breaded strips of prime chicken breast served with both honey dijon bbq & buttermilk ranch dipping sauces, and fresh sliced carrot and celery sticks.
Wings Of Fire
$8.99
our wings are seasoned, battered, and deep fried to a golden brown and served with hot sauce and bleu cheese dipping sauce on the side, and fresh sliced carrot and
Tri-tip Or Chicken Quesadilla
$7.99
oak grilled tortillas filled with our rotisserie roasted tri-tip or chicken, a blend of cheddar cheese, ortega chilies, roasted red peppers. served with our homemade santa maria style tomato salsa.
Soft Pretzels - Extra Or To Go (12)
$1.50
the first plate is on us when you dine in! if you would like extra, ask your server.
Soft Pretzels - Extra Or To Go (6)
$0.75
half order
Deep Fried Pickles
$5.99
breaded, crunch dill spears served with habanero ranch dipping sauce.
American Nachos
homemade seasoned potato chips topped with bacon crumbles, a blend of shredded cheese, green onions, and sour cream
$6.99
Add Home-made Tri-tip Chill$1.99
Pig Wings
$7.99
deep fried pork shanks based in lou’s original bbq sauce. served with fresh bbq seasoned potato chips.
Pulled Pork Sliders (3)
$8.99
topped with creamy cole slaw and pickle slices. served with homemade seasoned potato chips.
Tri-tip Sliders
$8.99
topped with pickle slices, red onion, and lou’s signature white sauce. served with homemade seasoned potato chips.
Chili And Soups
add homemade soup or chili to a meal $1.99
Soup, Salad And Bread
$9.99
a bowl of soup, a garden fresh salad and our own skillet corn bread, served with honey butter.
Chili, Salad And Bread
$9.99
a bowl of lou’s tri-tip chili, a garden fresh salad and our own skillet corn bread, served with honey butter.
Skillet Corn Bread
$3.29
baked in a cast iron skillet and served with honey butter. plenty for two or more - “pass the corn bread.”
Salads
Red Oak Barbecue Salad
$10.99
served with your choice of rotisserie roasted tri-tip, chicken, turkey breast, linguica sausage, pulled pork or shredded beef, with bbq sauce on the side.
Lou's Turkey Salad
$10.99
sliced, natural turkey breast with toasted maple-glazed walnuts, dried cranberries, and raspberry vinaigrette dressing served on the side.
Hawaiian Teriyaki Salad
$10.99
topped with choice of rotisserie roasted tri-tip (warm), chicken, turkey breast, or linguica sausage - grilled pineapple, mandarin oranges, chow mein noodles, and hawaiian teriyaki sauce on the side.
Chicken Tenders Salad
$10.99
breaded strips of prime chicken breast topped with roasted corn, roasted red peppers, and green onions.
Caesar Salad
fresh cut romaine tossed with lou’s caesar dressing, shaved parmesan, and home-made garlic croutons.
$7.99
Add Shrimp$4.99
Add Chicken$3.99
Tri - Tip Sandwiches
includes 1 side
Deli Style Tri Tip Sandwich
$10.99
served with red leaf lettuce, tomato slices, sweet red onion, and country dijon mayonnaise on the side.
Teriyaki Tri Tip Sandwich
$10.99
served with grilled pineapple and our hawaiian teriyaki sauce on the side.
French Dip Tri Tip Sandwich
$10.99
slightly thinner slices of fully cooked tri-tip on our garlic ranch toast. served with a large side of au jus gravy for dipping.
Original Tri Tip Sandwich
$10.99
santa maria style tomato salsa and our house bbq sauce on the side.
Southern Style Bbq Sandwiches
includes 1 side
Pulled Pork Sandwich
slow roasted pork basted in our apple cider vinegar sauce, piled high on our garlic ranch toast.
$10.99
Topped With Coleslaw$0.50
Shredded Bbq Beef Sandwich
$10.99
slow roasted beef basted in our house bbq sauce, piled high on our garlic ranch toast.
a blend of shredded cheese, lettuce, red onion, corn and buttermilk ranch dressing, all in a spinach tortilla.
Pulled Pork Bbq Wrap
$9.99
slow roasted pulled pork with creamy coleslaw, pickles, and red onion, all in a spinach tortilla.
Tri Tip Wrap
$9.99
tender slices of tri-tip with fresh cut romaine, tomato, red onion, and lou’s signature white sauce, all in a tomato pesto tortilla.
Turkey Sandwiches
add pepper jack or cheddar cheese to any sandwich $0.50
Turkey Sandwich - Warm
$10.99
rotisserie roasted, natural turkey breast layered on our garlic ranch toast. warm with turkey gravy and cranberry sauce on the side.
Turkey Sandwich - Cold
$10.99
rotisserie roasted, natural turkey breast layered on our garlic ranch toast. cold with red leaf lettuce, tomato, sweet red onion and country dijon mayonnaise served on the side.
Bbq Style Turkey Sandwich
$10.99
rotisserie roasted, natural turkey breast layered on our garlic ranch toast. bbq style with bbq sauce on the side.
Chicken Sandwiches
add pepper jack or cheddar cheese to any sandwich $0.50
Bbq Chicken Sandwich
$10.99
warm rotisserie roasted half chicken off the bone and sliced piled on our garlic ranch toast. served with our house bbq sauce on the side.
Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich
$10.99
warm rotisserie roasted half chicken off the bone and sliced piled on our garlic ranch toast. served with grilled pineapple and our hawaiian teriyaki sauce on the side.
