billies black

Established 2006, Harlem

A comfy haven... the decor is funkily elegant... the food is soulful and abundant. - The Village Voice
wings / $8.95 fried & served either dry or drenched in honey bbq billies (in)famous catfish strips / $11.95 cajun-style peel & eat shrimp / $10.95

appetizers

comes w/ 2 sides unless denoted

entrees

so popular, so tasty, so freakin delicious that they become addictive. which is what makes them infamous. a half pound of shrimp flavored with a special blend of louisiana spices mixed with our secret blend of spices & breading, fried & served with our signature cajun dipping sauce hand-breaded and deep fried, served with an apricotpineapple dipping sauce

chili red snapper / $22.95

harlem shrimp creole / $18.95

whole red snapper, fried and served with a to-die-for spicy chili sauce

salmon cakes / $9.95 | crab cakes / $12.95 coconut-battered shrimp / $12.95 sampler platter / $16.95

harlems best fried chicken / $15.95 billies grand beef bbq ribs / $22.95 bbq salmon / $20.95

pan-sauteed with a medley of peppers, garlic, butter and white wine forget the colonels secret recipe: we hand bread our chicken in our special seasoning mix, then fry it to a golden brown

honey bbq wings, salmon cakes & catfish strips served with our signature cajun dipping sauce

slowly baked for hours in billies secretrecipe bbq sauce until they reach that tender, fall-off-the-bone, melt-in-your-mouth perfection choice atlantic salmon slowly basted in our sweet-yet-tangy bbq sauce

mixed greens / $7.95

salads

santee river catfish / $21.95 harlem shaker / $23.95

northeastern salad / $10.95

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spring mix with cherry tomatoes, peppers and onions, with your choice of dressing (ranch, poppyseed, balsamic vinaigrette, french, italian) spring mix with almonds, cranberries & green apples, with a poppyseed dressing

delicious catfish stuffed with succulent crab and topped with bell peppers (winner of the 2007 explore the flavor of health award) select cut of beef, grilled & topped with carmelized mushrooms and onions, served with garlic mashed potatoes and a side salad marinated in garlic and topped with a colorful rainbow of bell peppers

baked salmon & pepper medley / $20.95 mango chicken / $16.95

broiled in a tangy mango-curry sauce, with juicy chunks of fresh mango

chicken or salmon cakes / $4.00 shrimp or grilled salmon / $5.00 crab cakes or catfish strips / $6.00

garlic string beans $5.00 each collard greens baked sweet potato garlic mashed potatoes yellow rice black eyed peas potato salad red beans, black beans or lima beans sweet potato fries or french fries sauteed spinach you wrong for that! mac & cheese / $8.00

sides

billies signature fried catfish / $17.95 billies no-bull oxtails / $19.95 billies bbq chicken / $15.95
aka crackfish; quite simply put: it will change your life a generous portion of oxtails, slowly braised in a thick caribbean gravy

delicious bone-in chicken slowly qd in billies secret-recipe sauce

pasta, etc.
fettuccine a la voodoo vodka / $18.95 southern-style shrimp & grits /$16.95
squid ink-black fettuccine with your choice of shrimp or chicken, tossed in a creamy vodka sauce and topped with fresh parm spicy shrimp with creamy grits: so popular that we had to add it to the dinner menu by popular demand

why does the mac & cheese get its own section of the menu? when youre a heavy-hitter like this one, its out of respect. the dish helped put billies on the map. people literally come from all over the country to try a plateful of billies best.

pancakes or belgian waffles / $7.95

with with with

(served sat. & sun., noon - 4 pm)

brunch

bbb burger / $14.95

burgers

fried whiting / $11.95 fried chicken or salmon cakes / $12.95 crab cakes or fried catfish / $13.95 southern-style shrimp & grits /$16.95 steak & eggs / $15.95

buttermilk or whole wheat, with your choice of pineapple, strawberry, or blueberry fruit toppings

billies own catfish burger / $14.95

create your own burger: choose any two toppings: cheese, collard greens, mushrooms spinach, onions or peppers. served with fries and one side (excluding the you wrong for that! mac & cheese) our famous catfish served on a sesame bun with mixed greens and our delicious cajun mayo. comes with fries and one side (excluding the you wrong for that! mac & cheese)

straight out of south carolina, this mix of grits and spicy, succulent shrimp will - as the kids say - give you your life as basic as it gets: grilled steak & eggs, any style the whole hog: an omelette with crispy bacon and thick smoked ham smoked salmon and eggs a basic omelette, loaded with fresh veggies stuffed with delicious (and healthy) spinach

bacon & ham omelet / $12.95 vegetable omelet / $10.95 spinach omelet / $11.95 the red omelet / $12.95

banana pudding / $6.00 peach cobbler / $7.00

desserts

smoked salmon omelet / $13.95

fresh bananas, creamy pudding and - of course - cookies combined for a classic treat

vanilla bean ice cream / $4.00 no description necessary carrot cake / $6.00 chocolate cake / $6.00 key lime pie / $6.00

juicy georgia peaches topped with a hand-made crust freshly sliced carrots, raisins and walnuts come together in delicious harmony and then topped with cream cheese frosting

seafood omelet / $13.95 salmon & shrimp folded into your eggs all-cheese omelet / $11.95 french toast / $10.95 toast / $1.00 grits / $3.00 eggs / $3.00 home fries / $3.00

red tomatoes, red peppers, bacon, cheese a selection of 2 cheeses (monterey jack, cheddar, mozzarella, parmesean)

dark chocolate layer cake with a creamy ganache frosting, topped with chocolate shavings a perfect marriage of sweet and tart thrown together in a graham cracker crust

thick slices of challah with a healthy dusting of cinnamon, served with maple syrup & powdered sugar

turkey sausage bacon beef sausage fried whiting

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$3.00 $3.00 $3.00 $5.00

red velvet cake / $6.00

sweetheart potato pie / $6.00

thick layers of the southern staple, with a luscious cream cheese frosting

maliks own recipe... handmade with love. you should go ahead and order two; you wont want to share!

Suggested gratuity for parties of 1-2: 15%, parties of 3-4: 18%, parties of 5 or more: 20%.

billies black | 271 west 119th street | 212.280.2248 | www.billiesblack.com | @billiesblack