Hard Times Cafe and Cue Fairfax Service List

Main Menu

• Appetizers

  • Chili Nachos

    piled high with chili, melted cheddar, onions, jalapenos, sour cream and diced tomatoes

    $7.89

  • Jalapeno Pepper Poppers

    mild or hot

    $6.79

  • Chili Cheese Fries

    roadhouse fries topped with chili, melted cheddar and sour cream

    $6.49

  • Chicken Fingers

    regular with honey mustard bbq sauce or ranch

    $6.49

  • Chicken Fingers.

    texas hot and spicy with blue cheese and celery

    $6.99

  • Santa Fe Egg Rolls

    crispy tortillas wrapped around chicken, black beans and corn with melted jack cheese

    $6.79

  • Bacon Cheese Fries

    roadhouse fries with bacon and melted cheddar

    $6.29

  • Onion Rings

    our famous beer batter rings

    $5.29

• Wings

  Order Them Grilled

  • Original Texas

    made with our original hard times texas spice

    $7.29

  • Honey Bbq

    basted in succulent honey bbq sauce

    $7.29

  • Chili Lime

    special combo of chili and lime with a spicy kick

    $7.29

  • Honey Mustard

    cooked with a sweet honey mustard sauce

    $7.29

• Hard Times Traditional Chili

  Our Recipes Are Authentic and Historically Correct Versions of the Chili Created On the Turn-of-the-Century Cattle Drives of the Southwest and In the Cincinnati Chili Parlors of the Midwest.

  • Texas Chili

    the original. coarse ground beef cooked in its own juice, using an authentic turn of the century family spice blend and recipe.

  • Cincinnati Chili

    introduced in 1922 by greek immigrants, it is a fine grind of beef with a tomato base and sweeter spices including cinnamon.

  • Terlingua Red

    a tribute to the texas ghost town that hosted the first chili cook-off. a redder color and spicy kick of championship chiles.

  • Vegetarian Chili

    soy flakes cooked in a tomato base with fresh mushrooms, onions, green peppers, jalapenos and peanuts.

• Chili Mac

  • Chili Mac

    your choice of chili over spaghetti

    $6.59

  • Three Way Chili Mac

    spaghetti, chili and cheese

    $7.49

  • Four-Way Chili Mac

    spaghetti, chili cheese and onions

    $7.79

  • Five-Way Chili Mac

    spaghetti, chili, cheese, onions and beans

    $7.99

• Chili by the Bowl

  • Chili by the Bowl

    your choice of chili with or without beans

    $5.99

• Toppings

  All Chili Is Served with Homemade Corn Bread

  • Cheddar Or Parmesan Cheese

  • Chopped Onions

  • Sour Cream

  • Chopped Fresh Jalapenos

  • Diced Tomatoes

• Chili Bubba

  • Chili Bubba

    two pieces of cornbread topped with two of your favorite chilis, then smothered with cheddar, tomatoes, onions, and sour cream.

    $7.89

• Frito Chili Pie

  • Frito Chili Pie

    back in the 1940's you'd split open a bag of frito's and pour the chili on top. we put the frito's in a bowl, you choose your chili and we load it with shredded cheddar, diced tomatoes and sour cream.

    $7.89

• Chili Changa

  • Chili Changa

    a soft tortilla shell filled with cheddar cheese and choice of chili, topped with cheddar, tomato, lettuce and sour cream, includes salsa and chips.

    $7.89

• Burgers

  Burgers Are Served with a Heaping Portion of Our Homemade Roadhouse Fries, Lettuce, Tomato, and a Pickle, Burgers Are 1/2 Lb. Fresh Ground Beef, Grilled to Orderplease Allow for Cooking Time.

  • Chili Cheddarburger

    topped with your choice of chili with shredded cheddar and onions

    $7.99

  • Bacon Cheeseburger

    with crisp bacon and choice of cheddar, jack or american cheese

    $7.69

  • Cheeseburger

    choice of cheddar, jack, or american cheese

    $6.99

  • Hamburger

    plain and simple, grilled just right

    $6.49

  • Veggie-Burger

    choice of cheddar, jack, or american cheese

    $6.49

  • Veggie-Burger with Veggie Chili

    $7.49

• Grilled Chicken

  Fresh Chicken Breast Grilled to Order and Served with a Heaping Portion of Our Homemade Roadhouse Fries, Lettuce, Tomato, and a Pickle.

  • Bacon and Cheese Chicken Sandwich

    with crisp bacon and choice of cheddar, jack, or american cheese.

    $7.89

  • Texas Chicken Sandwich

    grilled with spicy wing sauce, texas spices and served with blue cheese dressing.

    $7.89

  • Inferno Chicken Sandwich

    grilled, with a blend of hot sauces and melted cheese, hot!

    $7.89

  • Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich

    grilled with your choice of cheddar, jack, or american cheese.

