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- 4800 Merle Hay Road (and)
NEW!! NOW OPEN AT:
1810 Army Post Road
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Steak & Shrimp Combo
We've combined our new 10 oz. Irish American Top Sirloin and a skewer of succulent Fire-Roasted Salsa Shrimp.  Served with our zesty Fire-Roasted Salsa and your choice of two delicious side items (see below).

Appetizers 

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Bennigan's Best Sampler
We were so proud of this appetizer, we named it after ourselves. A generous
collection of our crispy Cheese & Bacon Potato Skins, golden Fried Cheese, and our world-famous Buffalo Wings. Served with sides of marinara sauce,
bleu cheese dressing, and sour cream.

guiness_pint.gif (3557 bytes)   Pint of Guiness - Let us pour you a thick, creamy pint of the stuff every great meal should start
with - - a genuine Guiness Stout.
Get Together Best Sampler
Think of it as the Best Sampler's big brother. Loaded with twice as much of the good stuff found on our Bennigan's Best Sampler, it's ideal for parties of three or more.
Ultimate Nachos
Crispy white corn tortilla chips piled mountain high with beef, beans, and melted Colby cheese, then topped with shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream, and sliced jalapenos.  Makes other nachos feel inferior.
Cheese & Bacon Potato Skins Inspired by the pub dishes served on Dublin's Queen Street, nothing accompanies a cold pint better than our mouth-watering Cheese & Bacon Potato Skins. Thick potato skins filled with melted Colby cheese, bacon, and green onions. Served with a cool side of sour cream. Fajita Chicken Quesadillas
Flour to tortillas, stuffed with tender, spicy fajita chicken, copped onions, ripe tomatoes, and real Colby and Moterey Jack cheeses, then grilled to perfection.  Served with sides of guacamole, sour cream, and our special special Fire-Roasted Salsa.
Buffalo Wings
Our world-famous tender chicken wings lightly fried and generously basted in our hot 'n' spicy sauce. Served with carrot and celery sticks and a side of bleu cheese dressing.
Southwest Sampler
All of your favorite Bennigan's Southwest flavors on one plate - Ultimate Nachos, Chicken Quesadillas, corn, black beans, mushrooms, rice and cheese wrapped in a crispy shell.  Served with sides of our Fire-Roasted Salsa and sweet, Pineapple Pepper Cream Sauce.
Fried Cheese
The Original! Our famous real Wisconsin mozzarella cheese sticks served with a side of zesty marinara sauce.
Southwest Get Together Sampler
All the same great tastes of our favorite Southwest Sampler, only twice as much.  It's the perfect starter for parties of three or more.
 

Golden Chicken Strips
Plump chicken tenderloins, double-breaded by hand, and fried until golden brown. Served with our very own Smoky Honey Dijon dressing on the side.

Spinach-Artichoke Dip with Toasted Flatbread.
Heaven is now available in the form of a dip.  We take tender artichokes and spinach, blend them together with three creamy cheeses, and serve it with toasted herb flatbread on the side.
Broccoli Bites
A Bennigan's exclusive.  We start with tender broccoli, mix it with bacon, onions and cheese, roll it in breadcrumbs, and serve it lightly fried with a side of Smokey Honey Dijon dressing.

Soup Shenanigans

 

Ultimate Baked Potato Soup
This warm, creamy classic is guaranteed to leave you satisfied.  Thick chunks of Irish potatoes, sprinkled with a medley of toppings including Colby cheese, bacon, and green onions.

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French Onion Soup
The perfect complement to any meal, this rich, flavorful broth comes loaded with sauteed onions and topped with creamy, melted provolone cheese.

Soup O' The Day

Monday - Seven Bean & Bacon

Tuesday - Broccoli Cheese

Wednesday - Chicken Noodle

Thursday - Broccoli Cheese

Friday - Clam Chowder

Lunch Combos

 

Chicago Chicken Pot Pie
Home-style pot pie with thick chunks of tender chicken and garden vegetables in a creamy filling, topped with a flaky pastry. Served with a traditional dinner salad.

1/2 Classic Club & Soup
Enjoy a half of our Classic Club Sandwich with a hot cup of our Ultimate Baked Potato Soup, French Onion Soup, or Soup O' The Day.
Soup & Salad Combination
Choose from a bowl of our Ultimate Baked Potato Soup, French Onion Soup, or Soup O' The Day. Served with your choice of a traditional or Caesar dinner salad.

