Austin House

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Burgers and SandwichesServed with fries. All burgers served with mayo, lettuce, tomato and onion. For 1.50 substitute fries for onion rings, salad, soup or sweet potato fries.

baskets

finger steaks with fries

Beef strip pieces battered and fried golden, served with ranch dressing. 8.00

3 piece fish and chips

Battered cod fillets and fried golden served with fries, lemon and tartar sauce. 8.00

fried shrimp

Plump, juicy shrimp served with fries, lemon and your choice of tartar or cocktail sauce. 10.00

3 piece chicken strip basket

Served with fries and your choice of sauce. 8.00

Bacon, lettuce and tomato

Need we say more! 8.00

Chicken strip sandwich

Golden tender strips on a kaiser bun with lettuce and tomato. 8.50 Fish sandwich\

Cod fillet battered and fried golden with lettuce, tomato and tartar sauce. 8.50

Austin Cheese burger 8.50

Tipton burger

A mountain of a burger, two beef patties, two slices of cheese topped with bacon. 10.50 Chili burger

Open faced burger topped with chili, cheese and onions. 9.75 Logger burger

A big burger served with cheese, ham and egg. 11.00 Buffalo burger

A third pound patty, grilled and served with lettuce and tomato. 10.00

Grilled ham and cheese

Juicy ham piled high with melted cheese on white or wheat bread. 7.00 Grilled cheese

Served on white or wheat bread. 6.00 Ham sandwich Served with lettuce, tomato and mayo. 8.00 mesquite Chicken SAndwich

Grilled tender chicken breast, on a kaiser bun. 9.50

Austin burger

Our traditional 1/3 pound burger. 7.50

blue mountain burger

Smothered in Blue cheese with bacon. 9.75

bates burger

Served with bacon and cheese. 9.50

Dixie burger

Topped with bacon, Swiss cheese and sauteed mushrooms. 10.00

Pepper jack burger

Spicy Pepper Jack cheese and jalapenos on our traditional burger 9.50

Add an extra 2.00 for any splits.

soups and salad

chili. Bowl 5.00 Cup 4.00 Soup Bowl 5.00 Cup 4.00 Side tossed salad 5.00

Garlic bread 1.50

Mesquite Austin House

Chicken salad

Mesquite style chicken breast topped a fresh bed of greens, dried craisons and served with your choice of dressing. 11.00

Dinners All dinners come with vegetable, potato and hot bread. Top your dinner with fresh sauteed mushrooms and onions add 2.50.

Rib eye steak USDA choice 8 oz. 16.00, 12 oz. 20.00 or 16 oz. 24.00 Rib eye steak and shrimp

8 oz. steak paired with delicious shrimp. 22.00

Chicken fried steak

A beef steak breaded and fried chicken style Topped with our country gravy. 14.00

mesquite Chicken Dinner 15.00

Chicken strip dinner

Tender strips of chicken in a southern home-style breading. 12.00

crispy chicken salad

Romaine lettuce topped with crispy chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers, croutons with your choice of dressing. 10.50

cobb salad

Blue cheese, hard broiled egg, bacon, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers. 10.00

seafood All dinners include vegetable, potato and hot bread.

Cod fish dinner

Battered cod fillet fried golden, served with lemon and with your choice of cocktail or tartar sauce. 12.00

Shrimp dinner

Plump, juicy shrimp served with lemon and your choice of cocktail or tartar sauce. 15.00

Seafood combination

A mixture of battered cod, shrimp, and clam strips served with lemon, cocktail and tartar sauce. 15.00

Add a soup or salad to any dinner for 3.00 extra.

www.austinhousecafecountrystore.com

Phone: 541.448.2526

The history of Bates and austin

The town of Austin was started by a man named Newton. In the late 1800’s, Minot and Linda Austin arrived and purchased

the town site and renamed it Austin. Minot ran a stage line between Sumptor and Canyon City. Linda ran the general store,

hotel and boarding house. At one time, Austin boasted a population of approximately 500 people.

The Sumpter Valley Railroad arrived in the year of 1905.

In the beginning, the rails stopped at the farmer stagecoach stop of Austin Station. A large sawmill owned by Oregon Lumber Company

was built beside the tracks at Austin. This mill was in operation during the decade preceding World War I. The passenger trains from Baker stopped at

the Austin House(Austin Station) for lunch which “MA” Austin served at her boarding house. From Austin, the Oregon Lumber Company

laid their tracks into the timber and brought logs to the big double-sided mill.

Austin was quite a town in its day, with several saloons, store and even a jail. It boasted a board sidewalk also. There was a mill called the Eccles Mill near Austin.

This mill was owned and operated by BIll Eccles, brother to David Ecclesm, owner of Oregon Lumber Company.

In about 1917 the Oregon Lumber Company built a new double-sided sawmill

about a mile down the Middle fork of the John Day River from Austin. A company owned town was built for the mill workers and was named Batesville.

Later, the name was shortened to Bates. This mill remained in full operation until October 1975,

when a new mill was put into operation in John Day by Edward Hines Lumber Company.