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PJ's Lager House
1254 Michigan Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
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Main Menu
PJ's offers a diverse menu with multiple options with something for just about everyone. We use many local products including bolillos from Prince Valley, tortillas from Michoacan Totillas, bread from Avalon and homemade vegan biscuits. Everything is fresh, from our ranch dressing, to our pico de gallo, and remoulade sauces. Gluten free bread from Sugar Kisses Bakery may be substituted. Please ask when ordering.
BACKSTAGE SALADS
Dressings: Ranch, Mediterranean, Thai Peanut and Thousand Island
MEDITERRANEAN SALAD
Salad with spring mix leaf lettuce, parsley, cucumber, tomato, green onion & garlic tossed in lemon juice, olive oil & spices. Add a grilled chicken breast or a spicy catfish filet for a real taste treat. ($4)
- Small $5.00
- Large $9.00
"THE BAHN MI" VIETNAMESE SALAD
$12.00
Our Banh MI snadwich in salad form! Marinated and deep fried tofu triangles served over artisan lettuce, our cucumber, carrot and jalapeno slaw, topped with chopped red peppers and our homemade peanut sauce. Add grilled shrimp for $4.
CHOPPED SALAD
$7.00
A good sized salad with spring mix leaf lettuce, tomato, cucumber & green onions. Choice of dressing.
SOUPS
SOUPS OF THE DAY
All of our soups are homemade in small batches in our kitchen with the freshest ingredients we can find. Ask your server for today's selections.
- Cup $3.00
- Bowl $5.00
PJ'S DETROIT GUMBO
Savory roux-based gumbo with Andouille sausage & chicken served over rice with bread on the side. Rivaled by few and better than most!
- Cup $5.00
- Bowl $9.00
OPENING ACTS
BASKET OF FRIES
$6.00
Hot & tasty, with Cajun spices if you'd like.
BASKET OF SWEET POTATO FRIES
$7.00
Sweet and something different.
CHICKEN STRIPS
$8.00
Breaded strips deep fried to a golden brown, served with ranch or BBQ sauce
CATFISH STRIPS
$8.00
Hand cut catfish filets, hand battered with our own mix, deep fried to a golden brown, served with remoulade sauce
MOZZARELLA STICKS
$6.00
Order of 5 deep fried mozzarella sticks with ranch. Add fries add $1
SANDWICHES
Add Fries $1, Sweet Fries/Sub Salad $2 Add Cajun Seasoning?
BLAT
$9.00
A little twist on the BLT tradition! Bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato w/ mayo on toasted rye or wheat bread.
VBLAT
$10.00
A little twist on the BLT tradition! Vegan BLAT has tempeh "bacon", lettuce, tomato, avocado and veganaise on toasted rye or wheat bread.
CORKTOWN CLASSIC REUBEN
$10.00
Corned beef, cooked in house, thick sliced, with Swiss cheese, homemade coleslaw & Thousand Island dressing. Grilled on hearty marbled rye.
TEMPEH REUBEN
$10.00
Tempeh patty grilled with Swiss cheese, homemade coleslaw & Thousand Island dressing. Grilled on hearty marbled rye.
GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH
$7.00
Grilled Avalon Wheat bread with your choice of two cheeses: Cheddar, Swiss or American
BURGERS
Served with fries. Sub sweet fries add $1. Add cajun seasoning?
MICHIGAN AVENUE BURGER: 7 oz Beef, Tempeh or Before Butcher
$10.00
Beef, Tempeh or Before Butcher patty served with lettuce, tomato, onion & pickle and your choice of Swiss, cheddar or American cheese on a Kaiser roll w/fries
- SUB Salad for Fries
- $1.00
THE SHROOMER
$11.00
Burger with mushrooms, Swiss cheese, grilled onions & pickles w/fries
- SUB Salad for Fries
- $1.00
ALL AMERICAN BURGER
$11.00
Piled high with american cheese & bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion & pickle w/ fries
- SUB Salad for Fries
- $1.00
THE BLACK AND BLEU BURGER
$11.00
Seared with Cajun spices, blue cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and a special remoulade sauce w/fries
- SUB Salad for Fries
- $1.00
PO'BOYS
In New Orleans and Louisiana the po' boy sandwich is everywhere. Originally it was a poor man's sandwich but, if you get some good bread and some tasty fillings all of a sudden that po' boy's sandwich starts tasting pretty good! Ours is served on a grilled bolillo roll that closely approximates the New Orleans French loaf. We lay down a bed of lettuce, put in the filling and put our own remoulade sauce on top. If you want to dress it, we can add tomatoes, pickles & onions too. Now that's a tasty sandwich...pass the hot sauce. All po' boys come with fries. Sub Sweet Fries add $1. Sub Salad for Fries add $1
FRIED CHICKEN PO'BOY WITH FRIES
$10.00
Golden deep-fried chicken strips on a grilled bolillo roll w/ remoulade sauce.
