Dinner

Seared lump meat crab cakes served with caper aioli.

Mild white onions sliced thin, coated in a light breading, and fried until golden brown.

Grilled, tender bites of beef filet served on a skewer with a side of De Burgo sauce. 

Diced roma tomatoes and fresh mozzarella cheese tossed with garlic, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, red onion, and basil. 

Tender rings of calamari lightly breaded and fried.

Fresh Mozzarella sliced thick, lightly breaded, and fried golden brown.

Large mushroom caps stuffed with Graziano’s Italian sausage and topped with mozzarella cheese.

Chilled jumbo shrimp served with a traditional cocktail sauce.

A collection of everyone’s favorites: AJ’s famous onion rings, calamari, and head-breaded mozzarella sticks. 

Ask your server about today’s flavor.

Caramelized onions in a rich beef broth, baked with crispy croutons and fresh Jarlberg cheese.

Fresh greens topped with mesquite smoked turkey, ham, hard-boiled eggs, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and cheese.

Crisp wedge of iceberg lettuce topped with crumbled blue cheese, bacon, candied walnuts, and choice of dressing. 

Field greens topped with grilled chicken breast, water chestnuts, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, crunchy chow mein noodles, and toasted cashews served with sesame ginger dressing. 

Grilled julienned chicken breast, Parmesan cheese, and croutons atop crisp romaine lettuce tossed with AJ's Caesar dressing.

Honey glazed Atlantic salmon atop fresh greens and crisp vegetables served with choice of dressing.

AJ’s Creamy Parmesan, Blue Cheese, Caesar, French, Golden Italian, Ranch, Raspberry Vinaigrette, and Thousand Island.

Tender pasta baked with a creamy marinara blend, Graziano's Italian sausage, and mozzarella cheese.

Ricotta cheese-stuffed pasta and sautéed chicken breast baked in our handcrafted garlic cream sauce.

Lightly breaded chicken breast served with AJ's marinara over linguini baked with mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.

Ricotta cheese-stuffed pasta baked in AJ’s marinara and mozzarella cheese.

Our hand-crafted garlic cream sauce over fettuccini noodles.

With Chicken: 18

With Shrimp: 21

Boneless chicken filet sautéed in white wine lemon butter sauce served with fettuccini alfredo.

Sautéed jumbo shrimp in white wine garlic sauce and tossed with fresh basil and linguini. 

Includes a choice of either house salad or soup of the day and a choice of baked potato, seasoned steak fries or Chef's rice. 

Substitute AJ’s wedge salad, Caesar salad, loaded baked potato, cheesy potato, or French onion soup for $2.00 per item.

Add sautéed mushrooms and steak onions or a parmesan crust to your steak selection for $2.00.

Iowa’s best slow roasted beef served au jus.

Regular Cut • 12-ounce $27

King Cut • 16-ounce $29

Our version of a Des Moines original, beef medallions sautéed in white wine with our handcrafted garlic cream sauce.

With sautéed shrimp $33

Tender and extremely flavorful cut of beef cooked to perfection. 

Petite Cut • 6-ounce $29
Gentleman’s Cut • 8-ounce $31
Grand Cut • Two 6-ounce filets $42

Everyone’s favorite, a great steak full of flavor.

A bone-in ribeye with great marbling and just the right amount of age.

Very lean steak served with sautéed mushrooms and onions.

Our best beef filet, pan seared chicken breast, and sautéed shrimp topped with our De Burgo sauce.

Rare Very Red, Cool Center
Medium Rare Red, Warm Center
Medium Pink Center
Medium Well Slightly Pink Center
Well Broiled Throughout, No Pink

Northern red snapper fillet fried until golden brown, topped with shrimp and a creamy dill sauce. 

Pan-seared Alaskan halibut fillet with a homemade Parmesan butter crust served atop a rich lemon beurre blanc sauce.

North Atlantic salmon filet topped with a delicious red pepper and mango relish.

Six jumbo shrimp lightly breaded and fried golden-brown.

Tender scallops pan-seared with white wine and fresh garlic.

One baked cold water North Atlantic lobster tail accompanied by a 6-ounce beef tenderloin filet served with clarified butter.

Substitute 12-ounce Prime Rib or Ribeye Steak for an additional $10.

Two fresh coldwater North Atlantic lobster tails.

Single Lobster: $40

Boneless chicken fillet sautéed in white wine with our handcrafted garlic cream sauce.

With sauteed shrimp $26

Fork tender ribs smothered in Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce.

Center cut pork chop wrapped in bacon and chargrilled to perfection.

Fire braised pork ribs.

Boneless pork loin stuffed with dried fruit and apples, finished with a honey-bacon glaze.