Eatery for Southern comfort food with an emphasis on chicken, plus craft beer, cocktails & slushies.
4.5 – 1 reviews $$ • Chicken restaurant
Menu
| Table Snacks | |
| Fried Brussels Sprouts Shallots. Maple pecans, spiced aioli |
$8.00 |
| Crab Hushpuppies Comeback sauce. Scallions, lemon |
$9.00 |
| Pimento Cheese & Crackers Prairie fruit farms pimento cheese, saltines, bread & butter pickles, celery |
$9.00 |
| Gravy Fries Twice-fried potato wedges, ropp’s cheese curds, chicken gravy |
$8.00 |
| Fried Wings Tossed in carolina gold or buffalo sauce (1/2 lb. Or full lb.) |
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| Ez Cheezy Chicarones House fried pork rinds, dehydrated cheese powder |
$7.00 |
| Fried Okra Served with house-made alabama white sauce |
$7.00 |
| Salads | |
| House Local greens, seasonal veggies, croutons. Red onion, parmesan, black pepper ranch |
$6.00 |
| Bounty Lacinato kale, roasted zucchini, red onion, slow-roasted tomatoes, sunflower seeds, creole vinaigrette |
$7.00 |
| Sandwiches | |
| Chicken Sandwich Fried chicken thigh or pulled spit-roasted chicken, brioche bun, herb mayo, lettuce, pickles |
$9.00 |
| Nashville Hot Fried chicken thigh, nashville hot dip, brioche bun, coleslaw. Thick-cut dill pickles |
$11.00 |
| Buffalo Starchild Fried chicken thigh. Buffalo sauce, heinkel’s bacon, black pepper ranch, blue cheese crumbles, lettuce |
$12.00 |
| Popcorn Tofu Po’boy Battered & fried organic tofu slices, hoagie roll, lettuce, red onion, pickle, and vegan remoulade |
$9.00 |
| Du Velo Nashville hot fried chicken thigh, brioche bun, american cheese, crisped pork belly, herb mayo, fried egg* |
$15.00 |
| Polish Hammer Heinkel’s spicy polish. Sautéed red cabbage with onions & apples. House-made beer mustard |
$12.00 |
| Nashville Hot Fish Fried perch, nashville hot dip, hoagie roll, coleslaw, pickles |
$12.00 |
| Bird By The Piece | |
| Light Includes [1] sauce, breast & wing |
$9.00 |
| Dark Includes [1] sauce, thigh & leg |
$9.00 |
| Half Bird Includes (2) sauces, serves 2-3 |
$16.00 |
| Full Bird Includes [4] sauces, serves 3-4 |
$29.00 |
| Sides | |
| Buttermilk Red Bliss Potatoes & Chicken Gravy | $6.00 |
| Creamy Coleslaw | $6.00 |
| Dirty Rice | $6.00 |
| Mini Biscuits & Housemade Jam | $6.00 |
| Ropp’s Smoked Gouda Mac & Cheese | $6.00 |
| Stewed Collard Greens W/ Smoked Turkey | $6.00 |
| Vegan Potato Salad | $6.00 |
| Nashville Hot Chicken | |
| Quarter Fried Chicken Dipped In Our Spicy Nashville Hot | $12.00 |
| Thick-Cut Dill Pickles | $12.00 |
| Twice-Fried Potato Wedges | $12.00 |
| Alabama White Chicken | |
| Quarter Fried Chicken | $14.00 |
| Belgian Waffle | $14.00 |
| Apple Compote | $14.00 |
| Whipped Sorghum Butter | $14.00 |
| Maple Syrup | $14.00 |
| Watson’s Rice Bowl | |
| Dirty Rice | $14.00 |
| Pulled Spit-Roasted Chicken | $14.00 |
| Fried Chicken Tenders | $14.00 |
| Stewed Collard Greens W/ Smoked Turkey | $14.00 |
| Fried Egg* | $14.00 |
| Pickled Okra | $14.00 |
| Alabama White Sauce | $14.00 |
| Scallions | $14.00 |
| Sauces | |
| Alabama White | |
| Black Pepper Ranch | |
| Buffalo | |
| Carolina Gold | |
| Cherry Cola Bbq | |
| Comeback | |
| Hot Honey | |
| Desserts | |
