Snake Pit Menu
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~ Enjoy a hearty Snake Pit breakfast! ~
EGGS & MEAT
Each dish served with toast and your choice of hash browns, fries, buffalo chips or tater tots.
Small Involvement ~ 8.50
2 eggs, 3 strips of bacon or one sausage patty
Large Commitment ~ 9.50
3 eggs, 4 strips of bacon or 2 sausage patties
Totally Committed
Pit-Smoked Ham Steak
3 eggs ~11.95 2 eggs ~10.95
Pit-Smoked Sausage
3 eggs ~11.95 2 eggs ~10.95
Egg Sandwich ~ 7.95
2 eggs, choice of meat & cheese, choice of bread.
“The difference between involvement and commitment is like the difference between eggs and ham. The chicken is involved…the pig is committed.”
FRENCH TOAST
Huckleberry French Toast
2 Slices ~ 5.50 4 Slices ~ 7.50
Wheat Montana bread dipped in a huckleberry-custard batter.
Add Strawberries & Whipped Cream ~ 3.50
SNAKE PIT FAVORITES
Biscuit & Gravy ~ 6.95
House-made baking powder biscuit & sausage gravy.
Chicken Fried Steak
Sm ~ 10.95 Lg ~ 16.95
Two eggs & breaded cube steak smothered with sausage gravy. Served with buffalo chips & choice of toast.
Corned Beef Hash ~ 10.95
House-smoked corned beef, scrambled with 3 eggs potatoes and onion.
SIDES & OTHER STUFF
Yogurt, Fruit & House-Made Granola ~ 5.50
Oatmeal & Toast ~ 5.50
Served with brown sugar and raisins.
2 Eggs ~ 2.50
Side of Bacon – 2 strips ~ 2.50
Sausage Patty ~ 2.50
Ham Steak ~ 5.95
Pit-Smoked Sausage ~ 3.95
Side of Sausage Gravy ~ 2.50
Toast, English Muffin or Biscuit ~1.95
DRINKS
Coffee or Hot Tea ~ 2.00
Orange, Apple or Cranberry Juice
Sm. ~ 2.00 Lg. ~ 3.00
Milk/ Chocolate Milk
Sm. ~ 2.00 Lg. ~ 3.00
Hot Chocolate ~ 2.00
Children 5 and under eat free with an adult.
PRIME RIB SERVED EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT, 4pm till it’s gone!
TO GET YOU STARTED
Rocky Mountain Oysters ~13.95
These ain’t from the sea!
We will have them as long as the bulls cooperate!
Hand-cut, breaded and deep-fried. Served with house-made dipping sauces.
Chilled Smoked Salmon ~19.95
House-smoked Alaskan Sockeye Salmon served with flatbread, horseradish cream cheese, capers and red onion.
Blueshell Mussels ~15.95
Steamed in white wine and lemon pepper, served with toast points.
Idaho Nachos: Full Order ~11.95 Half Order ~8.95
A pile of buffalo chips covered with melted cheese and topped with diced tomatoes, olives, jalapeños, and onions. Served with sour cream & salsa.
Top it with spicy chopped brisket for an additional ~5.00
Sweet Potato Nachos: Full Order ~ 15.95 Half-Order ~ 11.95
Criss-cut sweet potato fries topped with pulled pork, feta cheese, green onions and The Snake Pit’s house-made BBQ sauce.
Side of Mac ‘n Cheese: Sm. ~6.95 Lg. ~9.95
Side of Buffalo Chips, Fries or Tater Tots: Sm. ~3.95 Lg. ~6.95
Side of Sweet Potato Fries or Onion Rings: Sm. ~5.95 Lg. ~11.95
SOUP & SALAD
House-Made Soup of the Day
Cup ~ 3.75 Bowl ~ 5.15
Side Salad ~ 2.95
Dinner Salad ~9.95
Add grilled chicken ~ 5.00
Add smoked or grilled salmon ~ Market Price
SNAKE PIT LUNCH FAVORITES
Served with your choice of fries, buffalo chips, tater tots, or mashed potatoes, or go with sweet potato fries or onion rings for $2.00. Add a cup of soup for $3.00.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwich ~16.95
Grilled chicken breast with ranch dressing served with lettuce, tomato and onion and bacon.
Reuben Sandwich ~15.95
Pit-smoked corned beef, swiss cheese, sauerkraut, russian dressing on grilled caraway seed rye bread.
Pulled Pork Sandwich ~10.95
Pit-smoked pork shoulder, house BBQ sauce, apple-cabbage slaw.
Brisket Sandwich ~17.95
Slow-smoked, carved beef brisket with onion, pickle, house BBQ sauce and apple-cabbage slaw.
Snake Pit Tacos: 2 Tacos~14.95, 3 Tacos~16.95
Your choice of house-smoked salmon, pulled pork or brisket with apple-cabbage slaw, pico and gracamole with a choice of potato side.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich ~9.95
Served on your choice of bread with cheddar or asiago and colby jack cheese with a cheese skirt and a garlic smear. Add Pulled Pork for $4.00
Beyond Burger ~17.95
The veggie burger at its best, served with caramelized onions, spicy mayo, lettuce, tomato and pickle.
Fish and Chips ~17.95
3 beer-battered cod fillets served with slaw and tartar, and your choice of sides.
Shrimp Basket ~15.95
6 butterflied shrimp, breaded & fried. Served with horseradish cocktail sauce.
SNAKE PIT DINNER FAVORITES
Served with your choice of a cup of soup, vegetables and your choice of fries, buffalo chips, tater tots, or mashed potatoes, or go with sweet potato fries or onion rings for $1.00.
