Every
Dinner served here at Thayer's is unique and delicious.
Thayer's is not a restaurant; dining at Thayer's is by special arrangement.
Thayer's
dining room is available to groups with as few as two and as many as 50
guests but, unless you are attending one of our scheduled
entertainment events, there is a rental fee to use the dining
room.

To
view a few menu possibilities click
on a category. Please remember what you see are
examples. We will customize a wonderful event or create almost
anything you are hungry for.
appetizer
examples
Shrimp
Cocktail-Large cooked & peeled shrimp served
up in a chilled martini glass with more shrimp mixed in
with lettuce & celery; it is all accented with our
very own homemade cocktail sauce and fresh lemon slices.
Deviled
Eggs - Can be topped with a bit of spicy
salsa, crab, shrimp or caviar to you name it and served with cocktail bread points on the side
Smoked
herbed salmon with smoked oysters & a roast garlic
& dill cheese spread
- Served with crackers
Cucumber
Sandwiches-Tastey
little Victorian open faced sandwiches on thin rye
cocktail bread slices.
Wild
Mushroom
Stuffed Ravioli Awesome, Awesome! If you like mushrooms you gotta try
this!
Olives,
Olives and more
A fine selection of olives, Kalamata,
black and Queen Anne. Some are stuffed with pimentos,
others with cheese or roasted garlic. We added a tasty
olive, cream cheese & walnut mixture served with
mini toasts ... the perfect item to complete this
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Salad
Possibilities
Thayer’s
Cottage Cheese & Fruit Salad
An old favorite – a bed of lettuce, a scoop of small
curd cottage cheese, atop sliced fruit and
drizzled with a bit of our raspberry vinaigrette
dressing
Sorbet’
A scoop of luscious sorbet that is cool and refreshing.
We can top it off for you with something that sparkles
& fizzes if you choose.
Thayer’s
House Salad
A tossed salad with fresh baby greens, strawberries,
mandarin oranges and other goodies plus a serving of
today’s extra special dressing selection or try
balsamic vinegar & olive oil
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Breads,
A basket with bread,
fresh from our oven is complimented with real butter and
served with your
salad; if you would rather have it with your soup course,
please let us know.
soups
...ahhhh....the possibilities
Creamy
Chicken & Wild Rice
- Always a favorite with a fantastic blend of
ingredients including sliced almonds.
The
selections are endless and could be Creamy Tomato Basil, Crème of Wild Mushroom, French Onion, Crème of
Asparagus, Green Bean & Almond, Red Lentil, Mulligatawny, maybe Chicken Noodle or
Egg drop- I’ll guarantee that no matter what we
select, it will be something
spectacular!
Vegetarian
Vegetable Soup A tomato based soup accented with a ton
& 1/2 of vegetables –kinda like eating a garden
without the dirt is always available.
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Listed are a few
choices we have offered in the past - With
this menu, the selections we can come up with are endless
From
the Sea -
Baked
Torsk -
A favorite way to do cod - My dad called it “a poor
man’s lobster”... careful, this is rich & cooked
in white wine, dill & butter!
Grilled
Shrimp- Many, many shrimp (approximately a pound of large
shrimp) served on a bed of white & wild
rice or a Pasta with orange sauce.
Lobster
filled Ravioli- This dish is remarkable! A grilled slipper Lobster
tail tops striped egg ravioli filled with tasty Lobster
meat. It is all served atop our creamy alfredo sauce and
sprinkled with finely grated gourmet parmesan, chopped
parsley & a few toasted pine nuts.
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Beef
Glorious Beef
A
Bone in Rib eye Steak- Truly, a delicious steak! The flavor of this steak is far and away, better than one
without the bone, and that kind is good.
Roast
Prime Rib of Beef Burgundy - Delicious, is not enough to say about this entree! Once you try it, the flavor of this roast is something you
will be craving
Filet
Mignon Steak- Awesome tender and juicy steak! Have it done to your specifications. Served with our burgundy Morel
sauce or perhaps a béarnaise sauce.
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Vegetarian
Selection
Veggies
& Pasta- Sautéed veggies, and today’s pasta, and our creamy
alfredo sauce, finely grated gourmet cheeses.
