Ze Mean Bean Cafe - Baltimore, MD

Root vegetables stewed in a sweet beet broth and topped with a dollop of sour cream. Served with toasted bread.

A fantastic introduction to our slavic fare! One holupki, three pierogi (one of each type), one potato pancake topped with homemade applesauce, and a side of polish kielbasa.

Four pierogi (slavic dumpling) lightly sautéed in butter, stuffed with potato, sauerkraut, and sweet farmer's cheese. Served with caramelized onions.

Chef's selection of cheeses.

Sautéed mushrooms simmered in cream and blended with fresh herbs, finished with sour cream and melted gruyere cheese. Served with toasted bread points.

A slavic staple! Homemade spaetzle, braised cabbage, brown butter, fresh herbs, wild mushroom blend.

Pan seared quinoa cake with coconut cream.

4oz. Maryland crabcake served with a spicy polish honey vodka sauce over mache and asparagus.

Medallion of baked chevre, sun-dried tomato pesto, portabella cap and pine nuts served over greens with black currant vinaigrette.

Mache greens dressed in a creamy stilton bleu, red onions, crispy kielbasa bits and topped with a sunny side up egg.

Baby field greens dressed with truffle vinaigrette, sliced brie and toasted almonds accompanied by marinated beet and apricot salad.

Ze house salad. Greens with carrots, red onion, tomato and sherry vinaigrette.

Boneless chicken breast filled with garlic-herb butter. Accompanied by salade olivier (potato-egg salad) and sautéed chef's vegetables.

Two plump cabbage rolls stuffed with ground beef, pork & rice in a light tomato sauce. Served with roasted fingerling potatoes and chef's vegetables.

Braised bistro loin, onions, bell peppers, carrots and tomatoes, stewed with red wine and hungarian paprika, served over homemade spaetzle.

Assortment of seven pierogi filled with potato, sauerkraut, and sweet farmer's cheese. Served with chef's vegetables and pickled red cabbage.

Marinated pork tenderloin served with red lentils, beet salad, fresh vegetables and a sage and walnut pesto.

Crabmeat served with spaetzle, asparagus, peppers, onion, fresh herbs, asparagus broth and bacon.

Boneless beef short ribs braised in a smoked paprika broth served with whipped purple mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus and smoky pan jus.

Mahi mahi fillet topped with jumbo crab and a stone-ground hollandaise sauce, accompanied by grilled asparagus and roasted red beets.

Twin baby lamb chops with rosemary pesto, whipped purple potatoes and grilled asparagus.

Pan fried quinoa cakes, served with sesame almond quinoa, chef's vegetables and coconut cream sauce.

Grilled shrimp and scallops served on a bed of olive and trufffle oil rissotto with grilled asparagus and drizzled with aged balsamic.

Twin jumbo lump crabcakes served with red lentils, grilled aspargus and finished with a spicy polish honey vodka sauce.

Four Pierogi filled with saurkraut, potato or sweet farmers cheese served with sour cream.

One cabbage roll stuffed with rice, beef and pork topped with tomato sauce.

Oven roasted pork loin, braised red cabbage, Swiss cheese and stone ground mustard served on toasted rye bread.

Grilled shrimp with fresh greens, red onions, tomato, truffled golden beets, melted chevre in a warm tortilla.

Whole roasted portabella, roasted peppers, sun dried tomato pesto, and herbed Boursin cheese on toasted Ciabatta bread.

Grilled chicken breast, tomatoes, onion, greens, cheddar cheese, sour cream and chipotle barbecue sauce in a warm tortilla.

Grilled kielbasa on a toasted baguette with spicy stone-ground mustard, caramelized onions, melted Gruyere, and pickled red cabbage.

4oz. Maryland crab cake layered with greens, asparagus spears and a spicy Polish honey vodka sauce on Ciabatta bread.

Add a cup of our soup of the day with your sandwich.

Sherry infused shrimp broth with a silky cream finish.

Golden corn and roasted chicken in a hearty soup

A medley of fresh fruit

Four pierogies, lightly sautéed in butter & onions, filled with potato, sauerkraut, & sweet farmer's cheese

Ze house salad. Mixed greens in a sherry vinaigrtte with julienne onion, carrots, and Roma tomato

Twin seared lamb chops rubbed with rosemary pesto and served with parsnip puree and fresh asparagus.

Braised beef tenderloin, onions, bell peppers, carrots and tomatoes, stewed with red wine, homemade potato dumplings and Hungarian paprika.

Pan seared chicken breast with sun-dried tomato pesto, greens, and tomato, served on Ciabatta bread.

Roasted portabella, mixed greens, Roma tomato, Gruyere cheese and red onion in a tortilla wrap.

Three buttermilk pancakes filled with fresh blueberries.

Battered Texas toast grilled and served with caramelized banana rum sauce.

Two buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup, scrambled eggs and grilled Polish sausage

A wonderful combination of French toast, scrambled eggs and crispy smoked bacon

One pancake, a slice of French toast, scrambled eggs, Polish sausage, bacon, and a side of potatoes

A toasted English muffin topped with Polish kielbasa, two poached eggs and seasoned hollandaise sauce.

A toasted English muffin topped with jumbo lump crab meat, two poached eggs, and seasoned hollandaise sauce.

A toasted English muffin topped with teres major, two poached eggs, and seasoned hollandaise.

A fluffy three-egg omelet filled jumbo lump crab meat and Boursin cheese.

A fluffy three-egg omelet filled with sun-dried tomato pesto, olives, and feta cheese.

A fluffy three-egg omelet filled with asparagus, wild mushrooms, and goat cheese.

A fluffy three-egg omelet stuffed with Polish kielbasa, caramelized onions and cheddar cheese.

A fluffy three-egg omelet filled with, grilled apple slices, warm Brie, and toasted pine nuts.

A three-egg scramble filled with bell peppers, fresh chopped herbs, and melted Gruyere cheese.

Eggs in a basket served with a bistro filet finished with a hollandaise sauce.