| S’mores Waffle Cinnamon graham cracker waffle, toasted hopscotch marshmallow, high west campfire chocolate sauce, & pff gelato |
$9.00 |
| Cobbler House-made cobbler with a selection of seasonal fruits, served with pff gelato |
$6.00 |
| Ipa & Pale Ales | |
| Ballast Point | $6.00 |
| Bell’s Beers | $5.00 |
| Founder’s | $4.00 |
| Half Acre | $6.00 |
| Revolution | $4.00 |
| Surly | $6.00 |
| Tighthead Brewing Co. | $6.00 |
| Belgians & Wheats | |
| Begyle Crash landed |
$5.00 |
| Boulevard Wheat |
$5.00 |
| Old Bakery Citrus wheat |
$6.00 |
| Revolution Bottoms up |
$4.00 |
| Urban Chestnut Schnickelfritz |
$6.00 |
| Extras | |
| Old Bakery Porter |
$6.00 |
| Steigl Grapefruit radler |
$6.00 |
| Triptych Seasonal selection |
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| Ales | |
| Big Sky Moose drool brown ale |
$5.00 |
| Stone Arrogant bastard |
$5.00 |
| Brunch Menu – Breakfast | |
| Black Bean Bowl Breakfast potatoes, cumin black beans, roasted corn roasted poblanos, salsa roja, sliced avocado |
$11.00 |
| Avocado Toast Cib multigrain toast, avocado two ways, greens in a citrus vinaigrette, toasted sunflower seeds. Chimichurri |
$11.00 |
| Classic Diner 2 eggs your way, breakfast potatoes, bacon: with toast and jam. Add a half order of b&g for 5 |
$10.00 |
| Chelsea’s Sunday Plea Waffle, fried chicken (light or dark), apple compote, whipped sorghum butter, maple syrup |
$15.00 |
| Aj’s Breaky Sammy Canadian bacon, bacon, spicy mayo, american cheese, a fried egg, cib brioche bun; served with dusted french fries |
$17.00 |
| Brunch Menu – Soft Drinks | |
| Coffee | $2.00 |
| Hot Tea | $2.00 |
| Lemonade | $2.75 |
| Orange Juice | $2.75 |
| Peach Tea | $2.75 |
| Peach Sweet Tea | $2.75 |
| Coke | $2.00 |
| Diet Coke | $2.00 |
| Mr. Pibb | $2.00 |
| Barq’s Root Beer | $2.00 |
| Orange Fanta | $2.00 |
| Grape Fanta | $2.00 |
| Brunch Menu – Lunch | |
| Chicken Club Fried chicken thigh, bacon swiss cheese. Pff chevre lettuce onion, tomato honey mustard on texas toast (try it nashville hot dippedi) |
$14.00 |
| Double Smash Burger Two beef patties, american cheese, mayo ketchup. Mustard onion, pickle on cib brioche bun |
$11.00 |
| Hungry Boy Poutine Chicken fried steak, ropp’s cheese curds, country sausage gravy |
$14.00 |
| Fried Chicken Sandwich Fried chicken thigh, cib brioche bun, herb mayo, lettuce, pickles. |
$11.00 |
| Housemade Cocktails | |
| Devil’s Dream House-infused peach bourbon. Muddled peach, lemon juice, & triple sec |
$9.00 |
| Watson’s Wabbit Chicago distilling finn’s gin, carrot juice, honey ginger syrup, & lemon juice |
$8.00 |
| Howling Owl Mezcal, rye whiskey, creme de cassis, tamarind simple syrup, lime juice, & ginger beer |
$10.00 |
| Shady Mary Chicago dist. Ceres vodka, spicy tomato juice pickle brine, house-made pickle wedge, & old bay rim |
$7.00 |
| Daisy Buchanan Rittenhouse rye, orgeat, chamomile syrup, & fresh lemon juice |
$8.00 |
| Unclouded Day Cranberry-infused deep eddy vodka, house-made lemonade, & mint |
$8.00 |
| Doc Collins Hayman’s old tom gin, fresh lemon juice, citrus tea simple syrup, mint, & soda water |
$7.00 |
| Belle Meade Sour Belle meade bourbon, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup, & egg whites |
$11.00 |