Vegetarian
Lasagna - Pasta stuffed with veggies
and tofu, tomatoes, and pine nuts topped with a delicious
marinara and freshly shredded parmesan cheese
Vegetarian
Stir Fry - sautéed veggies in peanut oil,
seasoned with 5 spice and garlic accompanied with rice
noodles
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Platters
do cost more per plate but, every once in a while
we are asked to do a Combination
Platter
Petite
Filet, Lobster Ravioli & Shrimp Now this is heaven!
A 5oz filet mignon grilled the way you like it,
topped with a beef burgundy and Morel wine sauce plus
Lobster ravioli & shrimp - This dinner looks great and tastes
even better than it looks!!
Petite
Filet, and Grilled Scallops A 5oz filet mignon grilled the way you like it,
topped with a beef burgundy and Morel wine sauce plus
Bay Scallops served with fresh dill and drawn
butter.
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Fowl
Bone
in Breast of Chicken - Baked and served on a bed of white & wild rice or
today’s Pasta. Served with Thayer’s Alfredo,
Raspberry or Orange with Mandarin sauce.
Grilled
Quail - Baked and served upon a bed of white & wild rice or
today’s Pasta. Served with Thayer’s spicy oriental Mandarin
sauce.
Bone
in Free Range Duckling - Baked and served upon a bed of white & wild rice or
today’s Stuffing. Accompanied by Thayer’s Raspberry or Orange with Mandarin
sauce.
Grilled
Medallions of Ostrich - Delightfully rich and flavorful served up on a bed of white & wild rice or
today’s Stuffing. Accompanied by Thayer’s saucy BBQ
or Orange Mandarin sauce.
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Pork
Selection
Pork
Osso Bucco- Smoked first then baked in wine, flavored with a hint
of garlic, served on a bed of today’s pasta, saffron
rice or white and wild rice pilaf and topped with Sharon's Spaghetti Sauce or her
Orange Mandarin. This is one terrific entrée!!
Standing
Crown - Chops- Baked to perfection, then thick sliced and served with
our sage and garlic dressing upon a bed of rice
pilaf and topped with Sharon's Garlic apricots Mandarin
sauce.
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Desserts
Just
a few possibilities - pecan pie, crème
puffs or baklava, pineapple upside down cake, flaming
peach melba, tiramisu or crème renverse’e au
chocolat, chocolate chip cookies, lemon meringue pie, or
carrot cake, scones with clotted crème , Red velvet
cake, Fresh Strawberry Pie, brownies, Lemon bars.
Beverages
Thayer’s
Signature 20 oz non-alcoholic Cocktails -
$8.50 each
Strawberry
Margarita,
Melon Colata, Pina Colata, Bloody Mary and a Grasshopper
Thayer’s
brewed coffee is served by the pot $5.
Our very own blend of premium coffees-
loaded with flavor. Freshly brewed; no need to ask
for the cream & sugar cubes, we serve it automatically. bring
them.
Root
Beer on Tap
22 oz in a frosted mug - $3.00 and a Root
Beer float - $4.50
Pepsi
products on tap -$2.00 including Sierra Mist, Dr Pepper
& Mountain Dew,
Refills
are complimentary with dinner.
French
Lemonade-$3.25 Original, orange and lemon flavors are available in a 10
oz bottle
Hot or
Iced Tea -$3.75
- Please check with your server for today’s choices –
Loose tea & tea bags are available. We bring you the
pot, so you may steep your tea to the strength you
prefer; when you order Iced Tea, we also bring to you a
glass filled with ice. Milk, sugar cubes and lemon
accompany this exciting tea production.
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The
Thayer Dining Experience
Reservations
are a must. Dinner parties have exclusive use of our
dining room. All special events, dinners, teas,
luncheons, weddings, private functions and Interactive
Mystery Dinners are pre-paid and non-refundable. A service
gratuity charge and sales tax are automatically added to all
events, private functions, dinners, Interactive Murder
Mysteries & Dinner Show Tickets.
Children under the age of 16
do not stay at
Thayer’s or attend our Interactive Mystery Dinners.
We
do not offer a children’s menu.
We accept the following
as payment, Visa, Master
Card, American Express, Discover, personal checks and cash.
Added to everything served is a 6.5% MN sales tax.
We suggest making reservations at
least 2 weeks in advance. When purchasing Interactive
Mystery & Special Event tickets, give yourself a lead time
of at least 2 to 3 weeks but, there are times when you can get
in at the last minute so, give us a call.
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