Beer & Bird
Beer and Bird is a family run business located in the heart of Fore Street St Ives. Specialising in Cornish free-range fried chicken, the restaurant offers a hedonistic selection of burgers, Belgian Waffles and home-made sides, alongside a choice of equally-indulgent Vegetarian and Vegan options.
Behind the bar there are over 100 craft beers & ciders to choose from, ranging from local cask ales, to Belgian Blondes and homemade Scrumpy cider.
Beer & Bird
18a Fore Street
St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1AB
01736 793776
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Sample Menu
Starter
STARTERS & SHARERS
Sticky Wings (gf)
Cornish free range chicken wings tossed in your choice of our homemade sauce (Sticky BBQ/ Sweet & Sour/ Raging Coq Hot Sauce)
4 wings £6.95
8 wings £11.95
12 wings £14.95
Chicken crackling £2.95
Crunchy free range chicken skin sprinkled with Cornish sea salt.
Crispy 'shrooms (v) £5.95
Slices of juicy portobello mushrooms lightly breaded and fried - perfect with our homemade aioli.
Jalapeño poppers (v) £5.95
Whole jalapeños stuffed with a blend of mozzarella and Cornish cheddar cheese: lightly breaded and fried till golden brown.
Fully Loaded Nachos (v) £6.95
Homemade tortilla chips topped with salsa, guacamole, sour cream, jalapeños, mozzerella and chedder cheese. Add pulled chicken or pulled jackfruit for £3
Main
BUCKETS OF BIRD
Cornish free range buttermilk fried chicken cooked in our state of the art 'Henny Penny' pressure fryer.
Small bucket (gf) £9.95
3 pieces served with house fries.
Large bucket (gf) £14.95
6 pieces served with house fries.
Boneless tenders (gf) £10.95
Succulent chicken tenders served with house fries.
BIRD BURGERS
Our free range buttermilk fried chicken burgers are built using a toasted St Ives bakery bun, fresh salad and our homemade bird sauce. All served with house fries. (Make your fries filthy for £2)
Classic Bird Burger £10.95
Keep it classic. Focus on the bird. Add cheese for just £1.
Pulled Coq Burger £11.95
Succulent slow-cooked pulled chicken, melted Cornish cheddar and homemade coleslaw.
Why not add a buttermilk chicken breast for only £4?
Raging Coq Burger £13.95
The more you try to finish off - the harder it gets. Melted chedder, coleslaw, jalapeños and our seriously hot raging coq sauce.
Bacon Blue Bird £14.95
Smoky black strap bacon, sautéd mushrooms and melted blue cheese.
Alligator Pear Burger £14.95
Made with the finest alligator pears (thats avacado to you and me).
This burger has homemade guacamole, bacon and melted Cornish cheddar.
Smokestack Lightning Burger £14.95
You'll be howlin' over this burger. Bacon, smoked cheese, homemade coleslaw and beer-battered onion rings. Topped with homemade BBQ sauce.
Waffle Burger £14.95
Feeling naughty? Why not try our (frankly ridiculous) waffle burger.
Bacon, swiss cheese and Sriracha mayo served between two freshly griddled Belgian waffles. Comes with a pot of maple syrup.
Big Bird £18.95
Ludicrously big, double bacon, double chedder, double onion rings and of course - double breasted. Drowning in BBQ sauce.
VEGETARIAN & VEGAN
Our range of delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes are every bit as finger lickin' as our Chicken!
Roasted squash, red pepper and pine nut salad (vg) (gf) £7.95
Roasted butternut squash, charred corn, red onion, mixed leaves, roasted red peppers and pine nuts toasted in a citrus vinagarette.
Add chicken or halloumi for £3
Hello you Halloumi burger (v) £11.95
A fried halloumi burger with salad and bird sauce. Topped with guacamole, a beer battered tomato and homemade salsa. Served with house fries.
Hail Seitan Burger (vg) £11.95
Our own recipe vegan 'fried chicken', salad, vegan mayo and melted vegan cheese. Served with house fries. Add pulled jack fruit for £3.
The BBQ Jack Burger (v) £11.95
Slow cooked bbq pulled jack fruit, melted swiss cheese, coleslaw and salad. Served with house fries. (Can be made vegan on request).
Mac n' 3 Cheese (v) £9.95
Our creamy, rich mac and cheese made with cheddar, swiss and blue cheese. Served with house fries.
A BIT ON THE SIDE
Fries £2.95
Sweet potato fries £3.95
Filthy fries £4.95
Pulled Coq fries £4.95
Coleslaw £2.95
Guacamole £3.95
Corn on the cob £2.95
Mac n' 3 cheese £3.95
House Salad £2.95
Onion Rings £2.95
Southern Gravy £1.95
Dessert
Go on treat yourself!
Maple waffles £5.95
Freshly griddled waffles, topped with Cornish clotted cream ice cream and drizzled with warm maple syrup.
Holy fudge waffles £5.95
Freshly griddles waffles, Cornish clotted cream ice cream and fudge pieces. Lathered in caramel sauce.
Nutcase waffles £6.95
Freshly griddled waffles, vanilla ice cream, sliced banana and gooey peanut butter. All drizzled with chocolate hazelnut sauce and sprinkled with chopped nuts.
Local Cornish ice cream
A selection of local ice cream and sorbets.
£2.00 per scoop