Shady Rest Restaurant Menu (Update 2026)

these have got to be the best burgers around. Prime ground beef hand shaped to order and grilled to your specification. The tastiest burgers i've ever had, juicy and oh so messy! served on a hard roll with French fries, lettuce, tomato, pickle and cole slaw.

American, blue cheese dressing, Swiss, mozzarella, provolone

served on rye or white toast with cole slaw and French fries.

served on rye or white toast with cole slaw and French fries.

served on rye or white toast with cole slaw and French fries.

served on rye or white toast with cole slaw and French fries.

served with peppers, onions and sauce. Make it a cheesesteak for just a dollar more.

served with peppers, onions and sauce.

served on a hard roll with cole slaw and a pickle. Add cheese for just a dollar more.

our tuna salad is homemade, with hellmann's mayonnaise, red onion and celery.

please specify with or without anchovies.

extra cheese, pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, sausage, peppers, anchovies, meatballs, onions, garlic (no charge)

sliced fresh tomatoes, ricotta cheese

eggplant or bacon

tortilla chips smothered in salsa, beans, seasoned ground beef, black olives, jalapeno peppers and cheddar and monterey jack cheeses. We hope you're hungry!

deep fried chicken wings coated in our own buffalo wing sauce. Served with bleu cheese dressing and celery. Spicy hot, but full of great flavor!

grilled boneless chicken breast tenders basted with our buffalo wing sauce. Served with blue cheese dressing and celery.

mushroom caps stuffed with homemade rock crab stuffing and baked in butter and white wine.

half shell mussels baked in red sauce. Ask for them sweet or hot. Served with your choice of regular or garlic bread.

fresh chopped clams in a bread stuffing, baked with a bit of butter, paprika and pecorino romano cheese.

breaded and fried chicken tenders served with barbeque sauce and honey mustard dressing for dipping.

deep fried shrimp stuffed with spicy monterey jack cheese.

deep fried jalapeno peppers stuffed with cheddar cheese.

a classic breaded and deep fried mozzarella cheese. Served with marinara sauce.

a loaf of crusty Italian bread brushed with garlic butter, served piping hot from the oven. Ask for mozzarella cheese melted on top!

a loaf of crusty Italian bread brushed with garlic butter, served piping hot from the oven. Ask for mozzarella cheese melted on top!

our homemade caesar salad with grilled chicken.

creamy ricotta cheese tucked inside tender pasta sheets, covered with our traditional red sauce or our "to die for meat sauce" and mozzarella cheese, baked until brown and bubbly.

penne pasta, ricotta cheese, tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, baked to perfection.

four large pasta shells filled with ricotta cheese and baked in tomato sauce.

two pasta sheets stuffed with ricotta cheese, rolled up and baked in tomato sauce.

your choice of cheese tortellini or fettuccini simmered in cream with grated pecorino romano cheese and lots of butter.

fresh chopped clams in your choice of our spicy red or the traditional white both are served over spaghetti.

spaghetti with our fresh homemade chunky marinara sauce, or our famous red hot fra diovolo sauce.

creamy ricotta cheese tucked inside tender pasta sheets, covered with our traditional red sauce or our "to die for meat sauce" and mozzarella cheese, baked until brown and bubbly.

flounder filet stuffed with our own homemade crabmeat stuffing.

jumbo shrimp, drizzled with garlic butter and broiled.

jumbo shrimp stuffed with our own homemade crabmeat stuffing.

breaded to order and fried to crispy perfection.

jumbo sea scallops, drizzled with garlic butter and broiled.

sea scallops stuffed with our own homemade crabmeat stuffing.

breaded to order and fried to golden goodness

an extra large rib eye steak coated with coarsely ground black pepper, salt and garlic, grilled to order and served with a baked tomato romano.

our huge rib eye steak dipped in spicy cajun seasonings and grilled to your specification. Simply ask your server for it plain if you're not into the spicy stuff.

get ready for a giant, juicy, mouth watering steak! this is as good as it gets.

a nice simple meal of grilled boneless chicken breasts. Yes, virginia, you can have these cajun as well or give them a try with barbecue sauce.

slowly roasted all day, these ribs are fork tender. Smoky flavor, zingy barbecue sauce, they're the best ribs ever. Bring your rubber gloves!

a mound of imported spaghetti topped with four egg battered jumbo shrimp, that have been flesh fried in olive oil. Where does the fra diavolo come into play on top of coursel four fra diavolo sauce is elegant in it's simplicity. Fresh onions, celery, jalapeno peppers, ground tomatoes and olive oil that's it! what you see is what you get!

three jumbo shrimp, sea scallops, a half dozen of mussels and three fresh clams sauteed in our own fra diavolo sauce. Served over imported spaghetti

a shady rest original and a customer favorite, chicken is breaded, sauteed and flambeed with cream sherry, covered with our famous red sauce and topped with grated pecorino romano cheese. This dish is amazing!