Pan-Seared Chipotle Lime Shrimp

Amazingly succulent shrimp tossed with a chipotle lime seasoning then pan-seared to perfection

Burnt End Wedge

(When available). An eight ounce wedge of the smokiest, crunchiest, most excellent burnt end of beef brisket, served with toasted south union baguette and our very own orange voo-doo sauce

Boursin Stuffed Shrimp

large shrimp stuffed with French herbed cheese and broiled, served with parmesan toasted south union baquette

Spicy Pub Pickles

Lightly​ breaded pickle spears, deep-fried to a golden brown, served with ranch dressing for dipping

Tobacco Onion Rings

Lightly breaded, thinly sliced onions piled high as the sky, served with a side of claxon’s chipotle-chile ketchup

Smoked Chicken Wings

Our chicken wings are smoked for hours then tossed with claxon’s own “creeper” sauce or claxon’s milder honey BBQ sauce and sided with our homemade bleu cheese dressing

Sonoran Shrimp Cocktail

Such a true “cocktail” served in a martini glass ~ large shrimp layered in a spicy tomato sauce with pieces of cucumber, celery, bermuda onion, bell pepper, served with fresh fried corn tortillas garnished with fresh lime

Smoked Cheese Sticks

We take a brick of pepperjack cheese, cold smoke it, then make it into our own smoky, spicy cheese sticks, served with homemade marinara sauce

Smoked BBQ Nachos

Fresh fried corn tortilla chips piled high with our award winning pulled pork or burnt end beef brisket, black olives, tomatoes, jalapeños, jack and cheddar cheese, served with claxon’s homemade red or green salsa and sour cream on the side

Boursin Stuffed Mushrooms

Large mushrooms reduced in beef stock then stuffed with our homemade boursin cheese... broiled to a creamy golden brown and served with smoked au jus and parmesan toasted south union baguette

Grilled Chicken Caesar

Our caesar salad topped with claxon’s seasoned chicken breast grilled over oak and hickory, fresh parmesan, tomatoes and toasted south union baguette, served plain, lemon pepper or cajun style

Southwestern Chicken Salad Caesar

Our caesar salad topped with homemade smoked chicken salad prepared with a chipotle peppered mayo... sweet but snappy

Caesar Salad

A large salad with crisp romaine lettuce, fresh parmesan cheese, tomatoes, bermuda onion and toasted south union baguette

Chili and Corn Bread

A large bowl of claxon’s delicious beef steak chili, served with a heaping helping of our own okra corn bread and jalapeño butter

Soup of the Day

Ask your server about today’s homemade featured soup

Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad

A bed of romaine lettuce topped with crispy breaded chicken breast, parmesan cheese, tomato, bermuda onion and toasted south union baguette

Grilled Salmon Caesar

Fresh crisp romaine lettuce, fresh parmesan cheese, tomatoes and bermuda onions, topped with oak grilled salmon, served with toasted south union baguette

Soup and Salad

A bowl of our homemade soup and a small

Smoked Prime Rib

Tender prime slowly smoked over hickory and oak, with smoked au jus and our horsey sauce

Cajun Grilled Prime Rib

Fourteen​ ounce cajun grilled prime rib, smoked and basted with butter and cajun seasoning, then grilled over real oak wood

State Champ Baby Back Ribs

Voted as “one of the top 100 items in iowa to eat before you die” by the “des moines register 2006”... hand rubbed and slowly smoked to perfection

Ribs and Smoked Meat

Half rack of our state champ ribs and your choice of any two of our 7 smoked and oak grilled meats

National Champ Pork Loin

The same bone-in loin that won first prize at the 2002 world pork expo ~ smoked with hickory, oak and claxon’s “black gold”, cut to order...

Chicken and Ribs

A half smoked chicken with a half rack of ribs... a big meal of two claxon’s favorites... a lot of grub for the undecided but oh so hungry...

½ Smoked Chicken

Do​ the chicken dance... well over a one pound clucker, hand rubbed and slowly smoked, then lightly grilled and basted with claxon’s “black gold rub”

Burnt End

Pulled Pork

Beef Brisket

Grilled Andoullie Sausage

Smoked Turkey Pulled

Chicken

Double Smoked Ham

2 Meats with 1 Side

2 Meats with 2 Sides

3 Meats with 1 Side

3 Meats with 2 Sides

4 Meats with 1 Side

4 Meats with 2 Sides

5 Meats with 1 Side

5 Meats with 2 Sides

6 Meats with 1 Side

6 Meats with 2 Sides

1 3/4 Lb with 1 Side

1 3/4 Lb with 2 Sides

Potato Salad

Fried Corn

BBQ Baked Beans

Sauteed Zucchini

Arkansas Cheese Grits

Aunt lucy’s favorite... maavelous

Sw Pasta Salad

Cole Slaw

Cup of Soup

Cottage Cheese

Wilted Spinach

With roasted almonds

Okra Cornbread

With jalapeño honey butter

House Fries

French Fries

Jalapeño Blackeye Peas

Boursin Mashed Potatoes

After 4pm

Baked Potato

After 4pm

Fried Hominy

With​ bacon bits

Skillet Green Beans

With​ garlic and olive oil

Iced Tea

Free refills

Lemonade

Free refills

Milk

Coffee

Free refills

Soda

Free refills

Juice

Fresh Banana Pie

Mama mac’s own soda cracker crust, fresh bananas and hand whipped cream... refreshing and light

