The Original
Just for the Halibut
Tap House and Grill
We are open Wednesday - Saturday
book your table with us today by calling 705-738-4545
Our Delicious Story
Experience the true flavors of Bobcaygeon, Ontario at
“The Original
Just for the Halibut
Taphouse & Grill”.
Their menu consists of dishes from both land and sea which are selected by the owners Matthew & Julia. They have been working in the family butcher shop since they were kids. Their restaurant has a vibrant atmosphere as the design of the restaurant is old-fashioned yet cozy and spacious. The artwork further elevates the experience as the work of local artists portrays the vibrant history of Bobcaygeon and the family.
The Halibut team are highly trained professionals who provide outstanding services and foods of the highest quality. Every visit is one more memory in the making with friends and loved ones over conversation and an excellent meal.
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Our Menu
Sweet Potato Fries
Savory sweet potato fries served with homemade spicy mayo.
$10.49
Onion Rings
Thick slices of onion, lightly battered & deep-fried to a golden brown. Served with garlic aioli sauce.
$10.49
Deep Fried Pickles
Seasoned breaded dill pickle spears served with ranch dipping sauce
$10.29
Coconut or Panko Breaded Shrimp
Coconut shrimp served with sweet chilli Thai sauce or Panko breaded shrimp served with zesty seafood sauce
$14.25
P.E.I Mussels
1 lb of P.E.I Mussels steamed in white wine & garlic butter. Served with a warm panini bun.
$16.25
Mac & Cheese Bites
Creamy macaroni & cheese in a crispy breading served with homemade spicy mayo.
$10.59
Cheese Sticks
Lightly breaded Mozzarella cheese sticks served with honey mustard dipping sauce.
$10.49
Deep Fried Mushrooms
Deep fried button size mushrooms. Served with honey mustard dipping sauce.
$10.49
Jalapeño Poppers
Breaded jalapeños filled with cream cheese & served with sour cream.
$10.59
Salt & Pepper Calamari
Lightly breaded calamari served with sweet chili Thai sauce.
$13.99
Shrimp Bake
Black tiger shrimp baked in white wine and garlic butter sauce, topped with a blend of cheese. Served with a warmed panini bun.
$14.49
Escargot
White wine marinated escargot sauteed in garlic butter, baked with a blend of cheese. Served with a warmed panini bun.
$14.25
Buffalo Shrimp
Crispy popcorn shrimp in our NY Buffalo sauce!
Or for a less spicy option try it with seafood sauce – $12.99
$13.99
Popcorn Shrimp
served with seafood sauce
$12.99
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
Jumbo shrimp served with a homemade zesty cocktail sauce.
$15.79
GOURMET POUTINES
Made with our fresh-cut fries & real cheese curds. With the exception of the pulled pork poutine, all our poutines are gluten free.
Classic Beef Gravy
$12.29
Chili & Cheese
$16.29
Butter/Jerk Chicken
$16.50
Pulled Pork
$16.99
Beef Short Rib
$17.49
Steak & Onion
$17.29
SOUP
Homemade Fish Chowder – Matt’s secret recipe
- Cup – $6.99
- Bowl – $10.99
- Meal size with a panini – $15.29
Soup of the Day
- Cup – $5.99
- Bowl – $8.29
- Meal size with a panini – $10.29
All pub fare served with your choice of potato* – fresh-cut fries, baked potato or rice pilaf.
(mashed potatoes available after 4:30 pm)
Chicken Tenders
Crispy chicken tenders & plum sauce
$16.99
Crispy Buffalo Chicken Caesar Wrap
In a flour tortilla
$17.79
Crispy Buffalo Shrimp Caesar Wrap
In a flour tortilla
$18.79
Basket of Shrimp
Succulent breaded shrimp
served with seafood sauce
$17.25
Jumbo Breaded Wings!!!
Choice of sauce on the side: Mild/ BBQ/ NY Buffalo/ Honey Garlic/ Sweet Chili Thai
5 Wings – $13.99
10 Wings – $18.59
15 Wings – $25.59
ON THE SIDE
Fresh Cut Fries
Small – $5.39
Large – $6.99
Family – $10.50
Halibut – Market Price
$11.99
Sautéed or Breaded Shrimp or Scallops
$13.99
Sautéed or Breaded Shrimp or Scallops
$13.99
Piece of Haddock
$8.99
Signature Beef Gravy
$2.29
Signature Coleslaw
$2.29
Mushy Peas
$3.79
Vegetable of the Day
$5.99
Rice Pilaf, Baked Potato or Mashed Potato
$4.99
Bread & Butter
$1.29
Panini Bun
$1.79
Extra Lemon
$0.25
Side of Dressing, Dipping Sauce or Sour Cream
$0.99
Add chicken, shrimp, salmon or steak to any salad + 6.99
Garden
Crisp lettuce, tomato, green onion, cucumber & croutons served with your choice of dressing
$8.49/10.99
Goat Cheese & Cranberry
Tender mixed greens with mushrooms, red onion, tomato, dried cranberries, slivered almonds, crumbled goat cheese & your choice of dressing
$21.59
Caesar
Crisp romaine, bacon & croutons tossed with our garlic dressing & sprinkled with parmesan cheese.
