Buttercup Pantry Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Located in downtown Placerville, Buttercup Pantry Restaurant offers a cozy, classic diner experience with a wide range of breakfast and lunch/dinner options. The restaurant prides itself on its vegan and vegetarian-friendly menu, wheelchair accessibility, and friendly service. Standout dishes like the turkey sandwich on a croissant, grilled ham and cheese, and the massive triple decker hamburger showcase their generous portions and delicious flavors. The Apple Dumpling dessert is a must-try, described as a wonderful bit of heaven on earth by one customer. While the parking may be tight, the homely vibes and welcoming atmosphere make it worth a visit. With a diverse menu and accommodating staff, Buttercup Pantry Restaurant is a top choice for breakfast or brunch in Placerville.
Starters
Chicken Wings
Served with choice of sweet chili sauce, reds hot wing sauce or ranch dressing on the side.
South Of The Border Quesadilla
Flour tortilla, stuffed with diced chicken,shreaded cheese, tomatoes,green onions, and pico salsa on the side, sour cream and avocado
Tempura Fried Zucchini
Fresh cut zuchini tempura breaded then fried to a golden brown served with ranch dressing
Beer Battered Onion Ring Basket
Beer battered onion rings fried to a golden brown, served with our raspberry sauce.
Mozzarella Sticks
Fried to a golden brown served with mild marinara sauce
Triple Coronary Bypass Burger
Three beef patties, each topped with bacon, then jack, swiss, and cheddar cheese. With grilled onions and dressing.
Old Fashioned Texas Chili Size
Broiled beef pattie smothered in our own home made chili topped with melt jack and cheddar cheese served with diced onions on the side.
Just A Basic Burger
The original simple and easy. Served with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and sliced red onion.
Sourdough Cheese Burger
Fresh baked sourdough bread grilled with parmesan garlic butter, with cheddar cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, grilled red onions and dressing. Messy but great.
Cheddar Bacon Cheese Burger
Bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and red onion.
California Avocado Burger
Fresh sliced avocado, with jack cheese.
Sonoma Pepperjack "Garden Veggie" Burger
Sonoma pepper jack cheese with roasted ortega chilis, lettuce tomato, and red onion.
Whisky Creek Western B.b.q. Bacon Burger
Beer batter onion rings, b.b.q. Sauce, bacon strips, cheddar cheese, lettuce and tomato.
Patty Melt
Served on fresh baked swirl corn rye, with grilled onions, tomato and american cheese.
Buttercup Burger Shack
Save Room For Dessert
Old Fashion Hand Dipped Milk Shake In A Can
Chocolate Lava Cake
Served with dreyers grand vanilla bean icecream and razzelberry sauce
Buttercrunch Ice Cream Pie
Mississippi Mud Pie
Old Fashioned Hot Fudge Sundae
Hot Fudge Banana Sundae
Hot Fudge Brownie Supreme
Apple Dumpling Supreme
Fresh Brewed Yuban Coffee
Assorted Hot Tea
Fresh Brewed Lipton Ice Tea
Arnold Palmer
Hot Chocolate With Whip Cream
(No refills)
Whole Milk
Sweet Raspberry Tea
Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Barqs Root Beer
Mr Pibb Extra
Cherry Coke
Beverages
Senior Lighter, And Children Fare
Lighter Pancake Plate
One egg any style, bacon, sausage, or ham. With two buttermilk pancakes
Lighter Waffle Plate
Not available after p.m. One egg any style, bacon, sausage, or ham. With half of a waffle
Lighter French Toast Plate
One egg any style, bacon, sausage, or ham. With two wedges of french toast.
Lighter Meat And Eggs
Two eggs any style, choice of bacon, sausage, or ham. Hash browns and choice of toast:
Lighter Just Eggs
Two eggs any style, served with hash browns and choice of toast.
Lighter Omelet
egg omelet, choose from denver, ham & cheese, bacon & cheese, or plain cheese, includes hash browns and choice of toast.
Lighter Half A Benedict
Half order of eggs benedict served with hash browns.
