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Max's Allegheny Tavern
537 Suismon St
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
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Main Menu
All specialties of the house are served with assorted rolls, Max's applebutter, sauerkraut relish and your choice of TWO of the following: Potato Pancakes, German Potato Salad, Spatzle, Sweet and Sour Cabbage, Sauerkraut, Applesauce, Mashed Potatoes, Vegetable of the Day
Soups
Einlauf Soup
A light, rich chicken broth, generously sprinkled with homemade Einlauf noodles and seasoned with a delicate blend of spices. Our Einlauf noodles are made by pouring a seasoned mixture of flour and eggs into briskly boiling chicken broth
- Cup $2.95
- Bowl $3.95
Max's Soup Of The Day
Prepared fresh daily in the painstaking Old World manner from our simmering stock pot
- Cup $2.95
- Bowl $3.95
Appetizers
Herring In Sour Cream
$6.25
A favorite of the German north coast
Buffalo Wings
$8.95
A full pound, deep-fried and tossed in our special Buffalo sauce
Golden Honey Wings
$8.95
An order of our buffalo wings with a touch of honey
Dry Rub Wings
$8.95
10 jumbo cut fresh wings tossed in our homemade sweet and spicy rub
Sausage and Cheese
$7.25
Grilled knackwurst, bratwurst, and kielbasa with wedges of Jarlsburgh Swiss and smoked Gouda cheeses. Served with crackers & honey mustard sauce
Bavarian Nachos
$9.95
Nacho Chips, kielbasa, smothered in shredded Gouda cheese, topped with onion, tomato, pepper, and served with French onion dip
Bavarian Stuffed Pretzels
$5.75
Two jumbo pretzels stuffed with creamy cheddar cheese and deep-fried. Served with honey mustard sauce
Potato Pockets
$6.95
Potato and cheese pierogies, deep-fried and topped with sauteed onions. Served with French onion sour cream
Fried Zucchini
$6.25
A large portion of hearty zucchini strips, breaded and deep-fried. Topped with grated Parmesan cheese and served with marinara
Fried Provolone Wheel
$5.95
Hand-breaded and deep-fried. Served with marinara sauce
Salads
Fresh Spinach Salad With Max's Hot Bacon Dressing
$4.95
Crisp leaves of spinach garnished with slices of mushrooms, onions and hard-cooked eggs. Topped with our own hot bacon dressing
Small Tossed Garden Salad
$3.95Sliced Cucumbers And Onions
$2.25
Fresh garden cucumbers and onions, thinly sliced and marinated in a sour cream and vinegar dressing
Country-Style Cole Slaw
$2.25
Cabbage and carrots blended with a creamy mayonnaise dressing
Sandwiches
Knackwurst With Kraut
$7.95
One hundred percent pure beef is blended with a special mixture of spices to produce this popular sausage. Served on a hoagie bun and topped with our homemade sauerkraut
Bratwurst
$7.95
A veal and pork sausage made from a century-old Usinger family recipe. Slowly pan-fried to a golden brown and served
Weisswurst
$7.95
A mild veal sausage delicately flavored with egg, herbs and finely chopped parsley. Pan-fried to a golden brown and served on a hoagie bun
Corned Beef and Cabbage Sandwich
$8.25
Leaned corned beef, sweet and sour cabbage and swiss cheese on a brioche bun
Max's Famous Reuben
$7.95
Often imitated, but never duplicated. Grilled pumpernickel with lean, aged corned beef, Swiss cheese, and homemade sauerkraut topped with our special dressing
Grilled Pulled Pork Sandwich
$8.25
Pulled pork meat grilled with carmelized onions and melted cheddar cheese - served on a hoagie bun
Hot Pastrami and Swiss
$7.25
Slices of lean, peppered pastrami stacked high on fresh rye bread and topped with melted Swiss cheese
North Side Ham and Swiss
$6.95
Thinly sliced smoked ham and Swiss cheese stacked on fresh rye bread
Dutchtown-Style Kielbasa
$7.95
Coarsely ground sausage made of beef and pork and seasoned with a touch of garlic and other natural spices. Topped with our homemade sauerkraut
Potato Pancake Reuben
$7.95
Our famous reuben, grilled between two potato pancakes
Milwaukee-Style Braunsweiger
$7.25
This fine sausage, made by the Usinger family of Milwaukee, is served on fresh rye bread with a generous slice of Bermuda onion
Max's Bavarian Club
$7.95
Thin slices of Milwaukee braunsweiger served open-faced on fresh rye bread stacked high with strips of grilled bacon, slices of hard-cooked egg, sweet onion, tomato and spinach and topped with our own special dressing. This is a treat that delighted Mad Ludwig himself