8 oz. Sirloin Steak ~ Market Price
16 oz. Rib Eye Steak ~ Market Price
Surf & Turf ~ Add Seafood to any Steak order
4 Butterflied shrimp or beer battered cod filet ~ 5.00
2 beer battered cod filets ~ 6.00
Smoked or grilled salmon filet ~ Market Price
Chicken Fried Steak ~ 21.95
Breaded cube steak smothered in peppered country gravy.
Rocky Mountain Oyster Dinner ~ 19.95
Hand-breaded & deep fried, served with spicy tartar.
Salmon Filet Dinner ~ Market Price
Wild Alaska Sockeye Salmon, either smoked in-house with Rocky Mountain Maple wood or grilled with paprika butter and lemon.
Butterflied Shrimp Dinner ~ 24.95
8 butterflied shrimp, breaded & fried. Served with horseradish cocktail sauce.
BURGERS
All burgers are 1/3 lb patties topped with pickles, onions, lettuce, and tomato. Served with endless fries, buffalo chips or tater tots. Substitute onion rings or sweet potato fries for $1.00. Add a fried egg to any burger for $2.00.
Hamburger ~ 12.95
Lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle.
Cheeseburger~ an Idaho Classic ~ 13.95
Lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, and your choice of cheddar, swiss, american or pepperjack cheese.
Bacon Cheeseburger ~ 15.95
Piled high with bacon, your choice of cheddar, swiss, american or pepperjack cheese, and all the fixins.
Mushroom Swiss Burger ~15.95
Piled high with mushrooms, swiss cheese & grilled onions.
North Fork Burger ~ 19.95
The burger with everything! ½ lb. burger loaded with bacon, ham, sauteed mushrooms, all the fixins & your choice of cheddar, swiss, american or pepper jack cheese.
Western Burger ~ 16.95
Piled with bacon, onion rings, your choice of cheddar, swiss, american or pepperjack cheese and The Snake Pit’s famous BBQ sauce.
Buffalo Burger ~ 18.95
Lean ground bison, spicy compound butter, grilled onion, Sriracha mayo, lettuce, tomato and your choice of cheddar, swiss, american or pepper jack cheese and The Snake Pit’s famous BBQ sauce.
BAR-B-QUE
Our barbeque meats are smoked in-house with regional hardwoods & slathered with our famous house-made barbeque sauce!
All BBQ plates are served with baking powder biscuit, butter & honey, and your choice of 2 sides.
BBQ Combo
Choose 1 meat ~19.95
Choose 2 meats ~23.95
Choose 3 meats ~27.95
Brisket** • Pulled Pork • Smoked Sausage
( ** Brisket limited to 1 portion of 2 or 3 meat combos)
Snake Bitten ~74.95
Your choice of four sides with:
1 lb. Brisket, 1 lb. Pulled Pork and 1 lb. Smoked Sausage
SIDES
Baked beans • Apple-cabbage slaw • Seasonal vegetables • Fries, buffalo chips or tater tots • Cup of soup • Mac & cheese • Sweet Potato Fries for $2.00 • Onion Rings for $2.00
DRINKS
Coffee / Hot Tea / Hot Chocolate ~ 2.00
Juice / Milk: Sm. ~2.00 Lg. ~3.00
Soda ~3.00
Root Beer Float ~6.00
Milkshakes ~6.00
Huckleberry, Vanilla or Chocolate.
DESSERT
House-Made Cream Pie ~ 6.00
Whole Pies ~ 24.00
Ask your server for today’s flavors.
Ice Cream (Huckleberry or Vanilla)
1 scoop ~ 1.95 2 scoops ~ 3.95
A favorite at the Snake Pit!
The Oyster
Baxter Black
The sign upon the café wall said OYSTERS: fifty cents.
“How quaint,” the blue-eyed sweetheart said with some bewildermence,
“I didn’t know they served such fare out here upon the plain.”
“Oh, sure,” her cowboy date replied, “We’re really quite urbane.”
“I would guess they’re Chesapeake or Blue Point, don’t you think?”
“No ma’am, they’re mostly Hereford cross . . . and usually they’re pink
But I’ve been cold, so cold myself, what you say could be true
And if a man looked close enough, their points could sure be blue!”
She said, “I gather them myself out on the bay alone.
I pluck them from the murky depths and smash them with a stone!”
The cowboy winced, imagining a calf with her beneath,
“Me, I use a pocket knife and yank ‘em with my teeth.”
“Oh my,” she said, “You’re an animal! How crude and unrefined!
Your masculine assertiveness sends a shiver down my spine!
But I prefer a butcher knife too dull to really cut.
I wedge it in on either side and crack it like a nut!
I pry them out. If they resist, sometimes I use the pliers
Or even Grandpa’s pruning shears if that’s what it requires!”
The hair stood on the cowboy’s neck. His stomach did a whirl.
He’d never heard such grisly talk, especially from a girl!
“I like them fresh,” the sweetheart said and laid her menu down
Then ordered oysters for them both when the waiter came around.
The cowboy smiled gamely, though her words stuck in his craw
But he finally fainted dead away when she said, “I’ll have mine raw!”
Reprinted with permission from Baxter Black from Croutons Cow Pie, Vol II, P.7
Josie promised her late husband Al Bates that if they ever owned a restaurant, she would have “Rockies” on the menu. At the time, Josie was operating a tavern in Wallace. In 1954, they purchased the Enaville Resort, and Rocky Mountain Oysters have been on the menu ever since.
Josie was selected to represent Idaho at Expo -74 in Spokane. During the Expo, she featured sourdough pancakes and Rocky Mountain Oysters. The staff at the Snake Pit prepared Rockies ‘round the clock’ to make sure Josie had enough of the Rockies to cook each and every day.