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Brunch
Brunch Cocktails
Cocktails
Dessert Selections
Dinner
Eggs and Omelets
Entrees
From the Chef's Kitchen
Kids Menu
Lunch
Salads
Sandwiches & Burgers
Sides
Sides
Soups
Specialty Coffees
Starters
Vegan Options
Wine
Bar Menu
Gin and Tonic
13
New Rochelle Sour
12
Perfect Prosecco
14
Old Fashioned
14
Margarita
14.50
Pineapple Martini
13
Cosmopolitan
13
Shrimp and Tostones
16
Fried green plantain tostones paired with sauteed shrimp, Bell peppers, onions, Scotch Bonnet aioli
Fried Green Tomatoes
14
Two sliced green tomatoes, marinated in buttermilk, lightly floured and deep fried, topped with shredded cheese
Alvin’s Famous Chicken Wings
9/11.50/13.50
Choose the way you want them: “Naked” 9 House-made BBQ sauce 11.50 House-made jerk sauce or
Empanadas
10
Beef or Chicken in a light golden crust topped with Creole dressing (1.50 upcharge for combination)
Rum Punch Meatballs
12
Four beef-and-chicken blended meatballs sauteed in Alvin’s award-winning Rum Punch sauce
Brunch
Smoked Turkey Bacon
4
Chicken Apple Sausage
6
Toast
2.50
Stone-Ground Cheese Grits
8
French Fries
4
Home Fries
4
Stone-Ground Grits
8
Bacon
4
Salmon, Spinach and Goat Cheese Frittata
16.50
Alvin’s Famous Trini Rum Punch
45/bottle
Sorrel
25/Bottle, With Rum 35/Bottle
Sorrel 25/Bottle With Rum 35/Bottle
Mo’ Bay Omelet
14 Jerk Chicken, 16 Jerk Shrimp
Sweet plantains, onions and pepper with your choice of Jerk Chicken (14) or Jerk Shrimp (16). Served with choice
Two Eggs, Any Style
13
Served with choice of ham, bacon or smoked turkey bacon. Add chicken apple sausage 5. Egg whites available, add 3.
Meat Eaters Omelet
15
With ham, bacon and sausage. Served with choice of home fries, side salad or French fries.
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
22
With smoked turkey greens, four-cheese mac & cheese
Fried Chicken and Waffles
Classic 16/Chicken Tenders 14
Choose the classic (with bone in and gravy), $16 or with crispy chicken tenders, $14.
Breakfast Burger
16
Grilled Andouille sausage, two fried eggs, jerk remoulade and cheddar cheese on a toasted English muffin. Served
Sweet Plantains Foster French Toast
14
With caramel sauce.
Saltfish Cook-Up
22
Served with Trini fries and bakes. Add ackee $5.
Fried Catfish
22.50
With smoked turkey greens and stone-ground grits.
Shrimp & Grits
21
Our best-seller: Pan-seared shrimp, stone-ground grits
Three Buttermilk Pancakes
12 Chocolate chips, 13.50 Mixed Berries, Two Kids Pancakes 6
Three buttermilk pancakes. With chocolate chips, $12. With mixed berries, $13.50. Two kids’ pancakes, $6.
Brunch Cocktails
Alvin’s Famous Trini Rum Punch
45/bottle
Sorrel
25/Bottle, With Rum 35/Bottle
Sorrel 25/Bottle With Rum 35/Bottle
Cocktails
Gin and Tonic
13
New Rochelle Sour
12
Perfect Prosecco
14
Old Fashioned
14
Margarita
14.50
Pineapple Martini
13
Cosmopolitan
13
Sustainable Sea Breeze
11
American Harvest Organic Vodka, freshly squeezed Orange and Cranberry juices, Agave nectar
Planter’s Punch
12
Cruzan Dark Rum, Pineapple and Orange juices, freshly squeezed Lime-Lemon juice, and a splash of Grenadine
Mojito
11
Natural Cruzan Rum, Lime juice, muddled Mint and Limes, topped with soda water
Mango Mai-Tai
12
Pyrat Rum, Mango nectar, Pineapple juice and a splash of Amaretto
Beer on Tap
4
Coors Light
Bottled Beer
6
Imported: Red Stripe, Heinecken, Becks, Stella Artois
Sangria
12
Red or White
Pomegranate Blueberry Martini
12
Smirnoff Blueberry Vodka, Pomegranate and lime juice
Dark & Stormy
11
Cruzan Dark Rum and Ginger Beer
Manhattan
11
Ginger Mojito
11
Natural Cruzan Rum, Lime juice, muddled Ginger, Mint and Limes, topped with soda water
Alvin’s Famous Rum Punch
12
Shhhh… Secret recipe.