Fish Sandwich
$8.95
A generous fresh fillet-of-cod dipped in Max's seasoned breading and fried to a golden brown
Allegheny Club
$7.25
Thin slices of turkey breast, crisp bacon, Swiss cheese, lettuce and tomatoes, stacked on fresh rye toast
Turkey Reuben
$7.95
Sliced turkey breast, grilled with coleslaw and Swiss cheese. Served between two potato pancakes
Beef Steak Sandwich
$9.25
Thin-sliced, marinated beef served on a hoagie bun with sauteed onions, mushrooms and Swiss cheese
Maxburger
A generous portion of freshly ground beef served on a Brioshe Bun. Max's invites you to top this selection with your choice of cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, bacon, mushrooms, onions, olives or green peppers. Hamburgers are cooked to order. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness
- Choice of 3 $8.25
- The Works $9.95
Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato
$5.95
Served on toasted white bread
Max's Veggie Delight
$7.25
Fresh spinach, tomato, cucumber slices, onion, mushrooms and Swiss cheese. Served on grilled wheat bread
Chicken Breast Sandwich
$7.25
Broiled, marinated, boneless chicken breast. Served on a with lettuce and tomato
Allegheny Favorites
Max's Magnificent Spinach Salad
$8.50
Crisp leaves of spinach garnished with slices of onion, mushrooms, tomatoes and hard-cooked egg. Topped with our own hot bacon dressing
Kase Spatzles
$10.25
Spatzle noodles tossed in a creamy blend of chicken broth and melted Gouda cheese. Topped with buttered breadcrumbs and parsley. Served with a tossed garden salad
Open-Faced Roast Breast of Turkey
$9.95
Thinly sliced roast turkey is served open-faced with gravy and your choice of French fried potatoes or potato pancakes
Max's Goulash
$9.95
A very popular meal served at a small hotel located in Arlsberg, Austria. The tureen of goulash is served with our homemade spatzle. Served with a garden salad with your choice of dressing and assorted fresh breads
Broiled Breast of Chicken
$10.95
Broiled in our kitchen to seal in its natural juices. Served with a tossed salad and vegetable of the day
Chicken or Steak Salad
$10.95
A favorite at Max's. Marinated grilled chicken breast or tenderloin served on crisp greens with French fries, Gouda cheese, mushrooms, beets, hard-cooked egg, and tomatoes. Your choice of dressing
Marinated Calves Liver
$10.25
Lightly seasoned and served with sauteed onions
Sausages
Max's is proud to serve Usinger sausages that are fashioned precisely the same way they were 100 years ago when Fred Usinger, an apprentice to a Frankfort sausage maker emigrated from Germany to Wisconsin
Knackwurst
$9.95
One hundred percent pure beef is blended with a special mixture of spices to produce this sausage
Bratwurst
$9.95
A veal and pork sausage made from a century-old family recipe, slowly pan-fried to a golden brown
Weisswurst
$9.95
A mild veal sausage, delicately flavored with eggs, herbs and finely chopped parsley. Pan-fried to a golden brown
Max's Sausage Platter
$13.95
Wunderbar! A sampling of our finest wursts. knackwurst, bratwurst and weisswurst
The Great Schnitzels*
What choice beef is to America, fine milk-fed veal is to Europe. Max's proudly presents a selection of the great schnitzels of Europe
Wiener Schnitzel
$16.95
Tender veal lightly dusted in a seasoned flour and fried to a golden brown. This is Vienna's gift to the culinary world
Schnitzel ala Holstein
$17.95
Vienna-style veal topped with a fried egg, anchovy and capers. Created by Count Holstein, Bismark's famous foreign minister
Jäger Schnitzel
$16.95
Vienna-style veal covered with a delicious mushroom sauce. A specialty of the Brenner Park Hotel, Baden, Baden
Count Esterhazy Schnitzel
$17.95
Vienna-style veal lovingly crowned with a sauce of fresh mushrooms, peas, sour cream, onions and carrots. A specialty of the Hotel Sacher, Vienna, Austria
Schnitzel Liechtenstein
$17.95
Tender veal topped with Westphalian ham, Emmenthaler cheese and green olives. Served at the Hotel Sonnenhof in Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Schnitzel Royale
$17.95
Vienna-style veal topped with tomatoes and melted Gouda cheese and mushroom gravy
Old World Favorites*
The following selection of "old-world favorites" has been pleasing guests at Max's since the early 1890's
Sauerbraten
$14.95
