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The food ain't great, but you get lots of it at this ’50s-style diner: fried chicken, meatloaf, turkey dinner with all the trimmings, and lots of burgers and sandwiches. Homemade pies, sundaes, and great milkshakes are worth the calories. A kids' menu makes family dining a breeze.

Cuisine(s): American, Diner

Hours: Sun-Thu 6am-1am, Fri-Sat 6am-3am

Price: $, $$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa
Attire: Casual

Features: Delivery, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout

Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Alcohol: Beer/Wine
Reservations: Accepted, Required for Large Parties

Parking: Lot Available, Street

Main Menu

Appetizers

Mels Zesty Chicken Wings
with ranch dressing

Mels Zesty Chicken Wings
served on a bed of fries

Beer Battered Onion Rings

Tempura Battered Zucchini Sticks

Chicken Quesadilla
jack and cheddar cheese with green onion, tomato, guacamole, salsa, and sour cream

Vegetarian Quesadilla
on a large whole wheat tortilla with jack and cheddar cheese, zucchini, sauteed mushrooms, tomato and onions

Chicken Strips
served with your choice of ranch dressing or bbq sauce on a bed of melfries

Mozzarella Sticks
with marinara sauce

Mels Classic Sampler
chicken strips, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, zucchini strips, and chicken wings on a bed of french fries served with ranch and marinara sauce

Soup

Soup Of The Day
a selection of two of our favorite soups, available in a bowl with corn bread or in a cup with crackers

Clam Chowder
(fridays only), available in a bowl with corn bread or in a cup with crackers

Salads

Mels Cobb Salad
lettuce, chopped bacon, turkey, avocado, scallions, egg tomato and bleu cheese crumbles

Oriental Chicken Salad
sliced breast of chicken, won ton noodles, celery, mandarin oranges and thin sliced red and green cabbage tossed lightly with sesame oriental dressing and salad greens. topped with toasted almonds and sesame seeds

Classic Caesar Salad
& garlic bread

Chicken Caesar
& garlic bread

Chef Salad
an original mels favorite with julienne strips of turkey, ham and cheese over a bed of greens. served with your choice of dressing bleu cheese, thousand island or ranch

Chicken Fajita Salad Breast Of Chicken
breast of chicken, red and green bell peppers, onion cut in strips and sauteed, served over a bed of greens with salsa-guacamole and sour cream

Mels Crispy Chicken Salad
fresh diced tomatoes, crumbled bacon, sliced egg, mixed cheese on top of crisp lettuce and topped with crispy chicken.

Sandwiches
Classics, Served With Your Choice Of Melfries, Coleslaw, Pasta Salad, Cup Of Soup Or Lucheon Salad.

Grilled Cheese With Jack, Cheddar And American
also available with ham

Blt
bacon, lettuce & tomato

Tuna Or Grilled Rye Bread
with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise

Tuna Melt On Rye
with cheddar cheese and sliced tomato

Roasted Turkey
with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise on our french bun

Mels Vegetarian Sandwich
iceburg lettuce with tomato, mayonnaise, avocado, muenster cheese, and red onion

Specialty Sandwiches
All Specialty Sandwiches Are Served On Our Fresh Baked French Bun Or Selected Bread With Choice Of One: Mel Fries, Coleslaw, Pasta, Soup, Or Luncheon Salad With Choice Of Dressing.

Club Sandwich
fresh carved breast of turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise

Hot Pastrami Sandwich
with lettuce and tomato on the side

Hot Louisiana Sausage
grilled with onions, red and green bell peppers, muenster cheese

Country Vip
grilled sourdough bread, swiss cheese, sliced breast of turkey, two crisp bacon strips and tomato slices

Beefy Cheddar
grilled sourdough bread, layered with cheddar cheese, sliced roast beef, green chilis and sliced tomato

French Dip
a generous helping of roast beef au jus on a french roll, add bell pepper, onions and cheese a la philly

Turkey Dip
fresh breast of turkey heated in au jus and served on our fresh roll

Reuben
hot sliced corned beef with swiss cheese, sauerkraut and thousand island dressing on grilled corn rye

Bbq Beef
thin slices of angus beef topped with deep fried onion rings and smothered in bbq sauce.

