Country's Barbecue | Mercury 3137 Mercury Drive
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FRIED CHICKEN FINGERS
I think we have some of the best fingers around. They’re fresh, dipped in buttermilk, rolled in flour and fried in peanut oil. Served with our special finger sauce.
CHOP PORK SANDWICH
Our famous chopped pork on our special buns from Crown Bakeries in Atlanta with a little slaw and medium sauce unless you pick another sauce. Pickle on top.
$5.99CHOPPED PORK PLATTER
The biggest seller on the menu. Boston butt slow smoked for 8 or so hours and hand chopped by order. Who knows why they're called butts when they come from the from the front of the hog?
$11.50
APPS & SALADS
BBQ EGG ROLLS
Smoked boston butt and collards all rolled up in an egg roll and deep fried in peanut oil - comes with two dipping sauces - Southwest Aioli and Alabama White BBQ sauce - yummy - a tip of the hat to fusion!!
$6.95BF WINGS
6 whole wings - not pieces! Fried and tossed in backfire sauce.
$7.99COUNTRY MEX SALAD
This salad has been on the menu a while - salad mix topped with chili, chopped beef, melted jack and sour cream in a fried tortilla shell.
$11.99FRIED FINGER SALAD
Yum - our fresh fried chicken fingers atop salad with cheddar, tomatoes and pecans - yo choice of dressing!
$10.99FRIED PICKLES
THE BEST - long sliced Heinz sandwich pickles dipped in buttermilk, flour and fried in peanut oil. Served with Mustang Ranch dipping sauce.
$6.95GRILLED FINGER SALAD
This one is popular. Grill chicken fingers atop salad with golden raisins, pecans and tomatoes.
$10.99LARGE CHEF SALAD
This is truly a LARGE chef salad with two meats (you pick them) cheese, some egg slices, tomato, cucumbers and bell pepper. You pick the dressing of choice.
$11.99SMALL CHEF SALAD
Just like the large chef salad only one meat and less of the toppings.
$10.99SWEET POTATO CHIPS
We’re kinda famous for our big ole baked sweet taters - straight from Mississippi to our ovens to you!
$5.95VIDILIA ONION DIP
Just what it says - onion dip made with sweet Vidalia onions and served with Fritos for dipping.
$5.95
PLATTERS
BARBECUTERIE
Kinda like a charcuterie - a selection of just about all our meats - it is what it is no subs! All meats are sliced.
$14.95CHOPPED PORK PLATTER
The biggest seller on the menu. Boston butt slow smoked for 8 or so hours and hand chopped by order. Who knows why they're called butts when they come from the from the front of the hog?
$11.50SLICED PORK PLATTER
Numero Uno - what we sell the most of. In Columbus we serve our boston butt chopped or sliced. This one is sliced and served with your choice of sauce or heck just eat it like it is - you decide!
$11.50RIB PLATTER
Barbecue Rib Platter - Same recipe for over 40 years! Smoked on our open pit for hours and basted with our mild sauce. Gotta have'em!
$14.50BBQ CHICKEN PLATTER
1/2 fresh chicken barbecued on our open pit and basted with mild sauce a winner for sure!
$11.99BBQ CHICKEN PLATTER - ALL WHITE
Same great barbecue chicken but you get two breast quarters to make the half.
$12.99BRISKET PLATTER
This ain't Texas but you might think so when you eat our brisket. We smoke it for at least 12 hours, slice it and serve with our special shoop sauce (a really great bbq sauce with espresso in it).
$14.99CONGLOMERATION PLATTER
Conglomeration Platter - Comes with pork, beef & ribs or yes you can change it up but some items are extra.
$14.99CHOPPED BEEF PLATTER
This one is lean lean lean - smoked eye of round chopped by hand - smoked with hickory and oak.
$12.99SLICED BEEF PLATTER
Lean smoked eye of round sliced - great with any barbecue sauce!
$12.99HAM PLATTER
Smoked Ham Platter - Smoked on our pits - served sliced. If you don't get it now order a whole one for Christmas or Easter y'all!
$11.50TURKEY PLATTER
Smoked Turkey Breast Platter - served sliced!
