Kruse & Muer At The Lake: Menus

Soups & Starters

  • Soup du Jour

    Ask your server for today’s feature

  • French Onion Soup

    Rich, roasted onion stock with a splash of sherry topped with house baked croutons, melted Parmesan & Swiss cheese

  • Hot Artichoke Dip

    Served piping hot with housemade crostinis. Also available with Maryland crabmeat.

  • Flash Fried Calamari

    With lemon caper Beurre blanc

  • Calamari Casino

    Flash fried with garlic herb butter, banana & cherry peppers

  • Stuffed Mushrooms

    With shrimp & crabmeat stuffing & saffron cream

Fresh Fish & Seafood

Expressed in daily and served with cole slaw, rice & fresh vegetable unless otherwise indicated.

  • Lake Superior Whitefish

    Broiled or blackened with vegetable & rice

  • Honey Pecan Whitefish

    With roasted pecan honey butter & rice pilaf

  • Pan-fried Florida Grouper

    Served with vegetable & rice

  • Potato Encrusted Whitefish

    Pan-crisped & served with lemon caper Beurre blanc & garden vegetable

  • Fried Grouper & Chips

    With cole slaw, French fries & tartar sauce

  • Panroasts

    Saffron cream slowly simmered with diced tomatoes served over buttery rice pilaf with a wedge of crunchy garlic toast & your choice of Gulf Shrimp; Lobster, Shrimp & Bay Scallops or Lobster & Shrimp

  • Chop House Crabcakes

    Broiled with Maryland lump crabmeat, served with roasted red pepper Ruie, vegetable & rice

  • Jimmy's Pile of Perch

    Flash fried & served on a bed of mashed potatoes with lemon caper Beurre blanc & marinated tomato relish

Pasta

  • Linguine Provencale

    Diced tomatoes, wine & herbs

  • Pasta Primavera

    Dried cherries, fresh vegetables, sliced mushrooms, toasted almonds, olive oil, garlic & herbs

  • Linguine Marinara

    Fresh spinach, sliced mushrooms, diced tomatoes, olive oil, wine & herbs. Add Grilled Breast of Chicken $2 or Gulf Shrimp $3 to any of the above pastas

  • Tortellini & Grilled Chicken ala Crème

    Half moons of cheese filled pasta with grilled chicken & tomato cream

  • Grilled Chicken Fettuccine

    Sliced chicken, mushrooms & tomatoes in a sweet red bell pepper cream

  • Artichoke Pasta Poulette

    Grilled chicken, tomatoes, artichokes, olives, capers, wine, herbs & fettuccine

  • Michigan Fettuccine

    Grilled chicken, sliced mushrooms, green beans, roasted walnuts & Traverse City cherries in a light brandy-Dijon cream

  • Shrimp & Artichoke Fettuccine

    Tossed with spinach fettuccine, Italian tomatoes, olive oil, wine & herbs

  • Siesta Key Fettuccine

    Gulf shrimp, sweet scallops, Maine lobster, artichokes, spinach fettuccine & sweet tomato butter

  • Lobster & Shrimp Fettuccine ala Crème

    In a rich saffron cream with diced tomatoes & tomato basil fettuccine

Pizza

Round, deep dish style prepared with tomato sauce, mozzarella, Muenster cheese, olive oil & herbs

  • Cheese Pizza

    Topping Selections: Pepperoni. Italian Sausage, Pineapple, Green Pepper, Black Forest Ham, Onions, Black Olives, Mushrooms

  • Rocky's Creation

    With Cajun Gulf shrimp, diced tomatoes, garlic butter, artichoke hearts & cheese

  • Red Wing

    Spinach, pineapple, grilled chicken, red peppers, garlic butter, tomatoes & cheese

  • "The Lake" Special

    Black Forest ham, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, green pepper & cheese

  • Chicken Alfredo Pizza

    With grilled chicken, creamy alfredo, mozzarella & Muenster cheese

Salads, Sandwiches & Such

  • Classic Caesar Salad

    Crisp Romaine, butter croutons & Parmesan cheese. Also available with chargrilled or blackened Chicken, Gulf Shrimp, or Atlantic Salmon

  • Martha's Vineyard Salad

    Red leaf lettuce, pine nuts, bleu cheese, purple onions & raspberry maple vinaigrette

  • Raspberry Chicken Salad

    Bleu cheese, honey roasted walnuts, Traverse City dried cherries, red onion, grilled chicken & mixed greens with raspberry maple vinaigrette

  • Salmon Apricot Salad

    Grilled salmon, field greens, dried apricots & cherries, Chevre cheese & candied walnuts with apricot ginger vinaigrette

  • 1/3 Lb. Ramp Room Burger

    Cooked to order on a sesame seed bun with lettuce & tomato, served with French fries. Add Swiss, Cheddar or pepper jack cheese, grilled onions or mushrooms for 50¢ per item

  • Honey Almond Chicken Croissant

    Tender chunks of chicken, toasted almonds, apples, celery & honey herb mayonnaise served with honey yogurt fruit cup

  • Bayou Chicken Sandwich

    With spicy Bayou BBQ sauce & pepper Jack cheese, served with French fries

  • Chicken George Sandwich

    Grilled with teriyaki, pineapple & mozzarella, served with honey pineapple sauce & French fries

  • Louisiana Chicken Sandwich

    Blackened chicken breast, herb tomatoes, lettuce & Boursin cheese, served with French fries

  • Grouper Sandwich

    Flash fried & served with lettuce, tomatoes, housemade tartar sauce & French fries

  • Baltimore Crabmelt

    Maryland crab & Gulf shrimp cake baked with tomato & cheddar on a toasted muffin, served with honey yogurt fruit cup

Chicken, Steak & Ribs

  • Chicken Dijon

    Grilled with Dijon mustard cream & rice pilaf

  • Chicken Panroast

    Chargrilled chicken slowly simmered with saffron cream & diced tomatoes, served over buttery rice pilaf with a wedge of crunchy garlic toast.

  • Maryland Chicken

    Baked with shrimp & crabmeat stuffing, lobster cream & rice pilaf

  • The Shaft BBQ Ribs

    Perfected at the “SHAFT” restaurant in Aspen, Colorado served with garlic toast & Gus’ potatoes. Full & half slabs available.

  • 10 Ounce Center Cut Top Sirloin

    Served with natural au jus, Gus’ potatoes & vegetable Add Rochester Zip Sauce, made famous on Woodward Avenue for $1.50

Creative Combinations

Your choice of any two of the following:

  • 1/2 Chicken & Vegetable Wrap

  • 1/2 Baltimore Crabmelt

  • 1/2 Honey Almond Chicken Salad Croissant

  • Cup of Soup du Jour

  • The Lake Salad

  • Martha's Vineyard

  • Caesar Salad

Kruser Kids

Smaller portions for our guests under 12

  • Linguine with Butter

  • Tortellini & Grilled Chicken

    Cheese filled pasta with tomato cream and chicken

  • Chicken Teriyaki

    Served with honey pineapple sauce and rice pilaf

  • Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich

    Topped with melted mozzarella & BBQ sauce

  • Linguine with Tomato Cream

  • Fettuccine Alfredo

    Grilled chicken may be added

  • Cheese & Pepperoni Pizza

  • Fresh Whitefish

    Served with buttered rice

  • Fresh Salmon

    Served with buttered rice