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    Upstate Lounge & Cafe

    537 Farmington Avenue

    Hartford, CT 06105


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    Featured Items

    • Upstate Single Smash

      A single smashburger served on a Martin's Hamburger Bun with shredduce, onion, tomato (when in season), burger sauce and American cheese. Gluten free if you ask nicely.
      $16.00
    • Upstate Poutine

      Upstate's North Country is Quebec, Jr. We make our poutine in the classic way: fries, a pork and chicken gravy, cheese curds. Poutine takes the bite out of any hangover. Can be made with tofu.
      $16.00
    • Upstate-oise

      Our take on the French classic featuring pickled boiled eggs, homefries, green beans, radishes, tomatoes, cleveland caviar, smoked trout, dusted with everything seasoning and tossed in a vegan lemon miso vinagrette
      $19.00

    Food Menu

    Appetizers

    • Amuse Bouche VIP

      OUT OF STOCK
    • Basket of Fries (V)

      Get 'em dusted with Old Bay, Szechuan pepper salt, Za'atar, Ranch or Frank's Hot Sauce Powder.
      $10.00
    • Basket of Tots (V)

      $10.00
    • Bentons Bacon Side

      $5.00
    • Bob's Fried Balls (3 pc)

      Fried Sauerkraut and Sausage Balls. Served with our housemade ranch dressing.
      $9.00
    • Cowboy Beans

      Frijoles Charros, Chuckwagon Beans, Borracho Beans. Call 'em what you want. Smokey and cilantro-y and deeply satisfying. Get a bowl if you're really hungry for $4 additional.
      $4.00+
    • Fried Cheese Curds

      Perfect bar food, served with melba sauce.
      $14.00
    • Homefries

      $5.00
    • Housemade Chicken Bites and Fries

      Pickle brined chicken thighs, breaded in AP flour and rice flour with our blend of spices. Served tossed or with your choice of sauce on the side. Plain, Buffalo, Hot Buffalo, Rootbeer BBQ. Served with melba sauce or substitute our housemade bluecheese or ranch dressing.
      $14.00+
    • Mac Salad Bowl

      $5.00
    • Popcorn Tofu Bites (V, GF)

      Brined tofu, dredged with our spice blend, rice flour and potato starch and fried until perfect.
      $8.00
    • Rochester Garbage Plate

      Classic Western NY hangover cure. Homefries, house made mac salad, Rochester Hot Sauce, Martin Rosol hot dog, Upstate Single Smashburger, chopped onions, yellow mustard and ketchup all on one glorious plate.
      $17.00
    • Sauteed Broc and Cauli

      $5.00
    • Upstate Poutine

      Upstate's North Country is Quebec, Jr. We make our poutine in the classic way: fries, a pork and chicken gravy, cheese curds. Poutine takes the bite out of any hangover. Can be made with tofu.
      $16.00
    • Utica Greens

      Sauteed Escarole, bread crumbs, prosciutto, cherry peppers, topped with Pecorino Romano
      $13.00

    Plates

    • Rochester Garbage Plate Challenge (Not available online)

      Our 3lb Rochester Garbage Plate served on a garbage can lid platter. Must be eaten in 15 minutes. Complete the challenge and win a "I Ate 3 Lbs of Garbage at the Upstate Lounge" t-shirt and a polaroid on our Wall of Champions.
      $40.00

    Sandwiches

    • Beef on Weck

      A Buffalo original, we take 1/3 lb of house roasted prime rib, sliced thin served on a kimmelweck roll with horsey sauce and a side of house made au jus.
      $18.00
    • Chicken Spiedie

      Classic sandwich of Binghamton, NY. Lemon and herb marinated chicken thighs, grilled and served on an Italian hoagie with our house Spiedie dressing. Vegan and gluten free if you ask nicely.
      $16.00
    • Italian Mix

      A bedrock deli sandwich. Very thinly sliced mortadella, cappy and salami, shredduce, onions, tomatoes (when in season), aged provolone, olives, hot pepper spread, pistachio cream, oil and vinegar on an Italian hoagie.
      OUT OF STOCK
      $15.00
    • Just A Hot Dog

      Martin Rosol hot dog served on a Martin's Hot Dog Bun.
      $6.00
    • Michigan Dog

      A Plattsburg original featuring a Martin Rosol hotdog topped with Rochester Hot Sauce, yellow mustard, chopped onions and crushed Saratoga Chips
      $10.00
    • Stinger

