Elli's Great American Rstrnt - Salinas, CA

Chorizo, avocado, green chilies, grilled onions, and side homemade salsas.

Swiss, Monterey jack, Parmesan and cheddar. Need more heat? Just ask for pico de gallo.

Spinach, grilled onions, mushrooms.

Country-style ham, bacon, sausage, & turkey. Then, tomatoes & mushrooms.

Diced onions blended with green & red bell-peppers, tomatoes, and ham.

Three egg-whites-only omelet comes with mushrooms, broccoli, onions, zucchini, green beans, and fresh basil.

With Bacon, With Ham or Sausage.

three eggs cooked any way you like them, plus two strips of local bacon, then two sausage links and a ham steak. Why? Because you're hungry, that's why!

Three fried eggs, Jack cheese, turkey, bacon, and avocado on a croissant, with julienne potatoes.

Three fried eggs, bacon, and American cheese on grilled sourdough, with julienne potatoes.

Three eggs over hard on fresh corn tortillas with avocado, guajillo salsa, and chorizo potatoes, served with black beans.

Crisp strips of tortillas simmered in green salsa with chicken, cheese, and 3 eggs, any style.

A flour tortilla topped with three fried eggs, rice, beans, avocado, sour cream, and salsa.

Three housemade corn tortillas layered with slowroasted pork in our Chile Verde sauce, eggs either fried or scrambled-then topped with fresh avocado and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.

Scrambled eggs, ham, turkey, chorizo, tomatoes, onions, garlic, cilantro, and Monterey Jack cheese, rolled in a flour tortilla & topped with salsa verde.

From scratch, Short Stacks, Blueberry, Bluegerm (Blueberries & Wheat Germ) or Wheatgerm.

Freshly prepared Big Belgian waffle. Feel free to add on starberries and whipped cream or bananas and pecans.

Served up fresh on either Sourdough or Cinnamon baked bread.

Vanilla Yogurt with layers of granola, blueberries, strawberries, and banana.

With brown sugar and cinnamon.

With your choice of banana, blueberries, or toast.

Six-ounce hanger steak with three farm-fresh eggs prepared your way.

A flavorful & healthy alternative, served with three eggs, any style.

Tender beef, lightly floured and fried golden brown, then covered with country gravy and served with three eggs, any style.

Diced ham and scrambled eggs topped with salsa verde and avocado. Just what the Doctor (Seuss) ordered.

Ask your server what’s in Elli’s soup kettle today. With corn bread or garlic bread, your choice.

Salinas greens topped with your choice of dressing, plus a cup of soup & garlic bread.

Greek salad, cup of soup & garlic bread.

Caesar salad, cup of soup & garlic bread.

Made-here corn tortilla chips topped with diced chicken, melted cheese, cilantro, Mexican rice, fresh corn, pico de gallo, pickled jalapeño peppers and salsa; served on a giant party platter.

Served with our tangy Cuban “mojo” sauce.

Seasoned with garlic, chipotle chili powder & cilantro; with Ranch dressing on the side.

Filet strips tossed with lemon, parsley, red pepper flakes & garlic, then fried; served with a cocktail sauce & tartar sauce.

Grilled chicken, black bean chili & cheddar cheese in a flour tortilla; served with pico de gallo, avocado & sour cream.

Served with a cool, blue cheese dipping sauce.

With the classic blue cheese dipping sauce.

Comes with our sriracha-orange side sauce.

Potato skins, nachos, calamari strips & firecracker fries.

Just say those words and we'll turn your order into a spicy inferno with a few drops of Mad Dog 357, rated among the world's hottest sauces.

Ham, turkey, chicken, pepperoni, bacon, mozzarella & cheddar cheese, pepperoncinis, and chopped egg; sprinkled with oregano, and served with our house Italian dressing & garlic toast.

Sautéed shrimp on a big bed of fresh greens, with juicy ripe strawberries and feta, roasted corn, cherry tomatoes, sweet onions, dried cherries, & jicama; Raspberry vinaigrette dressing.

Chopped grilled chicken, avocado, hard-boiled egg, tomato, blue cheese, spinach & bacon bits; served with garlic toast and our Italian dressing on the side.