Shandon St. Salads
All of our salads come complete with a fresh
baked dinner roll and honey butter.

Grilled Salmon Caesar Salad
We take a light, flaky 7 oz. salmon filet,
season it with zesty Cajun spices, and grill it
to perfection. Then we serve it over crisp
romaine lettuce tossed in Caesar dressing
and top it with croutons and shredded
parmesan cheese.

Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
Slices of grilled, mesquite-seasoned chicken
breast served over crisp romaine lettuce and
tossed in Caesar dressing.  Topped with
shredded parmesan cheese and croutons.

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Kilkenny's Country Chicken Salad
We hand-bread tender chicken, fry it until golden brown, slice, and place atop a bed of fresh romaine and iceberg lettuce. Then add diced eggs, shredded Colby cheese, tomatoes, and bacon. Hungry yet? This  salad's not complete without our special house dressing - Smoky Honey Dijon.


Club Salad

Think of it as the salad lovers' version of the Classic Club sandwich. Turkey, Colby and Monterey Jack cheeses, cucumber, bacon, and tomatoes, served with your choice of dressing.

 Cajun Chicken Salad
Slices of Cajun-spiced, charbroiled chicken breast served over salad greens with Colby cheese and diced tomatoes. Served with your choice of dressing.

Dinner Salad
Choose from our traditional or Caesar Salad.
Mulligan's Main Courses

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Chicken Stir Fry
We take a medley of tgender chicken and vegetables and stir-fry them with our tantalizing Asian sauce and serve over a bed of fluffy rice.   Never before has eating healthy been so tasty.

Tralee Bay Fish 'N' Chips
We start with the same North Atlantic cod celebrated by the fishermen of Tralee Bay. Flaky cod battered by hand, then fried until golden, and served with jalapeño tartar sauce and cocktail sauce for dipping. Complete with our crispy, seasoned French fries and cole slaw. 
Chicken Fried Steak
Built for bigger appetites, this tender steak is deep-fried then smothered in a rich cream gravy. Served with your choice of two delicious side items, this big taste is definitely not-for-the-wee-of-appetite.
Smothered Chicken
Mouth-watering chicken piled high with nothing but the good stuff. We're talking two tender chicken breasts smothered with bacon, sautéed onions, mushrooms, and provolone cheese. Served with your choice of two delicious side items.
Chicken Teriyaki
We start by marinating two plump chicken breasts in our tangy, sweet teriyaki sauce. Then we charbroil them to tender, juicy perfection and serve with your choice of two delicious side items. A fortunate choice.
Classic Seafood Platter
Our new Tavern Shrimp, a deviled crab cake, and lightly fried North Atlantic cod served with jalapeño tartar sauce and cocktail sauce for dipping.  Complete with our crispy, seasoned French fries and cole slaw.
 

Tavern Shrimp
This delicious catch of twelve shrimp is butterflied and lightly crusted in oriental breadcrumbs and fried 'til golden.  Served with our jalapeño tartar sauce and your choice of two side items.

Golden Chicken Strips
We select plump chicken tenderloins, double-breaded them by hand, and deep fry until golden brown.  Then serve wtih our very own Smoky Honey Dijon dressing for dipping.  Accompanied by your choice of two delicious side items.
Chicken Platter
Two fajita-marinated chicken breasts charbroiled and served
with a side of Rice O'Riley and Bailey's Broccoli. 9 grams of fat.

Luck-on-your-Sides

Bailey's Broccoli
Steamed tender broccoli crowns.
Dinner Rolls
A basket of fresh baked dinner rolls served
with honey butter.
Rice O'Riley
Seasoned rice pilaf mixed with a bouny of
sautéed carrots, onions, bell peppers and cilantro.
Cole Slaw
A creamy, slightly sweet favorite brimming
with goodness.
Corn & Black Beans
Buttery corn and black beans sprinkled with
jalapeños and red and green peppers.
Cinnamon Apples
Baked apples flavored with raisins and cinnamon.

Steaks
At Bennigan's, we hand select the finest quality USDA Choice
cuts.  Every steak is seasoned for mouth-watering flavor and
grilled precisely to order.

Riley's Ribeye
Want to be the envy of your table? Order our mouth-watering 12 oz. USDA Choice ribeye marinated in our sweet soy ginger sauce and
grilled just the way you like - thick and juicy. Please note that a ribeye cut is known for its heavy fat marbling, the magic behind its tender,mouth-watering flavor.  Served with two delicious sides.
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Steak & Shrimp Combo
We've combined our new 10 oz. Irish American Top Sirloin and a skewer of succulent Fire-Roasted Salsa Shrimp.  Served with our zesty Fire-Roasted Salsa and your choice of two delicious side items (see below).

