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Shakespeare Pub & Grille

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Home-Cooked Fayre

Fish and Chips

A generous fillet of Cod surrounded in tempura batter served with mounds of 'Proper' chips and peas. A true British favourite, and just like you'd get down the local Chip shop.

Steak and Mushroom Pie

Cubed steak and sliced mushrooms cooked in a hearty red wine sauce, topped off with a golden puff pastry. Served with chips, peas, and gravy, "Lovely!"

Ploughman's Plate

An assortment of cheeses, two slices of Scotch egg and sausage rolls served with lettuce, tomato, branston pickle and a fresh baked bread roll. Great as an appetizer to share.

Curry

We gave India Imperialism, they gave us the curry, currently the No. 1 cuisine in the U.K. "Cheers Lads!" Your choice of either beef, chicken or faux chicken and Vegetables. Served with rice, chips or a bit o' both.

Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie

Faux ground meat (tastes just like the real thing) simmered with fresh vegetables and our homemade gravy, topped off with mashed potatoes and an optional grilled cheese topping.

Chicken Pot Pie

Tender pieces of chicken breast and fresh vegetables simmered in a white wine sauce topped with a golden puff pastry. Served with chips or mashed potatoes, peas and gravy.

Traditional Sunday Roast

(Sundays only) Get your 'back home' fix that we all love and miss. Succulent roast beef accompanied by Yorkshire pudding, roast and mash potatoes, garden fresh vegetables and topped with our delicious homemade gravy. Kick it up a notch with a dab of horseradish and Colemans English Mustard. Sunday traditions alive and well at the Shakespeare.

For the Kids

For the kids we offer Chicken Tenders, Toasted Cheese Sandwiches, Burgers, Fish and Bangers (Sausages) , all served with Chips.

Shepherds's Pie

We start by using marinated lean ground beef and vegetables then top it off with a roof of mashed potatoes and bubbling grilled cheese. Served with chips and peas. Comfort food at it's finest. Also available for vegetarians, served with or without cheese.

Steak and Kidney Pie

Cubed USDA steak and sliced kidney simmered in a hearty red wine sauce, topped off with a golden puff pastry. Served with chips, peas, and gravy.

All Day English Breakfast

Gammon Steak, two pork bangers (sausages) , two fried eggs, chips and Heinz baked beans.

Gammon Steak

Large, thick cut farmhouse ham steak, topped with either a pineapple slice or a fried egg. Served with chips and peas.

Homemade Fish Cakes

Flaked cod fillet mixed with green onions, potatoes, herbs and spices surrounded with breadcrumbs and cooked to a golden brown. Served with parsley sauce and garnish.

Bangers and Mash

Three sizzling pork sausages topped with grilled onions and drizzled with homemade gravy. Served with mashed potatoes and peas. (Sizzled and Drizzled!)

The Great White Whale Challenge

Single handedly, and without leaving your seat, finish a platter of our signature Fish and Chips - containing a 2Lb piece of battered Cod, 2Lb of chips and a side of peas in 45 minutes or less and it's on the house along with a 'Victor's' Tee-shirt. Fail the challenge and it'll cost you

Desserts

Banana Blintz

Apple Dumpling

Chocolate Lava Cake

A Featured Dessert Special

Pub Grub/Daily Delights

Lunch specials served between 11:00am - 4:00pm Monday through Friday.

Sausage Rolls

Two flaky puff pastry rolls filled with seasond pork sausage meat and baked to a golden brown, goes down great with a spot of Coleman's hot English mustard.

Scotch Egg

Hard-boiled egg surrounded in sausage meat then rolled in bread crumbs and baked. Served hot or cold with garnish and Branston pickle.

Turkey Wrap

Fresh sliced Turkey breast, feta cheese, baby spinach, red onion and tomato all rolled into either a flour or whole wheat tortilla with your choice of dressing.

Veggie Burger

A gourmet vegetarian patty topped with sauteed baby spinach, red bell peppers, feta cheese and a sweet jalapeno aioli sauce served on a toasted sesame seed bun.

Sandwiches

Your choice of either fresh sauteed cod. Krab cake or chicken breast. All served open faced on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. Your choice of one topping, either mushrooms, grilled onions, blue or cheddar cheese.

Pate and Toast

A generous portion of chicken and port wine pate. Served with toast and garnish

Banger on a Roll

An English style pork sausage served on a freshly baked roll with piping hot grilled onions.

