HOURS
Wednesday 11:30am-9:00pm
Thursday 11:30am-9:00pm
Friday 11:30am-9:00pm
Saturday 11:30am-9:00pm
Sunday 11:30am-9:00pm
Lunch Specials
11:30am-3:00pm
Oyster Hours
2:00pm-5:00pm
LOCATION
3 East Allen St.
Winooski
(top of the circle)
(802) 540-8489
“a nice place
for nice people”
Brought to you by the Misery Loves Co. family, Onion City Chicken & Oyster is a neighborhood spot located in the historic Block Building at the top of the Rotary in downtown Winooski.
We serve up mouth-watering fried chicken, perfectly shucked oysters, and classic cocktails in a setting both nostalgic and comforting. Come join us!
Let us know you’re coming!
Onion City
Chicken & Oyster
Sample Menu
Oysters
Fresh, clean, oysters from New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, west coast.
Selections vary daily
based on freshness from
our most-trusted purveyors.
Choose two accoutrements
Mignonette
Pickled Mustard Seeds
Horseradish Brunoise Kimchi
Extra Lemon Chive Crème Fraiche
Cocktail Sauce Oyster Crackers
Caviar
Served with potato chips and chive créme fraiche
Osetra
Beluga
Add Crown Royal or Aquavit
Hors d’Oeuvres
Shrimp Cocktail
Gulf shrimp, our finest cocktail sauce
Steak Tartare
Smoked cheddar, potato chips
Tater Tots
Smoked char, chive crème fraiche, trout roe
Honey Butter Wings
MLC rough sauce
Cheddar Beignets
Honey butter
Clam Chowder
New England style, cup or bowl
Fried Oyster Ssam
Spicy mayo, BBQ pork & kimchi on bibb lettuce
Baskets & More
Hot Dog
served w/ chips, Naked, or All Dressed
Double Dog (two dogs & two sides)
Lobster Roll
served on a New England frankfurter roll with potato chips
choose salad cold or hot buttered
Fish & Crisps
fried hake, tartar sauce, lemon, house crisps
Fish & Crisps
fried hake, tartar sauce, lemon, house crisps
Rough Francis
fried chicken sandwich, hot sauce & blue cheese
comes with chips or greens
$1 from every sale goes to a local non-profit!
Greens & Herbs
mixed greens, fresh herbs, house lemon vinaigrette
add shrimp, fish, mushroom, chicken or lobster
Gluten Free options available
Mussels
PEI mussels steamed in white wine, shallot, garlic, butter, broth, served with Red Hen Baguette.
Great for sharing!
Fried Chicken
Proudly serving bone-in
Misty Knoll Farm Vermont chicken.
Great Value for sharing.
2-Piece Basket
1 breast piece, 1 drumstick/thigh.
Make it a meal, add two sides.
Half Bird
1 wing, 2 breast pieces, 1 drumstick, 1 thigh, neck
Make it ‘family style’ choose three sides
Whole Bird
2 wings, 4 breast pieces, 2 drumsticks, 2 thighs, neck. Make it ‘family style’ choose five sides
A la Carte
Collard Greens
Cabbage Slaw
Potato Salad
Kimchi Spicy Pickles
Baked Beans
Biscuit(s)
Add Bacon
Extra Honey Butter or Tartar
Side Ranch or Rough Sauce
Onion City
Chicken & Oyster
Sample Drink Menu
House Cocktails
Have it our way…
The Whiskey Sour
Bourbon, house sour mix, citric acid
The Daiquiri
Jamaican Rum, fresh lime, MSG
The Corpse Reviver
Polish Vodka, Cointreau, Cocchi, fresh lemon
The Dirty
Vodka, picholine brine, dry vermouth, MSG
The Sazerac
Rye, Cognac, demerara, Peychaud’s, Herbsaint
The CC & Ginger
