Maple Tree Inn in Homewood, IL

Sweet Potato Bruschetta

$11

Served with a basil and sage pesto and finished with a balsamic reduction.

Po Boy Flatbread

$12

A new orleans tradition! Your choice of seafood, lettuce, tomato, pickle and a roasted red pepper cream sauce served on flatbread.

Crab Mornay

$12

Delicate lump crabmeat topped with a silky mornay sauce and finished under the broiler with seasoned bread crumbs, served with garlic toast for dipping.

Fried Crab Cake

$8.5

Drizzled with spicy remoulade sauce and marinated kale.

Jalapeno Cornbread Muffins

$0.5

The first basket is on us! Want more?

Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Cornbread Fritters

$5

Served with a side of house-made jelly.

Fried Green Tomato Napoleon

$9.5

Served with 2 chilled, pickled shrimp, tangy red remoulade, chevre, poblano basil jelly and a chile drizzle.

Voodoo Nuts

$7

Roasted cloves of garlic covered with fresh andouille sausage meat, then well smoked 'til done served with a house-made beer mostarda.

Hickory Buttered BBQ Shrimp

$12

Fried Dill Pickles

$6.5

Crisp, deep fried pickle spears served with spicy honey mustard sauce.

Spinach Caesar Salad

$10

Baby spinach tossed in an avocado Caesar dressing topped with blackened shrimp, rye croutons and shaved parmesan cheese.

Roasted Beet Salad

$9

Arugula, romaine, roasted beets, red onion, herbed chevre, candied walnuts, beet pestoand charred citrus tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette.

Wedge Salad

$9

Fresh romaine lettuce wedge, chipotle mustard vinaigrette, blue cheese, candied walnuts, sun dried tomatoes, ancho glazed bacon.

Grilled Oysters

$13

6 flame-grilled extra select blue point oysters on the half shell drizzled with spicy garlic butter with red pepper, lemon, fresh cilantro and thyme, topped with parmesan and pecorino romano cheeses.

Oysters 2 X 2 X 2

$13

Baked oysters done 3 ways:.

Seafood Gumbo

$6.5

Traditional brown roux with okra and tomatoes, crabmeat, shrimp, crawfish, catfish, mussels and gumbo crab (for flavor), served with rice.

Country Gumbo

$6.5

Traditional brown roux with okra, chicken, shrimp and house smoked andouille sausage, served with rice.

Crawfish Chowder

$7

Tender crawfish tails in a cream base with bacon, red potatoes, cornand seasonings.

House Charcuterie Plate with Seafood Made In-house

$12

Seafood made in-house (usually rillette, pate or mousse).

House Charcuterie Plate

$12

A selection of meats paired with cheese, pickled vegetables, mostarda and a type of grain.

Chicken, Sausage and Seafood Creole Jambalaya

$20

Hearty, highly seasoned rice-based dish with slow-roasted rotisserie chicken, house smoked andouille sausage, jumbo peeled shrimp, crawfish tails, clams, musselsand squid.

Chicken & Waffles

$20

We love our fried chicken! Brined for over 24 hrs. 3 pieces (leg, thigh, whole wing) of maple tree inn's famous fried chicken, biscuit waffles, pancetta gravyand chipotle bourbon maple syrup.

Hickory Smoked Spareribs

$19

1. 25+ lbs. Of house smoked meaty spareribs, dry rubbed and slow-cooked over hickory to create a deep pink ring and a dark, caramelized, lacquered bark, served with Cajun shoestring fries.

Jumbo Blackened Sea Scallops

$27

Half-pound u-10 scallops blackened with Cajun spices, served with warm creamed brie sauceand a grilled corn and andouille maque choux.

Dis and Dat Platter

$24

A bit of dis and a bit of dat hickory buttered Barbeque shrimp, crawfish etouffee, ribsand red beans and rice, served with Cajun shoestring fries.

Hickory Buttered BBQ Shrimp

$22

Half-pound jumbo peeled shrimp sauteed in a garlic butter sauce with tomatoes and spices, served with jalapeno cheddar cheese grits.

Crab Avec Crab

$28

3 large fried soft shell crabs topped with delicate lump crabmeat, spiced smoked pecansand meuniere butter, served with Cajun shoestring fries.

Redfish etouffee

$23

Your choice of preparation, either blackened or seared, served over white rice and topped with maple tree inn's crawfish etouffee and served with seasonal vegetables.

Rack Of Lamb Chops

$26

Cornmeal crusted rack of lamb chops, chargrilled and served with a sweet potato couscous and finished with a pistachio balsamic sauce.

Smoked Beef Brisket

$19

Half-pound chopped, slow-smoked beef brisket, topped with chipotle molasses Barbeque sauce, placed atop smothered greens, served with a pickled onion slaw and a sweet potato marmalade.

The Maple Tree 'Tower Of Pork'

$24

2 - 2. 5 lb. Beer and creole vegetable braised pork shank, served with house smoked andouille sausage, Cajun ratatouilleand cornbread dressin'.

Southern Fried Catfish

$19

Two Louisiana catfish fillets coated in seasoned flour and deep fried to a golden brown, served with dirty rice and finished with a crystal hot sauce® aioli.

Blackened Ribeye

$42

Hand trimmed, 14 Ounces Cut of heritage black Angus beef, served with caramelized onion cream sauce, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, fried red onion stringsand fresh, seasonal vegetables.

Crawfish etouffee (Ay-Too-Fay)

$20

half-pound tender crawfish tails smothered in a dark roux with butter, garlic, onions, peppersand white wine, served with white rice

Shrimp Creole

$19

Large shrimp simmered in a spicy, tomato-based sauce with 'the trinity, ' garlic, bay leaf, and red wine, served with white rice.

Smothered Greens

$5

Kale, collard and turnip greens with house smoked andouille sausage and bacon.

Red Beans and Rice

$5

Traditional Southern-style red beans and rice with house smoked bacon and pork.

Vegan Ratatouille

$5

Eggplant, yellow squash, zucchini, peppers and fresh herbs.

Grilled Corn & Andouille Maque Choux

$5

Sweet Potato Fries

$5

Dirty Rice

$15

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

$5

Cornbread Dressin'

$4

Our jalapeno cornbread with eggs, whole milk, 'the trinity, ' house smoked andouille sausage, caramelized onions, garlicand spices.

Ratatouille

$5

Eggplant, yellow squash, zucchini, peppers, fresh herbs and house smoked andouille sausage.

Cajun Shoestring Fries

$4

Sweet Potato Couscous

$5

Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Grits

$4

Bananas Foster Bread Puddin'

$6

Served with a banana custard sauce, a praline caramel sauceand caramelized bananas.

Peach Cobbler

$8

Served with house made smoked bourbon and pecan ice cream, finished table side with creme anglaise.

Pecan Pie

$6

Made with dark rum and served with fresh whipped cream.

Chocolate Torte

$6

Layers of rich chocolate cake and fresh raspberry filling, topped with a chocolate ganache and served with real whipped cream.