Chicken Club
served on ciabatta bread topped with jack cheese, avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.

Mels Vegetarian Sandwich
served on seven grain bread with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, avocado, muenster cheese, and red onion

Hot Open-faced Sandwiches
Served With Mashed Potatoes, Gravy And Vegetable

Fresh Roasted Turkey
with cranberry sauce

Mels Original Recipe Meat Loaf
with gravy and mushrooms

Chili-chili

Chili Bowl
with corn bread, melted cheddar cheese and onion

Chili Burger
served with melfries, chopped onions and melted cheese

Chili Dog
served with melfries, chopped onions and melted cheese

Melburger Platter
Our Famous Melburgers, Prepared According To The Time Honored Recipe Of The Original Mels. Using The Freshest Ingredients, We Serve 1/3 Pound Certified Angus Beef Sprinkled With Mels Special Seasoning. All Melburgers Are Cooked Medium Well And Served On Our Fresh Baked Buns With Mels Thousand Island Dressing.all Melburgers May Be Ordered Wrapped In Lettuce Instead Of A Bun. Double?? Add A Second Angus Patty To Any Burger - Add Onion Straws To Any Burger - Substitute Curly Fries.

Melburgers
are served with your choice of one, served on the platter: cup of soup, luncheon salad, fresh sliced coleslaw, melfries, house -made pasta salad or cottage cheese.

Classic
served with slices of tomato, lettuce, onion

Classic
with cheese

Graffiti Burger
sourdough bread buttered and grilled with melted swiss cheese and sauteed onions

Bacon And Cheddar Melburger
draped with cheddar cheese and two strips of bacon

Patty Melt
grilled hamburger patty on rye bread with cheddar cheese, sauteed onion and tomato slices

Teriyaki Mushroom Burger
fresh sauteed mushroom over our teriyaki glazed pineapple ring on a melburger patty

Mels Big Bopper
our classic melburger with cheddar cheese, bacon strips, and onion rings topped with barbeque sauce

Bleu Burger
with lettuce, tomato, bleu cheese crumbles melted on our angus patty with onion straws and mayonnaise

Deuce Coups
two large beef patties with melted american cheese, tomato, lettuce and onion

Mels "original Cheesesteak" Sandwich
this one has it all! served on our 'hoagie style' bun with tender slicked grilled sirloin steak, topped with sauteed mushrooms, grilled onion layered with cheese sauce topped off with red and green jalapeno peppers.

Mels Fish Burger
beer battered and deep fried to a golden brown, topped with american cheese, coleslaw and mayonnaise

Mels Chicken Cobb Burger
served on ciabatta bread with blue cheese crumbles, bacon strips, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and onion straws

Mels Chicken And Turkey Burger Platters
Our Chicken Burger Served With Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle And A Creamy Mustard Sauce.

Chicken In The Buff
breast of chicken served on a whole wheat bun topped with lettuce and tomato and served with honey mustard sauce.

Santa Fe Chicken Burger
with jack cheese, ortega chiles, guacamole and salsa

Gourmet Chicken Burger
our chicken burger dressed up with cheddar cheese and strips of bacon

Mels Teriyaki Chicken Burger
mel’s homemade teriyaki glaze on a grilled chicken

Mels Chicken Cobb Burger
served on ciabatta bread with blue cheese crumbles, bacon strips, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and onion straws

Meldog
a full quarter pound hot dog, sliced and grilled. served on our steak roll with lettuce, tomato, pickles, avocado and sliced onions. served with a choice of one: cup of soup, melfries coleslaw or pasta salad

Mel’s Crispy Chicken Burger
deep fried chicken tenders with swiss cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion and mayonnaise on our hamburger bun

Mels Fries

Mels Private Reserve Fries

Mels Seasoned Curly Fries

Chili Fries
with cheddar and jack cheese

Cheese Fries
with cheddar and jack cheese

Gourmet Fries
mels fries covered with chopped bacon, melted mixed cheese, diced green onions, and topped with sour cream.

