RISE - Menu Monitor

Menu Positioning |
Marie Callendar's menu features appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, burgers, sandwiches, steaks, seafood, combos, pot pies,
lunch specials, desserts and beverages. It signature items are the 35 varieties of pies available at each location, including fruit
and cream, cream cheese, pecan, pumpkin and Razzleberry. Signature entrées include Heartland Chicken Pot Pie; Artichoke
& Mushroom Chicken breasts, grilled and topped with sautéed mushrooms and artichokes in a creamy Parmesan, Romano
and Asiago sauce and served over rice pilaf; The Works Frisco Burger, a ½-lb. burger with American cheese, applewoodsmoked
bacon, onion rings, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and dressing on sourdough; and Chicken Tacos Jalisco, grilled chicken
strips served with lettuce, aged Cheddar cheese, tomatoes, cilantro, guacamole, Cabo San Lucas sauce, Spanish rice and
flour tortillas. Other favorites include Grilled Four-Cheese Quesadillas, Double Shrimp Pasta, Turkey Dinner, Fresh Salmon &
Asparagus Pasta and Home-style Meatloaf. MC Steak Toppers are offered for $2 to garnish steaks; they include Ginger-
Teriyaki Mushrooms, Portobello Mushroom Burgundy and Caramelized Onion & Pepper-Crusted. A low-carb menu features
salads, sandwiches, burgers and seafood. Most units serve alcoholic beverages. The chain also offers Diedrich's premium
roast coffee in units nationwide. A kid’s menu is available. Menu prices range from $3.99–$22.99. Checks average $18.
Menu Development |
Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery rolled out Cranberry Apple Streusel Pie, featuring sliced apples, cranberries and
ground cinnamon baked in a flaky crust and topped with the company’s streusel and sliced almonds. (Company Website)
Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery has brought back its Banana Cream Cheese Pie for a limited time. The item features
cream cheese on a vanilla crust with layers of bananas and cream filling, topped with almond slices, caramel and whipped
cream. (Company Website)
Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery added several new items to its Fireside Favorites menu. Offerings include: •Chicken
Portobello—sautéed chicken breasts and fresh portobello mushrooms, topped with a beef- Burgundy demi-glace sauce and
served with a side of seasonal vegetables and garlic mashed potatoes •Braised and Slow-Roasted Pot Roast—chunks of pot
roast, slow-simmered and finished with a Cabernet beef reduction and sides of caramelized vegetables and garlic mashed
potatoes •Tuscan Chicken Rustica—Applewood-smoked bacon, curly pasta and mushrooms mixed in a made-from-scratch
creamy cheese sauce and finished with a grilled chicken breast, coated with grated Parmesan cheese •Spicy Chipotle Chicken
Salad—romaine lettuce tossed with jalapeño Jack and Cheddar cheese and fresh pico de gallo in a spicy chipotle-honey
mustard dressing, finished with crispy chicken tenderloins, corn and fresh avocado •Crispy Jumbo Shrimp with Chipotle-Berry
Sauce—served over a bed of fresh coleslaw with a tangy, chipotle-berry dipping sauce •Cajun Salmon and Jumbo Shrimp—
Cajun spiced salmon filet and sautéed jumbo shrimp, topped with a Cajun cream sauce, green onions and mushrooms.
Company Website)
Marie Callender’s introduced its Taste of Spring menu. Selections include: • Fillet of Salmon & Cajun Shrimp—salmon fi llet
seasoned with lemon and pepper and topped with creamy artichoke mushroom sauce and two jumbo Cajun shrimp • Artichoke
and Mushroom Chicken—two grilled chicken breasts finished with fresh sautéed mushrooms and artichokes in a creamy herb
garlic sauce, served with rice pilaf • Pepper-Crusted Hand-Carved Tri-Tip—medium rare hand-carved tri-tip in a Cabernet beef
reduction, paired with loaded mashed potatoes topped with cheese, crispy bacon and green onions • Steamed Fresh
Vegetable Platter—steamed fresh broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, yellow squash, baby carrots, corn and mushrooms paired
with drawn butter and topped with cheese • Crunchy Barbecue Chicken Salad—chicken tenderloins served over fresh lettuce,
avocado, corn, kidney beans and cheese, mixed with smoky chipotle ranch dressing and fresh pico de gallo and garnished
with corn tortilla chips. (Company Website)
Marie Callender’s added a Caramel Apple Cream Cheese Pie to its dessert menu. The dessert is made with cream cheese
and topped with sweetened apples, cinnamon, caramel sauce and whipped cream, all in a graham-cracker crust. (Company
Website)
Marie Callender’s debuted a Comforts of Fall menu, including: • Chicken Portobello—sautéed chicken breasts with Portobello
mushrooms, finished with a beef-burgundy demi-glaze sauce and served with a vegetable medley and garlic mashed potatoes
• Fresh BBQ Glazed Salmon—served with loaded mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables • Home-Style Beef Stroganoff—
tender chunks of beef, slow-simmered with fresh mushrooms in a demi-glaze red-wine beef sauce, finished with caramelized
onions and Grey Poupon Dijon, and served over fettuccine noodles with sour cream • Pepper-Crusted Hand-Carved Tri-Tip—
seared medium rare and hand-carved in a Cabernet beef reduction, served with loaded mashed potatoes topped with cheese,
bacon and green onions • Grilled Tri-Tip Salad—slices of pepper-crusted tri-tip over field-greens salad, tossed with apple
slices, candied pecans, Gorgonzola cheese, cherry tomatoes, red onion, mandarin oranges and balsamic vinaigrette •
Pumpkin Cheesecake—with real pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg, topped with whipped cream (Company Website)
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