Buffalo Style Chicken Sandwich
$10.99
warm rotisserie roasted half chicken off the bone and sliced piled on our garlic ranch toast. served with hot sauce on the side, and lettuce, tomato, and red onion.
Other
Linguica Sausage Sandwich
$10.99
(ling-gui´-sa) highest quality pork sausage, slightly spicy with a hint of cinnamon & cumin. served on our garlic ranch toast with house bbq sauce on the side.
Arroyo Grande Burrito
$10.99
large flour tortilla, stuffed with pinquito beans, homemade salsa, and your choice of chicken, linguica or tri-tip.
Dinner
Tri Tip Plate
rotisserie roasted tender tri-tip cooked medium rare to medium, sliced and served with our homemade santa maria style tomato salsa and our house bbq sauce on the side.
$15.99
Small$12.99
Chicken Plate
$13.99
rotisserie roasted half chicken served with bbq sauce. try it teriyaki style with grilled pineapple and hawaiian teriyaki sauce on the side.
Mixed Plate
$17.99
tender tri-tip, a quarter chicken and grilled linguica sausage served with homemade santa maria style tomato salsa and house bbq sauce on the side.
Tri Tip Combo Plate
$17.99
rotisserie roasted tri-tip, and your choice of half chicken, grilled linguica sausage, southern barbecued pulled pork, or our shredded bbq beef. served with our homemade santa maria style tomato salsa.
Rib Plate
premium center cut st. louis pork spare ribs, meaty and tender. 1/3 rack, small order. 1/2 rack, regular order, basted with our house bbq sauce or try lou’s new honey.
$17.99
Small$12.99
Rib Combo Plate
$18.99
premium center cut st. louis pork spare ribs and your choice of a ½ chicken, tender tri-tip, grilled linguica sausage, southern barbecued pulled pork, or our shredded bbq beef. served with our house bbq sauce.
Southern Bbq Plate
your choice of our slow roasted pulled pork in an apple cider vinegar bbq sauce or shredded bbq beef in our house bbq sauce. served with pickle wedges.
$15.99
Small$12.99
Turkey Breast
$15.99
rotisserie roasted, hand carved, natural turkey breast, with whole cranberry sauce, and turkey giblet gravy on the side.
Pork Roast
$15.99
boneless hand carved pork loin roast, served with chunky apple sauce, and brown gravy on the side.
Rib Eye Roast
$19.99
slow roasted then finished on our red oak grill. served medium (warm pink center) with au jus, horseradish, and sour cream on the side.
Bbq Brisket
$14.99
tender braised slices of brisket, served with fresh, sweet corn on the cob, and our new red, white, and blue potato salad.
Beef Ribs
$19.99
flavorful prine rib bones, slow roasted and finished on the grill with lou’s original bbq sauce. served with wedge cut potatoes and creamy cole slaw.
Shrimp Skewers
$14.99
grilled bbq or teriyaki basted shrimp on a bed of wild grain rice. served with green beans.
Grilled Favorites
add natural pepper jack cheese to burger $0.50
Salmon Teriyaki
$13.99
marinated in our hawaiian teriyaki sauce and served with long and wild grain rice with our sautéed green beans.
Lou's Santa Maria Hamburger
$10.99
over 10 ounces of ground chuck, grilled and served on garlic ranch toast with all of the extras. served with homemade coleslaw and potato wedges. try it teriyaki style.
Side Items
2 sides come with plates. 1 side comes with any sandwich. prices are for extra side with meals (a la carte $2.99)
Mashed Potatoes
$1.99
homemade mashed potatoes with brown gravy on the side.
Fresh Baked Yam
$1.99
served with butter and cinnamon brown sugar on the side.
Potato Wedges
$1.99
battered and seasoned. choose ketchup or buttermilk ranch for dipping.
Long & Wild Grain Rice
$1.99
long & wild grain rice a blend of uncle ben’s white long grain and wild rice.
Sweet Potato Fries (crinkle Cut)
$1.99
served with cinnamon sugar on the side.
Green Beans
$1.99
with blanched tomatoes, lightly sauteed in butter.
Carrots
$1.99
lightly sauteed in butter.
Coleslaw
$1.99
homemade creamy style.
Corn On The Cob
$1.99
fresh, sweet skewered corn served with butter.
Macaroni & Cheese
$1.99
velveeta cheese and elbow macaroni.
Desserts - Pies And Cake
add vanilla bean ice cream (two scoops) $0.99
Apple Pie
$2.99
double crusted using hand cut fruit and baked fresh daily.
Early California history and what was considered to be the traditional California barbeque from the Santa Maria Valley region of the Central Coast has always fascinated me. This style of cooking dates back to the early 1800s when California ranchers invited their friends and neighbors to barbeque over a red oak wood fire. Following this tradition, I started my first restaurant in 1992 in Huntington Beach, California as a gathering place for friends and neighbors. I named the restaurant Lou’s Oak Oven BBQ. It had 4 tables, a 4-seat counter and an oversized brick rotisserie oven. I prepared my version of the Santa Maria BBQ using the rotisserie oven and red oak to create unique tasting menu items for my guests. My specialties include: rotisserie roasted Tri-tip, Whole Chicken, Linguica** Sausage, Pork, Turkey, and BBQ Ribs. I also serve the traditional Santa Maria Valley Pinquinto* beans with all of the meals.