Canadian Club, fresh ginger, fresh lime
The Pink Lady
Gin, apple brandy, house grenadine, lemon, egg
The Bee-Haw
brown-butter Tom-Cat, honey, lemon, Peyuchaud
The Margarita
Reposado, Cointreau, smoked agave, lime
The Negroni
Campari, Carpano Antica, Roku Gin
The Bloody Mary
Polish Vodka, MLC bloody mix
Zero Proof Cocktails
Honey Honey
raw honey, verjus, cucumber, clarified orange
Santa’s Little Helper
aperitivo syrup, grapefruit, soda, smoked salt
Ivy League Suit
clarified orange, aperitivo syrup, töst tea
Michel-nada
house bloody mix, Rescue Club Pils
Cider & Sake
Kinoene, ‘Yuzushu’, yuzu sake
Best with fried chicken
Isastegi, Basque still cider
Pour from a height
‘Basa Jaun’, Basque sparkling cider
Proper at any time
Draft
Onion City Light
For us, from the bad side of the river 3.2%
Zero Gravity ‘Little Wolf’, Pale Ale
Gluten-reduced 4.7%
Kramer & Kin, Black IPA
Dark as the night is long 7%
Von Trapp, Helles Lager
Herbacious & refreshing 4.9%
Hill Farmstead ‘Edward’, APA
Literally the best beer in the world 5.2%
Goodwater, Red Ale
Irish style 5.2%
Graft ‘Farm Flor’, Cider
Dry & tart, 6.9%
Can Beer
Genesee Cream Ale
12oz Can 5.1%, a modern classic
Oxbow ‘Farmhouse’, Saison
12 oz Can 6%
Bitburger, Pilsner
16.9oz Can 4.8%
Zero Gravity ‘Conehead’, IPA
12 oz Can 5.7%
Wine
our finest examples…
Naveran, Cava
Xarel-lo, Macabeo & Parellada
Das Glitz, Pet Nat
A flawless fancy of German Grapes
Domaine du Vieil Orme, Rosé Pet Nat
Cab Franc, bubbles that just won’t quit
A. Margaine, Champagne
Romance for two (or one)
Gusborne, ‘Sham’pagne
From Kent, England
“I can’t believe it’s not Champagne!”
‘Gastronomie’ 2018, Champagne
Old vine. Caviar’s BFF
‘Vinous Venus’, apple-grape co-ferment
Tastes like strawberries & summer
White
Domaine de Grisy, Chardonnay
Creamy, lemon dreamy
Tintero, Vino Blanco
Italian blend with just a touch of Moscato
Flysch, Txakolina
High acid, playful on the palate
Domaine. Parentiére, Muscadet
Amazing with oysters
Picpoul, Piquepoul
You’ll want the shrimp cocktail
Patrick Piuze, Chablis
Old growth Chardonnay
Roger Neveu, Sancerre
all Sauvignon Blanc, all the time
Rene Lequin-Colin, Burgundy Blanc
Oaky & bright. Your new dream wine
‘Gravonia’, Rioja Blanco
R. Lopez Heredia 2015. Cult following
‘Tondonia’, Rioja Blanco
R. Lopez Heredia 2011. ‘Unicorn Wine’
Orange
Populis, Californian Blend
Structured but not stiff
Lestignac ‘Michel Michel’, Semillon
Sticking it to the ‘Man’, very punk rock
Poderi Cellario E!, Muscat & Nascetta
Floral, bright & fun
Pink
Eugene Carrel, Gamay
More altitude, less attitude
Kobal, Pinot Grigio
Secretly an orange wine
José Luis Ripa, Rioja Rosé
Barrel aged, from the Lopez-Heredia fam
You didn’t know a rosé could make you feel this way.
Furlani ‘Maddie’, Schiava
Dark, jammy & crushable
Red
Cardedu ‘Praja’, Monica
Breezy & dry, just like the island it’s from
La Miraja, Grignolino
For the undetermined mood
Cesari ‘Justo Veneto’, Merlot
A Ripasso to not pass on
Clos des Fous, Pinot Noir
Made by friends for friends
Peybonhomme-Les Tours, Bordeaux
Biodynamic Bordeaux.
D. Chante-Perdix, Chateauneuf du pape
Order the beignets, trust us