$11.99TENDERLOIN PLATTER
Here you can have your barbecue low fat if you like. Pork tenderloin, rubbed, smoked and sliced.
$13.99
COUNTRY COOK'IN
FRIED CHICKEN FINGERS
I think we have some of the best fingers around. They’re fresh, dipped in buttermilk, rolled in flour and fried in peanut oil. Served with our special finger sauce.
GRILLED CHICKEN FINGERS
Fresh chicken fingers marinated in Italian dressing and grilled on a flat top. Served with choice of dippin sauce.
FINGER & RIB COMBO
You want chicken fingers but you want ribs - well here you go have them both complete with sauces and such.
$13.99ALL BREAST FR CHICKEN
We skin our chicken except wings ( you know skin has most of the fat) - dip it in buttermilk, roll it in flour and fry in peanut oil - takes a while to make but it’s good. 2 (TWO) bone in breasts!
$10.99ALL WHITE FR CHICKEN
Two bone in breast and one wing, skinned, dipped in buttermilk and fried in peanut oil (Wing ain’t skinned)
$11.99FRIED WINGS
Four whole fried wings, dipped in buttermilk, rolled in flour and fried in peanut oil.
$10.99REG FRIED CHICKEN
A leg, a thigh and a wing dipped in buttermilk, rolled in flour and fried in peanut oil - this is my favorite fried chicken.
$10.99CHICKEN LIVERS
OK either you love livers or you don’t. If you do these are great. Dipped in buttermilk, rolled in flour and fried in peanut oil.
$10.99VEGGIE PLATE
Four of our southern veggies - in the summer we buy as much as we can local for a truly fresh summer. Our collards are always fresh and delicious.
$9.89HAMBURGER STEAK
Some years ago I use to love a restaurant called Linwood Lunch Room - they had the best hamburger steak ever and we did our best to copy it smothered in gravy and onions - this one takes a while cause we cook them fresh.
$12.50
BBQ SANDWCHES
CHOP PORK SANDWICH
Our famous chopped pork on our special buns from Crown Bakeries in Atlanta with a little slaw and medium sauce unless you pick another sauce. Pickle on top.
$5.99SLICED PORK SANDWICH
Sliced boston butt smoked for around 8 hours with a little slaw, medium sauce and pickle - you can change sauce.
$5.99CHOP BEEF SANDWICH
Chopped smoked eye of round with a little cole slaw and medium sauce unless you pick another. Pickle on top.
$6.19SLICED BEEF SANDWICH
Smoked eye of round (lean) with medium sauce, slaw and pickle.
$6.19BRISKET SANDWICH
Sliced smoked brisket and shoop sauce on a large seeded bun. Comes with fries or you can substitute but some cost a little extra.
$9.99FOWL SANDWICH
Pulled barbecue chicken on a Crown Bakery bun with smokey sauce, slaw and a pickle.
$6.99PATRIOT
Started this special during first Iraq conflict - named after the missile! Sliced pork, sliced beef, pickles, bbq onions and slaw on a large seeded bun - sauce of your choice!
$9.50TURKEY SANDWICH
Sliced smoked turkey, jack cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato on grilled bread.
$6.99BRISKET TACO
You get 1 taco for $4.99 or two for $9.49. These are really good - our smoked brisket, bacon, shoop sauce, cheddar cheese, cilantro and Southwest aioli.
$4.99
AIN'T BBQ SANDWCHES
HAM SANDWICH
Our smoked ham on toasted white bread with American cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo.
$5.99BURGER (handmade)
Our handmade beef patties and you add what you want!
$7.99COUNTRY CLUB
Pretty much a standard - bacon, ham, turkey, lettuce, tomato and jack cheese. Served with tater salad.
$8.99COUNTRY SCRAMBLED DOG
A Columbus Ga favorite - won't find it much of anywhere else. Two dogs sliced up on bun with mustard then covered with our adult chili, barbecue onions, slaw and pickles. Top it with oyster crackers and you got a meal.
$6.99CHILI DOG
All beef dog with our house made chili, barbecue onions and pickles.
$4.69HOT DOG
It’s a hot dog y’all - all beef on a bun with pickles - you add condiments!
$3.50SLAW DOG
Guess what? Yep hot dog with slaw on top and pickles.
