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Menu
Starters
Our starters are fresh-to-order
Famous Onion Strings
A fresh mound of thinly cut onions lightly breaded and deep-fried
Fried Mushrooms
Hand breaded, fried golden brown, and served with ranch dressing
Southern Fried Pickle Chips
Hand breaded slices served with creamy ranch dressing
THE jay cafÉ JalapeÑo Poppers
Handmade daily, served with creamy ranch dressing
Soups & Salads
All of our soups and salad dressings are made from scratch daily. Please ask about our homemade soup of the day.
Choose from our hand-crafted dressings
- Creamy Ranch
- Jalapeño Ranch
- Thousand Island
- Honey Mustard
- Italian
- Hot Bacon
- Caesar
Traditional Chef Salad
This classic salad comes with sliced ham and turkey
Chicken Tender Salad
Hand cut batter-dipped chicken
Grilled Chicken Salad
Mesquite grilled breast fillet
Jumbo Shrimp Salad
Mesquite grilled or fried
Traditional Caesar Salad
A blend of Romaine lettuce, croutons, Parmesan cheese served with our homemade Caesar dressing. Very fresh - far from average!
Available with grilled chicken or chicken tenders
Sides
Green beans with bacon
Seasoned corn
Dinner Salad
Home-cut fries
Fresh fried okra
Cup of soup
Baked potato
Homemade mashed potatoes
Hand-cut onion strings
Specialties
All specialty plates are served with a choice of 2 sides.
Chicken Fried Chicken Breast
A large breast filet hand-breaded served with creamy gravy
Chicken Tender Platter
fresh cut, hand-breaded served with creamy gravy
The Original Grilled Chicken Breast
Marinated and wood-grilled
The Big Tex Chicken Fried Steak
A huge cutlet hand-breaded, served with creamy gravy.
The Lil Tex Chicken Fried Steak
Half portion cutlet hand-breaded, served with creamy gravy.
New york strip
Butter-basted and wood-grilled. Fresh, hand-cut to order!
Texas ribeye steak
Butter-basted and wood-grilled. Fresh, hand-cut to order!
chopped sirloin steak
Thick chopped sirloin steak, wood-grilled and served with natural gravy.
jumbo gulf fried shrimp
The big ones! Lightly breaded, served with our homemade tarter sauce. 6pc | 9pc
Jumbo gulf grilled shrimp
Wood-grilled with butter, served on a bed of rice. 6pc | 9pc
Burgers and Sandwiches
All burgers are served on a toasted regular or jalapeño sourdough bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mayonnaise, mustard, and our home-cut fries.
the jay burger
Our classic 1/2 pound burger
The Juicy jay
Our 1/2 pounder with a large pocket of cheese inside the patty. Unbelievable!
The big jay double burger
1 pound! The big one! Good luck!
Bacon Jay
The Jay Burger with bacon and cheddar cheese.
Mushroom Jay
The Jay Burger with Swiss cheese and mushrooms
jalapeÑo Jay
The Jay Burger with jalapeños and cheddar cheese.
The original grilled chicken sandwich
Our original grilled filet served on a toasted buttered bun
the Jay Filay
Our skinless boneless breast of chicken deep-fried, served on a toasted buttered bun
Grandma's chicken salad sandwich
Old-fashioned chicken salad served with house chips
The fairchild club sandwich
Shaved ham, smoked turkey, cheddar, Swiss, and bacon
BLT
Thick cut bacon with lettuce and tomato on Texas Toast
Lil' Jay Menu
Ages 12 and under; Includes drink & choice of veggie or fries
Lil' Jay Burger
Footlong corndog
Lil' Tenders
peanut butter & Jelly
Old fashioned grilled cheese
Desserts
Our pies are handmade. Every day.
Coconut cream pie
Triple chocolate cream pie
Traditional Apple pie
peanut butter Pie
Homemade peach cobbler
Handspun bluebell milkshakes
CHOCOLATE | VANILLA | STRAWBERRY
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Needville (Full Service) : 16634 TX-36, Needville, TX 77461
Phone: (979) 793-7900
Lake Jackson (Fast Service) : 145 Oyster Creek 1-A Lake Jackson, TX 77566
Phone: (979) 292-8278
Texas City TangerOutlet Mall Suite 353
Phone: (281) 989-8889
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