Cuisines and Dishes at The Bluebird:
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The Bluebird
102 River St,
Leland
MI
49654
leelanau.com (231) 256-9081
Menu for The Bluebird
Tavern Menu - Sides
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Soups
$2.25 - $3.25
Made daily.
- Potato Salad $1.99
- French Fries $1.99 - $4.25
- Cole Slaw $1.99
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Potato Skins
$1.99
W/ sour cream.
- Peas, Peanuts $1.99
- Onion Rings $4.50
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Fresh Garden Salad
$3.25
Choice of dressing: Ranch, balsamic vinaigrette, rasp. vinaigrette, italian, vidalia onion, or bleu cheese.
Appetizers
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Smoked Whitefish Spread
$7.00
Maple smoked whitefish is blended with shallots, cream cheese, lemon juice, and white wine. Lightly warmed and served with flatbread crackers.
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Smoked Whitefish Chowder
$7.00
Smoked whitefish is simmered with new potatoes, mirepoix, bacon, cream, and tarragon. Served piping hot with a grilled baguette.
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Gorgonzola Port Dip
$8.00
Gorgonzola cheese, cream cheese, leelanau dried cherries, port, and toasted pecans make up this wonderful spread, lightly baked, served with flatbread crackers.
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Grilled Greek Pizzetta
$8.00
Fresh handmade dough is rolled out and topped with greek dressing, spinach, feta cheese, kalamata olives, and red onion, and grilled to perfection.
Entrees
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Lake Michigan Whitefish
$19.00
Bluebird style - dusted with our seasoned flour and lightly fried in pure vegetable oil.
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Lake Michigan Whitefish - Blackened Cajun Style
$20.00
Seasoned and seared on hot iron.
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Lake Michigan Whitefish - Parmesan Crusted
$20.00
Lightly broiled and topped with gazpacho salsa.
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Lake Michigan Whitefish - Broiled
$19.00
With our house-made citrus butter.
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Lake Michigan Perch
$21.00
Delicate, sweet fillets are lightly breaded and fried bluebird style.
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Bluegill
$21.00
Delicious fillets of this classic panfish, fried golden brown, bluebird style.
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Walleye Oscar
$23.00
A fillet is fried bluebird style, and topped with crab meat, artichoke and hollandaise, our classic take on this wonderful northern game fish.
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Sweet Basil Salmon
$20.00
Fresh salmon is marinated in sweet basil pesto and char-grilled to perfection. Served with fire-roasted tomato.
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Hunan Crispy Catfish
$18.00
Beautiful catfish fillet is coated in tempura batter and deep fried, and topped with a slightly sweet and pungent hunan-inspired sauce.
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Shrimp Scampi
$20.00
Large shrimp are stuffed with a garlic/parmesan butter, and baked to perfection. Served on a bed of pasta moist with alfredo sauce, and fresh gazpacho salsa.
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BBQ Shrimp Rene
$20.00
Large peeled tiger shrimp are simmered in a classic cajun bbq butter with olive oil, butter, garlic, rosemary, basil, and black pepper. Served over rice.
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Scallops Aristotle
$19.00
Large sea scallops are dusted with our house seasoning, seared and placed atop fresh pasta tossed with onions, garlic, sundried tomatoes, olive oil, topped with crumbled feta.
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Pasta Pepperada
$16.00
This vegetarian dish consists of fresh pasta of the day topped with a mediterranean sauce of onion, garlic, tomato, fresh basil, oregano, olive oil, and parmesan.
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Classic Chicken Alfredo
$17.00
Chicken breast is char-grilled, served over a bed of pasta and tossed with alfredo sauce.
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Chicken Diane
$18.00
A boneless breast is char-broiled, served over fragrant basmati rice, and finished with a classic wild mushroom diane sauce featuring northern michigan morels.
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Pork Ribs With Peach/ Chipotle Sauce
$18.00
Pork back ribs are grilled, oven baked until tender, then finished under flame with a delicious sauce made with peaches, chipotle chilis, and southwestern spices.
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Roasted Prime Rib Au Jus
$19.00
A 12 oz. cut, slow roasted until fork tender.
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Ribeye Steak
$20.00
A well-marbled ribeye steak is lightly seasoned, char-grilled to your order, and finished with cabernet butter.
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Beef Bourguignon
$20.00
Medallions of beef tenderloin are char-grilled medium-rare and served over rosemary mashed redskins potatoes, and finished with a rich sauce bourguignon.
Children's Menu
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Children's Menu
$8.00
Whitefish, chicken fingers, breaded shrimp, buttered noodles or pasta alfredo. includes french fries and fresh fruit. One trip to our salad bar add $3.00.
Tavern Menu - Appetizers
- Onion Rings $4.50
- Hot Wings $7.50
- Clam Strips $3.99
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Asparagus Guacamole
$4.99
W/ chips.
- Gazpacho Salsa & Chips $4.99
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Gorganzola Port Dip
$5.99
W/ crackers.
- Potato Skins $1.99
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Buffalo Skins
$3.99
With blue cheese or sour cream.
- Cheese Skins $3.75
- Cheese/ Bacon Skins $4.25
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Spinach/ Artichioke Dip
$5.99
W/ chips.
