The Back Porch Restaurant Menu – Belle Vernon, PA

Type : American restaurant

Location : Belle Vernon, PA

Quaint setting serving creative meat dishes along with wine & cocktails for lunch & dinner. Based on 636 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $$$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No delivery

The Back Porch Restaurant 15012

Address:
114 Speers Ave, Belle Vernon, PA 15012

Phone: (724) 483-4500

Website:

Hours

Monday

(Labor Day)
Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 4–8 PM
Thursday 4–8 PM
Friday 4–8 PM
Saturday 4–8 PM
Sunday 4–8 PM

Menu

Starters
Appetizer Sampler
Baby Back Ribs, Chilled Shrimp Cocktail, General Two Cauliflower, and Strawberry Brie Dip. Serves Four.
$52.00
General TSO Cauliflower Appetizer
Pan fried cauliflower florets tossed in sesame soy sauce. Topped with sesame seeds and green onions.
$15.00
Crab Cake Appetizer
Four oz. baked lump crab cake served with chipotle aioli.
$19.00
Cold Shrimp Cocktail
Served with house made cocktail sauce. (Gluten Free).
$18.00
Strawberry & Brie Cheese
Creamy brie cheese, strawberry marmalade, and rosemary salted almonds, served with toasted naan bread.
$17.00
Calamari
Flash fried calamari and served with sweet chili sauce.
$16.00
Buttercrunch Bibb Lettuce Salads
House Salad
Creamy garlic dressing, pickled shallots, tomatoes, cucumbers and garlic croutons. For an additional price add Grilled Chicken $8 Shrimp $14 Salmon $14
$8.00
Entree House Salad
Creamy garlic dressing, pickled shallots, tomatoes, cucumbers and garlic croutons. For an additional price add Grilled Chicken $8 Shrimp $14 Salmon $14
$15.00
Chilled Shrimp Salad
Five chilled shrimp, white-balsamic vinaigrette, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, Reggiano parmesan and lemon.
$24.00
Strawberry Salmon Salad
Grilled Aukra Salmon, basil balsamic vinaigrette, sliced strawberries, feta chesse, pickled shallots, sweet and salty almonds. (Gluten Free)
$25.00
Crab Hoelzel Salad
Jumbo lump crab meat, tarragon vinaigrette, grape tomatoes.
$27.00
Pittsburgh Chicken Cutlet Salad
Breaded chicken cutlet, French fries, shredded cheddar, pickled shallots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, cheddar cheese and mustard vinaigrette.
$19.00
Soups
Lobster Bisque Cup $10.00
Lobster Bisque Bowl $12.00
Canadian Cheddar Cheese Cup $6.00
Canadian Chedder Cheese Bowl $8.00
Entrees
Filet Mignon
Eight oz. center cur filet mignon served over smashed baked potato and topped with sauteed mushrooms (cremini, oyster, and shitake) and veal Demi-glaze. Market Price* For an additional price add four jumbo Grilled Shrimp $14 or add Four oz. Crab Cake $21
Lemon Basil Shrimp Pasta
Five jumbo shrimp, tricolor grape tomatoes and fresh spaghetti pasta cooked in a lemon-brown butter. Topped with fresh chopped basil and shaved parmesan cheese.
$34.00
Twin Crab Cake Dinner
Two 4 oz. lump crab cakes oven baked accompanied with honey-chipotle aioli, green onion oil and old bay potato hash.
$45.00
Baby Back Ribs
Signature item since opening day in 1975. Char-grilled pork ribs glazed with brown sugar, soy, and ginger. Served with fingerling potatoes and seasonal vegetable.
$32.00
Lemon-Parmesan Chicken Cutlet
Parmesan-panko crusted chicken cutlets served with fingerling potatoes, sauteed spinach and finished with lemon béchamel sauce. Topped with grape tomatoes and parmesan cheese.
$28.00
Rack Of Lamb
Pan roasted Austrailian rack of lamb served over fingerling potato, spinach and roasted cipollini onion. Topped with strawberry-port wine reduction and roasted pistachios. Half Rack –
$54.00
Maine-Style Baked Scallops
Baked jumbo sea scallops, white wine cream and Ritz cracker crust. Served with seasonal starch and vegetable.
$39.00
Vegan Cauliflower General TSO
Cauliflower florets battered and pan fried, jasmine rice, seasonal vegetables, topped with sesame-soy glaze. Finished with sesame seeds, green onions, and spring onion oil. For an additional price add Seared Chicken $8, Grilled Shrimp $14, or Grilled Salmon $14
$24.00
Back Porch Burger
Grilled burger with bacon and melted cheddar cheese on a toasted brioche bun. Accompanied with chipotle mayonnaise, fries and housemade pickles.
$19.00

