The Tonk Chicago's Menu

Starters

• Bacon Candy (GF) (DF)

OMG! The best thing you ever ate!

• 1 Stick
  $7
• 3 Sticks
  $20
• Texas Brisket Chili (GF) (DF)
  $12

Hearty chili with chunks of savory brisket, red beans, and spices.

Add Mac & Cheese $3

• Vegetarian Empanadas (VEG)
  $14

Four empanadas stuffed with Manchego cheese, shiitake mushrooms, corn, and sweet peppers with sweet corn sauce.

• Fried Green Tomatoes (VEG)
  $14

Four thick cuts of green tomatoes in our crispy fried cracker coating. Served with spicy cocktail sauce. Seasonal.

• Corn Bread Muffins (4) (VEG)
  $10

Moist cornbread baked with sour cream, butter, and real corn.

• Fried Pickle Basket (VEG)
  $12

Breaded fried pickles with spicy cocktail sauce and garlic ranch.

• Smokin’ Jumbo Wings (GF) (DF)

Crispy and juicy. Choose two sauces on the side or go naked.

Buffalo, Mango Habanero, Garlic Butter, Soy Ginger, Sweet Chicago BBQ, or Naked with Bama White Sauce

• 3 Wings
  $12
• 5 Wings
  $18
• 15 Wings
  $55
• Add 2 Waffles and Maple Syrup
  $6

Salads

Add a pulled half chicken to any salad

• Classic Wedge Salad (GF)
  $14

Iceberg wedge topped with blue cheese crumbles, crispy bacon, cherry tomatoes, and housemade garlic blue cheese dressing.

• Girlfriend Salad (NUTS) (VEG)
  $14

Spring greens with jicama sticks, goat cheese, seasonal berries, and walnuts. Spicy-sweet gluten-free dressing.

• Goat Cheese Salad (VEG)
  $14

Warm goat cheese rounds on spring greens with garlic soy dressing.

Smoked Meats

All meats are wood-smoked with no gas or electricity. Order tortillas, pico de gallo, or buns for your meat.

• The Sampler Platter
  $52

½ Rack ribs, ½ smoked chicken, 2 Dinky Dunkers (pork/brisket), 2 hot links, slaw, vegetarian beans, 2 corn muffins, and housemade sauces. No substitutions. Feeds 2–4.

• The Deluxe Personal Platter
  $27

Double the meat add $8. Choose pork or brisket. Want both meats? Add $6. Comes with regular side, hot link, and corn muffin.

• The Personal Platter
  $20

Double the meat add $8. Choose pork or brisket. Want both meats? Add $6. Comes with one regular side and a potato roll.

• Baby Back Ribs
  $29 Full │ $19 Half

Award-winning, wood-smoked slow & low. Served with slaw and potato roll. Ask us to cut them for you.

• St. Louis Ribs
  $28 Full │ $18 Half

Spare ribs wood-smoked slow & low. Served with slaw and potato roll. Ask us to cut them for you.

• Rib Tips
  $15

Moist meaty chunks of tender pork wood-smoked with housemade dry rub. One slab of tips chopped to order. Sauced or dry rub.

• Prime Beef Brisket (GF)
  1 lb $29 │ ½ lb $17

Slow-smoked for 15 hours with applewood and charcoal. Fatty, lean, or both.

• Championship Pulled Pork (GF)
  1 lb $25 │ ½ lb $14

Memphis in May Championship applewood-smoked pork.

• Smoked Chicken
  Full $18 │ Half $12

Juicy 3 lb chicken smoked low & slow for four hours. Ask us to cut it for you.

• Hot Link Side
  $5
• Smokin’ Jumbo Wings (GF) (DF)

Crispy and juicy. Choose sauced, two sauces on the side, or naked.

Buffalo, Mango Habanero, Garlic Butter, Soy Ginger, Sweet Chicago BBQ, or Naked with Bama White Sauce

• 3 Wings
  $12
• 5 Wings
  $18
• 15 Wings
  $55
• Add 2 Waffles and Maple Syrup
  $6

Sandwiches

Sub garlic bread on any sandwich (VEG) $4

• Prime Beef Brisket
  $15

Prime brisket, slow-roasted for fifteen hours, served on a potato bun. Choose lean, fatty, or both.

