Backwater Menu
Nestled in the heart of Melbourne, Florida, Backwater Menu offers a delightful escape from the everyday with its carefully curated selection of fresh, mouthwatering dishes. Whether you're craving flavorful seafood or a comforting land-based meal, the menu here has something for every taste. Start your meal with a light appetizer, like crispy calamari or a refreshing salad, before diving into the main course. From tender steaks to perfectly cooked fish, each dish is crafted to bring out the best in local ingredients. Pair your meal with a drink from the extensive bar selection, which features everything from zesty cocktails to local craft beers. The welcoming atmosphere and diverse menu make Backwater a perfect spot for a relaxed lunch or a cozy dinner with friends and family. Enjoy your time here, where great food meets even better company.
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Breakfast
Southern Breakfast
Two eggs with a side of bacon or sausage and a choice of grits or home fries with a side of toast
Deep Fried French Toast
Four pieces of challah cinnamon raisin texas toast battered and deep fried
The Breakfast Club
Our own version of the club sandwich with over medium eggs, thick cut bacon, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and our cajun remoulade dressing served on wheat bread with your choice of home fries, grits, or fruit
Okeechobee Ice Cream
Our homemade biscuit and gravy topped with a sunny side up egg veg (veggie gravy available by request)
The Boss Hog
Provolone stuffed rope sausage atop balsamic onions, cheese grits loaded with bacon and green onions, served in a skillet and finished with one sunny side up egg
Breakfast - Look! Benedicts
Fried Green Tomato & Spinach Eggs Benedict
Two poached eggs atop fried green tomatoes with sautéed kale and spinach topped with hollandaise on an english muffin with a side of our black cherry grits
Hambone Benny
6 oz. Thick cut bone-in ham steak served with two poached eggs with hollandaise atop ciabatta bread with your choice of home fries or grits.
Bayou Benedict
Our grandfather's eastern north carolina pulled pork with two poached eggs topped with a crawfish, bell pep- per and bacon sauce piquant hollandaise, on a toasted english muffin served with a side of home fries or grits.
C.h. Clark's Pulled Pork Eggs Benedict
Our grandfather's famous eastern north carolina style pulled pork and two poached eggs over a homemade grilled biscuit, topped with hollandaise, and served with home fries or grits
Cuban Benedict
Two poached eggs atop pulled pork, grilled ham, and diced pickles on cuban garlic bread topped with dijon hollandaise and your choice of a side .
Breakfast - Omelettes
Mexicali
Avocado, jack cheddar cheese, bell peppers
Cajun
Andouille sausage, jack cheddar cheese, onions
Garden
Tomato, spinach, mushrooms, onions
Caprese
Tomato, mozzarella, basil, balsamic glaze
Parisian
Mushrooms & swiss cheese
Greek
Tomato, feta, spinach
Denver
Ham, bell pepper, onion
Breakfast - Keep On The Sunny Sides!
One Egg
Toast
Corn Muffin
Biscuit Muffin
Fresh Florida Fruit
Fried Green Tomatoes
Bacon
Veggie Bacon
Sausage
Veggie Sausage
One Pancake
Biscuit And Gravy
Homemade Granola, Yogurt & Fresh Fruit
Home Fries
Grits
Side Of Fried Chicken
Side Of Fried Pulled Pork
Fried Cator
Sandwiches
Grilled Mac & Cheese
Fontina, cheddar & jack mac and cheese sandwich on foccacia served with your choice of salad or fruit
Shaved Ribeye Sandwich
Shaved ribeye on toasted cuban garlic bread with caramelized balsamic onions, demi glace & crumbled blue cheese topped with up egg. Served with cole slaw or home fries 1
Fried Green Tomato Caprese Sandwich
Fried green tomato, mozzarella, basil & remoulade on foccacia served with salad or fruit
Pork Reuben
Pulled pork or tofu, red cabbage sauerkraut & swiss on rye with choice of salad or fruit
Shrimp N' Grits
Sauteed florida shrimp with grit cakes, topped with sofritas & caribbean criolla glaze with your choice of salad or fruit
Gator Gumbo
A bowl of our braised florida gator okra, red beans and butternut squash simmered with tomato, pepper & onion and served with a jalapeno corn muffin
Drink Up!