Grilled chicken breast with our Coca-Cola BBQ sauce, avocado, black beans, tortilla chips, jicama, corn, cilantro, green onion & cheddar cheese, served with ranch dressing & garlic toast.

Your choice of spicy chicken or seasoned beef, with beans, cilantro, avocado, house-made sour cream, cheddar & Jack cheese, served in a flour tortilla with pico de gallo.

Seared Ahi, served rare over grilled romaine hearts, with red potatoes, Niçoise olives, tender green beans & hard boiled eggs; Mediterranean dressing.

Chicken breast strips rolled in pistachio nuts and grilled; served on crisp romaine lettuce with Granny Smith apples, dried cranberries & cherries, roasted onion & crumbled feta. Honey-mustard dressing.

Crisp romaine lettuce with garlic croutons, bacon bits, Parmesan cheese & our Caesar dressing, with grilled or blackened chicken, plus garlic toast.

Crisp Iceberg lettuce with blue cheese crumbles, chives, and blue cheese dressing.

This "mother's grain" is an extremely nutritous seed with high levels of protein. We add chunks of blackened chicken, dried cranberries, feta, cucumbers, bacon, grilled onions, cilantro, apples, toasted walnuts, & arugula. Served with a cherry vinaigrette.

Fried won ton with hot rice noodles, snow peas, bean sprouts, toasted sesame seeds, mandarin orange wedges, lettuce, cilantro and celery, with Asian sesame dressing and garlic toast.

The Valley’s finest - crisp iceberg and romaine lettuces, cherry tomatoes, pepper curls, celery, cucumbers, carrots & broccoli, with our house-made Italian dressing.

Crisp romaine, cherry tomatoes, onions, cucumbers & Kalamata olives topped with feta cheese dressing.

Heart of romaine tossed with croutons, bacon bits, Parmesan cheese & our house-made Caesar dressing.

Down-sized, but with all the flavor: fried won ton with hot rice noodles, snow peas, bean sprouts, toasted sesame seeds, mandarin orange wedges, lettuce, cilantro, celery & our asian sesame dressing.

Same ingredients, just smaller. Grilled chicken, avocado, hard-boiled egg, tomato, blue cheese, spinach, bacon bits & our Italian dressing.

Grilled chicken with romaine, feta & mozzarella, tomatoes, cucumber, and olives; Feta dressing.

Grilled romaine lettuce, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, pesto, roasted tomatoes and Italian vinaigrette.

Tender hanger steak, blue cheese crumbles, chopped iceberg lettuce, diced bacon, chopped spinach, sweet grilled onions, cherry tomatoes, and chives, with blue cheese dressing.

A spicy twist: This Cuban treat of slow-roasted pork & ham with Swiss cheese, pickles & a tangy citrus sauce called ‘Mojo’.

Mr. Bumstead’s favorite: Layered ham, turkey, grilled chicken, bacon, cheddar, provolone & avocado served on ciabatta bread.

Chicken, grilled onions, avocado, lettuce, salsa & cheddar cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla.

Served piping hot on our fantastic grilled sourdough bread.

Lean pastrami with sauerkraut, melted Swiss cheese & Thousand Island dressing on grilled rye.

Mushrooms, cucumbers, sprouts, tomatoes, avocado & Monterey Jack cheese on wheat toast.

Grilled zucchini, Parmesan cheese, sautéed mushrooms & provolone cheese with tomato-herb sauce on garlic bread.

Meatloaf, provolone, caramelized onions, mushrooms & bacon on a toasted ciabatta roll.

Roasted turkey breast on ciabatta with deli mustard, spinach, pepperoncinis, tomatoes, provolone, iceberg lettuce & mayo.

Provolone, Muenster, and white cheddar on grilled sourdough.

Sliced turkey breast, avocado, bacon and cheddar jack cheese served on a croissant.

Lots and lots of roast beef on toasted ciabatta bread served with au jus.

Roast beef grilled with onions and provolone cheese on ciabatta bread. (Add Serrano peppers for a Philly Inferno!)

Served with creamed horseradish, Jack cheese & au jus on ciabatta bread.

Ham, turkey, Swiss & cheddar cheese with bacon; on grilled rye bread with deli mustard.

Marinated & charbroiled chicken breast served hot with melted Monterey Jack cheese & avocado on ciabatta bread.