Tavern T-Bone
A generously cut 16 oz. USDA Choice
T-Bone charbroiled to order and topped
with our very own barbecue butter and
green onions.  Served with two delicious sides.
Irish-American Top Sirloin
Our 10 oz. USDA Choice center cut top
sirloin is marinated to mouth-watering perfection.
A secret blend of spices and a hint of JAMESON®
Irish Whiskey will leave you smilin'.  Served
with your choice of two delicious side items.
Smothered New York Strip
Our 10 oz. USDA Choice center cut strip
is aged to perfection, charbroiled to
order, and smothered with sautéed
onions, mushrooms, bacon, and cheddar
cheese. Served with two delicious side
items.
The Dubliner
For hearty appetites the size of Ireland's capital.  
We combine our 12 oz. Riley's Ribeye with a
catch of Tavern Shrimp that's butterflied, coated
in oriental breadcrumbs, lightly fried and accompanied
by jalapeño tartar sauce for dipping.  Served with a
baked potato and your choice of toppings.
Rare - Cool Red Center
Medium Rare - Slightly Red Center
Medium - Pink Center
Medium Well* - Slightly Pink Center
Well* - Fully Cooked

*Medium Well and Well excluded from our Time Crunch Lunch 15-minute offer.

Luck-on-your-Sides

French Fries
Our crispy fries are seasoned to perfection. One bite and you'll agree they make a tasty addition to any meal.

The Great Baked Potato
Achieve potato greatness by
adding as many or as few
toppings as you like. 
Served piping hot, this potato
is a masterpiece created
by you.
Good Garlic Mashed Potatoes
These creamy mashed potatoes are far from ordinary.   Roasted garlic adds just the right kick to these too-good-to-be-true potatoes.

Gaelic Grill

 

"Oh Baby" Back Ribs
At Bennigan's, we've put the "baby back into
our baby back ribs.  We're talking a full
slab of our thick, juicy, grilled-to-tender perfection choice ribs baseted in our tangy barbeque sauce.  Comes with seasoned French fries, creamy cole slaw, and a way to make your mouth water at first sight.

Grilled Shrimp
Juicy, succulent shrimp lightly seasoned and
grilled to savory perfection.  Served with
sides of Rice O'Riley and Bailey's
Broccoli, our grilled shrimp plate is
definitely big on taste.  .6 grams of fat.

New World Fajitas
One bite of our fajitas, and you'll swear the Irish invented them. We grill your choice of marinated chicken breast or tender beef together with onions and peppers, and serve them with warm tortillas, guacamole, sour cream, Colby cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.

Chicken Fajitas
Beef Fajitas
Combo Fajitas

Grilled Shrimp
Juicy, succulent shrimp lightly
seasoned and grilled to savory
perfection. Served with sides of Rice
O'Riley and Bailey's Broccoli, our grilled
shrimp plate is definitely big on taste.
6 grams of fat.
O'Cajun Grilled Seafood Platter
This tasty platter comes with a spicy,
caramelized crabcake, a 7 oz. flaky
grilled salmon filet, and a generous
skewer of 8 grilled shrimp served on a
bed of Rice O'Riley with a side of cole
slaw. And to top it all off, it comes
with a side of our very own Remoulade sauce,
a zesty New Orleans classic.

Bennigan's Tavern Burgers

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The real reason so many Irish immigrated
to America. This classic burger comes with
American cheese, mustard, and pickles.

As inviting as the taverns that share their names, our Tavern Burgers are made with a hearty half pound of the finest USDA Choices chuck. 

 

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Served with crispy, seasoned French fries and your choice of a wheat or white peppered brioche bun with lettuce, tomato, red onion and a pickle spear, it's the taste everybody's getting together for.  And don't forget to add bacon to any burger for only 99 cents.

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A favorite at John's pub, this
juicy bacon cheeseburger
combines all his favorite tastes
into one great burger — cheddar
cheese, barbecue sauce, bacon,
and mustard.
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A burger as legendary as the pub
it's named after.  A juicy, mouth-watering
burger topped with a savory fried
cheese wheel, fresh parmesan cheese,
and zesty marinara sauce.
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This flavorful burger has been
known to attract more customers
than its namesake pub. Topped with
sauteed mushrooms and onions, thick melted
provolone cheese and mayonnaise,
it's definitely a favorite.
BOCA
This delicious Boca burger packs mouth-watering great taste that will satisfy without slowing you down.  Made from nutritious, protein-filled soy and topped with American cheese, mustard and pickles.

