Author: Greg Wallace

Menus on the Rack!

Appetizers
Appetizers offered at The Shop in Troy, NY include Crab Cakes, Cheese Plate, Sashimi Nachos, Duck Wings, Manchego Sausage Dip, Sherry Mushrooms, Sweet Corn Fritters, Wonton Nachos, Crab Rangoon Dip, and Sweet Corn Hush Puppies. All the appetizers are priced below the $20 mark, with most ranging between $8 and $16.

Desserts
The dessert selection at The Shop in Troy, NY is quite thoughtful and reasonably priced. The prices of items on this section of the menu range from $7 to $8. Treats offered at the restaurant include Carrot Cake, Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie, Tollhouse Pie, Pumpkin Bread Pudding, Eggnog Cake, Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Tart, and Fruits of the Forest Pie.

Sandwiches
One of the most popular sandwich selections is the hot pastrami sandwich. This selection goes for $14 and features creamy mustard, a fried egg, Thousand Island dressing, sauerkraut, savory French toast, buttered rye, Swiss, and pastrami. Tennessee pulled pork sandwich is also another popular sandwich selection at The Shop in Troy, NY. This choice is $13 and features potato salad, grilled Texas toast, pickled jalapenos, sharp cheddar, and Memphis pulled pork. The Cali chicken sandwich goes for $14 and features a grilled croissant, farmhouse buttermilk Serrano, hot sauce, greens, tomato, avocado, bacon, and garlic roasted chicken. The empanada torta goes for $15 and features queso Blanco, serrano hot sauce, onions, tomato, sprouted coco bread, black beans, chorizo, potatoes, and a crispy pocket.

Other offerings at The Shop in Troy, NY include the Japanese Rice Bowl, Mexican Flatbread, Plantains and Peppadew, Tacos, Fried Cheese, Drunken Noodle Bowls, Coconut Curry Bowl, and the Shrimp and Grits Bowl.

The Shop in Troy, NY (across the street from the Northland Group office) offers some of the best meals around and boasts an extremely attractive price-value proposition. With such a rich and extensive menu selection, you will be hard-pressed not to find a dish that suits your preferences at The Shop in Troy, NY.…

Comfort Food

If you are looking for a gluten-free selection, the Merguez sausage hash selection might do the trick. This selection features fried eggs, harissa sauce, cauliflower hash, sweet potato, and a lamb and pork merguez sausage. Vegetarians can find solace in the rum raisin selection that goes for $11 and features cinnamon maple syrup, rum spiced raisins, and creme brulee buttered toast.

The breakfast poutine selection is also worth a try. This selection goes for $13 and features bacon crumble, eggs, sausage gravy, cheddar cod, and potato wedge fries. The corn beef hash goes for $12 and features two eggs, sous vide corn beef, russet potatoes, and sweet potato cauliflower. If you are looking for a vegan selection, the tofu scramble is worth a try. This selection goes for $13 and features home fries, rye toast, fried seitan, seasonal vegetables, and pan-fried tofu.The BAAY sandwich goes for $11 and features bacon inside a Hawaiian roll, fry sauce, American cheese, and two hard eggs.

Brunch Sides
Brunch sides at The Shop in Troy, NY include Bacon, Merguez, Sausage Patty, Merguez Hash, Fried Eggs Brunch, Potato Wedge Fries, Creme Brulee Buttered Toast, and Yogurt & Honey Brunch. Other side dishes offered at The Shop in Troy, NY include Gravy, Yuca Fries, Steamed Rice, Fried Plantains, Shoestring Fries, Pork Belly Mofongo, Broccoli Slaw, Sweet Potato Steak Fries, Garlic Sauteed Chard, and Black Truffle Parmesan Fries.

Brunch Salads
The Shop in Troy, NY boasts a delightful selection of vegetarian and gluten-free salads. The Trojan salad selection goes for $13 and features farmhouse buttermilk herb dressing, Middlebury blue cheese, smokey pork belly, roasted tomatoes, and a wedge of greens. The arugula salad selection goes for around $8 and features pomegranate sumac vinaigrette, feta cheese, savory toasted cashews, fresh pear, and wild arugula. The quinoa salad selection is priced at around $8 and features pickled mustard seed vinaigrette, spinach, butter onion, bread, shaved radish, quinoa, and roasted garlic marinated butter beans. The quinoa salad goes for $12 and features cumin vinaigrette, whipped garbanzo, tomato roasted in garlic, maple roasted squash, country olives, quinoa, and spinach. The arugula salad goes for $12 and features cider vinaigrette, crostini, smoked almonds, dried apple, shaved cabbage, and arugula.