| Samwise Old overholt rye, fresh lime juice, angostura bitters, ginger beer, & founders all day ipa |
$12.00 |
| El Hefe Casamigos blanco tequila, fresh grapefruit & lime juices, orgeat, simple syrup, & peychaud’s bitters |
$12.00 |
| Watson’s Old Fashioned Rowan’s creek bourbon, muddled orange, angostura bitters, & simple syrup |
$10.00 |
| Adult Slushies | |
| Kentucky Slush Fighting cock bourbon, house made lemonade, peach tea,. Orange juice |
$7.00 |
| Gorky Park Mule Deep eddy vodka, ginger beer, lime juice |
$7.00 |
| Slushie Flight A 2 oz. Pour of each of our [4] available slushies of the day! |
$7.00 |
| Special Slushies Try one of our [2] rotating, signature adult slushies! |
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| Housemade Shots | |
| Peach Bourbon House infused four roses yellow label |
$6.00 |
| Mallard Flatts Crown royal, borghetti, st. Brendan’s |
$6.00 |
| Properly Peach House infused peach bourbon, amaretto, lemon juice, simple syrup |
$6.00 |
| Pama Shot Deep eddy, pama, house lemonade |
$6.00 |
| Watson’s Bomb Crown royal, orchard peach. Cherry bitters, cranberry, red bull |
$7.00 |
| Raspberry Parfait Cimarron, borghetti, st. George raspberry, st. Brendan’s |
$6.00 |
| Zero Proof Cocktails | |
| Peacemaker Mango nectar. Lemon juice & raspberry cane syrup |
$5.00 |
| Heaven´S Highway Cherry bitters. Cherry juice lime & sprite |
$5.00 |
| Wine | |
| Gruet Blanc De Noirs | Albuquerque, New Mexico Complex aromas & flavors of raspberry. Baked pear & cherry are complemented by a hint of toasted vanilla in this delightful dry sparkling wine. |
$9.00 |
| Priest Ranch Grenache Blanc Estate Grown | Napa Valley, California Generous in length & body with creamy peach. Honeysuckle. & Lime curd. Subtle mineral notes & ample acidity provided by dramatic elevation changes in the vineyards |
$9.00 |
| Substance Cabernet Sauvignon | Columbia Valley, Washington Cassis. Blueberries, violets & wood smoke make this classy red with ripe tannin an ideal complement to many a fried bird. Taters. Biscuits. & That great conversation you’re having |
$10.00 |
| House Selections: Red A collection of hand selected wines meant to pair perfectly to our menu with multiple options to fit everyone’s palate and desires |
$7.00 |
| House Selections: White A collection of hand selected wines meant to pair perfectly to our menu with multiple options to fit everyone’s palate and desires |
$7.00 |
| House Selections: Rosé A collection of hand selected wines meant to pair perfectly to our menu with multiple options to fit everyone’s palate and desires |
$7.00 |
| Others | |
| Chicken & Andouille Gumbo | $3.50 |
| Alabama White Chicken Spit-roasted chicken dipped in alabama white sauce served w/ texas toast & stewed collard greens w/ smoked turkey |
$12.00 |
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Contact Watson’s Shack & Rail
Address: 211 N Neil St, Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 607-0168
Website: http://www.watsonschicken.com/
Hours
| Friday | 11AM–10PM |
| Saturday | 11AM–10PM |
| Sunday | 10AM–2PM, 4–9PM |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 11AM–10PM |
| Wednesday | 11AM–10PM |
| Thursday | 11AM–10PM |
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