Brenda's French Soul Food Menu
Welcome to Brenda's French Soul Food, a vibrant gem nestled in the heart of San Francisco. Known for its tantalizing mix of Southern and Cajun cuisine, this restaurant serves up comfort food that warms the soul. Highlights from the menu include the (Four Piece Fried Chicken), complemented by a slightly spicy jelly, and the famed (Collard Greens) that have earned rave reviews as the best in town.
Don’t miss the delightful (Crawfish Beignets), which come in an impressive variety, including the popular Ube flavor. Whether you're in the mood for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, Brenda's offers shareable portions and an inviting atmosphere, perfect for both casual diners and special gatherings. Enjoy quick service, exquisite flavors, and a lively vibe that captures the essence of Southern hospitality. Bring your friends and family; your taste buds will be thanking you!
Soft Drinks
Coke
12oz can
Diet Coke
12oz can
Ice Tea
16oz
Orange Juice
8oz
Chocolate Milk
8oz
Guava Nectar Can
12oz can
Apple Juice
10oz bottle
Abita Root Beer
12oz bottle
Lemonade
16oz
Perrier
Watermelon Sweet Tea
16oz
Sprite
12oz can
Poppa Rouge
Milk
8oz
Molasses-Black Walnut Iced Coffee
Sweet and refreshing, topped with whipped cream. 16oz
Arnold Palmer
16oz
Housemade Jars And Frozen Biscuits
Pepper Jelly Jar
Bread & Butter Pickles Jar
Tomato-Bacon Relish Jar
Peach Cobbler Jam Jar
Okra Pickles Jar
Spiced Strawberry Jam
Watermelon Pickles Jar
Sandwiches
Shrimp Poboy
Fried Shrimp, Chipotle Remoulade, Lettuce, Tomato
Pulled Pork Sandwich
Pulled Pork, BBQ Sauce, Dill Pickles. Lettuce, Tomato, Mayo
Croque Monsieur
Baked ham & swiss with bechamel sauce on sliced sourdough. Choice of creole potato salad or cole slaw.
Big Mama's Spicy Chicken Sandwich
Fried Chicken, Devil Dip & Dill PIckles. Lettuce, Tomato & Mayo on a Toasted Bun
Oyster Poboy
Fried Oysters, Chipotle Remoulade, Lettuce, Tomato
1/2 & 1/2 Poboy
1/2 Shrimp, 1/2 Catfish, dressed with Tomato, Lettuce & Chipotle Remoulade. Choice of Creole Potato Salad or Cole Slaw
Muffaletta
A NOLA classic: ham, salami & mortadella, with swiss, provolone & mozzarella, all topped with our own olive salad. Served warm on a toasted seeded roll. Choice of cole slaw or potato salad. (no changes please)
Catfish Poboy
Fried Catfish, Chipotle Remoulade, Lettuce, Tomato
Vegan Sloppy Josephine
Vegan! Best Tofu You'll Ever Wrap Your Mouth Around, on a Toasted Bun
Mimosas
Orange Mimosa
8oz or 16oz biggie!
Special Mimosa
Let us surprise you with a special flavor of the week. 8oz or 16oz biggie.
Beignets
One Crawfish Beignet
Our savory beignet, stuffed with crawfish, cheddar & scallions and dusted with creole spices.
Apple Beignets Order
Granny Smith Apples, Cinnamon Butter
One Apple Beignet
Chocolate Beignets Order
Molten Ghirardelli chocolate
Beignet Flight
One of Each: Crawfish, Plain, Apple & Chocolate
One Plain Beignet
One Chocolate Beignet
Crawfish Beignets Order
Cayenne, Scallions, Cheddar
Three Way Sweet Beignets
One of Each Sweet: Plain, Chocolate, Apple
Plain Beignets Order
For the diehard traditionalist
One Ube Beignet
Ube beignet is our famous beignet flavored with purple yam, and filled with coconut-ube jam & Ghirardelli white chocolate. Topped with powdered sugar. Sold individually
Pie Du Jour
Let us surprise you! Varies often.
Utensils On Request. Would You Like Utensils?
Extra Napkins
Utensil Kits ( How Many Diners?)
Wine
Sauv Blanc BTL MT
Corkage Fee
Bottle Chardonnay Valravn
Valravn, Sonoma
Sauv Blanc Glass MT
Bottle Sparkling Rose
Pol Clement, Loire Valley, FR
Bottle Cotes Du Rhone
Milou, Languedoc, FR
Breakfast Sides
Cheese Grits Side
Sourdough Toast
Large Cheese Grits
16oz
Side Garlic Spinach
Side Tomato-Bacon Relish
Creole Chicken Cutlet
Chicken Sausage Side
Side Ham
Toasted French Roll
Large Garlic Spinach
Vegan. 16oz.