Shakespeare's Chicken Tenders

Five lightly breaded chicken breast strips served with ranch dressing and garnish. Also available spicy.

Shepherd's Pie

(Lunch) We start by using marinated lean ground beef and vegetables then top it off with a roof of mashed potatoes and bubbling grilled cheese. Also available as a vegetarian dish.

Roast Beef Lunch

(Lunch) Tender slices of prime lean beef served with mashed potatoes and peas and homemade gravy.

Soup, Salad, And Roll

(Lunch) Your choice of homemade soup, bread roll, garden fresh salad or spinach salad.

Fresh Cut 'Proper' Chips

Our signature plate of 'Proper' chips, a mound of delicious thick-cut fries freshly peeled and chipped. Delicious with a side of curry sauce or gravy. Extra crispy? Just ask your server.

Curry Chip Burrito

'Proper' chips with our signature curry sauce wrapped up in a large flour tortilla.

World-Famous Fish Taco

A Fresh battered Cod piece served with two corn tortillas, coleslaw, homemade salsa, and our signature jalapeno aioli sauce on the side.

House Soups

Each day Chef Manny prepares a choice of either a meat based soup or a vegetarian option served to you with a freshly baked roll.

Big Ben Burger

The London landmark has arrived!. A half pound beef patty, sauteed mushrooms, grilled onions, your choice of either cheddar or blue cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise all stacked high in a toasted sesame seed bun.

The Great British Dip

Tender roast beef served on a freshly baked roll with tomatoes, thinly sliced red onion and a side of horseradish and brown gravy.

Pork Pie

Seasoned pork baked in a short crust pastry, served chilled with lettuce and tomato. Ideal with Coleman's Hot English Mustard.

Pork Shanks

Three slow roasted pork shanks seared to crispy perfection with your choice of barbecue sauce or our signature buffalo sauce.

Fish and Chips

(Lunch) A generous fillet of Cod surrounded in tempura batter served with mounds of 'real' chips and peas. A true British favourite, and just like you'd get down the local Chippie.

Bangers and Mash

(Lunch) Three sizzling pork sausages floating in gravy and topped with grilled onions. Served with mashed potatoes and peas.

Curry

(Lunch) Your choice of either beef, chicken or vegetarian faux meat. Served with rice, chips or a bit o' both.

A baked pastry filled with your choice of a'traditional' with ground beef, sliced potatoes and vegetables or our chef's'special' (please ask your server about today's selection) . Served with peas and your choice of ‘proper’ chips, french fries or mashed potatoes. Peas can be substituted for ‘mushy peas’ or heinz baked beans, add $2.25.

Quornish Pasty

Our traditional cornish pasty using'quorn' brand faux ground beef.

Chicken Pot Pie

Tender pieces of chicken breast and garden fresh vegetables simmered in our delicious homemade white wine sauce topped off with puff pastry. Served with peas and your choice of ‘proper’ chips, french fries or mashed potatoes. Peas can be substituted for ‘mushy peas’ or heinz baked beans, add $2.25.

The Great British Breakfast

Served saturday and sunday from 8am until 12 noon.

Vegetarian Sunday Roast

Our traditional sunday roast dinner with a veggie patty in place of the meat selection.

Desserts

Spotted dick, banana blintz, chocolate lava cake and chef thomas beatty's signature apple crumble.

Shepherds's Pie

Lean ground beef and vegetables marinated in our secret recipe sauce topped off with a roof of mashed potatoes and bubbling grilled cheddar cheese. Served with peas and your choice of ‘proper’ chips, french fries or mashed potatoes. Peas can be substituted for ‘mushy peas’ or heinz baked beans, add $2.25.

Vegetarian All Day Breakfast

A veggie patty served with 2 eggs,'proper' chips, heinz baked beans, mushrooms and sliced tomato.

Steak and Kidney Pie

Lean cubed beef and kidney cooked in a hearty red wine sauce topped off with puff pastry. Served with peas and your choice of ‘proper’ chips, french fries or mashed potatoes. Peas can be substituted for ‘mushy peas’ or heinz baked beans, add $2.25.

Veggie Curry

Faux chicken with vegetables simmered in our signature curry sauce served over'proper chips', rice or a bit'o both.

Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie

A vegetarian version of our classic shepherd’s pie using faux ground beef. Served with peas and your choice of ‘proper’ chips, french fries or mashed potatoes. Peas can be substituted for ‘mushy peas’ or heinz baked beans,

Homemade Fish Cakes

Flaked salmon and cod fillet mixed with green onions, potatoes, herbs and spices surrounded with breadcrumbs and cooked to a golden brown with parsley sauce and garnish. Served with peas and your choice of ‘proper’ chips, french fries or mashed potatoes. Peas can be substituted for ‘mushy peas’ or heinz baked beans, add $2.25.

Bangers and Mash

Three english style pork sausages topped with grilled onions and gravy. Served with mashed potatoes and peas.

Traditional Sunday Roast (Sundays Only)

Your choice of roast beef or chef’s ‘meat of the day’, served with yorkshire pudding, roast and mashed potatoes, garden fresh vegetables and topped with our delicious homemade gravy with a side of ground horseradish.

For the Kids

For the kids we offer chicken tenders, toasted cheese sandwiches, burgers, fish and bangers (sausages) , all served with chips.

The Great White Whale Challenge

Single handedly, and without leaving your seat, finish a platter of our signature fish and chips - containing a 2lb piece of battered cod, 2lb of chips and a side of peas in 45 minutes or less and it's on the house along with a'victor's' tee-shirt. Fail the challenge and it'll cost you

Pub Grub / Daily delights

Fresh Cut 'Proper' Chips

Our signature plate of'proper' chips, a mound of delicious thick-cut fries freshly peeled and chipped. Delicious with a side of curry sauce or gravy. Extra crispy? Just ask your server.

Curry Chip Burrito

'Proper' chips with our signature curry sauce wrapped up in a large flour tortilla.

Salads

Mixed baby greens: tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers, craisins, blue cheese crumbles and croutons. Dressings: blue cheese, ranch, thousand island, fat-free sesame ginger, honey dijon, balsamic vinaigrette, jalapeño aioli or hot bacon dressing. Spinach salad: with chopped egg, bacon bits, red onions, blue cheese crumbles and served with hot bacon dressing.

Turkey Wrap

Fresh sliced turkey breast, feta cheese, baby spinach, red onion and tomato all rolled into either a flour or whole wheat tortilla with your choice of dressing.

House Soups

Each day chef manny prepares a choice of either a meat based soup or a vegetarian option served to you with a freshly baked roll.

Big Ben Burger

A half pound beef patty served with sautéed mushrooms, grilled onions and your choice of either blue, swiss or cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise all stacked high in a toasted sesame seed bun.

The Great British Dip

Tender roast beef served on a freshly baked roll with tomatoes, thinly sliced red onion and a side of horseradish and brown gravy.

Cod Sandwich

A fresh cod fillet (sauteed or battered) served open faced on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise with your choice of one of the following toppings: blue, swiss or cheddar cheese, mushrooms and grilled or raw onion

Pork Shanks

Three slow roasted pork shanks seared to crispy perfection with your choice of barbecue sauce or our signature buffalo sauce, homemade coleslaw and garnish.

Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich

Marinated chicken breast, grilled and served open faced on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise with your choice of one of the following toppings: blue, swiss or cheddar cheese, mushrooms and grilled or raw onion.

Shepherd's Pie (Lunch)

We start by using marinated lean ground beef and vegetables then top it off with a roof of mashed potatoes and bubbling grilled cheese. Substitute ‘proper’ chips for french fries or mashed potatoes. Peas can be substituted for ‘mushy peas’ or heinz baked beans on all the above meals, add $2.25.

Roast Beef Lunch (Lunch)

Tender slices of prime lean beef served with mashed potatoes and peas and homemade gravy.

Soup, Salad, and Roll (Lunch)

Choose from either of our homemade soups. Served with mixed baby greens salad and a bread roll.

Sausage Rolls

Two flaky puff pastry rolls filled with seasond pork sausage meat and baked to a golden brown, goes down great with a touch of coleman's hot english mustard.

Scotch Egg

A hard-boiled egg surrounded in sausage meat then rolled in bread crumbs and baked. Served hot or cold with garnish and branston pickle.

Shakespeare's Fish Taco

A fresh battered cod piece served with two corn tortillas, coleslaw, homemade salsa, and our signature jalapeno aioli sauce on the side.

Ploughman's Plate

An assortment of cheese and a freshly baked roll accompanied with half a scotch egg, pickled onions, branston pickle, lettuce and tomato. Great as an appetizer to share.

