Appetizers

Artichoke and Spinach Dip in a Bread Bowl................$7.25

Meat & Cheese Platter...................................................$6.75

Fresh Veggie Plate...........................................................$5.75

Bier Battered Mushrooms .............................................$5.95

Crab Cakes with Mustard Sauce....................................$7.95

Whole Smoked Trout.....................................................$7.95

Chicken Fingers............................................................ $5.95

Buffalo Wings................................................................$6.25

Potato Skins...................................................................$5.95

Jalapeno Poppers...........................................................$5.95

Cheese Curds.................................................................$5.95

Bier Battered Onion Rings...........................................$5.95

French Fries (Basket) .....................................................$5.95

German Bier Selections

Try one of our German Biers on tap with dinner!

Spaten Lager Franziskaner Weiss

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Hoff Brau Lager Franziskaner Dunkel Weiss
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Hacker Pschorr Edelhelle Kostritzer Schwartz
D.A.B. Hoff Brau Dark
Warsteiner Pilsner Spaten Optimator
Bitburger Pilsner Paulaner Salvator
Paulaner Weiss Seasonal Biers

Dinner Wine Selections

House Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon * Chardonnay * Merlot * White Zinfandel

Selected Premium Wines

ITALIAN -Valpolicella, Bolla * Pinot Grigio, Placido Soave, Bolla * Lambrusco, Riunite
GERMAN- Liebfraumilch, St. Christina *Piesporter Michelsberg Kabinett, St. Christina

Wollersheim Prairie Fume

 German Entrees
Your dinner choices include a choice of Soup or Salad.

Wiener Schnitzel
Hand-tenderized veal, breaded and pan-fried. Served with sauerkraut and German fried potatoes. $18.95

Jaeger Schnitzel
Hand-tenderized pork tenderloin, pan- fried with onions and mushrooms in a white
wine sour cream gravy. Served with red cabbage and spaetzle. $16.95
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Huhner Schnitzel
Boneless chicken breast sauteed in a Marsala wine sauce with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and garlic.
Served with sauerkraut and German fried potatoes. $16.95

Ziegeuner Schnitzel
Hand- tenderized pork tenderloin pan- fried with onions, tomatoes, green peppers, mushrooms
and dill pickle in a mildly spiced gravy. Served with red cabbage and spaetzle. $16.95

Rahm Schnitzel
Hand- tenderized pork tenderloin breaded and pan- fried and topped with a mushroom cream sauce.
Served with red cabbage and spaetzle. $16.95

Schweinelendchen in a Pfefferam Sauce

Tender pork tips with mushrooms, onions and a spicy peppercorn cream sauce.
Served with spaetzle and red cabbage. $17.95

Schweine Haxen
Large pork shank served on a bed of sauerkraut with a bread dumpling. $16.95

Schweine Braten
Our pork loin is roasted until tender with herbs and spices and topped with gravy.
Served with sauerkraut and German fried potatoes. $16.95

Rinder Rouladen
Tender strips of beef wrapped around smoked bacon, mustard, onion, ground veal pork and a
pickle, braised with a mustard gravy. Served with red cabbage and a bread dumpling. $16.95

Wurst Teller
A traditional Bavarian bratwurst, smoked Thuringer and Knockwurst.
Served with saurkraut and German fried potatoes. $15.95
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Kase Spaetzle
Our house-made spaetzle is a casserole baked with assorted cheeses, mushrooms,
broccoli, tomatoes, onions and smoked ham. Also available vegetarian. $14.25

Deutsch Sampler
Smoked pork chop, Schweinebraten and smoked Thuringer.
Served with sauerkraut and a bread dumpling. $16.95

Sauerbraten
Choice beef aged in a red wine vinegar marinade and topped with a sweet and sour gravy.
Served with red cabbage and a bread dumpling. $16.95

Kassler Ripchen
Two smoked pork chops seasoned with herbs and spices.
Served with sauerkraut and German fried potatoes. $16.95
 Nightly Specials
All entrees served with soup or salad, and choice of potato.
Tuesday Friday
16oz Sirloin $10.95 All You Can Eat Bier-Battered,
Country Style BBQ Pork Ribs $10.95 Deep-Fried Cod.
Served with choice of potato pancakes or French fries. $9.95
Wednesday Broiled Cod
Fried Lake Perch $10.95 Served with choice of potato pancakes or French fries. $9.95
10oz Salmon Filet $12.95
Fried Lake Perch
Served with choice of potato pancakes or French fries. $10.95
Thursday
12oz Prime Rib $18.95 Saturday
22oz Prime Rib $21.95 Slow roasted and tender
32oz Prime Rib $29.95 12oz Prime Rib $18.95
Add mushrooms,onions or 22oz Prime Rib $21.95
blackened seasoning for $1.50 32oz Prime Rib $29.95
Add mushrooms, onions or
blackened seasoning for $1.50

Sunday
Free bottle of haus wine with any
two dinner entrees.*
*Must be of legal drinking age. Not valid with any other coupons or discounts.