Large Potato Hash
16oz
Pecan Sauce Side
Side Fried Shrimp
Large Grits
16oz
Potato Hash Side
Large Fruit
16oz mixed fruit.
Biscuit Side
Side Fried Catfish
Side Hollandaise
Side One Egg
Large Gravy
Our country sausage gravy. 16oz. (pork)
Grits Side
Andouille Side
Pork Links
Side Gravy
Country Pork Sausage Gravy. 8oz
Large Succotash
Corn succotash with zucchini, lima beans, tomatoes, bell pepper & onion. 16oz
Bacon Side
Side Fruit
Succotash Side
Corn, Lima Beans, Tomato, Zucchini, Onion & Sweet Pepper (vegan)
Side Pepper Jelly
Beers
Fort Point Kolsch
12oz can, San Francisco
Love Hazy IPA
Pliny The Elder Dbl IPA
510ml Bottle, Sonoma County
East Brothers Oatmeal Stout
16 oz Richmond, Ca
Very Juicy Hard Cider
Abita Amber
12 oz bottle, Louisiana
Strawberry Lager
Cocktails
Hurricane Andrew
Andrew's version of the Nola classic with delicious tropical fruit juices and Sabe rum-based liquor, 20% abv. Individual or quart. (quart makes 4 large drinks over ice)
Bloody Mary
Our spicy creole bloody Mary. Individual or Quart. (Quart makes 4 drinks over ice). *We use Petrov Fermented "Vodka" 20% abv.
Virgin Mary
Underberg Bitters
Spiked Poppa Rouge
Starters
French Onion Soup
Topped with melted swiss cheese crouton
Hushpuppies
Served with chipotle remoulade
Spicy Fried Cauliflower
Crispy Spicy Fried Cauliflower with our signature remoulade made vegan.
BBQ Shrimp
Jumbo Shrimp swimming in a spicy cayenne butter sauce, with toasted french bread
One Crawfish Beignet
Our savory beignet, stuffed with crawfish, cheddar & scallions and dusted with creole spices.
Would You Like Utensils?
Extra Napkins
Utensil Kits ( How Many Diners?)
Entrees
Pasta Orleans
Sauteed Shrimp, Crawfish, Mussels & Andouille Sausate, with Fusilli Pasta in a Spicy Red Pepper-Garlic Cream
Bowl Red Beans & Rice
Andouille Sausage, Scallion & Steamed White Rice. Served with Toasted French Roll
Kale & Chicory Salad
Kale & Chicory, red grapes, toasted almonds, red onion, cow's milk feta with sugarcane vinaigrette.
Bowl Gumbo
Big Bowl Chicken & Andouille Gumbo. Okra, Steamed White Rice, Scallion. Served with Toasted French Roll
Shrimp & Grits
Sauteed Shrimp with Spicy Tomato-Bacon Gravy, Cheddar Grits. (Can be prepared without bacon, please note in special requests)
Catfish Des Allemands
Bronzed catfish topped with crawfish etouffee, with pecan rice pilaf
Big Green Salad
Mixed Greens & Shaved Red Onion with Shallot Vinaigrette
Catfish & Grits
Crispy catfish nuggets smothered in spicy tomato-bacon gravy on a bed of cheddar grits.
Brenda's Swag
Cap
Brenda's Signature on Front, "No Grits No Glory on Back".
Bag Coffee
Mug
Brenda's Signature on Front, "Kiss My Grits on Back"
Griddle
1/2 Foster French Toast
1/2 Order Bananas Foster French Toast
French Toast
6 Slices of Cinnamon-Battered Brioche
Bananas Foster French Toast
Warm Butter Rum Sauce, Whipped Cream
Add Extra Side Pecan Sauce
Pecan French Toast
Our French Toast Topped with Butter Becan Sauce
1/2 Pecan French Toast
1/2 Order French Toast with Butter Pecan Sauce
Add Extra Side Banana Fosters Sauce
1/2 French Toast
1/2 Order Classic French Toast
Bfc: Brenda's Fried Chicken
2- Piece White BFC
One breast, one wing, one famous cream biscuit. Served with pepper jelly, fruit jam and butter. No substitutions
2- Piece Dark
One thigh, one drumstick, one famous cream biscuit. Served with pepper jelly, fruit jam and butter. No substitutions
Wing Side
Drumstick Side
Thigh Side
1/2 Chicken BFC Combo
Four Pieces Brenda's Fried Chicken plus two biscuits, pepper jelly, fruit jam & butter. One each: breast, thigh, wing, drumstick. No substitutions, please.