Cream Brulee

Nothing but eggs, cream, sugar and fresh madagascar vanilla make this classic dessert handmade in small batches, just right to finish a big meal with something sweet and delicate

Blueberry Buckle

Just like grandma claxon used to make ~ fresh blueberries mixed in a light cinnamon sweet batter, then baked golden brown and served with a side of créme fresh

Grilled Cheese

Mini Burger

Chicken Strips

Mini Corn Dogs

Mini-Smoked Meat Sandwich

Filet Mignon

Eight ounce, hand cut, iowa filet of beef grilled to perfection over oak, served cajun seasoned, rubbed or plain

London Broil

An old classic made new again... a ten ounce cut of cross grained, extremely lean flank steak, grilled to order and thinly sliced, served atop toasted south union baquette with smoked au jus

Steak De Burgo

These large medallions of beef chuck tenderloin, pan-seared and finished with a light herbed garlic cream sauce

Baseball Steak

A bit of a cross between a filet and a sirloin... three thick inches of lean beef wood grilled to order, dunked in claxon’s “black gold rub”

Iowa's Own Chop

The t-bone of pork ~ a ginormous hand-cut portion of pure iowa corn fed pork grilled to order over oak ~ a sixteen ounce taste extravaganza

Oak Grilled Chicken

Simple​ but classic... boneless, skinless chicken breast, oak wood grilled and basted with claxon’s bourbon brown sugar glaze

Southeren Fried Catfish

A ten ounce farm raised catfish fillet, corn meal breaded and southern fried, served with lemon and homemade tartar sauce

Top Sirloin

Thick and juicy twelve ounce iowa raised sirloin hand cut and grilled over white oak, served cajun seasoned, rubbed or plain

Ribeye

Iowa raised fourteen ounce ribeye hand cut and grilled over hickory and oak, served cajun seasoned, rubbed or plain

Grilled Rack of Lamb

ten ounces of fresh, Frenched rack of lamb, lightly seasoned and oak grilled to order, served with claxon’s own peppercorn sauce

Grilled Salmon

Six ounce oak grilled salmon fillet with a bourbon and brown sugar glaze

Beef Brisket Taco

Claxon’s slow smoked beef brisket, shredded and placed in an eight inch, grilled flour tortilla with fresh cabbage, tomatoes, bermuda onion, cilantro, jack and cheddar cheeses with your choice of claxon’s red or green salsa

Baja Fish Taco

Fresh light white fish dusted with claxon’s blackening rub and grilled over oak wood, served in an eight inch flour tortilla with fresh cabbage, tomatoes, bermuda onion, cilantro, jack and cheddar cheeses with your choice of claxon’s red or green salsa

Chicken Fettuccine

A pan-fried breast of chicken lightly seasoned and placed atop of our creamy fettuccine alfredo... plain, cajun or lemon pepper style

Fettuccine Alfredo

Fettuccine in a rich, creamy decadent alfredo sauce, have it plain, cajun or lemon pepper style

Seafood Fettuccine Alfredo

Fettuccine pasta tossed with a half pound of shrimp and sea scallops in a rich, creamy, decadent alfredo sauce... prepared plain, cajun or lemon pepper style

Chicken and Waffles

3, Four ounce boneless chicken breast, hand breaded then southern fried, served with claxon’s own cayenne and cinnamon syrup, house potatoes and a side of fresh fruit

“the Big Beef” Brisket Burrito

A​ twelve inch grilled flour tortilla crammed full of smokey burnt end beef brisket, caramelized onions, sour cream, jack and cheddar cheeses, then rolled and topped with two fried eggs, served with house potatoes, a side of fresh fruit and your choice of green or red salsa

Burnt End

Pulled Pork

Beef Brisket

Grilled Andoullie Sausage

Smoked Turkey

Pulled Chicken

Double Smoked Ham

Prime Rib Sandwich

Eight ounce smoked prime rib cut to order, served on toast points with horsey sauce and au jus

Catfish Po Boy

An eight ounce farm raised catfish fillet, dredged in seasoned corn meal then southern fried and topped with claxon’s spicy cajun slaw

Claxon's Cuban

Smoked pork loin topped with sliced ham, red onion, mustard, mayo, pickle and jack cheese, panini grilled

Cajun Tenderloin

Eight ounce unbreaded cajun pork tenderloin, half the fat as the big one, but tasty, tasty, tasty

Prime Rib Philly

Thinly sliced, smoked prime rib loaded into a south union hoagie bun, topped with sautéed onions, green peppers and pepperjack cheese

Sw Chicken Salad

Smoked chicken with apples, celery, red onion and bell peppers mixed with claxon’s sweet chipotle peppered mayo, served on a toasted south union hoagie bun

Joe's Tenderloin

A twelve ounce monster pork tenderloin hand breaded and seasoned by “the man”

Cajun Chicken

Seven ounce chicken breast seasoned with our own cajun spice and grilled, served on a kaiser bun

The Burger (Build Your Own)

Big ol’ half pound of lean iowa beef grilled over oak, served on a toasted south union ciabatta bun

“the Burger” Smothered in Our Homemade Cheese Sauce

And served on a toasted south union ciabatta bun

Buckaroo Burger

“The burger” with cheddar cheese, bacon, onion rings and BBQ sauce served on a toasted south union ciabatta bun