Lighter Half A Country Benedict
Half order of country sausage eggs benedict, served with country gravy. Includes hash browns.
Half A Sandwich
Half a sandwich served with choice of a cup of soup, small salad, french fries, or sweet potato fries. Includes your choice of bread, with a choice of ham, turkey, tuna salad, roast beef,cheese,or b.l.t. Served with lettuce, tomato, and mayo.
Smaller Portions For The Lighter Eater
All dinners below (except pasta dishes) include choice of french fries, sweet potato fries, mashed potatoes, rice pilaf, or (baked potato) (after p.m.). All dinners include a crock of soup or a dinner salad with a basket of bread.
Lighter Fettuccini Alfredo
Fettuccini noodles served with our fresh made creamy alfredo sauce with parmesan cheese and garlic cheese bread.
Lighter Beef Liver And Onions
Tender beef liver, with grilled onions and bacon.
Lighter Jumbo Prawn Platter
Jumbo gulf prawns tempura breaded and served with lemon and cocktail sauce.
Lighter Beer Battered Cod
Beer battered cold water alaskan cod served with lemon and tartar sauce.
Lighter Old Fashioned Meatloaf
Homemade meatloaf served with beef gravy and sauteed mushrooms.
Lighter Chicken Fried Steak
Home style breaded cube steak chicken fried to a golden brown with country gravy.
All Kids Meals Below Include Choice Of French Fries, Cup Of Soup Or Small Salad And A Bag Of Cookies
Choice of one of the following, chicken tenders, mini corn dogs, battered cod plate, cheese quesadilla, or grilled cheese fingers.
For Our Guests Years And Under
Garden Fresh Salads
Bacon Cheese Burger Salad
Low carb salad with bacon cheeseburger flare, broiled burger chopped and placed on our lettuce mix topped with jack and cheddar cheese, tomatoes, pickles, red onion, cucumbers and sliced hard boiled egg. Served with choice of dressing. One size
Southern Crispy Chicken Salad
Crispy fried chicken diced and placed on topof a bed of lettuce, with tomatoes,cucumbers, sliced hard boiled egg,and black olives
Asian Chicken Salad
Sliced chicken breast, over a blend of fresh greens,sliced bell peppers, onions, sesame oriental dressing,crispy wonton strips, sliced toasted almonds, mushrooms, sesame seeds, green onions, and mandarin oranges
Chicken Caesar Salad
Fresh cut romain lettuce, with fresh sliced chicken breast, fresh tomatoes, fresh shaved parmesan cheese, and diced smoked bacon, tossed together in caesar dressing. Served with garlic cheese bread
Cobb Salad
Diced chicken breast, diced smoked bacon, diced tomatoes, diced hard boiled egg, fresh bleu cheese crumbs, fresh sliced avocado and green onions on a bed of fresh greens. Choice of dressing. One size only
Bowl Of Homemade Soup And Fresh Made Dinner Salad
Bowl Of Soup In A Bread Bowl
Bowl Of Soup With Corn Bread And Crackers
Dinner Salad
Homnemade Chili In A Bread Bowl
Our homemade chili served in a sourdough bread bowl served with melted jack and cheddar cheese and onions on the side
Soup Salad
Baskets
Fish And Chips
Beer battered alaskan cod served with french fries, cole slaw, tartar sauce and lemon
Chicken And Chips
Southern fried and breaded chicken strips served with french fries, cole slaw
Salmon And Chips
Beer battered and deep fried salmon, served with french fries, cole slaw, tartar sauce and lemon
Shrimp And Chips
Tempura breaded fantail prawns served with french fries, cole slaw, cocktail sauce
Salty Dog
/ pound miller all beef frank, wrapped in bacon then beer battered and deep fried served on a garlic cheese french roll, with b.b.q. Sauce on the side
Plain Ole Dog
/ pound miller all beef frank, charbroiled and served on a toasted french roll
Giant Addition Dog
/ pound miller all beef frank, topped with diced tomatoes, diced red onion, and diced fresh avocado, and melted jack and cheddar cheese. Served on a french roll
Coney Island Chili Dog
Served open faced smothered with our homemade chili topped with melted jack and cheddar cheese served with onions on the side
Going To The Dogs
Country Comfort Dinners
Charbroiled Usda Choice New York Steak
We hand cut our own usda choice meats served topped with haystack fried onions, "make it a surf and turf" add tempura prawns.