      Buffalo drinking hoagie combining buffalo chicken fingers and house made shaved prime rib cheese steak with lettuce, tomatoes, peppers and onions and drenched in our house blue cheese dressing
      $20.00
    • The Gentle Bull (V, GF)

      Roasted cauliflower, broccoli rabe, house made hot agave syrup, tumeric vegan mayo on a GF hoagie.
      $14.00

    Smashburger

    • Upstate Single Smash

      A single smashburger served on a Martin's Hamburger Bun with shredduce, onion, tomato (when in season), burger sauce and American cheese. Gluten free if you ask nicely.
      $16.00
    • Upstate Plant-based Single Smash

      A single plant-based smashburger served on a Martin's Hamburger Bun with shredduce, onion, tomato (when in season), burger sauce and American cheese. Gluten Free if you ask nicely.
      $18.00
    • Snowball (V, GF)

      Our only dessert and it ain't even from Upstate NY. This is our take on the New Orleans street dessert. Pick a flavor. Add some evaporated milk. Maybe some whipped cream. Make it boozy!
      $6.00
    • DOUBLE Upstate Smash

      $20.00

    Salads

    • Caesar

      $10.00
    • Side Salad

      $6.00
    • Upstate-oise

      Our take on the French classic featuring pickled boiled eggs, homefries, green beans, radishes, tomatoes, cleveland caviar, smoked trout, dusted with everything seasoning and tossed in a vegan lemon miso vinagrette
      $16.00

    Wings

    • 6 Wings

      $9.00
    • 12 Wings

      $18.00
    • 18 Wings

      $24.00

    Brunch

    • BEC

      $12.00
    • Beignets

      OUT OF STOCK
      $8.00
    • Benton's Bennie

      $17.00
    • Breakfast Trash

      $18.00
    • Brekkie Burger

      $18.00
    • Caesar

      $10.00
    • Pickled Deviled Eggs (4) (GF)

      House pickled eggs, deviled with mustard, siracha, Duke's Mayo and topped with chives. Add a bump of Cleveland Caviar (smoked and pickled mustard seed) for a buck.
      $8.00
    • Stuffed French

      $14.00
    • Tot Hash

      $9.00+
    • Upstate-oise

      Our take on the French classic featuring pickled boiled eggs, homefries, green beans, radishes, tomatoes, cleveland caviar, smoked trout, dusted with everything seasoning and tossed in a vegan lemon miso vinagrette
      $16.00
    • Veggie Bennie

      $16.00
    • Waffle

      $6.00
    • Wings (6)

      We make ours like they do in Buffalo: extremely freaking well. Your choice of sauces: Buffalo, Hot Buffalo, Rootbeer BBQ, or tossed in an roasted Szechuan peppercorn, msg and salt rub. Served with our housemade bluecheese or ranch dressing.
      $9.00
    • Biscuit and Gravy