Veggie Burger

A gourmet vegetarian patty topped with sauteed baby spinach, red bell peppers, feta cheese and a sweet jalapeno aioli sauce served on a toasted sesame seed bun.

Reuben Sandwich

Tender corned beef served on rye bread with swiss cheese, grilled onion, sauerkraut and thousand island dressing.

Pate and Toast

A generous portion of chicken and port wine pate. Served with toast and garnish.

Banger on a Roll

An english style pork sausage served on a freshly baked roll with piping hot grilled onions.

Shakespeare's Chicken Tenders

Five lightly breaded chicken breast strips served with ranch dressing and garnish. Also available buffalo style.

Fish and Chips (Lunch)

Traditionally prepared using fresh cod surrounded in beer batter. Served with chips and peas.

Bangers and Mash (Lunch)

Three sizzling pork sausages floating in gravy and topped with grilled onions. Served with mashed potatoes and peas.

Curry (Lunch)

Your choice of either beef, chicken or vegetarian faux meat. Served with rice, chips or a bit o' both.

Wines, Spirits & Ales

5 Anytime 20oz. Draught

Our current selection is Bud Light.

Cask Conditioned Ale

Our current cask conditioned 'Real' Ale is Stone Pale Ale with Coriander. Drawn from our traditional English hand-pump, this one-off cask has been brewed exclusively for The Shakespeare, un-filtered and un-pasteurized without any additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure.

Harp Lager

First produced in 1960 at the Dundalk Brewery, Ireland, in response to the trend among drinkers in Britain and Ireland toward continental lager. Full-bodied with a reassuring bite. Harp stays sharp to the bottom of the glass.

Bass Pale Ale

A full flavored ale from Burton-on-Trent, England, Bass Pale Ale is considered one of the leading imported beers in the areas of quality, image, and drinkability. The essence of the traditional British beer, Bass is the original Pale Ale and it has been brewed since 1777.

Fuller's London Pride

Fuller's London Pride, the company’s flagship brand, is a mahogany colored Bitter Beer. 4.7% ABV. It is the United Kingdom’s leading premium ale. Fuller’s, based at the Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, West London have been in operation for over 350 years.

Magner's Irish Cider

19.2oz Bottle. From Clonmel, County Tipperary. A 4.5% ABV Hard Cider that is rivaling Guinness in sales in Both it's native Ireland and the U.K. A perfect warm weather beverage. Take a pint glass half filled with ice, pour over, and enjoy.

Stella Artois Lager

First brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1366 as a Christmas brew, and named Stella after the Latin for"star", because of its exceptional clarity. England's best selling European beer.

Smithwick's Irish Ale

Smithwick's (pronounced 'smith-icks') is an Irish red ale from Kilkenny in Ireland. Irelands oldest ale, in production since 1710, it combines a rich flavour with an ultra smooth finish.

Bottled beers

Amstel Light, Becks, Becks Non-Alcoholic, Budweiser, Bud Light, Carlsberg, Coors Light, Corona, Heineken, Magners Cider (19.2oz) , Miller Light, O'Douls Amber (Non-Alcoholic) , Pacifico, Widmer Hefeweizen (22oz) , Wyders Pear Cider.

The Glenlivet 12 yr.

The colour is pale gold and the fresh and floral nose is marked by citrus fruit (lemon) . The palate, dry, light and mellow reveals some flower, fruit (citrus, peach) and vanilla hints. The finish, from average lengths finishes on malt touches.

Oban 14 yr.

Oban is the frontier between the West Highlands and the Islands; the meeting place between land and sea. Fine single malt whisky has been made here for over 200 years, in one of the oldest licensed distilleries in Scotland. Made using only the finest barley, malted to the distillery's own particular specification. light peat smoke gives the malt a distinctive character and taste. The result is the smoky, malty dryness in the flavour and finish of Oban.

Talisker 10 yr.

Talisker single malt is known for its above average peat content, and "salty" (or "spicy") character. While the brand is generally well-accepted and sells well, the high phenol level and distinct taste may prove "challenging" for the casual whisky drinker.

White Wines

Kenwood Chardonnay, Mezzacorona Chardonnay, Campagnola Pinot Grigio, Clifford Bay Sauvignon Blanc and Kenwood Yulupa Cuvee Brut. Plus our featured white wine of the month and 'anytime' $3 glass.

Champagne

Kenwood (750 ml) , Kenwood (187 ml)

Irish Coffee

First we combine Jameson Irish Whiskey with fine brown sugar, than add a rich coffee and finally, top off this Irish classic with heavy cream.

