Menu
Our family owned and operated restaurant has been serving locals and visitors for over 55 years. In our quest for the best tasting seafood, we always buy the freshest seafood from local fisherman. To ensure the greatest flavor, all meals are prepared to order. Please sit back and enjoy the view as we prepare your meal. As always, if you are on a special diet, or have any allergy, please inform your server: we will do our best to accommodate special orders, but please no substitutions.
~ Your hosts, The Parlante Family ~
Raw Bar
Wellfleet Oysters on the Half Shell* 
6 for …… $15
12 for …… $28
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
each $3.50
Littlenecks on the Half Shell*
6 for …… $10
12 for …… $18
Appetizers
Artichoke Dip
Artichoke hearts and baby spinach blended a medley of cheeses, topped with breadcrumbs, served with grilled pita bread
$15
Stuffed Mushroom Caps
Five baked mushroom caps filled with crabmeat stuffing topped with cheese
$15
Crabcakes
Two housemade crabcakes topped with roasted red pepper aioli, served with succotash
$20
Steamers
1 1/2 lb. of local steamers served with broth and butter
$20
Fried Calamari
Squid rings and tentacles with pickled hot peppers with a side of marinara sauce
$17
Clams Casino
Six littlenecks with a blend of onion, peppers, garlic and butter, topped with bacon and herb breadcrumbs
$16
Fried Seafood Sampler
Assortment of wholebelly clams, scallops and shrimp
$23
Oysters Rockefeller
Five Wellfleet oysters baked with a blend of spinach, parmesan cheese, panko bread crumbs and topped with mozzarella cheese
$18
Littlenecks*
Steamed in herbs, garlic and white wine butter broth, served with toasted french bread
$19
Mussels
Classic Bookstore tarragon garlic butter wine sauce with bread or Belgian Style steamed in Belgian pale ale with butter, garlic, shallots, and herbs, served with seasoned fries and black pepper-truffle aioli $19
Cajun Shrimp
Five shrimp baked in cajun spiced butter, served with our own honey lime sour cream $16
Chicken Fingers
Golden fried plain, habanero orange or buffalo-style, with blue cheese
$12
Chicken Wings
Golden fried plain, habanero orange or buffalo-style, with blue cheese
$14
Soups
Soup of the day….
MP
Clam Chowder
Cup… $7
Bowl… $9
Quart… $22
French Onion Soup
Baked with buttery crostini, swiss, and mozzarella cheese
$8.50
Oyster Stew
With oysters, sautéed shallots, butter and cream sauce
$19
Salads
Roasted Beet Salad
Roasted beets, mixed greens, avocado, dried cranberries, roasted pumpkin seeds and goat cheese, tossed in balsamic vinaigrette
$15
Chopped Wedge
Romaine lettuce with diced tomatoes, bacon, onion, crumbled blue cheese and blue cheese dressing
$15
Greek Salad
Romaine lettuce with green peppers, onions, kalamata olives, pepperoncini and feta cheese with Greek dressing
$15
Lobster Salad Plate
6 oz. lobster salad, potato salad, coleslaw, cucumber and tomato over a bed of mixed greens
M/P
House Salad
Mixed greens with garden vegetables and sundried cranberries with your choice of dressing
$12
Caesar Salad
$12
marinated white anchovies…$2
Grilled or Cajun Chicken 
… $7
Grilled or Cajun Shrimp … 4 for $10 or 6 for $16
Lobster Salad…M/P
8oz Salmon … $16
Steak Tips … $12
Fried Oysters … $19
Blue Cheese, Caesar, Cranberry Vinaigrette, Greek, Ranch and Sweet Balsamic Vinaigrette
Sides
Vegetable of the day
$5
Coleslaw
$5
Potato Salad
$5
Basket of fries
$6
Basket of Onion Rings
$10
Basket of sweet potato waffle fries
$9
French Bread
$1
Chicken Fingers (3)
with fries or apple sauce
$8
Grilled Cheese
with fries or apple sauce
$5
Hot Dog
with fries or apple sauce
$6
Fried Fish
with fries or apple sauce
$12
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich
with fries or apple sauce
$5
Capellini Pasta
With butter or marinara sauce
$6
Entrées
Lobster Gnocchi
Housemade gnocchi sautéed with lobstermeat, diced tomatoes, shitake mushrooms and scallions in a Madeira wine cream sauce
$38
Fish Pot
Littlenecks, mussels, shrimp, scallops and cod in buttery herbed wine broth with toasted bread
$38
Fruits of the Sea*