 

 

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This unbelievably tasty burger was inspired red by the big stories told by locals at the Big Irish Tavern.  We're talking two 1/2 pound patties, two slices of American cheese, mustard, pickles and an extra bun in the middle.  It's almost too good to believe. 

St. Paddy's Sandwiches
Our sandwiches are so good, we named them after a Saint.  Made only
with the finest ingredients, our St. Paddy's sandwiches come with an
order of crispy, seasoned French fries and a picklet spear. 
One bite, and you'll be in heaven.

 

 

Bacon & Cheese
Chicken Sandwich

A juicy chicken breast topped with
melted cheddar cheese, crisp
bacon slices, mayonnaise, lettuce,
tomato, and red onion served on
your choice of a wheat or white
peppered brioche bun.

Turkey O'Toole
Served hot on our unique pretzel
roll, a healthy portion of thinly
sliced, tender turkey breast, melted
Swiss cheese, and Smoky Honey
Dijon is a timeless treat. So good,
you'll want to gobble it up.

Buffalo Chicken Sandwich

A tender, fried chicken breast
topped with our special hot 'n'
spicy sauce, bleu cheese dressing,
lettuce, tomato, and red onion
served on your choice of a wheat or
white peppered brioche bun.
 

O'Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich
This oh-so-good Philly-style
steak is loaded with onions, mushrooms,
and provolone cheese, then served on a toasty golden Philly roll.

The Monte Cristo
This is the sandwich all other sandwiches
aspire to be. It's stacked with ham,
turkey, Swiss and American cheeses
on wheat bread, then battered
and fried 'til golden.  Dusted with
powdered sugar and accompanied
by red raspberry preserves, you'll love
this Bennigan's classic.
The French Dip Sandwich
Thinly sliced lean roast beef and
melted provolone cheese piled high
on a toasted Philly roll. Served with
warm au jus for dipping.

The Classic Club

The classic combination of
turkey, ham, bacon, Swiss and
American cheeses with lettuce,
tomato, and mayonnaise on whole
grain bread.
Chicken Sandwich
A plump, juicy charbroiled chicken
breast topped with lettuce, tomato,
red onion, and Fat-Free Honey
Dijon. Served on a toasted wheat
peppered brioche bun, with a side
of carrot and celery sticks and
Fat-Free Peppercorn Ranch
dressing. 9 grams of fat.

O'Yummy Desserts
An Irishman once said, "What is nearest the heart is neareset
the mouth."  We at Bennigan's believe he must have surely been
referring to our scrumptious desserts. 
Fall in love with one today.

Brownie Bottom Pie
A chewy chocolate fudge
brownie topped with a creamy scoop of Vanilla ice cream and smothered with
rich hot fudge.

Mary McClary's Very Berry Pie
A McClary family secret.  Packed with
wild berries, this pie truly is a slice of
heaven.  Served warm with a scoop
of vanilla ice cream covered with hot
fudge.  It's graced by a cloud of whipped
cream with a cherry on top.

 

 


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Death By Chocolate
A Bennigan's original. It's
Dutch Chocolate ice cream and
nutty Rocky Road ice cream, mixed
with Twix Cookie Bars, then dipped in
a rich chocolate sauce. Served
on top of a crumbled chocolate cookie
crust with a side of hot chocolate
topping, it's killer.

Cheesecake by Elis
This rich, creamy cheesecake
was prepared exclusively for
Bennigan's by the culinary experts
at Eli's. And since it's a Bennigan's
Health Club item, you get all the
great taste with only 13 grams of fat.
Experience it plain or topped with
juicy strawberries today.

White Chocolate Chill-Out
We take White Chocolate Almond
ice cream and Vanilla Chocolate
Chip ice cream, mix them with
crumbled Oreos¨, and place it on
top of an Oreo¨ cookie crust. Then
dip it in white chocolate and serve
with a side of hot chocolate sauce

Abbey's Apple Sizzler™
A generous skillet lined with an oatmeal
walnut cookie crust and piled high with
hot cinnamon apples and raisins.  Topped
with Cinnamon ice cream and caramel sauce.

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