Bacon, lettuce, avocado, sprouts & tomato on toasted sourdough bread.

For your half-sandwich, pick from: Turkey, Ham & Swiss, California Club, Cal Chicken, French Dip, Deli Club, or BLAST - then add any two sides.

Half-pounder with Elli’s special burger sauce, pickles, lettuce & tomato. Onions on request.

A half-pound patty with grilled onions, American & Swiss cheese, plus a dab of Thousand Island dressing, served on grilled rye bread.

Our own delicious blend of black beans, eggs, faro, and quinoa - the high protein, natural grain-like seed native to South America, the “Gold of the Incas.” We top it off with Monterey Jack cheese, our burger sauce, pickles, fresh tomato & lettuce.

Half-pound burger with our own tangy & slightly sweet Coca-Cola BBQ sauce. Comes with lettuce, tomato, Swiss cheese & bacon.

Half-pounder with melted blue cheese, bacon, Elli’s burger sauce, lettuce & tomato.

Half-pounder with ham, Swiss cheese & pesto; served on grilled sourdough.

Nostalgia at its best–our version of the famous burger once served at Lover's Point Beach in Pacific Grove. A quarterpound burger cooked to order on the griddle with American cheese. Topped with mayo, mustard, catsup, relish, onions, chopped lettuce, and tomato.

We grind bacon into our proprietary all natural burger mix. Plus bacon strips, American Cheese, sauce, pickles and lettuce.

Roasted poblano chilies, pepperjack cheese, sliced jalapeños, chipotle mayo, grilled onions, and guacamole on a toasted house-made bun.

San Marzano tomato sauce, Sriracha spicy chicken mozzarella, thinly sliced red onions, chorizo, minced garlic, paprika, and jalepeno.

San Marzano tomato sauce, spicy soppressata, cherry tomatoes, Parmesan, prosciutto cotto, red pepper flakes, black olives, and mozzarella cheese.

White sauce, sausage, bacon, black olives, and green onions.

White sauce, sautéed spinach, feta cheese, golden grilled chicken, oven-dried tomatoes, mozzarella and asiago cheese.

San Marzano tomato sauce, mozzarella & parmesan cheeses, topped with fresh basil.

San Marzano tomato sauce & mozzarella cheese piled with lots of pepperoni.

Italian sausage, pepperoni, bacon, roasted turkey and pepperoncinis for just a hint of spice. Oh, and cheese, of course.

Sausage, pepperoni, bacon, soppressata, smoked mozzarella, caramelized onions, mozzarella, and mushrooms.

The famous Italian dish with bacon, sausage, eggs, and cheese.

Sautéed shrimp tossed with julienned zucchini, cherry tomatoes & fresh basil, atop imported angel hair pasta.

Strips of chicken breast sautéed in a creamy garlic & herb sauce with veggies and sun dried tomatoes. Served on house-made fettuccine.

Cajun blackened chicken served with fettuccine and creamy Alfredo sauce.

Elli’s own family-recipe, house-made meatballs served in marinara sauce with spaghetti.

Fresh veggies sautéed with roasted garlic and tossed with protein-rich Barilla Plus pasta.

Served with garlic bread and your choice of today's soup or Elli's house salad. Choose either: Angel hair pasta with marinara or Fettuccine with alfredo sauce.

Made with eco-friendly Laughing Bird shrimp, Mexican cabbage, chipotle mayo, pickled jalapeño, cilantro, onions & queso fresco.

Adobe chile marinated chicken breast, with chopped white onion, cilantro & avocado.

Chargrilled steak, chopped white onion, cilantro & avocado.

Freshly grilled steak packed inside a flour tortilla along with Monterey Jack cheese, rice, pico de gallo, Mexican crema & our Oaxaca guacamole.

Lots of grilled chicken, rice & Monterey Jack cheese inside a big flour tortilla. Then we add a zesty pico de gallo sauce, Oaxaca guacamole, and a helping of tangy Mexican crema.

This one’s stuffed with slow-roasted pork livened up with chili verde sauce & pico de gallo. There’s rice & Monterey Jack cheese, too. We finish it with Mexican crema & Oaxaca guacamole then wrap it neatly in a flour tortilla.