$4.69GIANT STEAK SANDWICH
It is giant. We take 1/2 a whole pork tenderloin, pound it out, bread it and fry in peanut oil. Served on a seeded bun with mayo, lettuce and tomato and a pickle.
$9.50GRILLED CHEESE
Two slices of American cheese grilled in real butter y’all!
$4.99PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY
Classic peanut butter and grape jelly on white bread - still gotta have it sometimes.
$3.99ROAST BEEF SANDWICH
Sliced smoked eye of round open face on grilled bread with onions and gravy - mmmm. Comes with fries.
$9.50FINGER SANDWICH
$8.99
SOUPS & SIDES
ADULT CHILI - BWL
We make this from scratch and call it Adult Chili cause it’s a little spicey - got some ground beef, cayenne pepper, barbecue sauce, cumin and all the usual chili stuff!
$5.95ADULT CHILI - CUP
Made from scratch - ground beef, cumin, cayenne, barbecue sauce and other good stuff - spicey!
$3.95BAKED BEANS
This is a baked bean recipe I got from my mom years ago - kinda sweet - I even like it with fried eggs!
$3.25BBQ COLESLAW
Our regular coleslaw all mixed up with medium barbecue sauce - great on sandwiches or as a side.
$3.25BBQ ONIONS
I got the idea for barbecue onions from Bill, Neal and Phils BBQ in Phenix City a bunch of decades ago when I ate there as a teenager. Ours are marinated in barbecue sauce - sorta like pickling them.
$3.25BLACK EYED PEAS
These are the dried kind. We cook them with some of our smoked ham for a real southern treat.
$3.25BUTTER BEANS
Our butter beans are tiny green ones cooked with smoked ham. We insist on petite ones and they are super hard to find. Every now and then we have to buy a little larger bean. They are definitely one of our most popular items.
$3.25CABBAGE
Fresh cabbage just boiled up with smoked ham - good for ya and good to ya.
$3.25COLE SLAW
Now this is a love or hate relationship. I love it. Vinegar based, kind of a German flavor but great with barbecue.
$3.25COLLARDS
We use only fresh collards and cook them in a large steam kettle with ham and a few spices. They’re really good and very popular - assuming you like collards! I do!
$3.25CORN ON THE COB
Yellow corn crisped up in 100% peanut oil - we sell a bunch if you’re a corny person!
$3.50CUE STEW
Our housemade Brunswick stew topped off with chopped Smoked boston butt and served with your choice of bread - a good meal!
$9.99FRENCH FRIES
We cut our own fries several times a day and then fry in 100% peanut oil for a great flavor.
$3.25PICKLES
Just good ole sliced round dill pickles!
$3.25POTATO CHIPS
We use Lay’s bagged chips for this.
$1.99SKILLET APPLES
We use fresh ripe apples, cut them up and cook with cinnamon, sugar, apple cider and other stuff. They’re great with pork or even for dessert!
$3.50SLICED TOMATOES
Ripe tomatoes sliced and served - pure and simple.
$3.25STEW - BOWL
Our Brunswick Stew is among the best and we’ve worked on the recipe for years. The original came from a Vice President at Southern Foods years ago. Ours is basically pork, chicken, onions, tomatoes, corn, barbecue sauce and spices. It takes a lot of time and labor to make it but it’s worth it.
$5.95STEW - CUP
Our famous and really good Brunswick Stew. Cooked with pork, chicken, tomatoes, corn, barbecue sauce and other good stuff. A tradition with barbecue pork in the South.
$3.95SWEET POTATO
Now we’re kinda famous for these. They’re really large Mississippi sweets. We rub them with oil and bake. You can get butter, cinnamon or brown sugar or all three.
$3.50TATER SALAD
God ole Southern potato salad we make from red potatoes, pickle relish, mustard, mayo and other stuff.
$3.25TOSSED SALAD
Now what’s special about our regular tossed salad is we chop fresh lettuce pretty much all day long. It’s got a little mix in it with red cabbage and carrots. Pick which great dressing you want.