Coconut Martini
12
Cruzan Spiced Rum, Malibu Rum, Coconut Cream, Pineapple juice and a splash of Chambord
Dessert Selections
Amaretto Bread Pudding
12
Alvin’s classic, served warm with vanilla ice cream
Evelyn’s Famous Coconut Cheesecake
12.50
Made especially for Alvin’s, this coconut-topped cheesecake manages to be creamy, rich and light. (“The
Double Chocolate Cake
9
Two layers of sweet and semi-sweet chocolate
Carrot Cake
11
The perfect blend of raisins, pineapple and nuts with decadent cream cheese icing
Walnut Brownie
9
Our rich chocolate brownie is served warm with vanilla ice cream — and sure to appeal to the kid in you
Dinner
Spring Menu
Our new Spring Menu features familiar favorites with some fresh new flavors!
Alvin’s 3-Cheese Mac & Cheese
9
Chicken Fingers and French Fries
12
Mozzarella Sticks
12
With celery and carrot sticks, Marinara sauce
Kids 6 oz. Burger
9
With lettuce, tomatoes and pickles Add cheese 1.50 Add bacon 2 Add mushrooms 2.50
Kids’ Penne Pasta
12
Choice of Alfredo, Marinara or butter and cheese
Amaretto Bread Pudding
12
Alvin’s classic, served warm with vanilla ice cream
House Salad
9
Medley of spring greens, plum tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded carrots, with Alvin’s Ginger Vinaigrette Add
Grilled Jerk Pork Chop
32
Seasoned with our signature house mix, grilled to perfection, with string beans and sweet potato wedges
Rack of Lamb
45
5 wedges of lamb, grilled medium, seasoned with au poivre sauce and served with scallion mashed potatoes and garlic
Codfish Fritters
14
With Bell peppers and onions in a light batter of Caribbean flavors with Creole remoulade dipping sauce
Rosemary Baked Chicken
28
Pan-seared and baked, with mushroom gravy sauce, served with yellow rice and string beans
Curry Grit Cake Medley
18
Jalapeno, sweet potato yellow ground-grit cake, served with coconut curry vegetable medley
Alvin’s Vegan Spring Rolls
12
Four mixed vegetable rolls served with sweet chili sauce
Doubles with Pulled Jerk Chicken
10
Trini-style tumeric-flavored soft dough, topped with pulled Jerk chicken, dressed with tamarind and cilantro dressing.
Quinoa Kale Salad
14
Baby kale, beets, walnuts, dried cranberries, and crumbled goat cheese, tossed in Alvin’s Ginger Vinaigrette.