Brunch Lunch
The Shop in Troy, NY has one of the most generous lunch selections in the region. You will be hard-pressed not to leave the restaurant full. One of the most popular lunch selections is the sriracha 3-cheese selection. This is a vegetarian selection that goes for $12 and features sriracha spiced tomato soup, garlic chili spread, house fermented kimchi, sun-dried tomato bread with cheddar, German imported Swiss, and provolone. The pork tacos selection goes for $14 and features queso, southwest herbed aioli, charred salsa, corn taco and roasted mojo pork fillings. The garden gyro selection goes for $12 and features spin sauce, fried seitan, cucumber and roasted red peppers. The BBQ pulled pork selection also goes for $12 and features broccoli slaw, creamy garlic, pickled jalapenos, 2-year Vermont Cheddar, Memphis barbecue, and smoky pulled pork.

The hot pastrami selection also offers a promising adventure for your palate. The selection goes for $13 and features French vinaigrette tossed arugula, mustard Mornay, a fried egg, Swiss cheese, pastrami, and home-style seeded grilled and buttered rye bread. The Shop mac selection goes for $16 and features garlic sauteed Frites, grilled sweet bun, pickles, onions, tomato, lettuce, unique Shop sauce, Monterey Jack, and Westcoast style house-ground burger. The Shop in Troy, NY also offers a gluten-free $17 shrimp and grits brunch featuring cave cheddar, marinated shrimp, and sweet cream grits.…

“The Shop” in Troy

Located in what was formerly a hardware store, The Shop is a rustic-chic, funky, upbeat restaurant in Troy, NY offering craft cocktails and refined New American small plates with various vegan selections including specials, salads, sides, and sandwiches. Menu offerings at The Shop fall into eight categories: non-veg, fusion, wine/beer, western, international, Ovo, Lacto, and vegan-friendly. The Shop is mostly associated with vegan-friendly options. Some of the vegan options offered at the restaurant include basmati rice, fried plantains, sweet potato steak fries, vegan charcuterie sandwich, the 44th street seitan, and the quinoa salad.

Menu
The Shop offers an extensive menu selection including beverages, brunch breakfast, brunch sides, brunch salads, lunch, appetizers, greens, bowls, sandwiches, burgers, and desserts.

Beverages
The Shop in Troy, NY boasts a wonderful selection of reasonably priced drinks all below the $5 mark. Some of the most popular drinks at The Shop include Coca-Cola, grapefruits Jarritos, and mango Jarritos, all of which go for $2.25 and are made using real Mexican sugar. The Independent breweries company’s root beer goes for $2.25 and is made with real American sugar. Boylan soda goes for $2.25 and comes in a twelve-ounce glass bottle. The Jarritos soda also comes in a twelve-ounce glass bottle and goes for the same price.

If you are feeling very thirsty then the $3.50 Sprecher root beer might just quench your thirst. This beer is made using natural ingredients and comes in a sixteen ounce bottle. It is quite appealing to the palate and just enough to quench your thirst. Another special drink worth considering is the Manhattan soda which cost $2.50. The Manhattan soda is made in Brooklyn by a family-owned enterprise. The sodas are made in small batches of ten ounce glass bottles using natural ingredients and are flavored using real juice.

If you’d like to try an inexpensive drink then Dr. Brown’s soda is your best bet. This beverage comes in a twelve-ounce can and only costs $1.75. Fancy something a little bit exotic? Bundaberg beer is for you. This unique ginger beer goes for $3.50 and is imported straight from Australia. Another ginger beer on offer is Gosling’s ginger beer which is relatively inexpensive and goes for $2.25.

Other beverages offered at The Shop include the $2 Spindrift bottled water which is made in Waltham Mass and features unsweetened bottled water with a natural fruit juice flavor, Evian bottled water, Aqua ViTea, and San Pellegrino.

Brunch Breakfast
The Shop in Troy, NY also boasts a delightful selection of dishes in their brunch breakfast menu. one of the most popular selections on the brunch breakfast menu is the southern-inspired breakfast. This selection goes for $12 and features sausage gravy atop delicious-baked buttermilk biscuits, poached eggs, and potato wedge fries. The Farmers rarebit is also quite popular at The Shop. It goes for $12 and features pan-roasted tomato, confit, mustard greens, sauteed spinach, cheddar rarebit sauce, stout, toasted home-style rye bread, and fried eggs.

The standby selection goes for $10 and features challah toast, vegan seitan, potato wedges, merguez sausage patty, slab bacon, and two eggs made in a style of your choice. The French twist selection offers an equally exciting adventure. This selection goes for $10 and features merguez patty, potato wedges, house-cured slab bacon of your choice, home fries, two eggs in a style of a choice, and creme brulee buttered French toast. The Korean stew selection goes for $11 and features poached eggs, kimchi broth, ginger, Napa, cabbage, and hot Korean stew.…