$3.25VEG OF THE DAY
MON - Squash casserole; TUES - Mac n cheese; WED - Skillet squash; THUR - Fried green tomatoes; FRI - Sweet 'tater soufflé; SAT - Corn casserole; SUN - Mashed 'taters 'n gravy.
$3.25VEG SOUP - BWL
House made vegetable soup with beef!
$5.50VEG SOUP - CUP
Really good soup - we call it vegetable but it does have a little beef in it y’all!
$3.25SIDE BAKE
Just a big ole baked tater - you dress it up - just on Wednesdays y’all!
$3.95OUT OF STOCKSUMMER 8 BALL
Fresh 8 ball squash, battered and deep fried in peanut oil
$3.75SUMMER CUCUMBER SALAD
Fresh summer cucumbers sliced up with dill, vinegar and sugar - nice and cool on hot day!
$3.50SUMMER CREAM CORN
Fresh corn cut off the cob in our kitchen and creamed
$4.00SUMMER PEAS
Fresh from the farm peas - what kind varies - cooked the Southern way y’all
$3.75SPECKLED BEANS
Super fresh speckled butterbeans
$3.25OUT OF STOCK
DESSERTS
APPLE PIE "SPLENDA"
We do this one for you folks watching your sugar. No sugar added to the apples, just a little Splenda.
$4.35BANANA PUDDING
Maybe if your lucky your Grandma made it like this. Cooked the old fashion way in a double boiler - eggs, flour, vanilla and such. Poured over bananas and vanilla wafers. Yep I’m gonna get some now.
$4.50BUTTERMILK PIE
Southern chess pie - egg, butter, sugar, flour, vanilla, and of course buttermilk. One of my favorites for sure!
$4.35CHOCOLATE CHESS PIE
All time favorite - made with Herseys chocolate - great Southern chess pie especially with ice cream!
$4.35COCONUT CREAM PIE
Made the old fashion way - we make a custard in a double boiler, add coconut and top it with mile high meringue!
$4.35GOOBER PIE
Truly a Southern thang! Peanut butter, cream cheese and fluffy stuff. It's a good one.
$4.35GOOBER SUNDAY
This is an unusual one - vanilla ice cream topped with peanut sauce and M&Ms - pretend you're a kid and enjoy it!
$4.95ICE CREAM - CHOCOLATE
We use clean label ice cream with very few ingredients - tastes more like you would make.
$4.50ICE CREAM - VANILLA
Pretty much self explanatory except we use clean label ice cream to keep it pure for you!
$4.50LEMON MERINGUE PIE
This is certainly one of our most popular pies. Fresh lemons, eggs and sweetened condensed milk with mile high meringue. Any of y'all old enough will remember the Goo Goo Restaurant with their tall meringue - that's who we try to emulate. (and you thought it was a car wash)
$4.35ROOT BEER FLOAT
Been drinking them since I was a kid (couple years ago) and love them! Vanilla ice cream in the bottom with IBC Rootbeer poured over!
$4.99BLUEBERRY PIE
This one varies - fresh fruit in the summer - others like cupcakes and chocolate meringue - just have to watch facebook or subscribe to our newsletter to be in the know. BLUEBERRY PIE
$4.99STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
House made shortcake with strawberries from Farm Girl Fresh out of Hamilton GA!
$4.99OUT OF STOCK
MISC/RETAIL
BEVERAGES
$WATER
$0.35SWEET TEA
Just great southern sweet ice tea. We filter the water, use a special recipe and nothing but cane sugar!
$2.75UNSWEET TEA
Same good tea as our sweet tea just left out the sugar.
$2.751/2 and 1/2 ICE TEA
$2.75ARNOLD
Y’all know what that is - our sweet ice tea mixed with housemade lemonade.
$2.60LEMONADE
Now we’re crazy to do this but we actually squeeze fresh lemons to make our lemonade. Just lemon juice, cane sugar and filtered water. SORRY BUT NO REFILLS ON LEMONADE
$2.75COKE
$2.75SPRITE
$2.75DIET COKE
$2.75DR PEPPER
$2.75IBC ROOTBEER
I’m a root beer fan and this is a good’un - served in the bottle.
$3.00APPLE CIDER
Pint of apple cider
$4.00WATER
MILK
WHOLE MILK y’all
$2.50