed Cahokia rice. Gluten free, pescatarian.
      $34.00
    • Fried Chicken (Light Meat)

      One breast and one wing, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
      $20.00
    • Fried Chicken (Dark Meat)

      One thigh and one leg, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
      $19.00
    • Fried Chicken (Half)

      Four pieces of the recipe some have called the Best in America, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, and sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
      $32.00
    • Shrimp & Grits

      Texas coast Gulf of Mexico white shrimp smothered in savory Tasso ham and shiitake mushroom gravy, served on creamy Anson Mills grits
      $23.00
    • Duet Of Duck With Bourbon Giblet Jus

      D’Artagnan Pekín duck butchered in-house and served as a seared breast, leg & thigh confit rillette, savory pecan and wild rice granola with crispy duck skin, bourbon giblet jus. With celery root puree and balaton cherry puree.
      $40.00
  • Vegetables And Sides

    • Macaroni & Cheese

      Cavatelli pasta with four blended cheeses in a piquant mustard cream sauce with buttery bread crumb topping. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)
      $14.00
    • Malt Vinegar Fries

      Hard-fried kennebec potatoes tossed in bacon fat & malt vinaigrette with curly parsley. Gluten free.
      $7.00
    • Baked Cheese Grits

      Made without wheat and vegetarian. anson mills carolina gourdseed white hominy grits cooked with kilgus farmstead milk, smothered with cheddar cheese, and baked.
      $9.00
    • Puna Gardens Hearts Of Palm

      Sustainably grown Hawaiian peach palm heart roasted in brown butter, served with blond frisee and ginger-benne vinaigrette
      $21.60
    • Candied & Pickled Beets

      Candied red and pickled yellow Sola Gratia Farm beets, lemon curd, Creole cream cheese, wild black walnuts, pea greens
      $18.00
  • Sandwiches

    • Cubano

      Homemade Cuban-style bread filled with Fischer Farms ham, smoked pork shoulder, Jarlsberg cheese, homemade bread & butter pickles, Creole mustard, pickled Fresno peppers, with bacon fat fries
      $21.60
    • Pimiento Cheeseburger

      A double patty of Fischer Farms regenerative ranched Black Angus beef ground in-house and char-grilled, fully dressed with homemade pimiento cheese. Choose seasoned frites or creamy grits.
      $20.00
  • Appetizers

    • Fried Green Tomatoes

      Fried crisp in Hazzard Free Farm cornmeal, smoked catfish salad and deviled egg puree. gluten free.
      $18.00
    • Boudin Balls

      Lousiana alligator tail and rice sausage croquettes, served with cayenne mayonnaise and piccalilli
      $14.00
    • Pimiento Cheese

      Piquant spread of aged Cheddar cheese, homemade Worcestershire, and pimientos, with piccalilli and benne crackers. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)
      $11.00
    • Relish Tray

      A staple of Southern hospitality - homemade pimiento cheese with a sampling of seasonal house pickles and hand-rolled benne crackers
      $21.60
    • Char-Grilled Rapini

      Fire-roasted broccoli rabe dressed in cider vinaigrette and nestled on wild black walnut romesco. Gluten free. Vegan.
      $14.40
  • Breakfasts

    • A Simple Southern Breakfast

      Two Milo's Farm eggs cooked your way with a cornbread muffin and choice of creamy grits. Choice of meat +4
      $11.00
    • Mushroom & Leek Omelet

      Four Farmer's Hen House eggs filled with Four Star Mushroom duxelles, melted leeks, and Prairie Fruits Farm chevre, choice of side
      $18.00
    • House-Cured Bacon Omelet

      Three farm eggs, our house-cured & smoked bacon, griddled onion, Jarlsberg cheese, choice of side
      $17.00
    • Tres Leches Pancakes

      Fluffy flapjacks spiced with Mexican cinnamon and soaked in three milks, filled with dulce de leche and topped with Klug Farm raspberries and blueberries and homemade pecan granola
      $18.00
  • Salads

    • Blackened Chicken Salad

      Miller Farms Amish chicken rubbed with spices and charred, served with Gotham Greens butter lettuce tossed with tomato confit, cornbread crumbs, avocado, and buttermilk herb dressing. Gluten free.
      $24.00
    • Swamp Cabbage & Grilled Shrimp

      Roasted Puna Gardens hearts of palm with sauteed Texas Gulf shrimp, blond frisee, candied peanut, ginger benne vinaigrette. Gluten free.
      $27.60
    • Rooftop Garden Salad

      Gotham Greens butter lettuce tossed with shaved red onion, local radishes, candied pecans, and Gorgonzola cheese in our green buttermilk-herb dressing. Gluten free, vegetarian.
      $18.00
  • Poor Boys

    • Cubano

      Homemade Cuban-style bread filled with Fischer Farms ham, smoked pork shoulder, Jarlsberg cheese, homemade bread & butter pickles, Creole mustard, pickled Fresno peppers, with bacon fat fries
      $18.00
    • Fried Fischer Farms Bologna

      A thick slab of Fischer Farms regenerative ranched beef bologna pan-fried and served on a soft bun with Dijon mayonnaise, Gotham Greens butter lettuce, homemade bread and butter pickles, onion jam, and pickled Fresno chilies. Choose creamy grits or salt and vinegar kennebec fries.
      $18.00
    • Pimiento Cheeseburger

      A double patty of Fischer Farms regenerative ranched Black Angus beef ground in-house and char-grilled, fully dressed with homemade pimiento cheese. Choose seasoned frites or creamy grits.
      $20.00
    • Crawfish Burger

      A big deviled crawfish cake on a buttery bun with spicy remoulade, butter lettuce, tomato, and bread and butter pickles, choice of side
      $24.00
  • Entrees

    • Fried Chicken (Half)

      Four pieces of the recipe some have called the Best in America, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, and sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
      $32.00
    • Fried Chicken (Dark Meat)

      One thigh and one leg, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
      $19.00
    • Fried Chicken (Light Meat)

      One breast and one wing, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.
      $20.00
    • Crawfish Etouffee A La Breaux Bridge, Ca. 1930

      Louisiana crawfish tails smothered in butter and wine with onion and spices, served with steamed Cahokia rice. Gluten free, pescatarian.
      $34.00
    • Shrimp & Grits

      Texas coast Gulf of Mexico white shrimp smothered in savory Tasso ham and shiitake mushroom gravy, served on creamy Anson Mills grits. Contains pork and gluten. Can be made gluten or pork-free upon request.
      $25.00
  • Vegetable Dishes And Sides

    • Garlicky Bacon Fat Fries

      Hard-fried kennebec potatoes tossed in bacon fat & malt vinaigrette with parsley
      $7.00
    • Macaroni & Cheese

      Cavatelli pasta with four blended cheeses in a piquant mustard cream sauce with buttery bread crumb topping. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)
      $14.00

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