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Nell Thorn Waterfront Bistro & Bar

Served from 11:30-2:00
Small Plates
Nell's Bread
local grains, hearth baked, extra virgin olive oil infused with garlic, herbs, & lemon zest
(Not available for take out.)
$6
Parsnip Soup
ralph's parsnips, sage, garlic, onion, potato, apple, browned butter, cream, parmesan stock, evoo
$10
Fresh Skagit Bay Oishi Oysters*
shucked to order and accompanied by mignonette, cocktail sauce, and fresh lemon
half dozen - $24
full dozen - $44Fried Oysters*
fresh pacific oysters coated with cajun spices, lightly fried, lemon aioli
$18
Penn Cove Clams*
white wine, parsley, pastis, neuske's lardons, and a touch of cream
$25
Crispy Polenta
shiitake gorgonzola cream sauce
$18
Truffle Fries
hand cut, with black truffle aioli
$13
Fried Brussels Sprouts
organic brussels sprouts, pepper bacon, maple & thyme vinaigrette
$18
Salads
Bistro Salad
organic mixed greens, olives, pecorino romano, champagne vinaigrette
half bistro - $7
full bistro - $11Caesar Salad*
organic gem lettuce, house dressing, parmesan, lemon, house made croutons
half caesar - $11
full caesar - $16Smoked Chicken Salad
smoked mary's free range leg & thigh, organic baby kale, goat cheese, toasted pecans, pickled cranberries, pomegranate, cranberry vinagrette
$21
Smoked Chicken Salad
mary's free range leg & thigh, organic baby kale, goat cheese, toasted pecans, pickled cranberries, pomegranate, cranberry vinaigrette
$21
Salade Niçoise*
grilled columbia river steelhead, soft-cooked egg, fingerling potatoes, niçoise olives, capers, campari tomatoes, haricot verts, parmesan, lemon, organic mixed greens, champagne vinaigrette
$28
Blood Orange & Beet Salad
ralph's red & yellow roasted beets, fresh blood orange, crushed marcona almonds, blue cheese crumbles, organic arugula, burnt honey vinaigrette
$21
Available To Accompany Any Salad
grilled free range chicken - $9
grilled steelhead*- $12
fried oysters*- $10Sandwiches
Sandwiches are served with hand-cut fries
Substitute a green salad - add $1
Substitute a gluten-free bun - add $2
Split plates - add $2 Blackened SteelheadSandwich*
colombia river steelhead, cajun seasonings, fried capers, shredded iceberg lettuce, tarter sauce, house brioche
$24
Crispy Chicken Sandwich
buttermilk marinated mary's free range chicken, sesame-chili glaze, citrus cole slaw, pickled radishes, garlic chili aioli, on house brioche
$21
Grilled Chicken Sandwich*
grilled mary's free-range chicken breast, shredded iceberg lettuce, mama Lil's peppers, gruyere, pepper bacon, red pepper aioli, house focaccia
$23
Entrees
Dungeness Crab Pasta*
wild dungeness crab, shallots, garlic, leeks, chili flakes, organic spinach, house semolina spaghetti, lemon butter sauce, garlic sourdough breadcrumbs, evoo
$35
Duck Confit*
crispy mary's duck hindquarter, leeks, shallot, wild hedgehog & shiitake mushrooms, house semolina pappardelle, marsala demi
$35
Truffle Agnolotti
black truffle, ricotta, goat cheese, & tartufata stuffed eggyolk agnolotti, basil, shallot, vodka, pomodoro cream sauce, garlic sourdough breadcrumbs, parmesan, evoo
$33
Bolognese
rich fresh tomato sauce with ground prime double r ranch hanger & new york strip, house semolina rigatoni, parmigiano reggiano, evoo
$28
Cod & Chips
5 oz panko encrusted wild alaskan cod, hand-cut fries, tartar sauce
$26
Quiche Lorraine
carmelized onions, pepper bacon, and aged white cheddar, in house pastry served with green salad in champagne vinaigrette
$24
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