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Reviews

david hargraves
The atmosphere at The Back Porch is excellent any season. During the winter, like last evening, I prefer to dine downstairs where the low ceilings, stone walls and fireplaces make it intimate and cozy.

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Kris Cain
Locally owned, highly suggest making a reservation especially on special occasions. They have multiple floors for your dinning experience. Restaurant a bit pricey. Our last dinner was here for Valentines day, prior to, we easily dropped $200. Service was very good once our drink order was taken we had to wait a moment or two for our server to greet, but it was quite busy. Our drinks were good I got a blush sangria and my husband an old fashion. We had calamari very good and came quickly. I had also ordered a house salad and my husband ordered their Canadian cheese soup both again worth getting. Our entries I got the orange and something (lol) filet which tonight came with mashed potatoes and Brussel sprouts, I do not like Brussel sprouts which is why I got the salad, they usually do not switch out the vegetables that is prepared. My husband got on of the specials lobster and crab served with mashed potatoes and Brussel sprouts. Both were excellent. We did not get dessert we are both pie people and pie was not one of the 7 options.

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L M
I always enjoy dining at the Back Porch. All of our meals were excellent! The calamari and general tso cauliflower appetizers were delicious too. I also really like their carrots. The service and atmosphere is very nice. I do recommend dining here.

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Jim Papst
First time there and it was great. Food and service was amazing. Parking is little rough, but seems to be plenty available. Definitely an older crowd there. You can tell people have been going here year after year.

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PJ Bengel
Very disappointed in this dining experience. We sat outside and got bitten repeatedly by ants. Cocktails were very small and expensive. It took almost 2 hours for food to arrive. The food was ok, but for one person cost was $90. For that price, there should be nothing to complain about.

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Cathy Matush
Pleasantly surprised, last week our meal was very disappointing. But tonight it was excellent, I was reluctant to go back however my granddaughter insisted, & I was very happy I did, because it was the way I always remembered The Back Porch…Although the prices did go up & they took a lot of the standard items off the menu

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Ashlee Wygonik
I was very happy to have a vegan option. The cauliflower General Tso was delicious! Also had some great cocktails. I give a 4 out 5 for the food because I wish to see a few more vegan options on the menu.

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Garry Allan
Had an incredible experience at The Back Porch last night 8-4-2023. The food was delicious, the service simply amazing, I believe the young man’s name was Antonio. I hadn’t been there in years, glad to see everything was still perfect.

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Nancy Ritsko
Was there for a reception after a funeral for a dear aunt. Couldn’t have had a better experience. Parking was plentiful; waitstaff was second-to-none; appetizers and food were delicious; room and atmosphere were beautiful. Thank you!

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George Borden
Sorry to write this as I was hoping for a positive outcome. 3 different servers. S L O W – L O N G service… $17 for a Fig/Brie appetizer with poor quality naan bread! Lobster bisque bowl, $12! No visible lobster (except for the cracker), more like “essence of” vs. real product. The presentation was ok, just missed the mark. Lobster/Crab Cakes, made from frozen! There is no way they were made from scratch. Cold and soggy on the inside. Really sad presentation with soggy lettuce bed, $48. Baked scallops, ok. Nothing to rave or complain about, $34. All in with tip and $20 corkage fee, $180! Advice, if you’re going to make a special trip to a “romantic” restaurant for your anniversary please choose another place. Atmosphere is nice, but it’s a big miss otherwise.

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