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Nell Thorn Waterfront Bistro & Bar

Small Plates and Salads from 2:00-3:00, full dinner menu starting at 3:00
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
Blackened Steelhead Chowder
columbia river steelhead, cajun spices, bacon, sweet corn, potato, bell pepper, onion, white wine, garlic, fumet, cream, fresh chive
$10
Penn Cove Clams &/or Mussels*
white wine, parsley, pastis, bacon, cream
$25
Fresh Skagit Bay Oishi Oysters*
shucked to order, mignonette, cocktail sauce, fresh lemon
half dozen - $24
full dozen - $44Polpetta Pomodoro
8 oz. snake river farms american wagyu, pomodoro, parmesan, oregano, garlic breadcrumbs, maldon salt, evoo
$18
Labneh
oolong tea smoked lebneh, black garlic, toasted pecan salsa, watermelon radish, grilled focaccia with corriander & long pepper butter
$21
Crispy Polenta
shiitake gorgonzola cream sauce
$18
Fried Oysters*
fresh pacific oysters coated with cajun spices, lightly fried, lemon aioli
$18
Truffle Fries
hand cut, with black truffle aioli
$14
Salads
Bistro Salad
organic mixed greens, olives, pecorino romano, champagne vinaigrette
half bistro - $7
full bistro - $11Caesar Salad*
organic red gem lettuces, house dressing, parmesan, lemon, house made croutons
half - $11
full - $16Smoked Chicken Salad
mary's free range chicken leg & thigh, toasted pistachio, campari tomatoes, castelvetrano olives, goat cheese, arugula, organic baby kale, sesame pistachio vinaigrette
$21
Salade Nicoise*
grilled columbia river steelhead, soft-cooked egg, fingerling potatoes, nicoise olives, capers, lemon, campari tomatoes, asparagus, parmesan, organic mixed greens, champagne vinaigrette
$32
Blood Orange & Beet Salad
ralphs red & yellow roasted beets, blue cheese crumbles, fresh blood oranges, crushed marcona almonds, organic arugula, burnt honey vinaigrette
$21
Available To Accompany Any Salad
grilled free range chicken - $9
grilled steelhead*- $14
fried oysters*- $10Entrees
Steelhead*
grilled columbia river steelhead, rainbow chard, wild black trumpet mushrooms, parmesan risotto, balsamic beurre rouge
$38
Spaghetti Polpetta
8 oz. snake river farms american wagyu meatball, house semolina spaghetti, pomodoro, parmesan, garlic breadcrumbs, oregano, maldon salt, evoo
$28
Tagliatelle alla Vodka
grilled mary's free range chicken breast, basil, shallot, garlic, vodka, pomodoro cream sauce, house semolina tagliatelle, black trumpet mushrooms, garlic sourdough breadcrumbs, parmesan, evoo
$33
Dungeness Crab Pasta*
wild dungeness crab, shallots, garlic, leeks, organic spinach, chili flakes, house semolina spaghetti, garlic sourdough breadcrumbs, lemon butter sauce, evoo
$35
Duck Breast
pan seared mary's duck breast, leeks, shallot, hedgehog & wild yellow chantrelle mushrooms, house semolina pappardelle, marsala veal demi
$42
Bolognese
rich tomato sauce with ground prime double r ranch hanger & new york strip, house semolina rigatoni, parmigiano reggiano, evoo
$33
A5 Miyazaki Prefecture
5 oz. grade 12 striploin, rainbow chard, well fed farms delicata squash, fresno peppers, moroccan couscous, saba-rosemary reduction
$72
Kurobuta Pork Chop
grilled 8 oz. chop, braised napa cabbage, sauerkraut, pepper bacon, confit garlic whipped potatoes, stone ground mustard demi
$45
Pan Roasted Chicken
mary's airline chicken breast, confit garlic whipped potatoes, chef's veg, truffle pan sauce
$33
Steaks
NY Strip*
9 oz. prime double r ranch, confit garlic whipped potatoes, chef's veg, sauce au poivre
$58
Tenderloin*
8 oz. double r ranch, confit garlic whipped potatoes, chef's veg, black truffle demi
$68
Ribeye*
12 oz. st. helen's, confit garlic whipped potatoes, chef's veg, sauce bordelaise
$66
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