Our hand-made corn tortillas stuffed with spicy chicken or beef, cheddar & Jack cheese, then topped with chili verde sauce and drizzled with Mexican crema. Served with beans & rice.

Before roasting, we pack the whole Standing Rib Roast in rock salt, to draw out the flavors (and intensify the au jus sauce). Then we slowly roast the beef to create a wonderfully tender and juicy cut. Served with au jus sauce and your choice of any TWO of the side dishes listed at the bottom of this page. 8 ounce, 16 ounce, or 21 ounce.

Traditionally known as a “butcher’s steak” because they would often reserve this prized cut for themselves due to its intense flavor.

Live large with this sizeable 14-ounce steak that rivals the filet mignon for tenderness. Sometimes called a Bistro Filet, this unique cut takes uncommon skill to extract, but it’s worth it. Ours is topped with roasted mushrooms & tomatoes, chopped bacon, and grilled onions. Blue cheese crumbles provide the perfect finishing touch.

Seared 8oz Flat Iron steak for a caramelized outside and a juicy middle. Topped with melted muenster cheese and roasted poblano pepper sauce.

Anything but ordinary, this comfort-food classic is served on a bed of garlic mashed potatoes with grilled onions and mushrooms. We top it with our signature “Big Taste” gravy and serve green beans on the side.

12-ounce Hanger steak seared at very high heat to seal in the juices; served on a bed of angel hair pasta. Blue Lake green beans accompany.

A big favorite in the South, except our cut of steak melts in your mouth. Smothered in our country gravy and served with garlic mashed potatoes & Blue Lake green beans.

Full of chicken, prawns, chorizo, Andouille sausage & rice. For a change of pace, we serve ours over flat noodles with garlic bread.

A tender chicken breast is chargrilled and topped with charred tomatoes, avocado, fresh basil & a light Italian vinaigrette. With garlic mashed potatoes & Blue Lake green beans.

Tender chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms in the rich & sweet wine that’s named after the famous Sicilian port city of Marsala. We serve it over imported angel hair pasta with garlic bread.

Lightly breaded chicken breast browned in a lemon-caper butter sauce. With garlic mashed potatoes, Blue Lake green beans & garlic bread.

A free-range, organic1/2 chicken is deboned and grilled to order under a foil-wrapped brick – to create a marvelous, crispy exterior and a moist bird. Garlic mashed potatoes & Blue Lake green beans come with.

Local sand dab filets lightly breaded and grilled, then topped with a citrus brown butter sauce and served with smashed potatoes and a medley of vegetables.

Full of flavor, with a firm texture, this salmon steak is grilled and served alongside smashed potatoes, a zucchini squash julienne & roasted tomatoes. We finish it with a tomato-basil sauce.

A rich, creamy, chocolatey indulgence, with fresh whipped cream in a chilled martini glass.

A King Kong sized slice o our signature sevenlayer, made from scratch chocolate cake. We use rich belgian chocolate for the batter and the chocolate fudge frosting, then serve it with espresso ice cream & hot fudge sauce.

Elli's version has a grownup flair because we infuse our rich custard and cranberries with a little dash of whiskey. Then it's topped with a decadent Vanilla Bean Caramel sauce and served with vanilla ice cream.

Rich and creamy vanilla custard with a caramelized sugar crust on top.

When available, we use fresh, local blackberries. Served warm, with vanilla ice cream.

Devil's food cake topped with hot fudge and vanilla ice cream.

Chocolate Chip, Cranberry & White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal, Classic Peanut Butter, Snicker Doodle.

Vanilla Bean, Chocolate, Espresso, Strawberry, Cookies & Cream, Mint Chip, Double Fudge Brownie.

Toasted coconut and vanilla filling are topped with real whipped cream. Our Graham cracker crust adds a nice crumbly touch.

Toasted coconut and vanilla filling are topped with real whipped cream. Our Graham cracker crust adds a nice crumbly touch.

Pecan streusel topping; a dash of lemon and cinnamon in the filling. As are Elli's pies & desserts, this one's made from scratch.

A favorite in the Southern States, this tangy and sweet filling has lots of fluffy meringue peaks on top.

'Tis the season to be jolly and eat pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Available in November and December.

Locally grown Salinas strawberries are what make this summer specialty a favorite around here. Depending on availability, we start offering it around the middle of April.