BLACKENED CATFISH PO'BOY WITH FRIES
$10.00
Blackened catfish w/ Cajun spices on a hot cast iron pan. Served on a grilled bolillo roll w/ lettuce and remoulade sauce.
FRIED CATFISH PO'BOY WITH FRIES
$10.00
Deep-fried to a golden finish. Served on a grilled bolillo roll w/ lettuce and remoulade sauce.
SHRIMP PO'BOY WITH FRIES
$11.00
A bunch 'o shrimp sauteed w/ Cajun spices on a grilled bolillo roll w/ lettuce and remoulade sauce
VEGAN TEMPEH PO'BOY
$11.00
A big grilled tempeh sandwich w/ grilled onions, sauteed mushrooms and veganaise-based remoulade sauce.
ADD-ONS
Add to any item
Grilled Chicken Breast, Blackened Catfish, Catfish Strips, Chicken Strips, Tempeh, Deep Fried Tofu, Shrimp or Tempeh Bacon
$4.00Bacon, Avocado
$2.00Grilled Mushrooms, Grilled Onions, Egg, Bleu Cheese
$1.00Cheddar, American or Swiss Cheese, Vegan Queso, Jalapenos
$0.50BRUNCH
Saturday & Sunday 10:30am 3pm
THE NO. 1
$9.00
Two eggs cooked your style with herbed potatoes, either 2 Detroit Co. sausages or bacon and toast. Choice of Avalon marble rye, cinnamon raisin, or wheat. Sub Soy Sausage or Tempeh Bacon
AVOCADO EGGS
Two Poached eggs inside of avocado halves on green lettuce, pico de gallo with a tortilla on the side.
- One Egg $7.00
- Two Eggs $10.00
BREAKFAST BURRITO Egg or Tofu
$9.00
Grilled Large flour burrito with scrambled eggs, pico de gallo, beans and shredded cheddar cheese. Tofu scramble can be substituted for eggs. Add sausage, bacon +2.
BREAKFAST SANDWICH
$9.00
Two eggs over meduim, American cheese, bacon and sliced tomato. Served on a bolillo.
AVALON CINNAMON RAISIN FRENCH TOAST
$9.00
Three pieces served with butter and maple syrup. Delicious!!
- Sausage or Bacon
- $2.00
CORNED BEEF HASH
$11.00
House cooked and sauteed Sy Cinsberg corned beef with: red onions, green peppers and herbed potatoes with an egg on top and your choice of Avalon toast. Korean Style: Add house made Korean BBQ sauce and Bahn Mi slaw +$1
DONNA'S SCRAMBLE Egg or Tofu
$9.00
Two scrambled eggs with sauteed red onion, green pepper, tomatoes and parsley. Served with herbed potatoes and choice of Avalon toast.
VEGAN PANCAKES
$7.00
Made vegan with bananas. Add-ons available.
VEGAN BISCUITS AND GRAVY
$10.00
One of our signature dishes, rosemary and sage biscuits with faux sausage gravy. Served with tofu scramble and herbed potatoes
SHRIMP AND GRITS
$13.00
Pan-seared grits, cooked in a Cajun-spicy cream sauce, and topped with chopped bacon and a sprinkle of parsley. Toasted bolillo slices on the side. Make it veggie with: mushroom, onion, tomatoes and red peppers.
SIDES
3 slices of bacon or 2 sausages
$2.00Tempeh Bacon or Soy Sausage
$2.00Two slices of Toast
$1.50Orange Juice
$3.00Coffee
$2.00Bloody Mary with well vodka
$5.00
With call brands, slightly higher
The House Mimosa
$5.00
All PJ's sandwiches and po-boys are now available on gluten free bread from Sugar Kisses Bakery or on wheat bread from Avalon Bakery. PJ's wants you to know that consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry,seafood, shellfish or egs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
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Monday:
4:00pm - 2:00am
Tuesday:
11:00am - 2:00am
Wednesday:
11:00am - 2:00am
Thursday:
11:00am - 2:00am
Friday:
11:00am - 2:00am
Saturday:
10:30am - 2:00am
Sunday:
10:30am - 2:00am
About Us
Welcome to PJ’s Lager House, a Corktown fixture since 1914 when it opened as a neighborhood bakery and restaurant.
It masqueraded as a furniture store during Prohibition (ask PJ to show you the secret password slot in the basement door), but emerged a beer garden the minute the 21st Amendment was passed repealing Prohibition. Prior to being renamed The Lager House in 1965, 1254 Michigan Ave. was known as the Doemer Beer Garden, Doemer Brothers Tavern, and The Doemer Tavern. The bakery/restaurant/bar served up great food and drink to city pols, Corktown neighbors, unionists, bookies, bettors and sports fans alike.