Sweetwater Tavern

American (New) American (Traditional)

Appetizers‎

Potato Skins

Three potato boats, packed with bacon, cheddar and jack cheese.
$7.75

Fried Mozzarella Sticks

Six sticks breaded and fried, served with ranch.
$7.50

Homemade Onion Rings

Huge portion, hand breaded and fried.
$5.75

Beer Battered Chicken Strips - a Sweetwater Classic

Fresh, never frozen chicken breast strips, beer battered and deep fried. Served with house made BBQ sauce and coleslaw.
$8.75

Buffalo Strips

Our great chicken strips beer battered and deep fried then dipped in our secret buffalo sauce try this one with ranch or bleu cheese.
$8.75

Grilled Shrimp Kabob

Six jumbo shelled shrimp grilled, served over Texas toast with drawn butter.
$11.95

BBQ Rib Tips

A huge order of tips slow cooked, served with Texas toast and slaw.
$9.95

BBQ Rib Snack

1/2 slab of our famous ribs served on a garlic roll with slaw.
$11.95

Cajun Steak Bites

Marinated‎ Filet Mignon rolled in Cajun spice with mushrooms and onions. Served on pita bread.
$9.95

BBQ Steak Bites

Marinated filet Mignon grilled with BBQ sauce, served in a hoagie roll with cole slaw.
$9.95

Sweetwater Homemade Chili

Hearty chili topped with onions and cheddar cheese served with Texas toast.
$5.75

Salads‎

Bleu cheese and double dressing - 50¢ extra

Tossed House Salad

Loaded‎ with bacon
$3.25

Michigan Cherry Salad

Charbroiled chicken breast, sun dried cherries, bleu cheese and pecans served over fresh greens. We recommend raspberry vinaigrette.
$9.95

Buffalo Chicken Salad

Our charbroiled fresh chicken breast dipped in buffalo sauce, served over fresh greens; try this one with bleu cheese.
$9.95

Cobb Salad

Fresh chicken breast, ham, bacon, crumbled bleu cheese, avocado, tomato served over fresh greens with choice of dressing.
$9.95

Julienne Salad

Fresh chicken breast, boiled egg, ham, tomato, Swiss and American cheese served over fresh greens with choice of dressing.
$9.95

Sandwiches‎

Our sandwiches are served with cole slaw and pickle spears

Charbroiled Chicken Breast

Always fresh, never frozen, with lettuce, tomato and mayo.
$8.75

Classic Club Sandwich

Fresh chicken breast, bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo.
$8.95

Corned Beef and Swiss

Half pound of lean house-made corned beef, sliced thin, piled high, on an onion roll.
$8.95

Sweetwater Reuben

Half pound of lean corned beef with Swiss, kraut and 1000 island on grilled rye.
$8.95

Chicken Breast Pocket Pita

Julienned chicken breast with grilled mushrooms and onions, lettuce and tomato wrapped in a grilled pita with ranch on the side.
$9.25

Fish Sandwich

Pond-raised catfish fillet, shredded lettuce, tomato on a bun served with cole slaw.
$9.75

Hamburgers‎

Our hamburger is delivered fresh everyday from the eastern market. Burgers are charbroiled unless otherwise requested - served with fries and slaw. Steaks and hamburgers are cooked to order. Consumption of raw or undercooked meat, fish, eggs or poultry may increase the risk of food-borne illness

Hamburger

A‎ full half pound of fresh ground round served with lettuce, tomato, pickle and fries.
$8.50

Sweetwater Burger

Our delicious half pound burger topped with bacon and Swiss served with sweet sauce a unique mayo, garlic and onion juice mix our signature burger, served with fries.
$8.95

Patty Melt

1/2 pound burger served on grilled rye with cheese, grilled onions and fries.
$8.95

Sweetwater Favorites‎

Sweetwater Spare Ribs

For starters we use only Hormel Special Trim ribs, the best money can buy! They’re slowly cooked in our five hour cooking process, and then blanketed in our piquant house-made sauce. Voted best ribs in Detroit (Detroit Free Press), we will put our ribs up against any in the city, they are that good. Furthermore, we’re so anxious for you to try our ribs that we will throw in a full order of Sweetwater Wings absolutely free.
$23.95

Sweetwater Wings

Jeff used to snicker when his grandmother said that the wing was the best part of the chicken. This house specialty, marinated 24 hours, dredged in spices and fried, confirms her thesis though. We get our wings packed in ice, delivered fresh every morning from the Eastern Market and sell 15 forty-pound cases daily. Quite frankly, chicken wings are what we do! The flavor is so unique and delicious that once you try Sweetwater Wings, you’ll be hooked for life - enjoy. Our award winning wings best in Detroit Detroit Free Press are served with celery sticks and bleu cheese.
$9.25

The Big Pig

Sweetwater’s own pulled pork sandwich is tender pork, slow cooked in spices, and pulled from the bone. We then mix the pork with our special sauce and pile it high on a Kaiser roll - kind of sweet with a hint of BBQ served with a slice of onion and cole slaw.
$8.95

Fish and Chips

Huge portion of beer - battered Icelandic cod and fries, served with cole slaw.
$10.95

Homemade Meatloaf

Hearty, wholesome, served with our mashed redskin potatoes, vegetable, salad and roll.
$10.95

Sweetwater Entrees‎

All entrees include your choice of soup or salad and choice of potato baked potato loaded with cheddar cheese and bacon 75¢ extra

New York Strip Combos*

Our 12 oz. Angus center cut strip, blackened, paired with 1/2 order Sweetwater Wings
$22.95

Rib and Wing Combo

1/2 slab of our famous ribs with 1/2 order of Sweetwater Wings.
$17.95

BBQ Rib Tip and Wing Combo

Huge order of tips paired with 1/2 order of Sweetwater Wings.
$14.50

Chicken Strip and Wing Combo

The best of two worlds’ - two chicken strips with 1/2 order of Sweetwater Wings.
$13.50

Pan Fried Pond Catfish

Farm raised catfish dusted in cornmeal then pan fried.
$16.95

Jumbo Fried Shrimp

Six jumbo shrimp hand breaded and deep fried.
$17.95

Desserts‎

Homemade Peach Cobbler

An individual ramekin warm from the oven, served with ice cream.
$5.95

Homemade Apple Cobbler

An individual ramekin warm from the oven, served with ice cream.
$5.95

Granny Smith Apple Pie

Topped with caramel, served with ice cream.
$5.95

Sweetwater Hummer

Big, thick, made with Stroh’s ice cream. Detroit’s Best Hummer Metro Times
$8.75