Jerk Chicken or Fish Tacos
13
Two tacos in a soft corn tortilla, with shredded slaw. (1.50 upcharge for combination)
Duck Confit
45
Slow cooked, served with jalapeno sweet potato grit cake, sizzled kale, and crispy onions, drizzled with Cocoa Cola
Deep Fried Cornmeal Fried Catfish
28
Wild caught catfish marinated in buttermilk, dredged in Cajun-seasoned cornmeal and flour, topped with lemon caper
Classic Jambalaya
25
Rice, Andouille sausage, Tasso ham, blackened chicken, seafood medley, crawfish tails, Cajun spices, tangy Creole
Evelyn’s Famous Coconut Cheesecake
12.50
Made especially for Alvin’s, this coconut-topped cheesecake manages to be creamy, rich and light. (“The
Vegan Burger with Avocado
18
All plant-based with your choice of French fries, Sweet potato fries or House Salad
Doubles
7
Trini-style tumeric-flavored soft dough, topped with curried chick peas, dressed with tamarind and cilantro dressing
Stone-Ground Cheese Grits
8
Stone-Ground Grits
8
Seafood Pasta
26
Penne pasta in lobster Creole sauce, with shrimp and salmon
Avocado & Black Bean Salad
16
Hass avocado, roasted sweet corn, cherry tomatoes, garden spring mix, shredded carrots, Alvin’s Ginger
Alvin’s NOLA Po’Boy Sandwich
16/14/15
Four-inch Hero toasted, dressed with Creole remoulade caper sauce, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and served with
Alvin’s Hamburger and French Fries
14
8 oz. sirloin beef served at your temperature with tomatoes, lettuce, pickles on a Brioche bun Add Cheese 1.50
BBQ Pork Ribs
Half 24/Full 32
Baby back ribs braised in our house-made BBQ sauce, served with sweet potato fries and cole slaw 1/2 Rack 24
Vegan Pasta
17.50
Penne pasta, mixed vegetables, marinara sauce
Vegan BBQ Ribs
27
Soy-based vegan ribs with BBQ sauce, served with cut corn, coconut rice
Vegan Ginger Chicken Vegan Jerk Chicken
27
Soy-based saitan and mixed vegetables, sauteed in mushroom ginger sauce, served with coconut rice & peas, sweet
Shrimp and Tostones
16
Fried green plantain tostones paired with sauteed shrimp, Bell peppers, onions, Scotch Bonnet aioli
Fried Green Tomatoes
14
Two sliced green tomatoes, marinated in buttermilk, lightly floured and deep fried, topped with shredded cheese
Soup of the Day
10
Ask the server
Double Chocolate Cake
9
Two layers of sweet and semi-sweet chocolate
Alvin’s Famous Chicken Wings
9/11.50/13.50
Choose the way you want them: “Naked” 9 House-made BBQ sauce 11.50 House-made jerk sauce or
Empanadas
10
Beef or Chicken in a light golden crust topped with Creole dressing (1.50 upcharge for combination)
Rum Punch Meatballs
12
Four beef-and-chicken blended meatballs sauteed in Alvin’s award-winning Rum Punch sauce
Jalapeno Sweet Potato Grit Cake
8
Caesar Salad
10
Hearts of Romain tossed in Alvin’s home-made buttermilk scallion dressing, topped with fried Black-eyed peas
Shrimp & Grits
28
The Original Grit Girl stone-ground yellow grits, peppers and onions, baby spinach, in our pot likker butter sauce
Carrot Cake
11
The perfect blend of raisins, pineapple and nuts with decadent cream cheese icing
Spanish Coffee
10
Made with coffee liqueur
Irish Coffee
10
Made with Irish Whiskey
Jamaican Coffee
10
Made with Dark Rum
Walnut Brownie
9
Our rich chocolate brownie is served warm with vanilla ice cream — and sure to appeal to the kid in you
Coconut Rice & Peas
8
Slow-Cooked Greens
9
With smoked turkey
Spiced Plantains
7
topped with spiced cinnamon sugar
Three-Cheese Mac & Cheese
9
Sauteed Vegetable Medley
9
Slow-Simmered Oxtail
32
With coconut rice and peas, piklis
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
25
Marinated in Louisiana hot sauce and buttermilk, served with slow-cooked greens with smoked turkey, three-cheese
Caramelized Atlantic Salmon
35
8 oz. serving, seasoned, pan seared, and baked, served with scallion mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetable medley
Eggs and Omelets
Salmon, Spinach and Goat Cheese Frittata
16.50
Mo’ Bay Omelet
14 Jerk Chicken, 16 Jerk Shrimp
Sweet plantains, onions and pepper with your choice of Jerk Chicken (14) or Jerk Shrimp (16). Served with choice
Two Eggs, Any Style
13
Served with choice of ham, bacon or smoked turkey bacon. Add chicken apple sausage 5. Egg whites available, add 3.
Meat Eaters Omelet
15
With ham, bacon and sausage. Served with choice of home fries, side salad or French fries.