• Hot Honey Brisket
  $17

Prime brisket on spring greens drizzled with hot honey, garlic ranch, and serrano peppers.

• Championship Pulled Pork
  $14

Memphis in May applewood-smoked pork on a potato bun. Eat Memphis-style with a side of slaw to throw on top. Add $4.

• Dinky Dunker Sliders
  $15

Two sliders, pork or brisket, or both. Served on potato buns.

• Smoked Chicken
  $13

Half chicken pulled, applewood-smoked, on a potato bun with leg/wing on the side. Add MLT (mayo, lettuce, tomato) $3.

• MVC Chicken
  $14

Chopped chicken in buffalo sauce with Alabama white sauce on a potato roll with leg/wing on the side.

• Hot Links
  $10

Two nice & spicy hot links on a potato bun.

• Fried Green Tomato BLT
  $14

Fried green tomatoes topped with crispy bacon and spring greens on two slider potato rolls with garlic ranch. Add portobello or goat cheese $3.

• Portobello Mushroom
  $14

Sautéed in garlic and olive oil. Vegan steak sandwich on a vegan potato roll with spring greens. Add goat cheese $3.

Housemade Sauces

• Chicago Sweet (GF) (Vegan)
• Memphis Tangy (GF) (Vegan)
• Carolina Butter Garlic Mustard
• Spicy BBQ (GF) (Vegan)
• Mango Habanero (GF) (Vegan)
• Soy Ginger (Vegan)
• Buffalo (GF) (Vegan)
• Parmesan Garlic Butter (GF)
• Alabama White (GF)
• Garlic Ranch (GF)
• Hot Honey (GF) (Vegan)

More than 2 sauces of these: $2 • Add 2 Waffles with Maple Syrup $6

Sides

Regular 8oz $5 • Large 16oz $12 • Family 32oz $18

• Mac & Cheese (VEG)
• Garlic Mash Potatoes (VEG) (GF)
• Vegetarian Beans (VEG) (GF) (Vegan) (DF)
• Beans with Pork (GF) (DF) +$3
• Candied Yams (VEG) (GF)
• Southern Greens (VEG) (GF) (Vegan) (DF)
• Southern Greens with Pork (GF) (DF) +$3
• Tangy Cole Slaw (VEG) (GF)
• Portobello Mushrooms (VEG) (GF) (Vegan) (DF)
• Ciabatta Garlic Bread (VEG) $5
• Hot Link (GF) (DF) $5
• Corn Bread Muffin $3
• 3 Potato Buns (Vegan) $3
• 6 Potato Buns (Vegan) $6
• Pico de Gallo (Vegan) $3
• Pack of Tortillas (Vegan) (GF) $5
• 2 Waffles with Maple Syrup $6

Sweets

• Banana Pudding Parfait
  $10

Made the old-fashioned way. Topped with housemade whipped cream.

• Peach Fruit Cobbler
  $10

Served warm with real whipped cream on top.

• Bourbon Butter Pound Cake
  $10

Two warm slices drizzled with housemade bourbon sauce.

Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream $5

Late Night Menu

THUR / FRI / SAT – 11PM to Midnight

• Bacon Candy (GF) (DF)
  1 Stick $7 │ 3 Sticks $20
• Fried Pickle Basket (VEG)
  $12

Breaded fried pickles with spicy cocktail sauce and garlic ranch.

• Hot Ivan Sandwich
  $15

Two spicy hot links on garlic bread with brisket chili and creamy cheese sauce.

• Texas Brisket Chili (GF) (DF)
  $12

Hearty chili with chunks of savory brisket, red beans, and spices.

• Wings & Waffles with Maple Syrup & Butter
• 3 Wings
  $12
• 5 Wings
  $16
• 2 Waffles with Maple Syrup & Butter
  $6

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