      $18.00
    • Steak and Eggs

      $26.00
    • Country Ham and Biscuit

      $14.00

    CUNT

    • Buffalo Fried Chicken Sandwich

      $14.00
    • Cold Sesame Noodles

      $9.00
    • Korean Steak Egg Rolls

      $14.00
    • Wing Trio

      $12.00
    • Wonton Nachos

      $15.00

    Bar Menu

    Cans and Bottles

    • Athletic Wave

      $6.00
    • Best Day N/A

      $7.00
    • Bud Lite

      $5.00
    • Budweiser

      $5.00
    • Busch Light

      $3.00
    • Corona

      $6.00
    • Coronita

      $3.00
    • Dirtbag 4 pk

      $15.00
    • Genesee Cream Can

      $3.00
    • Guinness Zero

      $7.00
    • Hell Yeah 4 pk

      $12.00
    • High Life

      $5.00
    • High Life 40 BUCKET

      $8.00
    • High Noon

      $6.00
    • High Noon

      $6.00
    • Labatt Blue

      $4.00
    • Labbatt lite

      $4.00
    • Mich Ultra

      $5.00
    • Mockly Blueberry Rose

      $10.00
    • Modelo

      $6.00
    • New England Fresh Blend Can

      $10.00
    • Paulaner GF

      OUT OF STOCK
      $7.00
    • PBR Can

      $4.00
    • Schaffer

      $4.00
    • Stella pony

      $3.00
    • Sun Cruiser

      $8.00
    • Whaler's Drift

      $7.00
    • White Claws

      $6.00

    Draft Beers

    • Allagash White

      $9.00
    • BBC Steel Rail

      $8.00
    • Car Bomb

      $10.00
    • City Steam Naughty Nurse

      $7.00
    • Counterweight Bright Wave

      $8.00
    • Dead Language Rotational

      $9.00
    • Dirtbag

      $9.00
    • East Rock Black rotational

      $9.00
    • Guinness

      $8.00
    • Hell Yeah

      $6.00+
    • Lawson's Lil Sip

      $8.00
    • Interweave

      $10.00
    • Other Half Forever Ever

      Session Hazy NEIPA
      OUT OF STOCK
      $10.00
    • zero gravity

      $9.00
    • Schilling

      $10.00
    • Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

      $7.00
    • Two Roads 2 Jucy

      OUT OF STOCK
      $10.00
    • Busch Latte

      $4.00

    Wine

    • Isola Del Satiro Glass

      $13.00
    • Isola Del Satiro Bottle

      $40.00
    • Bosman Cabernet Glass

      $13.00
    • Bosman Cabernet

      $40.00
    • clarette chilled red

      $13.00
    • pinot grigio

      $13.00
    • pinot grigio BTL

      $40.00
    • Vinho Verde GLS

      $13.00
    • Vinho Verde Bottle

      $40.00
    • Morphos Glass

      $13.00
    • Morphos Bottle

      $40.00

    Liquor

    • Absolut Pepper

      $6.00+
    • Crop Meyer Lemon

      $6.00+
    • Faber Vanilla

      $5.00+
    • Gray Whale

      $6.00+
    • Grey Goose

      $7.00+
    • Ketel One

      $6.00+
    • Stoli Razz

      $6.00+
    • Tito's

      $7.00+
    • Wheatley

      $6.00+
    • ANOTHER Hendricks

      $8.00+
    • Bombay Sapphire

      $7.00+
    • Broker's

      $9.00+
    • Condessa

      $7.00+
    • Damrak

      $6.00+
    • Hendrick's

      $8.00+
    • Neversink

      $7.00+
    • Tanqueray

      $6.00+
    • Captain Morgan

      $6.00+
    • Captain Morgan

      $6.00+
    • Chairmans Reserve

      $6.00+
    • Don Q

      $6.00+
    • El Dorado 3

      $6.00+
    • El Dorado 8

      $8.00+
    • Gosling's

      $6.00+
    • Malibu

      $6.00+
    • Planteray Pineapple

      $7.00+
    • Sailor Jerry's

      $6.00+
    • 400 Conejos

      $7.00+
    • Del Vida Maguey

      $8.00
    • Espolon

      $7.00+
    • Jose Cuervo

      $6.00+
    • La Pulga Blanco

      $7.00+
    • La Pulga Repo

      $10.00+
    • LALO

      $8.00+
    • Patron

      $9.00+
    • Rosa Luna mezcal

      $7.00+
    • Siete Misterios

      $7.00+
    • Zumbador

      $8.00+
    • Basil Hayden

      $9.00+
    • Crow 86

      $5.00+
    • Crown

      $9.00+
    • High West Rye

      $7.00+
    • Jack Daniels

      $6.00+
    • Jim Beam

      $7.00+
    • Knob Creek

      $8.00+
    • Makers Mark

      $7.00+
    • Michters Bourbon

      $9.00+
    • Michters Rye

      $8.00+
    • Old Forester 100 Rye

      $7.00+
    • Old Forester 86 B

      $6.00+
    • OLD Overholt

      $6.00+
    • Sazerac

      $7.00+
    • Woodford Reserve

      $8.00+
    • Dewar's