Garlic Fries

Mels Wet Fries
our seasoned mels fries topped with our brown gravy.

Mels Combos
Choice Of: Turkey - Tuna - Ham - Corned Beef - Roast Beef - Pastrami - Sandwiches Served On Thick Sliced Sour Dough Bread

Cup Of Soup And Mels House Or Caesar Salad
with corn bread

One Half Sandwich And Choice Of One
cup of soup, luncheon salad, melfries, fresh sliced coleslaw, home-made pasta salad or cottage cheese

Blue Plate Dinners
All Specialty Items In This Section Are Served With Dinner Vegetables, Cornbread And With Honey Butter Plus Choice Of Two: Lumpy Mashed Potatoes With Gravy, Melfries, Fresh Sliced Coleslaw, Fresh Made Pasta Salad, Petite Dinner Salad, Cup Of Soup.

Ground Round Steak
10 oz. grilled and smothered with sauteed onions and mushroom gravy.

Grilled Pork Chops
grilled and served with sauteed onions.

Fresh Carved Turkey Platter
with dressing and cranberry sauce

Mel’s Original Recipe Meatloaf
with mushroom gravy

Chicken Fried Steak
with country gravy, sauteed mushrooms, and biscuit or corn bread

Beer Battered Cod
deep fried with tartar sauce

Ribeye Steak
with sauteed mushrooms

Ny Steak And Bbq Chicken Dinner
6 oz. steak with bbq grilled chicken breast.

Chicken Breast Dinner
choice of grilled or fried chicken breast topped with sliced ham and swiss cheese. served with homemade honey mustard dressing.

Side Orders

Blueberry Or Bran Muffins

Toasted Bagel
with cream cheese

Side Of Ham
sausage, bacon or country sausage

One Egg

Mel Potatoes

Cold Cereal

English Muffin Or Toast
with jelly

Buttermilk Biscuit And Gravy

Mels Fountain Service - Sundae Delights
Featuring Breyers Ice Cream

Mels Sundae
our vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, nuts and cherry. your choice of marshmallow, strawberries, pineapple, caramel, chocolate or hot fudge syrup

Black And White
vanilla and chocolate ice cream layered in marshmallow and rich chocolate fudge with nuts, whipped cream, and a cherry

Black And Tan
vanilla and almond praline ice, cream layered in rich caramel and chocolate with nuts, whipped cream and a cherry

Buster Brownie
hot brownie served with vanilla ice cream topped with hot fudge, nuts, whipped cream and a cherry

Beverages
Mels T-shirts Available At Cashier Stand. Jumbo Drinks Refills No Charge

Mels Premium Coffee

Brewed Decaf

Tea

Iced Tea

Hot Chocolate

Milk

Chocolate Milk

Jumbo Lemonade

Jumbo Cocacola

Jumbo Sprite

Jumbo Diet Coke

Jumbo Root Beer

Cherry Lemonade

Milkshakes

Milkshakes
served with the can your choice: chocolate, vanilla or strawberry.optional: malts

Mocha Java Shake

Deluxe Milkshakes
your choice: fresh banana, pineapple or special hand dipped flavor

Fresh-baked Pies
No Substitutions Pleaseapple, Cherry, Or Berry By The Slice

Flavored Drinks
chocolate - vanilla - cherry - cherry lemonade

Root Beer Float
heaps of our creamy vanilla ice cream floating in root beer

Ice Cream Flavors
vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, almond praline, mocha royale, chocolate mint, rainbow sherbert

Ice Cream Favorites

Mels Petite Dish Of Ice Cream
for the lite appetite

Mels Dish Of Ice Cream
choice of two flavors, served with fresh cookies

Pie A La Mode
hot apple, cherry or berry

Doc's Banana Split
chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate, strawberry and pineapple sauces, whipped cream, nuts and cherry on a whole banana

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