Guinness Stout

A dry stout that started life at Arthur Guinness's St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland in 1759. The beer is based upon the porter style that originated in London in the early 1700s. Enjoyed world wide, this has always been a favourite among beer drinkers who appreciate a full-bodied, creamy, deep ruby red (black) stout. Enjoy our award winning 'Perfect Pint! served the way it always should be. "Slainte!"

Newcastle Brown Ale

'Newckie Brown' as it is commonly known was developed in the northeast of England during the 1920's, this ale, 'The One And Only' is dark and robust with a nutty finish.

Fuller's E.S.B.

Brewed by Fuller's at the Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, the only London brewery still in operation. An ale for the connoisseur of ale drinkers, rich in taste and colour. " Extra Special Bitter". 5.9% ABV.

Boddingtons Pub Ale

Boddingtons is an English beer, originally from Manchester, England, that has been brewed for more than 200 years. Known affectionately as "Boddies", this beer is famous for its smoothness and creamy head retention.

Strongbow Cider

Strongbow is a brand of cider manufactured in Hereford, England by Bulmers. It is the UK's most popular cider, accounting for more than half of the cider sold in Britain. Strongbow is a dry cider. Strongbow is also unique in that it is produced with a Royal Warrant. Strongbow is named after the Cambro-Norman knight Richard de Clare, later Earl of Pembroke, nicknamed "Strongbow" for relying heavily on Welsh archers during campaigns in Ireland, where the native Irish had few bows and relied on javelins.

Union Jack IPA

Brewed by the Firestone-Walker company in Paso Robles, California by Englishman David Walker and his Brother-in-Law, Adam Firestone (of Firestone Tyres fame) . Citrus, pineapple, and a full chewy malt profile finish clean on your palate. Over 70 IBUs and 7.5% alcohol by volume, Union Jack certainly does not have any problems competing with the big India Pale Ales. A beer true to its origins; deeply hopped and bolstered for a long voyage. ACCOLADES: 2009 Australian International Beer Awards Gold Medal. 2008 European Beer Star Award Gold Medal. 2008 GABF Gold Medal. 2008 World Beer Cup Silver Medal - American Strong.

For the adventurous

For those of you who like to mix it up, why not try a BLACK and TAN: (Half Guinness and half Bass) , POORMAN's BLACK VELVET: (Half Guinness and half Strongbow Hard Apple Cider) , TRADITIONAL SNAKEBITE: (half Harp Lager and half Strongbow Hard Apple Cider) , CIDER and BLACK: (Strongbow Hard Apple Cider and Blackcurrant cordial) , LAGER and LIME: (Harp Lager and Lime concentrate) , SHANDY: (Half Harp lager and half Sprite) , HALF and HALF: (Half Guinness and half Harp Lager) , BLACK and BROWN: (Half Guinness, half Newcastle Brown Ale) and BLACK JACK: (Half Guinness, half Firestone Union Jack IPA) .

Glenkinchie 10 yr.

The standard 10 year old Glenkinchie single malt is a fairly typical lowland whisky in that it is fresh and light in character, with notes of lemon and cut grass. A sweet nose and a hint of peat make this a good introduction to the world of single malts.

Cragganmore 12 yr.

This 12 year old bottling has a dull gold colour. The nose is rightly famous as being one of the most complex of any single malt. There are sweet floral fragrances with a firm body and malty taste, a long finish with delicate aromas and light smoke.

Dalwhinnie 15 yr.

Set in splendid mountain scenery, Dalwhinnie is the highest distillery in Scotland. The name Dalwhinnie means meeting place, which refers to the meeting of ancient cattle drovers' routes through the mountains. With a sweet, fruity aroma and light taste, this single malt finishes with a hint of heather.

Lagavulin 16 yr.

Lagavulin is a single malt Scotch whisky produced on the island of Islay. It has been described as the "aristocrat" of Islays. It has an unmistakable, powerful, peat-smoke aroma. Described as being robustly full bodied, well-balanced and smooth with a slight sweetness on the palate.

Red Wines

Blackstone Cabernet Sauvignon, Angeline Pinot Noir, Trapiche Malbec, Fetzer Merlot and Loredona Syrah Rose. Plus our featured red wine of the month and 'anytime' glass

London Fog

Whisky from the Scottish highlands and Bushmills Irish Cream are added to our rich coffee and topped with heavy cream.

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