      $8.00+
    • Jameson

      $7.00+
    • Johnnie Walker Black

      $7.00+
    • Laphroig

      $9.00+
    • Roe & Co

      $8.00+
    • St Paddys Jamo

      $6.00
    • Absinthe

      $9.00+
    • Amaretto

      $8.00+
    • Angostura

      $0+
    • Aperol

      $6.00+
    • Aperol

      $7.00+
    • Apple Brandy

      $8.00+
    • Bailey's

      $8.00+
    • Barrelled Malort

      $7.00+
    • Braulio Bormio

      $7.00+
    • Campari

      $7.00+
    • Chambord

      $8.00+
    • Dekuyper

      $8.00+
    • Dry Vermouth

      $5.00+
    • Fernet

      $6.00+
    • Fireball

      $5.00
    • Goldschlager

      $8.00+
    • Herbsaint

      $7.00+
    • Jagermeister

      $7.00+
    • Kahlua

      $8.00+
    • Malort

      $5.00+
    • Montenegro

      $13.00
    • Mr Black

      $7.00+
    • Rumplemintz

      $7.00+
    • Sweet Vermouth

      $5.00+
    • Underberg

      $7.00
    • Vermouth Rosso

      $5.00+
    • Hennessy VS

      $8.00+
    • Maison Rouge VSOP

      $7.00+

    House Cocktails

    • Bloody Caesar

      $13.00
    • Espresso Martini

      $13.00
    • FROZE

      $13.00
    • FROZEN Marg

      $13.00
    • Green Tea Shot

      $6.00
    • Husky Blue

      $12.00
    • Jagerbomb

      $10.00
    • Long Island

      $14.00
    • Manhattan

      $13.00
    • Margarita

      $12.00
    • Martini Service Gin

      $13.00
    • Martini Service Vodka

      $13.00
    • Negroni

      $13.00
    • Old Fashioned

      $12.00
    • Saratoga Sour

      $12.00
    • Sloe Gin Fizz

      $12.00
    • The Albany

      $13.00
    • The Spritz

      $12.00

    Boilermakers

    • Smoky and the Bandit

      $9.00
    • The Ass Teacher

      $11.00
    • The Bitter Apple

      $12.00
    • The Good Doctor

      $9.00
    • The industry

      $9.00
    • The Kneecap

      $11.00
    • The Tug Boat

      $9.00
    • The Upstate Handshake

      $8.00

    Brunch Cocktails

    • Beermosa

      $12.00
    • Bloody

      $11.00
    • BOGO Bellini

      $12.00
    • BOGO Mimosa

      $12.00
    • Brass Monkey

      $12.00
    • Caesar

      $12.00
    • Corpse Reviver

      $17.00
    • Spaghett

      $7.00

    Cinqo de Mayo

    • Frozen Marg

      $9.00
    • Bucket of Coronas (5)

      $25.00
    • Bucket of Coronitas (6)

      $20.00
    • Modello

      $5.00

    CUNT

    • Cucumber Martini

      $13.00
    • Ginger Dragon

      $13.00
    • POM Mango

      $13.00
    • Savannah

      $13.00
    • Tisane Espresso Martini 2.0

      $13.00
    • Sexi Lexi

      $13.00

    Pride Cocktails

    • No H8te

      $13.00
    • Screw

      $10.00
    • Lemon Death Drop

      $13.00
    • Midori Speedo

      $13.00
    • Sashay

      $13.00
    • Purple Rain

      $13.00
    • Castro

      $10.00
    • Jagerblaster

      $13.00
    • Juno Birch

      $13.00
    • Pink Flamingos

      $13.00
    • Kim's Coconuts

      $13.00

    Knicks Party

    • Solo Cup

      $10.00

    Non-Alcoholic Beverages

    • Coke

      $3.00
    • Diet Coke

      $3.00
    • Orange Juice

      $3.00
    • Cranberry Juice

      $3.00
    • Tomato Juice

      $3.00
    • Martinelli Apple

      $4.00
    • Ginger Ale

      $3.00
    • Gosling Ginger Beer

      $4.00
    • Sprite

      $3.00
    • Milk

      $3.00
    • Soda Water

      $2.00
    • Pineapple Juice

      $3.00
    • Refill Soda

    • Coffeee

      $3.00

    Merch

    TShirts

    • Marg Tshirts

      $35.00
    • Dripped Wing Go Fucking Knicks

      $35.00

    Stickers

    • Keep Honking

      $5.00

    Week Specials

    • Fried pickles

      5 per order. Sour cream, benton bacon bits, chives
      $11.00
    • Hot Dog Special

      Martin Rosol hotdog, topped with cowboy beans, beer cheese and crushed potato chips.
      $10.00
    • Shishito Special

      OUT OF STOCK
      $10.00
    • Stinger

      Buffalo drinking hoagie combining buffalo chicken fingers and house made shaved prime rib cheese steak with lettuce, tomatoes, peppers and onions and drenched in our house blue cheese dressing
      $20.00
    • Weekly Fried Chicken

