Kruse & Muer In The Village: Menus

Soup & Starters

  • Charley's Chowder

    Tomato-based fish chowder made famous at the original Charley’s Crab on Pine Lake.

  • Soup du Jour

    Ask your server for today’s feature.

  • Stuffed Mushrooms

    With shrimp & crabmeat stuffing & saffron cream

Salads

  • Kruse & Muer House Salad

    Garden greens, fresh fruit, sliced vegetables & honey mustard vinaigrette

  • Classic Caesar Salad

    Crisp Romaine, butter croutons & Parmesan cheese. Also available with Chargrilled or Blackened Chicken, Gulf Shrimp or Filet of 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 onions, 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

Small Plate Pasta Pairings

Your choice of the following petite pasta served with small green salad. Add chargrilled chicken $1 or Gulf shrimp $1.50

  • Village #1

    Diced tomatoes, fresh basil, white wine & herbs

  • Village #2

    Fresh spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, wine & herbs

  • Village #3

    Mushrooms, green beans, walnuts, cherries & brandy-Dijon cream

  • Village #4

    Artichoke hearts, Italian tomatoes, olive oil, wine & herbs

Pasta

Served with Kruse & Muer Cole Slaw & Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese

  • 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 Primavera Alfredo

    Cheese filled half moons of pasta sauteéd with sliced mushrooms, garden vegetables & classic sauce Alfredo

  • Tortellini and 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 with artichokes & spinach fettuccine in a sweet tomato butter

  • Lobster & Shrimp Fettuccine ala Crème

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

Chicken

Served with Kruse & Muer Cole Slaw & Rice Pilaf

  • Hawaiian Chicken

    Grilled with teriyaki, served with honey-pineapple sauce & 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

Fresh Fish & Seafood

  • Lake Superior Whitefish

    Broiled or blackened with vegetable & rice

  • Georges Bank Schrod

    Broiled with vegetable & rice

  • Honey Pecan Whitefish

    With roasted pecan honey butter & rice pilaf

  • Parmesan Encrusted Whitefish

    Sauteed with lemon caper Beurre blanc, served with rice pilaf

  • Mustard Schrod

    Broiled with Dijon mustard cream, served with rice pilaf & garden vegetable

  • Lemon Crumb Schrod

    Broiled with a crisp lemon crumb crust, served with rice pilaf & garden vegetable

  • Parmesan Encrusted Shrimp

    Pancrisped with lemon butter, garlic & white wine served with crispy mozzarella cake & angel hair pasta with Campari tomato sauce

  • Jimmy's Pile of Perch

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

  • 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

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.

  • House Special

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

  • Caribbean Jerk Chicken

    Marinated jerk chicken, Island BBQ sauce, cilantro, caramelized onions & cheese.

Sandwiches

Served on a Housebaked Bun with Chef's Rice & Cole Slaw

  • Tuna Salad Sandwich

    Served with honey yogurt fruit cup

  • Bayou Chicken

    With spicy Bayou BBQ sauce & pepper jack cheese, served with rice pilaf

  • Chicken George

    Grilled with teriyaki, pineapple & mozzarella, served with honey pineapple sauce & rice pilaf

  • Louisiana Chicken

    Blackened chicken, herb tomatoes, lettuce & Boursin cheese, served with rice pilaf

  • Grilled Chicken & Vegetable Wrap

    “Voted One of Metro Detroit’s Best Sandwiches” With Boursin & Chevre cheese & roasted tomato vinaigrette, served with basil pesto aioli & honey yogurt fruit cup

  • Baltimore Crabmelt

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

  • Blackened Salmon Sandwich

    With crisp lettuce, marinated tomatoes & garlic cream cheese, served with rice pilaf

Creative Combinations

Your choice of any two of the following:

  • 1/2 Baltimore Crabmelt

  • 1/2 Chicken & Vegetable Wrap

  • 1/2 Tuna Salad Sandwich

  • Caesar Salad

  • Cup of Charley's Chowder

  • Cup of Soup du Jour

  • House Salad

  • Martha's Vineyard

Kruser Kids

Smaller portions for our guests under 12

  • Linguine with Tomato Cream

  • Linguine with Butter

  • Tortellini & Grilled Chicken

    Cheese filled pasta with tomato cream and chicken

  • Fettuccine Alfredo

    Grilled chicken may be added

  • Hawaiian Chicken

    Served with honey pineapple dip and rice pilaf

  • Cheese & Pepperoni Pizza