Traditional Entrees
All entrees served with soup or salad, choice of potato and fresh vegetables.
All steak entrees are cut from top grade Angus Beef.

8 oz Choice Center Cut Tenderloin Filet ...............................$22.95

16 oz Top Sirloin.... ..................................................................$19.95
14 oz Ribeye Steak.....................................................................$18.95
12oz New York Strip..................................................................$19.95
Country Style BBQ Pork Ribs...................................................$18.95

Whisky Peppercorn Steak

12 oz New York Strip seasoned with black pepper. Served in a Whisky Peppercorn sauce. $23.95

Add Three Large Shrimp

to any of the above entrees broiled or deep fried. $6.00

Seafood Selections
All entrees are served with soup or salad and choice of potato.

Jumbo Shrimp Dinner

Six jumbo shrimp broiled or deep fried. Served with cocktail sauce. $18.95

Salmon Filet
A 10oz broiled or poached filet, served with freshly prepared Hollandaise sauce. $19.95

Surf & Turf (Tenderloin Filet and Lobster Tail)

An 8oz charbroiled filet mignon and a cold water lobster tail. $32.95
 Sandwiches
All entrees served with French fries, lettuce, tomato and a pickle.

Build your own Hamburger

Seasoned half -pounder with choice of three toppings:raw or
friend onions, mushrooms, bacon or choice of cheese. $8.75

Build your own Chicken Sandwich

Grilled, boneless chicken breast on a Kaiser roll with choice
of three toppings: raw or friend onions, mushrooms, bacon or choice of cheese. $8.75

Steak Sandwich
Sirloin steak, cooked to order on grilled bread. $11.95

Saurbraten Sandwich
Essen Haus Sauerbraten with melted Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on homemade French bread. $8.75

Grilled Portabella Mushroom Sandwich

A grilled Portabella mushroom with red pepper, garlic and spinach marinated in a
Balsamic vinaigrette and served on a Kaiser roll. $8.95

Salad
All salads are served with bread and butter.

Garden Salad
Fresh greens topped with assorted vegetables, croutons and Parmesan cheese. $9.95

Cajun Chicken Salad

Crisp lettuce topped with red onion, tomato, cheddar and Swiss cheeses and
croutons topped with Cajun spiced chicken breast. $11.95

Desserts
Apfel Strudel
Flaky butter crust filled with warm apple chunks, raisons and cinnamon baked to a golden brown.
Topped with confectioner’s sugar and whipped cream. $4.25

Carrot Cake
Moist, spiced layer cake with sweet carrots and cream cheese frosting. $4.25

German Chocolate Cake

Rich chocolate layer cake with a sweet pecan and coconut frosting. $4.25

Chocolate Mousse Torte

A velvety, bittersweet chocolate delight with a cookie crumb crust. $4.25

Blackforest Torte
A chocolate layer cake with a White Grenache filling with Maraschino and Bing cherries. $4.25

Steaks, hamburgers and seafood served medium rare or rare may be undercooked and will only be served upon customers request.
Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, eggs or seafood may increase your risk of foodborne illness.

Reservations Appreciated • We Accept Visa & MasterCard

Banquet Facilities Available
 Essen Haus History

Essen Haus opened in early September, 1983 in the remodeled Wilson

Street Dinner Theater. The building is best known as the site of the
original Hoffman House, which was considered to be one of the best
dining places in Madison in the 1940’s and 1950’s.

The building is also part of the historic Germania Hotel built in 1863,
the first to be built in the 500 block of East Wilson Street. The hotel
is believed to have offered quarters to German immigrants new to the
Madison area.

Much of the original decor is revealed in the wooden floors and brick
entryways. The Essen Haus is decorated with antique pieces, including
one of the original cherrywood back bars from the Fauerbach Brewery,
wine barrels made by Confederate German immigrants and a grand
collection of bier steins and pilsners. The bar and oversized wooden
booths overlook the stage area for nightly live oompah music.

Your Essen Haus experience promises to be filled with good times, good
food and good drink. Gutes Essen und Gemutltichkeit - Good eating in
an atmosphere of warmth and friendship! We hope you and your guests
will come to savor the good times at Essen Haus again and again!
4/27/07