You love their food and beer. This metro-east restaurant now has a new summer menu
A couple of months ago I shared that Old Bakery Beer Company in Alton rolled out a new seasonal menu. At the time I wrote that column, I hadn’t tried the offerings yet.
But the following week, the husband and I drove up to check things out. We ordered three entrées and split them between us.
My taste buds and tummy were so happy!
Now, with the pending arrival of summer, comes a new menu from Old Bakery Beer.
The brewery just launched its summer menu, and it includes a lot of great new foods, including snacks, salads and sandwiches.
In addition to checking out the new eats, I love seeing the fun names given to many of the offerings.
New to the menu:
Snacks
Fried Artichokes - served with lemon basil aioli (vegan);
Salsa Sampler - rotating flight of three salsas served with tortilla chips (vegan) ;
Sweet Corn Dip - creamy, cheesy corn dip with cilantro served with tortilla chips (vegetarian).
Salads
Totally Rad(ish) - romaine, roasted edamame, sweet corn, cashews, radish, ginger dressing (vegan);
You Feta Believe It - mixed greens with strawberries, cucumber, feta, white balsamic vinaigrette (vegetarian);
Makin’ Me Caprese - mixed greens with tomato, fresh mozzarella, basil balsamic vinaigrette (vegetarian).
Hot Diggity Dogs
Mac Dog - ¼-pound all beef hot dog with beer cheese mac ‘n cheese, crumbled bacon and jalapeño;
Rogodog - ¼-pound all beef hot dog with yellow mustard and sauerkraut.
Things on Tortillas
Caprese Tacos (2) - grilled chicken with mozzarella, tomato, basil and balsamic on flour tortillas;
Dollyrito - brined and breaded tofu, seasoned rice and beans, Nashville hot sauce, dill pickle ranch on a flour tortilla (vegan).
Seasonal Sammies
Wade Garrett - bun, pulled brisket, cheddar, onion straws, beer cheese mac ’n cheese, bbq sauce;
Ronald Miller - sourdough, vegan meatballs, BE-Hive pepperoni, mushrooms, mozzarella, roasted peppers, marinara (vegan);
Lloyd Dobler - sourdough, basil pesto goat cheese, mozzarella, roasted tomato and zucchini (vegetarian);
Jack Burton - bun, grilled cod, bacon, lemon pesto mayo, tomato, lettuce;
Indiana Jones - bun, grilled chicken breast, honey habanero bbq sauce, bacon, cheddar.
Make no mistake, I plan to sample some of these yummy new eats. I hope you will too, and let me know what you think.
The Old Bakery Beer Company is located at 400 Landmarks Blvd., Alton.
Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday-Tuesday and 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
For more information, call 618-463-1470 or visit oldbakerybeer.com.
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This story was originally published May 26, 2023 at 6:30 AM.