Entrees
Grilled Jerk Pork Chop
32
Seasoned with our signature house mix, grilled to perfection, with string beans and sweet potato wedges
Rack of Lamb
45
5 wedges of lamb, grilled medium, seasoned with au poivre sauce and served with scallion mashed potatoes and garlic
Rosemary Baked Chicken
28
Pan-seared and baked, with mushroom gravy sauce, served with yellow rice and string beans
Duck Confit
45
Slow cooked, served with jalapeno sweet potato grit cake, sizzled kale, and crispy onions, drizzled with Cocoa Cola
Deep Fried Cornmeal Fried Catfish
28
Wild caught catfish marinated in buttermilk, dredged in Cajun-seasoned cornmeal and flour, topped with lemon caper
Classic Jambalaya
25
Rice, Andouille sausage, Tasso ham, blackened chicken, seafood medley, crawfish tails, Cajun spices, tangy Creole
Seafood Pasta
26
Penne pasta in lobster Creole sauce, with shrimp and salmon
BBQ Pork Ribs
Half 24/Full 32
Baby back ribs braised in our house-made BBQ sauce, served with sweet potato fries and cole slaw 1/2 Rack 24
Shrimp & Grits
28
The Original Grit Girl stone-ground yellow grits, peppers and onions, baby spinach, in our pot likker butter sauce
Slow-Simmered Oxtail
32
With coconut rice and peas, piklis
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
25
Marinated in Louisiana hot sauce and buttermilk, served with slow-cooked greens with smoked turkey, three-cheese
Caramelized Atlantic Salmon
35
8 oz. serving, seasoned, pan seared, and baked, served with scallion mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetable medley
From the Chef's Kitchen
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
22
With smoked turkey greens, four-cheese mac & cheese
Fried Chicken and Waffles
Classic 16/Chicken Tenders 14
Choose the classic (with bone in and gravy), $16 or with crispy chicken tenders, $14.
Breakfast Burger
16
Grilled Andouille sausage, two fried eggs, jerk remoulade and cheddar cheese on a toasted English muffin. Served
Sweet Plantains Foster French Toast
14
With caramel sauce.
Saltfish Cook-Up
22
Served with Trini fries and bakes. Add ackee $5.
Fried Catfish
22.50
With smoked turkey greens and stone-ground grits.
Shrimp & Grits
21
Our best-seller: Pan-seared shrimp, stone-ground grits
Three Buttermilk Pancakes
12 Chocolate chips, 13.50 Mixed Berries, Two Kids Pancakes 6
Three buttermilk pancakes. With chocolate chips, $12. With mixed berries, $13.50. Two kids’ pancakes, $6.
Kids Menu
Alvin’s 3-Cheese Mac & Cheese
9
Chicken Fingers and French Fries
12
Mozzarella Sticks
12
With celery and carrot sticks, Marinara sauce
Kids 6 oz. Burger
9
With lettuce, tomatoes and pickles Add cheese 1.50 Add bacon 2 Add mushrooms 2.50
Kids’ Penne Pasta
12
Choice of Alfredo, Marinara or butter and cheese
Lunch
Alvin’s Signature Curry Corn Crab Chowder
13
Sweet corn, potatoes, crab meat in a creme based soup
Salads
House Salad
9
Medley of spring greens, plum tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded carrots, with Alvin’s Ginger Vinaigrette Add
Quinoa Kale Salad
14
Baby kale, beets, walnuts, dried cranberries, and crumbled goat cheese, tossed in Alvin’s Ginger Vinaigrette.
Avocado & Black Bean Salad
16
Hass avocado, roasted sweet corn, cherry tomatoes, garden spring mix, shredded carrots, Alvin’s Ginger
Caesar Salad
10
Hearts of Romain tossed in Alvin’s home-made buttermilk scallion dressing, topped with fried Black-eyed peas
Sandwiches & Burgers
Alvin’s NOLA Po’Boy Sandwich
16/14/15
Four-inch Hero toasted, dressed with Creole remoulade caper sauce, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and served with
Alvin’s Hamburger and French Fries
14
8 oz. sirloin beef served at your temperature with tomatoes, lettuce, pickles on a Brioche bun Add Cheese 1.50
Sides
Smoked Turkey Bacon
4
Chicken Apple Sausage
6
Toast
2.50
Stone-Ground Cheese Grits
8
French Fries
4
Home Fries
4
Stone-Ground Grits
8
Bacon
4
Sides
Stone-Ground Cheese Grits
8
Stone-Ground Grits
8
Jalapeno Sweet Potato Grit Cake
8
Coconut Rice & Peas
8
Slow-Cooked Greens
9
With smoked turkey
Spiced Plantains
7
topped with spiced cinnamon sugar
Three-Cheese Mac & Cheese
9
Sauteed Vegetable Medley
9
Soups
Alvin’s Signature Curry Corn Crab Chowder
13
Sweet corn, potatoes, crab meat in a creme based soup
Specialty Coffees
Spanish Coffee
10
Made with coffee liqueur
Irish Coffee
10
Made with Irish Whiskey
Jamaican Coffee
10
Made with Dark Rum
Starters
Codfish Fritters
14
With Bell peppers and onions in a light batter of Caribbean flavors with Creole remoulade dipping sauce
Doubles with Pulled Jerk Chicken
10
Trini-style tumeric-flavored soft dough, topped with pulled Jerk chicken, dressed with tamarind and cilantro dressing.