    $7.49

  • Chicken Salad Sandwich

    fresh homemade chicken salad.

    $6.79

  • Chicken Alamo

    spicy strips of grilled chicken blended with parmesan, ranch dressing, served on spaghetti and topped with diced tomatoes

    $7.89

• Chili Dogs

  World Famous Hard Times Chili Dogs Are Served with a Heaping Portion of Our Homemade Roadhouse Fries and a Pickle.

  • Hard Times Chili Dog

    1/4 pound all-beef dog with your choice of chili, shredded cheddar and onions knife and fork recommended.

    $6.79

  • Authentic Coney Dog

    two to an order, with just the right amount of cincinnati chili, shredded cheddar and onions.

    $6.79

  • Foot Long Chili Cheese Dog

    all-beef and topped with your choice of chili, shredded cheddar and onions.

    $6.79

• Salads

  • Santa Fe Chicken Salad

    grilled and chilled chicken on a garden salad tossed with homemade mexi-ranch dressing, fresh sweet corn, red peppers, diced tomatoes, shredded cheddar and tortilla strips.

    $7.79

  • Grilled Salmon Salad

    fresh salmon marinated and grilled to order over a garden salad with red peppers, diced tomatoes, shredded cheddar and tortilla strips.

    $8.99

  • Monterey Chicken Salad

    crispy strips of chicken diced up on a garden salad with shredded cheddar, tomatoes and chopped egg garnished with tortilla strips.

    $7.79

  • Buffalo Chicken Salad

    buffalo style strips of chicken diced up in a salad mix of romaine and iceberg with red onion, red pepper, shredded cheddar and tortilla strips.

    $7.79

  • Grilled and Chilled Chicken Breast Salad

    grilled and chilled chicken, red peppers, chopped egg, crisp bacon, diced tomatoes and shredded cheddar on a garden salad.

    $7.79

  • Texas Chicken Salad

    chicken breast grilled with spicy wing sauce and texas spices served on a garden salad with red peppers, diced tomatoes, and shredded cheddar.

    $7.79

  • Chili Salad

    your choice of chili on a garden salad with red peppers, diced tomatoes, shredded cheddar and tortilla strips, topped with sour cream.

    $7.69

• Suppertime Platters

  Add a Garden Salad Only $1.99

  • Bbq Ribs

    succulent ribs rubbed with our texas spice, slow cooked for tenderness and basted with thick, rich bbq sauce.

    Full Rack Add	$6.00
    Half Rack	$10.99

  • Ribs and Wings Combo

    1/2 rack of bbq ribs with six hard times wings, your choice of flavors.

    $12.99

  • New York Strip Steak

    10 oz, black angus strip is char-grilled over an open flame and seasoned with our crazy jane's spices.

    $13.99

  • Crazy Jane's Rib-Eye Steak

    11 oz, cut of the most flavorful steak there is, seasoned with crazy jane's of course

    $14.99

  • Chamayo Chicken

    two grilled chicken breasts, basted with thick bbq sauce, topped with bacon, jack and cheddar cheese and a pico de gallo.

    $10.99

  • Chicken Tender Dinner

    breaded chicken tenders served with your choice of dipping sauce and a heaping order of roadhouse fries.

    $8.99

  • Grilled Salmon

    fresh salmon marinated and grilled to order, served with our fresh-cut fries and cole slaw.

    $12.59

  • Fish and Chips

    filet of cod dipped in our beer batter and deep fried, lemon and tartar sauce, along with a heaping order of roadhouse fries.

    $9.99

• Side Items

  • Tenderfoot Three-Way

    smaller version of our 3-way with spaghetti, chili and cheese

    $5.49

  • Tenderfoot Bowl of Chili

    smaller portion of chili with cheese

    $4.89

  • Onions

  • Sour Cream

  • Diced Tomatoes

  • Chopped Fresh Jalepenos

  • Roadhouse Fries

    freshly cut and homemade

    $2.99

  • Garden Salad

    our fresh garden salad with your choice of dressing

    $3.29

• Beverages

  • Coke

    $2.09

  • Diet Coke

    $2.09

  • Sprite

    $2.09

  • Mr. Pibb

    $2.09

  • Fruit Punch

    $2.09

  • Hard Times Sweet Tea

    $2.09

  • Regular Iced Tea

    $2.09

  • Hard Times Old Fashioned Lemonade

    $2.09

  • Dasani Bottled Water

    $1.59

• Desserts

  • Hard Times Root Beer Float

    $3.49

  • Oreo Brownie Sundae

    $3.99

  • Hot Apple Pie a La Mode

    $3.99

  • Desert Special

    please ask your server

• Hard Times Root Beer

  • Hard Times Root Beer

    our signature root beer made with honey and without caffeine

    Long Neck Bottle	$2.29
    14 Oz Draft	$1.99