Top quality beef marinated in a century-old recipe from the Erhardt family of Enzweihingen in the south of Germany, then roasted to perfection and topped with a seasoned sauce
Hasenpfeffer
$16.95
A traditional favorite of the huntsman, braised rabbit in spiced red wine sauce. Especially good with red cabbage and spatzle
Roast Loin of Pork Stubenkuchen Style
$14.95
This all-time favorite at Max's is served over our special recipe apple raisin dressing and topped with a rich brown gravy
Chicken Viennese
$14.95
A boneless chicken breast delicately fried to a golden brown. Topped with a sauce of sour cream, finely chopped vegetables and delicately seasoned with herbs and paprika. Served over our homemade spatzles
Baked Kassler Rippchen
$15.95
Smoked pork loin chops slowly simmered in our homemade sauerkraut and served with mustard sauce. This is a delicacy from Kassel in the province of Hesse
Bavarian Peasant Platter
$15.95
"Bauern Platte". A heaping mound of our famous sauerkraut, surrounded by a grilled bratwurst, knackwurst and a smoked loin pork chop
Leberkase
$11.95
A finely textured sausage loaf made from a blend of pork and beef seasoned with spices imported from Bavaria. We grill each slice lightly and serve it smothered with sauteed onions
Dutchtown Kielbasa
$11.95
Still unmatched as an "old-world favorite, " our Dutchtown kielbasa is a coarsely-ground sausage made of beef and pork and seasoned with a touch of garlic and other natural spices
Flavors of the Sea*
with a German Touch
Norwegian Salmon
$17.95
Broiled with garlic butter
Potato Crusted Cod
$14.95
Mild cod filets coated with a potato breading and sauteed
Max's Sampler Platter*
$19.95; There may be times when it is just too difficult to choose just one of Max's fine German dishes. Then, why not choose THREE of the following popular entrees for your own true German feast!
Knackwurst
Bratwurst
Wiener Schnitzel
Kielbasa
Sauerbraten
Jäger Schnitzel
Count Esterhazy Schnitzel
Schnitzel ala Holstein
Leberkase
Baked Kassler Rippchen
Roast Pork
Schnitzel Liechtenstein
Schnitzel Royale
Weiss Wurst
Chicken Viennese
That Extra Touch
Hot German Potato Salad
$2.25
Chunky pieces of potato, green pepper and bacon are mixed with a hearty sweet and sour sauce
Homemade Sauerkraut
$2.25
Fresh sauerkraut is mixed with apples, caraway seeds and pork. It is then slowly simmered to perfection
Sweet and Sour Cabbage
$2.25
A blend of coarsely-sliced red cabbage and fresh apples. Slowly cooked until tender
Kase Spatzle
$4.95
Spatzle noodles in a creamy Gouda cheese sauce
Potato Pancakes
$3.95
Always a favorite at Max's. Three crisp pancakes served with your choice of ONE topping: chunky applesauce, sour cream or sauerbraten gravy
Spatzle
$2.25
Served with your choice of sauerbraten gravy or sauteed onions
Natural-Cut French Fries
Fried until tender and golden brown
- $2.25
- with Cheese or Gravy $3.25
Onion Rings
$2.95
Fried to a golden Brown
Sweet Potato French Fries
$2.95
Seasonal
Chunky Style Applesauce
$2.25
A popular item at Max's
Vegetable of the Day
$2.25
Max personally selects a vegetable to complement the menu selections
Mashed Potatoes
$2.25
*Indicates Specialties of the House
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General Info
Hours
Monday:
11:00am - 10:00pm
Tuesday:
11:00am - 10:00pm
Wednesday:
11:00am - 10:00pm
Thursday:
11:00am - 10:00pm
Friday:
11:00am - 11:00pm
Saturday:
11:00am - 11:00pm
Sunday:
9:30am - 9:00pm
About Us
Pittsburgh's North Side has perhaps the most interesting history of any of the many geographical entities that comprise the City of Pittsburgh and its environs. It all started in 1820 when the first bridge was built connecting Allegheny City (Now the North Side) with Pittsburgh. From that point on, Allegheny City grew at a rapid pace. By 1880, beautiful mansions lined Ridge Avenue, while down on General Robinson Street a few so-called "sporting houses" were in evidence. From local conversations it appeared that nobody ever visited these houses, but they did seem to survive quite well. By 1884 Allegheny City was inhabited by a mixture of ethnic cultures. The Scotch and Irish settled to the west towards Manchester while the English gathered within the Commons in the center of Allegheny City. The Germans chose to settle in the east of Allegheny City in what became known as Dutchtown.