Breast Side
Pm Sides
Side Fried Catfish
Served with chipotle remoulade
Large Succotash
Corn succotash with zucchini, lima beans, tomatoes, bell pepper & onion. 16oz
Creole Chicken Cutlet
Side Sauteed Shrimp
Side BBQ Sauce
Fries Side
Andouille Side
Side Pepper Jelly
Side Fried Oysters
Served with chipotle remoulade
Large Garlic Spinach
Vegan. 16oz.
Large Gravy
Our country sausage gravy. 16oz. (pork)
Collards Side
Cooked with Bacon
Grits Side
Large Grits
16oz
Cole Slaw Side
Large Mac & Cheese
Side Gravy
Country Pork Sausage Gravy. 8oz
Toasted French Roll
Large Potato Salad
Our vegan potato salad with celery, onion, vegan mayo. Large 16oz.
Cheese Grits Side
Side Tomato-Bacon Relish
Cup Andouille & Chicken Gumbo
Side Salad
Side Fried Shrimp
With chipotle remoulade
Side Blackened Catfish
Potato Salad Side
Large Cheese Grits
16oz
Succotash Side
Corn, Lima Beans, Tomato, Zucchini, Onion & Sweet Pepper (vegan)
Mac & Cheese
Side Garlic Spinach
Side Remoulade
Large Collards
Cooked with bacon. 16oz
Big Green Salad
Mixed Greens & Shaved Red Onion with Shallot Vinaigrette
Large Cole Slaw
16oz
Biscuit Side
Cup Red Beans & Rice
with Andouille Sausage
Eggs & Such
Egg & Bacon Tartine
Bacon scrambled eggs, swiss & tomato-bacon relish on a toasted french roll. Choice of grits or hash
Biscuit & Gravy
Our famous cream biscuit with country pork sausage gravy and two eggs any style. (chicken cutlet pictured, not included. add on in app)
Hangtown Fry
Fried Oyster, Bacon & Scallion Scramble. Choice of Grits or Hash plus Biscuit or Toast
Eggs Plate
Two Eggs Any Way You Like 'Em Two eggs with your choice of grits or potato hash, plus biscuit or sourdough toast. (Pictured with link sausage, not included in base price)
Vegan Tofu Hash
Vegan Blackened Tofu Hash with Corn Succotash, Mushrooms, Spinach & Potatoes. Choice of Biscuit, Toast or Fruit
Andouille Cheddar & Mushroom Omelet
Andouille Sausage & Cheddar with Mushrooms, Scallions, Sauce Piquant
Succotash Omelet
Corn, Zucchini, Tomato, Lima Beans, Onion & Sweet Pepper Succotash and White Cheddar
House Favorites
Fried Chicken Benedict
Fried Chicken on Cream biscuit with 2 Poached Eggs, Creole Hollandaise. Choice of Grits or Hash
Catfish & Grits
Crispy catfish nuggets smothered in spicy tomato-bacon gravy on a bed of cheddar grits.
Biscuit & Gravy
Our famous cream biscuit with country pork sausage gravy and two eggs any style. (chicken cutlet pictured, not included. add on in app)
Catfish Benedict
Fried Catfish on Cream biscuit with 2 Poached Eggs, Creole Hollandaise. Choice of Grits or Hash
Ham Benedict
Ham on our cream biscuit with 2 Poached Eggs, Creole Hollandaise. Choice of Grits or Hashse. Chocie of Grits or Hash
Florentine Benedict
Sauteed Spinach on Cream biscuit with 2 Poached Eggs, Creole Hollandaise. Choice of Grits or Hash
Grillades & Grits
Beef Cutlets Braised in Creole Gravy. Served with Grits & 2 Eggs Any Style, Plus Cream Biscuit or Toast
Pulled Pork Benedict
Pulled Pork on Cream biscuit with 2 Poached Eggs, Creole Hollandaise. Choice of Grits or Hashse. Chocie of Grits or Hash
Crispy Pork Belly
Poached Egg, Cheddar Grits, Spicy Onion Relish
Shrimp & Grits
Sauteed Shrimp with Spicy Tomato-Bacon Gravy, Cheddar Grits. (Can be prepared without bacon, please note in special requests)
All Day Specials
Chicken Fried Steak
Mashed potatos, country gravy, sauteed veggies, cream biscuit
Muffaletta
A NOLA classic: ham, salami & mortadella, with swiss, provolone & mozzarella, all topped with our own olive salad. Served warm on a toasted seeded roll. Choice of cole slaw or potato salad. (no changes please)
Breakfast Specials
Shrimp & Goat Cheese Omelette
Caramelized onions, tomato bacon relish. With potato hash or grits, plus sourdough toast or biscuit