Orange Juice
Lemonade
Strawberry Lemonade
Sweet Tea
Coffee
Hot or iced
Milk
Soda Pop
Apple Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Chocolate Milk
Drink Up! - Mimosas
Blood Orange
Traditional Orange
Strawberry Lemonade
Grapefruit & Sage
Watermelon & Mint
Drink Up! - Carafe
Blood Orange
Traditional Orange
Strawberry Lemonade
Grapefruit & Sage
Watermelon & Mint
Drink Up! - Cocktails
Bacon Bloody Mary
Screwdriver
Vodka/oj
Greyhoound
Vodka/grapefruit
Supper
Grilled Mac & Cheese
A blend of fontina, jack, and parmesan mac & cheese served on ciabatta bread with your choice of tomato soup or a side
Shaved Ribeye
Our shaved ribeye sandwich on toasted cuban garlic bread with caramelized balsamic onions, demi glace & crumbled blue cheese topped with a sunny side up egg.
Bourbon Revival
Our triple decker monte cristo with turkey, swiss, ham and cheddar, deep fried in a sweet beer batter, with a side of bourbon bacon melba dipping sauce with a choice of side
Shrimp & Grits
Sautéed local florida shrimp with bradley's tallahassee coarse- stone milled grits topped with a caribbean sofrito and criolla glaze.
Fried Green Tomato Caprese Sandwich
Fried green tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, sun dried tomato, and our cajun remoulade with a balsamic glaze on ciabatta bread served open faced
Pork Reuben
Eastern north carolina style pulled pork with our red cabbage sauerkraut, swiss cheese and cajun remoulade dressing on rye
Fried Green Blt
Hot take of the blt with fried green tomato, thick cut bacon, lettuce and mayo served on your choice of bread
Shrimp Po'boy
Sautéed canaveral shrimp or fried wild caught central florida alligator with lettuce, tomato and pickle on cuban garlic bread topped with a cajun remoulade.
Gator Po'boy
Sautéed canaveral shrimp or fried wild caught central florida alligator with lettuce, tomato and pickle on cuban garlic bread topped with a cajun remoulade.
Gator Gumbo
A bowl of wild caught fried central florida alligator, in an okra, red beans and butternut squash gumbo simmered with tomato, peppers & onions and served with a jalapeno corn muffin
Country Fried Pork Chop
6 oz. Seasoned buttermilk battered pork chop fried and topped with our sausage gravy and finished with a sunny side up egg on top.
Deep South Cordon Bleux
Our buttermilk fried chicken, grilled ham and swiss cheese atop a sautéed spinach and kale mix on a jalapeno cheddar johnny cake, finished with a sun dried tomato pesto hollandaise and your choice of a side.
Others
Shaved Ribeye
Our shaved ribeye sandwich on toasted cuban garlic bread with caramelized balsamic onions, demi glace & crumbled blue cheese topped with a sunny side up egg
Bourbon Revival
Our triple decker monte cristo with turkey, swiss, ham and cheddar, deep fried in a sweet beer batter, with a side of bourbon bacon melba dipping sauce with a choice of side.
Fried Green Blt
Hot take of the blt with fried green tomato, thick cut bacon, lettuce and mayo served on your choice of bread
Shrimp Or Gator Po'boy
Sautéed canaveral shrimp or fried wild caught central florida alligator with lettuce, tomato and pickle on cuban garlic bread topped with a cajun remoulade.
Country Fried Pork Chop
5 oz. Seasoned buttermilk battered pork chop fried and topped with our sausage gravy and finished with a sunny side up egg on top
Deep South Cordon Bleux
Our buttermilk fried chicken, grilled ham and swiss cheese atop a sautéed spinach and kale mix on a jalapeno cheddar johnny cake, finished with a sun dried tomato pesto hollandaise and your choice of a side.
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