Jerk Chicken or Fish Tacos
13
Two tacos in a soft corn tortilla, with shredded slaw. (1.50 upcharge for combination)
Doubles
7
Trini-style tumeric-flavored soft dough, topped with curried chick peas, dressed with tamarind and cilantro dressing
Shrimp and Tostones
16
Fried green plantain tostones paired with sauteed shrimp, Bell peppers, onions, Scotch Bonnet aioli
Fried Green Tomatoes
14
Two sliced green tomatoes, marinated in buttermilk, lightly floured and deep fried, topped with shredded cheese
Soup of the Day
10
Ask the server
Alvin’s Famous Chicken Wings
9/11.50/13.50
Choose the way you want them: “Naked” 9 House-made BBQ sauce 11.50 House-made jerk sauce or
Empanadas
10
Beef or Chicken in a light golden crust topped with Creole dressing (1.50 upcharge for combination)
Rum Punch Meatballs
12
Four beef-and-chicken blended meatballs sauteed in Alvin’s award-winning Rum Punch sauce
Vegan Options
Curry Grit Cake Medley
18
Jalapeno, sweet potato yellow ground-grit cake, served with coconut curry vegetable medley
Alvin’s Vegan Spring Rolls
12
Four mixed vegetable rolls served with sweet chili sauce
Vegan Burger with Avocado
18
All plant-based with your choice of French fries, Sweet potato fries or House Salad
Vegan Pasta
17.50
Penne pasta, mixed vegetables, marinara sauce
Vegan BBQ Ribs
27
Soy-based vegan ribs with BBQ sauce, served with cut corn, coconut rice
Vegan Ginger Chicken Vegan Jerk Chicken
27
Soy-based saitan and mixed vegetables, sauteed in mushroom ginger sauce, served with coconut rice & peas, sweet
Wine
Gin and Tonic
13
New Rochelle Sour
12
Perfect Prosecco
14
Old Fashioned
14
Margarita
14.50
Pineapple Martini
13
Cosmopolitan
13
Sustainable Sea Breeze
11
American Harvest Organic Vodka, freshly squeezed Orange and Cranberry juices, Agave nectar
Planter’s Punch
12
Cruzan Dark Rum, Pineapple and Orange juices, freshly squeezed Lime-Lemon juice, and a splash of Grenadine
Mojito
11
Natural Cruzan Rum, Lime juice, muddled Mint and Limes, topped with soda water
Mango Mai-Tai
12
Pyrat Rum, Mango nectar, Pineapple juice and a splash of Amaretto
Beer on Tap
4
Coors Light
Bottled Beer
6
Imported: Red Stripe, Heinecken, Becks, Stella Artois
Sangria
12
Red or White
Pomegranate Blueberry Martini
12
Smirnoff Blueberry Vodka, Pomegranate and lime juice
Dark & Stormy
11
Cruzan Dark Rum and Ginger Beer
Manhattan
11
Ginger Mojito
11
Natural Cruzan Rum, Lime juice, muddled Ginger, Mint and Limes, topped with soda water
Alvin’s Famous Rum Punch
12
Shhhh… Secret recipe.
Coconut Martini
12
Cruzan Spiced Rum, Malibu Rum, Coconut Cream, Pineapple juice and a splash of Chambord
Featured Menu Items
Grilled Jerk Pork Chop
45
Rack of Lamb
Rosemary Baked Chicken
45
Duck Confit
Deep Fried Cornmeal Fried Catfish
25
Classic Jambalaya