Littlenecks, scallops and shrimp served over capellini pasta, sautéed in tarragon butter garlic white wine sauce
$30
Portuguese Stew*
Mussels, scallops, calamari and linguica simmered in a spicy red sauce, served over capellini pasta
$35
Shrimp Scampi*
Shrimp sautéed with tomatoes and spinach in garlic butter wine capellini pasta
$25
Baked Cod*
Baked with butter and wine, topped with herb breadcrumbs served with vegetables and rice
$25
Baked Scallops*
Baked with butter and wine, topped with herb breadcrumbs served with vegetables and rice
$30
Baked Medley*
Cod, shrimp, and scallops, baked with butter and wine, topped with herb breadcrumbs, served with vegetables and rice
$30
Bourbon Beef Tips
Char-grilled tender sirloin tips in our house bourbon marinade, served with a baked potato and vegetables with bourbon-laced red eye gravy
$30
Chicken Parmesan
With marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese over capellini pasta
$23
Vegetarian dish of the day
MP
Sandwiches
Served with choice of french fries, coleslaw, potato salad (add $2 for sweet potato fries or $3 onion rings)
Chilled Lobster Roll
6 oz. chilled lobster salad on butter-grilled roll
OR
Hot Lobster Roll
6 oz. lobstermeat sautéed in butter on a grilled roll
M/P
Oyster Po’Boy
Fried oysters on grilled french bread with remoulade sauce and fresh greens
$18
Bookstore Reuben
Fried cod, coleslaw and swiss cheese on grilled marble rye
$16
Fish Sandwich
Fried cod on a toasted brioche bun with lettuce
$14
Caprese Wrap
fresh mozzarella cheese, arugula, tomatoes, housemade pesto with pine nuts and balsamic glaze in a flour warp, served with french fries
$15
Vegetarian Burger
Housemade topped with avocado, served on a gluten free bun, served with sweet potato fries
$16
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Topped with lettuce, tomato, pickled red onions and chipotle aioli, served on a brioche bun
$16
Steak Sandwich
Topped with onion rings on cheesy garlic french bread
$25
Classic Burger
Char-grilled 1/2 lb. Angus burger with lettuce and tomato, served on a brioche bun
ADD CHEESE …$1
$14
Fried Platters
Served with french fries & coleslaw
All of our fried food is lightly battered and fried in trans-fat free canola and cottonseed oil blend
Oysters
$27
Fish & Chips
$22
Scallops
M/P
Shrimp
$25
Wholebelly Clams
M/P
Fried Fisherman’s Platter
Cod, scallops, wholebelly clams and shrimp
$33
Tacos
Fried Cod, Fried Shrimp or Grilled Swordfish
Served in two corn tortillas with shredded cabbage, cheddar jack cheese, pico de gallo and avocado cilantro garlic aioli
$18
Lobsters
1 1/4 lb. served with french fries and coleslaw
Boiled
M/P
Baked/Stuffed
with housemade crabmeat stuffing and scallops
M/P
Clambake
with 1 1/2 lb. steamers and corn
M/P
Wine
White Wine by the Glass
Albariňo
Karina Victoria, Rias Baixes, Spain
$10
Chardonnay
Textbook, Napa Valley
$12
Chardonnay
Textbook, Napa Valley
$12
Chardonnay
Matchbook, Dunnigan Hills
$10
Pinot Grigio
Borgo Boschetto, Italy
$10
Rosé
Gaspard, Loire
$12
Riesling
Dr. Loosen QBA, Germany
$10
Sauvignon Blanc
Tohu, New Zealand
$12
Sancerre
Loire, Henri Bourgeois
$12
Red Wine by the Glass
Pinot Noir
High Hook, Willamette
$12
Cabernet Sauvignon
Gravel Bar, CA
$10
Grenache,
Alta Alella, Spain
$10
Malbec,
Salentein, Argentina
$10
Sparkling Wines and Bellini’s
Lambrusco
Podereil Saliceto
$12
Prosecco
Terra Serena
$12
Ocean Wave
Prosecco, Cranberry
$12
Mimosa
Prosecco, orange juice
$12
Peach Bellini
$12
Specialty Coffee & Tea
Espresso,
Decaf Espresso
$3
Iced Tea or Coffee Unsweetened
$3
Tea
black, golden green, early grey lavender
Decaf: chamomile, rooibos, mint
$3
Cappuccino,
Decaf Cappuccino
$4
Snowy Owl Coffee, Brewster
$3
Non-Alcoholic Beverages
San Pellegrino
Blood Orange, Limonata
$3.75
Bookstore Rootbeer
$4
Fountain Soda
Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Iced Tea, Ginger Ale, Pink Lemonade, Sprite
$3
Goslings Ginger Beer
$3.75
Panna
Spring Water
$3.75
San Pellegrino,
Sparkling Water
$3.75
Snowy Owl Cold Brew Can
$6
Beer
Micro Brews
Aeronaut Hop Hop & Away, Finback (16 oz.)
