Dinner Menu

Native Game & Speciality Catches

Native game subject to availability and seasonal adjustments.

Elk Sirloin
Eight ounces of American elk charbroiled

Buffalo Sirloin
Eight ounces of center cut South Dakota bison charbroiled

Trout
10 ounces of the Black Hills favorite served broiled, almandine, sauted or baked

Walleye
Eight ounces walleye baked, broiled or our own herb encrusted using a flat bread crumb crust

Prairie Lamb Chops

South Dakota raised our Lamb is a local favorite. Your chops will be grilled to perfection Above dinners are served with your choice of soup or salad rice pilaf or potato and our great herb dinner rolls.

Beef
The Bay Leaf Caf serves ONLY the finest USDA beef; and our steaks are cut in house.

Top Sirloin, Petite or Twin

Rib Eye
Twelve ounces Rib Steak

Filet Mignon
Six to eight ounces tenderloin

Steak Sand
6 oz sirloin with grilled French bread All beef and seafood dinners are served with choice of soup or salad, rice or potato and a Bay Leaf herb dinner roll.

Seafood
The Bay Leaf Caf serves the highest quality seafood available. Seasonally we fly in fresh seafood from Alaska or Florida!

Salmon Filet
Eight ounce wild salmon grilled and topped with herb butter

Yellow Fin Tuna

Eight ounce center cut filet grilled

Shrimp Scampi
Jumbo shrimp sauted in white wine, garlic and butter

Sauted Scallops
Jumbo scallops sauted in garlic and lemon butter

Halibut
Eight ounce loin of Halibut, grilled or baked

Alaskan King Crab

Twelve ounces split legs with drawn butter. Market price

Pasta
Hearty and deliciousall of our sauces are made ON SITE!

Almond Chicken
Sauted chicken and almonds over fettuccini

Bourbon Street Pasta

Andouille sausage, sauted peppers, onions, mushrooms and Cajun seasoning over fettuccini

Rosemary Linguini
Caramelized onion, walnut and rosemary sauce over linguini

Fettuccini Primavera
Veggies tossed in cream sauce over fettuccini

Italian Marinara
Marinara sauce and parmesan cheese over fettuccini

Seafood Fettuccini
Large shrimp, scallops and mussels Your choice red or white sauce over fettuccini

Portabella Fettuccini
Portabella mushrooms with parmesan cheese in a cream sauce over fettuccini

Chicken
Lemon Caper Chicken
Chicken breast sauted with capers and lemon juice

Chicken Provencal
Sauted in extra virgin olive oil with vegetables and capers

Cajun Chicken
Chicken breast blackened and dusted with Cajun seasoning Chicken dishes served with soup or salad, baked potato or rice and French's great herb dinner rolls.

Vegetarian
The Bay Leaf offers an interesting array of vegetarian selections. Although our menu does not specifically list dishes as vegetarian we are committed pleasing you. If you choose to eliminate meat and dairy from your diet or have allergies to food we will satisfy your needs. We also have tempeh and tofu available to add to dishes.

Spinach Pie and Tabbouleh

This dish does contain dairy and eggs

Mediterranean Plate
Humus, falafel, tabbouleh and pita chips

Portabella Gorgonzola
This dish does contain dairy

Italian Marinara with fettuccini Rosemary Linguini Portabella Fettuccini

This dish does contain dairy Please let your server know if you have special needs!

Speaking Bay Leaf

There may be items on our menu that are unfamiliar to you or made from food mixtures you have not tried before. We are very careful to review any products we purchase to be certain they do not contain MSG. We also do not purchase products having preservatives if there is a similar product we can obtain that does not. Extra virgin olive oil is used for sauting. Please do not

hesitate to ask your server the ingredients of any selection or how it is prepared. If you have special dietary needs we will be happy to accommodate you.

Black Bean Burger

Patties are made in house of black beans, green peppers, onions, green chilies, brown rice, dried chilies, garlic, bread crumbs, corn flour and salt.

Capers
Small, unopened blossoms of a bush which are sun dried then pickled, making them salty and soft. They have a gentle taste, neither hot nor spicy.

Falafel
Ground chick peas (garbanzo beans) seasoned with herbs.

Filo
Phyllo is the Greek word meaning leaf. Culinary, it refers to tissue-thin layers of pastry dough.

Garden Burger
A purchased product containing mushrooms, brown rice, onions, rolled oats, part skim mozzarella (part skim milk culture, salt, vegetable enzyme), egg white, cheddar cheese, bulgur wheat, natural seasonings and spices, olive oil, tapioca starch and vegetable gum.

Hummus
This refreshing Mediterranean dip is made of chick peas (garbanzo beans), garlic, tahini and lemon juice.

Provencal
A sauce made in the style of Provence; we use white wine, extra virgin olive oil, capers and diced vegetables.

Tabbouleh
Bulgur wheat, lemon juice, olive oil and diced vegetables.

Tahini
A smooth paste made from ground white sesame seeds.

Tempeh
A food made from split soybeans, water and a special bacteria which is allowed to ferment for several hours. Cholesterol free, low in fat with a yeasty nutty flavor. Rich in vitamin B12 and protein.

Tofu
Soybean curd, made from soybeans and nigari (a coagulant taken from salt water), and used in soups, vegetables dishes, dressings, etc. Tofu is high in protein.

Appetizers
Our appetizers are made fresh and are a tantalizing beginning to your meal!

Scampi Appetizer
Shrimp sauted in scampi butter choose 1/2 or full dozen

Sauted Mussels
With a toasted slice of our fresh French bread

Portabella Gorgonzola
Grilled portabella mushrooms topped with creamy gorgonzola cheese and served on a bed of port demi sauce

Tabbouleh
Bulgur wheat tossed with cucumbers, tomato, parsley, and onion in lemon oil dressing served with pita chips

Warm Artichoke Dip

Artichoke hearts, assiago cheese and garlic topped with fresh grated parmesan cheese served with French's French bread

Mediterranean Plate
Hummus dip, falafel, tabbouleh and served with pita chips

Spinach Pie and Tabbouleh

Spinach pie made with filo dough, feta cheese and eggs, served with a side of tabbouleh salad

Salads
Spinach Salad
Fresh spinach tossed in honey mustard dressing - with "spinach only" salad

Bay Leaf Greens Caribbean Style

Large Bay Leaf greens salad served with sesame Mandarin dressing

6 Ounce Steak 'n' Caesar

Sirloin grilled or blackened over Bay Leaf Caesar

Bay Leaf Caesar

With grilled shrimp or buffalo shrimp skewer atop

Garden Salad
Assortment of greens & fresh garden vegetables

Greek Salad
Greens, fresh veggies, Feta cheese, peppercini pepper, olives & Bay Leaf Greek dressing

Chef Salad
Garden salad topped w/ ham, turkey, cheeses & egg

Tabbouleh Salad
Bulgar wheat with cucumbers, tomato, parsley, onion and lemon oil dressing

Salad Nicoise
Garden salad topped with grilled yellow fin tuna

6 Ounce Salmon Salad

Served over large Bay Leaf salad with your choice of dressing