Buttercup's Original Signature "Chicken Fried Steak"
We hand cut usda choice rib eye steaks, then pound them, bread them, and then deep fry them till a golden brown topped with home made country gravy.
Slow Roast B.b.q. Baby Back Ribs
We slow roast our baby back ribs in our own house made b.b.q. Sauce, served with cole slaw.
Housemade Old Fashioned Meatloaf And Beef Gravy
Old-fashioned homemade meatloaf topped with beef gravy and sauteed mushrooms.
Grilled Beef Liver And Onions
Tender beef liver served with grilled onions and bacon.
Crispy Southern Fried Chicken
Over a pound of crispy southern fried chicken.
Chicken Parmesan
Seasoned broiled chicken breast, topped with meat sauce and melted provolne cheese. Served with fettuccini alfredo and garlic bread
Chicken Fettucini Alfredo
Fetuccini alfredo with grilled chicken and steamed broccoli. Served with garlic bread
Strip Steak Tips And Noodles
Broiled new york steak cut into cubes and served over creamy fettuccini noodles with brown sauce and sauteed mushrooms.
Chicken Monterey
Charbroiled chicken breast with b.b.q. Sauce bacon, fresh avocado, melted cheese mix, diced tomatoes, and green onions.
Beer Battered Alaskan Cold Water Cod
One of our house specialties, this cod is hand dipped in our own beer batter then deep fried to a crispy golden brown.
Tender Sea Scallops
Grilled Cod Oscar
Tender cod fillet grilled served with a crab cake and hollaindaise sauce.
The Seafood Platter
A platter with all your favorites-beer battered cod, jumbo prawns, clam strips and sea scallops deep fried to a golden brown. Served with lemon, tartar sauce, and cocktail sauce.
Butterfly Tempura Prawn Platter
Gulf prawns hand breaded with tempura the deep fried to a golden brown.
Wild Salmon Filet
Wild salmon filet grilled with garlic butter and lemon served with tartar sauce.
From The Sea
Our Wine Selection
Noble Vines
cabernet sauvignon (lodi) this concentrated and full body wine blends smokey, earthy tones with black fig on the nose and palate.
Noble Vines Merlot
(Lodi) this wine is a lavish expression of classic style merlot, with a rich round mouthfull, plush tannins and notes of black cherry and spice.
Boeger
Barbera (placerville) aroma brimming with ripe fruits, cherry cordial and red currant with notes of dried leaves, rose petals and rosemary.
Beriger
Pinot grigio (st.helena) this medium bodied wine has crisp apple and lemon flavors in a buttery texture that brings in vanilla and nutmeg with a clean crisp finish.
Toasted Head
Chardonnay (dunnigan hills) aromas of dark berry fruit, graham cracker, and lightly floral, with oak showing as cedar, spice and vanilla.
Beringer
White zinfandel (st. Helena) highlights the fresh red berry, citrus and melon aromas and flavors with hints of nutmeg and cloves.
Classic Pancake Sandwich
buttermilk pancakes, eggs, choice of bacon, sausage links or ham.
Texas French Toast Combo
wedges of vanilla egg-dipped texas toast with powdered sugar & eggs, choice of bacon, sausages, or ham.
Belgian Waffle Combo
Not after p.m. Belgian waffle with powdered sugar, eggs. Choice of bacon, sausage links or ham.
Cinnamon Roll French Toast Combo
We take our cinnamon roll and cut in half, then dip it in our vanilla egg mix, topped with sugar eggs choice of bacon, sausages, or ham.
Stack Of Buttermilk Pancakes
Cinnamon Roll French Toast
Belgian Waffle
Chicken Tenders And Waffle Combo
Strawberry Waffle & Whipped Cream
Short Stack Of Two Pancakes
Country Sausage Biscuit Platter
Texas size freshly made biscuit, split and topped with country sausage patties, then covered with homemade country gravy.includes eggs any style. Choice of hash browns or red skinned potatoes with bell peppers and onions.