$7
Berkshire Brewer Steel Rail
$6
Cape Cod Pilsner, 16 oz.
$7
Cigar City Jai Alai, IPA
$6
Finback Special (16 oz.)
$7
Switchback Ale
$6
Beer
Domestics
Budweiser
$5
Coors Light
$5
Michelob Ultra
$5
Bud Light
$5
Miller Light
$5
Imports
Corona Extra, Lager
$6
Heineken
$6
Modello
$6
Corona Light
$6
Heineken 0.0 N/A
$5
Draft Beer
Alligash White
$7
Cape Cod Beer
$7
Fat Tire Amber Ale
$7
Fiddlehead IPA
$7
Guinness Stout
$7
Stella Artois, Belgium Lager
$7
Hog Island, Outermost IPA
$7
Sam Adams, Lager
$7
Alternative Libations
Aval Cider, France
$7
Honey Baby, Shole Hope Cider works
$7
Perry-Pear Cider, Spain
$7
Ginger Libation
$7
Rhody Coyote, Cider 750 ml
$14
Strongbow Cider, England
$6
Cocktails
Paloma
Bribón tequila, fresh squeezed grapefruit juice and grapefruit soda
$12
Parrot Head
Truro’s Twenty Boat spiced rum, black raspberry liqueur and pineapple juice
$12
Caipirinha
Cachaça, lime and sugar
$12
Tuscan Iced Tea
Italian Amaro, honey, lemon,
and prosecco
$12
Dark & Stormy
Gosling’s Rum and ginger beer
$12
Sangria
Spanish grenache blended with brandy
and fresh fruit
$10
Bellamy Bloody
Infused pepper vodka with scotch bonnet peppers, blended with housemade Mary mix
$12
Original Trader Vic’s Mai Tai
Blend of rums, lime juice, pineapple, orgrat, and orange curacao
$12
Aperol Spritz
Aperol, prosecco and club soda
$12
Bee’s Knees
Greylock gin, locally sourced honey, and lemon juice
$12
Boulevardier
Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Luxardo Bitters
and sweet vermouth
$12
Sazerac
Bullet Rye, Herbscint
and Peychauds Bitters
$12
Mojito
Cruzan white rum, lime and fresh mint
$12
House-infused Martinis
Meyer Lemon and Tarragon Martini
Vodka, fresh tarragon, Meyer Lemon
$13
Pomegranate Martini
Three Olives vodka, Pama Liqueur and pomegranate juice
$13
Pineapple Martini
Pineapple infused vodka with splash of pineapple
$13
Lemongrass and Ginger Martini
Vodka, fresh lemongrass, ginger
$13
Fig Martini
Vodka, figs and passion fruit juice
$13
Pitchers
Aperol Spritz
Aperol, prosecco and club soda
$35
Tuscan Iced Tea
Amaro, honey, lemon, and prosecco
$35
Sangria
Spanish grenache blended with brandy and fresh fruit
$30
Blood Orange Margarita
Hornito’s, Triple Sec, blood orange puree, and San Pellagrino soda
$35
Mimosa
Prosecco, Cointreau, and fresh squeezed orange juice
$35
Gluten Free
* Can be made Gluten Free
— Before placing your order, please inform your server if you or a person in your party has a food allergy
— Please note consuming raw or undercooked meats or shellfish may increase your risk of food borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
7% MA meals tax added
20% gratuity added to parties of 6 or more
Items and Prices subject to change