If you come into the BrazenHead dining room and you happen to notice a rather broad and seemingly mismatched collection of cloths on an array of tables ranging from two-tops, to lopped-offs, to banquet tables end-to-end, and you don’t happen to like this, please don’t say anything to the owner, Will Fanning. You see, most of the tablecloths belonged to Grandmother Babsheen, and they lay in a trunk for at least 30 years before anyone got them out, even to look at. So each one of these tablecloths probably has a story, and Will may have a great sentimental attachment to any number of them. He likes his tablecloths. Perhaps you will too, if you consider them as individuals.

But don’t think that we don’t know how to dress. On most weekends and special occasions, we haul out the matching ironed tablecloths and fold the napkins just so. It looks great, if we say so ourselves.

Now, about the food ...

The Fanning Family’s tastes prevail. No fancy gourmet food here, but ample servings of hearty Irish and American favorites, served plain and simple.

The Menu

Below are some descriptions of the dishes we typically offer, though we're in the midst now of modifying our menu. In part, this is necessary because we're growing a fair amount of our food here and we need to integrate those good wholesome ingredients into our diet and yours. Bear with us, and we'll post prices again when we get it all sorted out.

Breakfast

See days/hours of operation

Irish breakfast

Start your day the Irish way, with a breakfast of two eggs done however you like them, paddy cakes (Irish potato cakes), mildly spiced sausages called bangers (imported from Ireland’s County Cork) and a slab of ham, garnished with grilled mushrooms and tomatoes, and served with Irish soda bread.

Lunch

See soup, salads and sandwiches below, and be mindful that our hours sometimes change. A brief explanation of that can be found here.

Dinner (or is it Supper)?

Whatever you call it, you’ll be well fed.

Salads, Soups and Appetizers

Mike’s Irish Coddle
Will’s dad was well known for his hearty spud and onion soup, which The BrazenHead keeps on hand year 'round.
by the bowl or the cup

Soup Du Jour
It might be Irish chili, Hungarian mushroom, French onion, leek soup, or whatever else is in season and tastes great. In March and April, and on special holidays, it might be cream of ramp soup. Ask your server.
by the bowl or the cup

The BrazenHead House Salad
Fresh greens in season, with tomato, cucumber, and green pepper, and raspberry vinaigrette dressing

Paddy Cakes
The mighty spud, whipped but not unkindly, spiced with onions and fried up in the old-time Irish way.

Beverages

Coffee
As many refills as you like

Tea

We leave the sweetening to you.

Soft Drinks
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite; Ginger Ale

Hot Chocolate

Milk
Regular or Large

Juices
orange, tomato, cranberry, grapefruit

Bottled Beers
Domestic, Imported and Non-alcoholic

Beers on Tap
Guinness, Smithwick's, Yuengling

by the Pint, Irish (20 oz.) or American (16 oz.)

Wines
Ask your server about our current offerings

 

Desserts

They vary, but the array includes all sorts of tasty delights depending on season and the availability of quality ingredients.