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Bertha's Mussels
734 S Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21231
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Main Menu
Appetizers
Calamari
autéed in olive oil, garlic & red pepper
Escargot
sautéed in butter & garlic with spinach & tarragon
Pelican Shrimp
four large broiled shrimp stuffed with jalapeno peppers and cream cheese, wrapped with bacon.
Sagged Chicken Livers
sauteed with sherry and a pinch of sage.
Jalapeño Crab Mac & Cheese
Omelet’s
cheese, western, spanish, salami or mushroom (combination of any two available)
Salads
dressings: lime and sesame with curry, lancaster creamy mustard, french, creamy garlic, thousand island, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, vinaigrette, blue cheese.
Chef's Salad
Large Salad
imported feta, egg quarters, anchovies and olives.
House Chef's Salad
all of the above plus add extra-sharp cheddar & salami
Fisherman's Salad
large tossed salad with crab meat, mussels, shrimp, anchovies egg quarters &olives
Tossed Salad
mixed field greens with lettuce, tomato etc.
Seafood Entrees
all served with tossed salad.
Bertha's Shrimp
broiled jumbo shrimp in tomato-lemon-garlic sauce with scallions.
Shrimp Maurice Or Scallops
(combo available), broiled with honey, lemon, garlic, butter and sherry, on rice.
Broiled Shrimp Or Scallops
(combo available) broiled with garlic and butter, on rice.
Broiled Stuffed Shrimp
jumbo shrimp stuffed with crabmeat and broiled, with rice.
Shellfish Royal
shrimp, oysters, scallops, mussels in cream sauce served with toast tips.
Creamed Scallops Or Shrimp
(combo available), lightly sauteed in garlic butter, in a cream sauce served with toast tips.
Oysters & A Cream Sauce
served with toast tips
Crab Cake Platter
(market price), two crab cakes served with seasonal vegetable and choice of salad.
Fresh Fish
Sandwiches
served with potato salad, lettuce and tomato.
Shrimp Salad
Crab Cake
Salami And Onion
Hamburger
Cheeseburger
Veggie Burger
Mussels
you may substitute olive oil or mussel broth for butter.
Mussels With Plain Butter Or Garlic Butter
Mussels With Garlic Butter And Capers
Mussels With Fresh Basil And Garlic Butter
Mussels With Sour Cream And Scallions
Mussels With Spinach, Tarragon And Garlic Butter
Mussels With Spanish Sauce
Mussels With Anchovy, Tomato And Garlic Butter
Mussels With Lancaster Creamy Mustard Sauce
Mussels With Assorted Sauces
Spicy Chili Thai Mussels
with coconut, chili & :ime
Mussels Steamed In Guiness & Old Bay
Mussels Sautéed In White Wine Garlic & Onion
Rice Dishes
Paella For One Or Two
with shrimp, scallops, chicken, mussels and spanish sausage.
Arroz Con Camarones
for one or two with shrimp, mussels and spanish sausage.
Arroz Con Pollo
for one or two with chicken, mussels and spanish sausage.
Broiled Meats
all served with salad.
Chicken Bartholomew
breast of chicken, on fresh spinach and rice with chilled creamy lemon-garlic sauce and peach slices.
Chicken Staccato
breast of chicken, on rice with tangy-sweet sauce and peanuts.
Filet Mignon
Chicken Livers
saute with sherry, onions, green peppers, mushrooms.
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General Info
Hours
Monday:
11:30am - 2:00am
Tuesday:
11:30am - 2:00am
Wednesday:
11:30am - 2:00am
Thursday:
11:30am - 2:00am
Friday:
11:30am - 2:00am
Saturday:
10:30am - 2:00am
Sunday:
10:30am - 2:00am
About Us
It all began when Tony Norris, an instructor of classical guitar at George Washington University, Wash. D.C., and his wife Laura Norris, a violinist and music instructor, also at George Washington, teamed up with a friend to buy a decrepit bar in the backwater area of Baltimore (Fell's Point). The bar at the time was called "The Lone Star".
The Fell's Point area of Baltimore was a neglected, run down neighborhood of old bars, warehouses and 18th and 19th Century buildings lined by rough cobblestone streets. Most of these buildings had been converted into rooming houses with many of them completely dilapidated along the deserted market square. The neighborhood had almost "hit bottom". Most of this was centered on Thames Street along the Baltimore City waterfront. The northwest branch of the Patapsco River meandered past Fell's Point northward about a mile to the renewed basin that was fast becoming the center of Baltimore's new Inner Harbor.
The neglected waterfront area seemed to attract a very creative crowd. The Lone Star bar that Tony and Laura purchased around 1972 picked up an almost instant clientele due to its funky location. Tony found a stained glass memorial window in a Baltimore junk shop, this window was dedicated to the memory of Bertha E. Bartholomew, whose identity remains unknown to this day. The stained glass window displayed with lighting behind it was hung over the bar and thus the bar became known as Berthas.