Tavern Menu - Salads
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Chef's Salad
$8.99
Fresh lettuce, cucumber, green pepper, tomato, red onion, ham, turkey, crumbled bacon, cheese, choice of dressing.
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Spinach Salad
$7.99
Fresh spinach, crumbled bacon, red onion, egg, with bacon/ tomato vinaigrette. Add chicken fingers $2.00 extra, add dried cherries $1.50.
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Caesar Salad
$7.99
Fresh romaine tossed with our caesar dressing, parmesan cheese, and croutons. Add chicken fingers $2.00 extra.
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Mediterranean Salad
$7.99
Fresh romaine tossed with olive oil, garlic, basil, oregano, sundried tomatoes, black olives, parmesan cheese, and onion.
Tavern Menu - Deli Sandwiches
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Cherry Chicken Salad
$6.50
Diced chicken, toasted almonds, dried cherries, celery, and special sauce, served with choice of bread (white, wheat, or rye) or lettuce bed.
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Curry Chicken Salad
$6.50
Sliced chicken, grapes, jicama, house made curry sauce, in pita.
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Bluebird BLT
$5.99
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo, on toasted choice of bread (white, wheat, rye).
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Turkey Caesar Wrap
$5.99
Sliced turkey, lettuce, tomato, and caesar dressing in a tomato wrap.
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Vegetarian Wrap
$5.99
Spinach, green peppers, onion, cucumbers, tomato, swiss cheese, and asparagus guacamole, rolled in a soft tomato wrap.
Tavern Menu - Hot Sandwiches
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Whitefish Sandwich
$6.25
1/2 Fillet, bluebird Style, w/ lettuce, tarter on a soft roll.
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Walleye Sandwich
$6.99
A 1/2 fillet, bluebird style, served on a soft roll, w/ lettuce and tarter.
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Turkey, Bacon, Cheese
$5.99
Your choice of cheese (american, swiss, cheddar), served deluxe on a soft roll.
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Chickenwich
$5.99
Our fried chicken fingers, served deluxe on a soft roll.
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Buff-Wich
$6.99
Our fried chicken fingers, tossed in our buffalo sauce swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, on a soft roll.
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Italian Chicken
$5.99
Italian seasoned chicken breast is grilled, served deluxe on a soft roll.
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1/3 Lb Hamburger
$4.25
Fresh ground beef, bun is baked right here. Add cheese - $0.50, deluxe - $0.50.
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Bbq Pulled Pork
$5.99
Slow roasted pork is shredded, tossed with sweet baby rays sauce, and served fried onions on a soft roll.
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Dreadnought
$6.99
1/3 Lb. Cheeseburger, bacon, served deluxe, the classic.
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Club Sandwich
$7.99
Turkey, ham, bacon, american, swiss cheese, lettuce, mayo, and tomato, served on a warm roll.
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Grilled Cheese
$4.25
Whole wheat, rye, or white, american, swiss, or cheddar. With ham or bacon $0.99 and mushroom, onion, or green pepper $0.50.
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Classic Rueben
$6.99
Corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, thousand island dressing on rye bread.
Tavern Menu - Pizza
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Pizza 10"
$8.00
Plus (10") $0.99 per topping.
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Pizza 14"
$11.00
Plus $1.25 per topping.
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Extra Cheese, Feta, Spinach Or Artichoke
$1.50 - $1.95
Mushroom, green pepper, onion, black or green olives, feta cheese, artichoke, pineapple, pepperoncini, spinach, garlic, ham, bacon, pepperoni, sausage.
Tavern Menu - Entrees
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Whitefish Platter
$11.99
Lightly breaded and deep-fried to a golden brown.
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Walleye Platter
$12.99
This northern delicacy is lightly breaded and deep-fried.
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Smelt Platter
$8.99
Lightly breaded and deep-fried, crispy and delicious.
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Shrimp Platter
$8.99
Deep fried crisp.
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Clam Platter
$6.99
Fried crisp and delicious.
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Flat Iron Steak
$12.99
Seasoned and seared to order.
Tavern Menu - Baskets
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Fried Smelt
$5.50 - $9.99
Bluebird style
- Fried Shrimp $5.50 - $9.99
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Basket Of Clam Strips
$7.99
3/4 Pound, lightly fried
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Fish And Chips
$7.99
Breaded cod and french fries.
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Chicken Fingers
$5.99
5 Tender breast strips, fried.
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Chicken Dinner
$8.99
1/2 Chicken fried crispy including a fresh garden salad.
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Ratings and Reviews for The Bluebird
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Jun 02 2012
Jemmie W. via Yelp
Some of the best smelt and walleye I have had anywhere. Lightly battered as opposed to the "here's something the size of a frickin' banana with a smelt...read more
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Feb 12 2012
Linda G. via Yelp
I've been going up to Leland my whole life ... My parents met at "The Bird". She was waitressing (while taking art classes at the Old Art building during...read more
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Aug 15 2011
Mike M. via Yelp
If it weren't for the view, I'd never......... The view would be a lot nicer if they elevated the awning a few feet higher. there must be a lot of short...read more
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May 04 2008
via Citysearch
We have eaten at the Bluebird Restaurant many times and it is consistently excellent. Located in downtown Leland, the restaurant ...read more
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