      $17.00
    • Weekly Smash

      $16.00
    • Wing Special

      $9.00+
    • Steak Frites

      $25.00
    • Empanadas

      $12.00
    • Halal Plate

      $16.00
    • Nuts for Nuts

      $6.00

    Uber Eats

    Bar Snacks

    • Salt Potatoes (GF)

      A Syracuse delicacy. New potatoes are boiled in a salt brine and served with a butter herb sauce.
      OUT OF STOCK
      $10.00
    • Pickled Deviled Eggs (4) (GF)

      House pickled eggs, deviled with mustard, siracha, Duke's Mayo and topped with chives. Add a bump of Cleveland Caviar (smoked and pickled mustard seed) for a buck.
      $10.00
    • Basket of Saratoga Chips (V, GF)

      Classic Upstate chip. Get 'em dusted with Old Bay, Szechuan pepper salt, Za'atar, Ranch or Frank's Hot Sauce Powder.
      $4.00
    • Basket of Fries (V)

      Get 'em dusted with Old Bay, Szechuan pepper salt, Za'atar, Ranch or Frank's Hot Sauce Powder.
      $12.00
    • Basket of Tots (V)

      $12.00
    • Wings (6)

      We make ours like they do in Buffalo: extremely freaking well. Your choice of sauces: Buffalo, Hot Buffalo, Rootbeer BBQ, or tossed in an roasted Szechuan peppercorn, msg and salt rub. Served with our housemade bluecheese or ranch dressing.
      $11.00

    Appetizers

    • Bob's Fried Balls (3 pc)

      Fried Sauerkraut and Sausage Balls. Served with our housemade ranch dressing.
      $13.00
    • Fried Cheese Curds

      Perfect bar food, served with melba sauce.
      $17.00
    • Upstate Poutine

      Upstate's North Country is Quebec, Jr. We make our poutine in the classic way: fries, a pork and chicken gravy, cheese curds. Poutine takes the bite out of any hangover. Can be made with tofu.
      $18.00
    • Utica Greens

      Sauteed Escarole, bread crumbs, prosciutto, cherry peppers, topped with Pecorino Romano
      $15.00
    • Rochester Garbage Plate

      Classic Western NY hangover cure. Homefries, house made mac salad, Rochester Hot Sauce, Martin Rosol hot dog, Upstate Single Smashburger, chopped onions, yellow mustard and ketchup all on one glorious plate.
      $20.00
    • Popcorn Tofu Bites (V, GF)

      Brined tofu, dredged with our spice blend, rice flour and potato starch and fried until perfect.
      $11.00
    • Chicken Bites

      $16.00+
    • Bowl of Cowboy Beans

      $10.00

    Salads

    • Upstate-oise

      Our take on the French classic featuring pickled boiled eggs, homefries, green beans, radishes, tomatoes, cleveland caviar, smoked trout, dusted with everything seasoning and tossed in a vegan lemon miso vinagrette
      $19.00
    • Caesar

      $14.00

    Sandwiches

    • Chicken Spiedie

      Classic sandwich of Binghamton, NY. Lemon and herb marinated chicken thighs, grilled and served on an Italian hoagie with our house Spiedie dressing. Vegan and gluten free if you ask nicely.
      $19.00
    • Beef on Weck

      A Buffalo original, we take 1/3 lb of house roasted prime rib, sliced thin served on a kimmelweck roll with horsey sauce and a side of house made au jus.
      $21.00
    • Michigan Dog

      A Plattsburg original featuring a Martin Rosol hotdog topped with Rochester Hot Sauce, yellow mustard, chopped onions and crushed Saratoga Chips
      $12.00
    • Just A Hot Dog

      Martin Rosol hot dog served on a Martin's Hot Dog Bun.
      $8.00
    • The Gentle Bull (V, GF)

      Roasted cauliflower, broccoli rabe, house made hot agave syrup, tumeric vegan mayo on a GF hoagie.
      $14.00

    Smashburger

    • Upstate Single Smash

      A single smashburger served on a Martin's Hamburger Bun with shredduce, onion, tomato (when in season), burger sauce and American cheese. Gluten free if you ask nicely.
      $19.00
    • DOUBLE Upstate Smash

      $23.00

    Espolon

    $0.00

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    All hours
    Sunday12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    MondayClosed
    Tuesday12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Wednesday12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Thursday12:00 pm - 12:00 am
    Friday12:00 pm - 12:00 am
    Saturday12:00 pm - 12:00 am
    Restaurant info

    Come in and enjoy!

    Location

    537 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105

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