$11.29/14.99
Sesame Thai Chicken
Marinated grilled chicken breast sliced over fresh mixed greens with tomato, carrot, red onion, Mandarin orange slices & a sesame Thai dressing
$ 20.99
Greek
Crisp lettuce with cucumber, red onion, tomato, black olives, feta & homemade dressing on the side.
$12.25/16.25
Spinach
Tender baby spinach topped with mushrooms, bacon, tomato, red onion & diced egg. Served with your choice of dressing.
$12.29/16.29
All items include your choice of potato* – fresh-cut fries, baked potato or rice pilaf. (mashed potatoes available after 4:30 pm)
All our fish is battered in our signature batter & deep fried or you can have it pan fried in butter, oil, garlic butter or have it grilled or pouched for a lighter option.
Taste of the Deep
Breaded scallops & shrimp with battered whitefish
$25.99
First Mate’s Platter
Scallops & shrimp sautéed in white wine & garlic butter with battered whitefish
$26.25 (whitefish)
$30.99 (Halibut)
Following items also include our roasted vegetables:
Maple Glazed Salmon
Grilled salmon loin glazed with local maple syrup
$26.29 (Atlantic Salmon)
$27.79 (Maple Salmon)
Pan-Fried Pickerel
Ontario wild-caught pickerel, coated in cornflour and pan-seared
$27.29
Caygeon Whitefish
Pan-seared whitefish with lemon & Cajun spices
$25.99
Parmesan Dill Whitefish
Pan-fried whitefish, smothered in our creamy parmesan dill sauce
$25.99
Haddock & Chips
1pc – $15.25
2pc – $22.25
Halibut & Chips
1pc – $18.25
2pc – $28.25
*market price
Burgers are made with local beef freshly ground in-house & grilled on our char broiler. Served with your choice of burger toppings & your choice of potato* – fresh-cut fries, baked potato or rice pilaf. (Mashed potatoes available after 4:30 pm) Substitute a GLUTEN FREE BUN + 1.59
Classic
$14.59
Cheese Burger
$16.59
Banquet Burger
Topped with Canadian Cheddar cheese & bacon
$18.59
Double Bacon & Swiss
Applewood bacon, spicy jalapeño bacon, Swiss cheese & chipotle mayo.
$18.99
Peanut Butter & Bacon
Sounds weird but tastes amazing!!
$17.99
Angry Goat
Topped with local goat cheese & hot peppers
$18.99
Black & Blue
Topped with cracked black pepper, blue cheese & two battered onion rings
$18.79
Smoked Cheddar & Peameal Bacon
Our 8 oz beef burger topped with thick slices of smoked cheddar & Canadian peameal bacon.
$19.29
Veggie Burger
Make any burger a Veggie burger by substituting a soy veggie patty for no additional charge.
ON A BUN
Served with coleslaw & your choice of potato* – fresh-cut fries, baked potato or rice pilaf. (Mashed potatoes available after 4:30 pm) Substitute a GLUTEN FREE BUN + 1.59
Chicken Burger
Grilled or in-house battered chicken breast topped with lettuce, tomato, red onion & mayo
$16.99
Haddock on a Bun
House battered piece of haddock with lettuce, tomato & red onion. Wasabi mayo on side
$17.20
Salmon on a Bun
6 oz grilled salmon loin topped with lettuce, tomato & red onion. Wasabi mayo served on the side.
$17.99
Served with a piece of garlic toast. Add cheese to your garlic toast +2.29
Seafood Alfredo Medley
Fresh fettuccine noodles tossed in our homemade alfredo sauce with sautéed scallops & shrimp
$26.25
Chicken Alfredo Medley
Fresh fettuccine noodles tossed in our homemade Alfredo sauce with a grilled chicken
$24.25
Alfredo Pasta only – $17.25
(Entrées served a bed of rice pilaf)
Vegetable Stir Fry
A medley of sautéed vegetables in our signature Stir fry sauce.
Make it a Meat stir fry add Shrimp, Chicken or Steak- $6.69
$14.50
Succulent Shrimp
Shrimp sautéed in white wine & garlic butter, mild pineapple curry sauce, or sweet chili Thai sauce.
*your choice of garden or caesar salad
$23.99
Chicken Souvlaki
Two seasoned chicken skewers on a bed of rice with Greek salad & tzatziki sauce.