Bakers Breakfast Combo
Tex eggs any style, choice of bacon strips. sausage links, or ham. And choice of fresh baked muffin, assorted strudels, toast, or cinnamon rollas size freshly made biscuit, split and topped with country sausage patties, then covered with homemade country gravy.includes eggs any style. Choice of hash browns or red skinned potatoes with bell peppers and onions.
Bakersanta Fe Breakfast Burritos Breakfast Combo
Diced pork sausage, fresh homemade pico relish and scrambled eggs rolled together in a flour tortilla, topped with jack and cheddar cheese, enchilada sauce, diced tomatoes, black olives, green onions, and sour cream
Road To Tahoe Breakfast Sandwich
"For those on the go and travelers". Two hard fried eggs, choice of bacon, sausage, ham or avocado. With melted cheddar cheese on toasted sourdough, served with french fries, hash browns, or red skinned potatoes with bell peppers and onions.
Popeyes Breakfast Rollup
Fresh spinach,diced bacon and scrambled eggs with melted cheddar and jack cheese, in a spinach tortilla roll served with choice of hash browns,diced red potatoes with red peppers & onions.
Fresh Starts
Fresh spinach,diced bacon and scrambled eggs with melted cheddar and jack cheese, in a spinach tortilla roll served with choice of hash browns,diced red potatoes with red peppers & onions.
From The Griddle And Irons
Hearty Sandwich Board
Turkey Garden
Fresh sliced roast turkey with cream cheese, avocado, and cranberrry sauce, and alfalfa sprouts. Served on harvest wheat bread
Roman Chicken Sandwich
Fresh broiled chicken breast with italian seasoning,served on a garlic parmesan french roll, with romain hearts caesar dressing bacon, jack cheese, and tomatoes
Chicken Bacon Avocado Melt
Grilled parmesan sourdough bread, grilled sliced chicken breast, fresh sliced avocado, bacon, and cheddar cheese
Frenchmans Dip
Sliced roast beef served on a french roll with au-jus. (French for "with juice").
Monte Cristo
Thick sliced sourdough bread filled with jack cheese, sliced ham, and sliced turkey, egg battered then grilled. Topped with powdered sugar and served with our famous sweet raspberry habanero sauce
Open Faced Hot Turkey Sandwich
Sliced roast turkey served over white bread smothered in old fashioned giblet gravy, ncludes cranberry sauce
Hot Corned Beef Melt
Hot corned beef on grilled sourdough bread with swiss cheese, grilled onions, and tomato
Open Faced Hot Beef Sandwich
Sliced fresh roast beef served over white bread. Then smothered with roast beef gravy
Corned Beef Reuben
Hot corned beef on grilled corn rye with swiss cheese, sauerkraut and island dressing
Sourdough Tuna Melt
Albacore tuna salad on grilled sourdough, with cheddar cheese and sliced tomatoes
Avocado Melt
Fresh sliced avocado on grilled sourdough bread with jack cheese, alafalfa sprouts, tomatoes, and fresh sliced mushrooms then topped with island dressing
B.l.a.s.t
Bacon, lettuce, avocado, swiss, and tomato on harvest wheat toast
Shaved Ham And Swiss Croissant
Shaved ham stacked high with swiss cheese, lettuce mayo and tomatoes on a fresh baked croissant
High Sierra Club Sandwich
Sliced roast turkey, bacon, ham, jack cheese, sliced onion,lettuce, tomato, and mayo. On a toasted french roll
Turkey Bacon Jack Cheese Croissant
Fresh sliced roast turkey, bacon, jack cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo on a fresh baked croissant
Albacore And Avocado
Albacore tuna salad with fresh sliced avocado, lettuce, tomato & mayo on choice of bread
Turkey Farm
Sliced roast turkey, on a toasted french roll, mayo, avocado with melted jack and cheddar cheese with sliced tomatoes