$22.25
Domestic White
6 oz
9 oz
½ Litre
Bottle
L’ambiance
$6.20
$9.20
$15.79
$29.99
Jackson Triggs Reserve Series VQA
Chardonnay
$6.99
$10.25
$17.99
$26.99
Sauvignon Blanc
$7.50
$11.09
$19.29
$28.99
Inniskillin Reisling (VQA)
$7.50
$11.49
$19.99
$29.50
Imported White
6 oz
9 oz
½ Litre
Bottle
Ruffino Pinot Grigio (Italy)
$8.99
$13.29
$24.39
$35.50
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi (California)
White Zinfandel
$7.99
$12.59
$20.99
$30.50
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand)
Sauvignon Blanc
$11.99
$17.50
$32.50
$45.99
Domestic Red
6 oz
9 oz
½ Litre
Bottle
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand)
Cabernet Sauvignon
$6.99
$10.25
$17.99
$26.99
Merlot
$7.50
$11.09
$19.29
$28.99
Imported Red
6 oz
9 oz
½ Litre
Bottle
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi (California)
Cabernet Sauvignon
$8.99
$13.29
$24.39
$35.59
Yellow Tail Shiraz (Australia)
$9.29
$13.79
$25.89
$37.59
Cliff 79 (South Eastern Australia)
Cabernet Shiraz
$7.89
$11.59
$20.79
$30.99
Craft Draft on Tap
Try our own Lock 32 Lager – brewed specially for us.
Or from Old Dog Brewery across the street …
Yellow Lab Lager or Single Malt Scottie
Ask your server about our current feature drafts.
Enjoy a Pint (20 oz glass) for 8.89
16 oz – 7.69 / 10 oz – 5.49
Pitchers: 30 oz – 12.79 / 60 oz – 21.49
Can’t decide? Try our beer sampler…
Four – 5 oz sample glasses of your choice for 10.25
And take a JFTH Growler to go!
32 oz Growler FULL of draft – 18.00
Growler refill – 12.00
Bottled Beer – Budweiser, Canadian, Coors Light – 5.39
Premium – Corona, Heineken, Moosehead Lager – 7.20
Tall Boy Cans – Guinness – 6.99
Old Dog Brewery – Single Malt Scottie, Mad Dog APA,
Dog Days Summer Ale – 5.99
Muskoka Brewery – Blue Buried Treasure – 5.99
Coolers – Smirnoff Ice, Palm Bay – 6.75
Non-Alcoholic Beer – Heineken 0.0 – 4.39
Summer Cocktails
Caesar (1 oz) – $8.99
Julia’s Caesar (2 oz) – $11.99
Sangria 9 oz – $9.99, ½ L – $15.99
Mojito, Moscow Mule or Tequila Sunrise (1.5 oz) – $8.99
Frozen Treats Margarita, Strawberry Daquiri,
Piña Colada (1.5 oz) – $8.99
Long Island Iced Tea, Sling, Brown Cow (1.5 oz) – $8.99
Mocktails – all the flavor without the booze! $5.75
Spirits 1 oz – $6.89 / 2 oz – $10.75
Smirnoff Vodka, Bacardi White or Gold Rum, Canadian Club Rye, Beefeater Gin, Sauza Tequila, Malibu Rum, Bailey’s, Grand Marnier, Kahlúa
Premium Spirits 1 oz – $7.69 / 2oz – $12.99
Crown Royal, Wiser’s Deluxe, Jameson Irish Whisky, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Forty Creek Whisky, Disaronno, Jagermeister, St Remy Brandy
Grey Goose Vodka, Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch 1 oz – $10.99
Non-Alcoholic
Pop (Fountain & Bottled) – Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, 7UP, Ginger Ale, Brisk Iced Tea, Orange Crush, Dad’s Root Beer, Club Soda, Lemonade – $3.10
Juice – Orange, Apple, Tomato – $2.59
Cranberry – Sm $2.59, Lg $3.59
Milk White – $2.59/$3.59
Chocolate – $3.59/$4.59
Water Spring – $2.50 Sparkling – $3.50
Featured Delicacies
Fresh From the Grill
Grilled Atlantic Salmon
$26.29
8 oz Grilled salmon loin. Basted with lemon & grilled on our hot-fired grill. Served with your choice of potato & our roasted vegetable of the day.
P.E.I. Mussels
$16.25
1 lb of P.E.I Mussels steamed in white wine & garlic butter. Served with a warm panini bun.
Spinach Salad
Small - $12.29
Large - $16.29
Tender baby spinach leaves topped with mushrooms, bacon, tomatoes, red onions & diced eggs. Served with your choice of dressing.
Halibut & Chips
1 pc Halibut - $18.25
3-4oz hand cut halibut cooked in our signature batter. Served with your choice of fresh-cut fries, mashed potato, baked potato, or rice pilaf
Black & Blue Burger
$17.99
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Operational Hours
Sunday Closed
Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 12:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Thursday 12:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Friday 12:00 PM to 8PM
Saturday 12:00 PM to 8 PM
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Meet The Taste Experts
Julia Kirby
Restaurant Manager
Matt
Head Chef
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