Mine Shaft & Rock House Menu
Introducing the menu at Mine Shaft & Rock House, located in Houghton, MI, is an experience not to be missed. Known for its delicious offerings and generous portions, this establishment has garnered acclaim from diners. With a focus on family-friendly dining, it’s a great spot for gatherings both casual and memorable.
- Build Your Own Burger: Satisfy your cravings with customizable options, like cheddar cheese and grilled onions.
- Outstanding Pizza: A standout dish praised for its crispy crust and abundant toppings. Even a 16” pizza can leave you with leftovers!
- Atmosphere: While the entrance shares space with vibrant gaming areas, the warm service and inviting ambiance make it worth a visit.
From friendly bartenders to enticing flavors, Mine Shaft & Rock House truly brings joy to each dining experience. Whether you're a local or just passing through, this restaurant is sure to impress.
Starters
Sampler Platter
Four of our most popular appetizers on one plate: rock house wings, fried pickle chips, breaded mushrooms and mozzarella sticks.
Fried Pickle Chips
Lightly breaded to order dill pickle chips deep fried, served with our homemade rock house bbq sauce.
Breaded Mushrooms
Lightly breaded fresh whole mushrooms deep fried until golden, served with ranch dressing or bbq sauce.
Mozzarella Sticks
Breaded mozzarella sticks deep fried and served with fresh marinara dipping sauce.
Onion Rings
A basket full of our delicious beer battered thick onion rings, fried to a golden crisp.
Quesadilla
Grilled tortilla filled with your choice of grilled chicken or grilled veggies along with the pepper-jack and and cheddar cheeses, and diced tomatoes. Served with guacamole, sour cream and salsa on the side.
Chips & Nacho Cheese Dip
Traditional nacho cheese dip served with a generous portion of our fresh tortilla chips.
Cheese Curds or Fresh Mozzarella Balls
Lightly breaded cheddar cheese curds or lightly breaded fresh mozzarella balls served with marinara sauce.
Our Award Winning Rock House Wings
Tossed in one of our homemade sauces served with celery and bleu cheese dressing. Choose from bbq, teriyaki, thai chili, buffalo, diablo or spicy garlic.
Traditional & Boneless Wings
Features Itam
Salads
Chicken and Fresh Fruit
Your choice of our char-grilled or crispy chicken breast tossed with diced red onion and seasonal fresh fruit in our homemade sweet raspberry vinaigrette dressing all served over a bed of chopped romaine lettuce.
Chopped Cobb
A delicious blend of chopped romaine, grilled chicken, diced tomato, avocado, bacon, bleu cheese and chopped eggs, served with your choice of dressing.
Caesar
Crispy romaine hearts tossed in caesar dressing, topped with croutons and asiago cheese.
Classic Chef
Ham, turkey, tomato, egg, red onions, a blend of monterey jack and cheddar served over a bed of chef-blend salad greens and topped with croutons, served with your choice of dressing.
Taco
Seasoned ground beef, diced tomato, onion and black olives topped with shredded cheddar cheese served over our chopped romaine in a lightly fried and crispy flour tortilla bowl. Served with sour cream and salsa.
Tuscan
Diced tomatoes with fresh mozzarella cheese and red onions tossed in our homemade basil pesto dressing, placed on top of chopped romaine lettuce and served on a garlic herbed pizza crust.
Greek Salad
A bed of chopped romaine lettuce topped with kalamata olives, green peppers, cucumbers, red onions, and feta cheese. Served with a feta infused vinaigrette dressing.
Chicken Club Wrap
Choice of grilled chicken breast or crispy chicken tenders with cheddar cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato and onion with your choice of sauce all wrapped in a flour tortilla. Served with your choice of potato.
Homemade Soup of the Day
Soup
Burgers
Mine Shaft Burger
Our signature seasoned ground steak burger topped with our famous bbq pulled pork and a mound of homemade onion straws. Served on a kaiser bun.
Rock House Bbq Bacon Burger
Our signature ground steak burger topped with our rock house bbq sauce, monterey jack, applewood smoked bacon and onion straws.
Morning Star Veggie Burger
Morningstar farms garden veggie patties, mushrooms, water chestnuts, onion, carrots, bell peppers and black olives so much veggie goodness in one burger.
Cheese
American, blue, cheddar, smoked gouda, monterey jack, pepper-jack, provolone, and swiss.
Additional Add-Ons
Caramelized onions, sauteed mushrooms, avocado.
Bacon
Additional Patty
Build Your Own Burger
Little Miners
Corn Dogs
Five mini corn dogs.
Chicken Tenders
Two chicken tenderloins.
Personal Pizza
No side. Choose one topping. Pepperoni, sausage, ham, mushrooms, green pepper, onion or bacon.
Sliders
Pick 2. Pulled pork, cheeseburger or hamburger.
Mac and Cheese
A traditional macaroni with a creamy cheese sauce.
Grilled Cheese
Grilled to a golden brown.
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Cherry Pepsi
Mountain Dew
Diet Mountain Dew
Sierra Mist
Diet Sierra Mist
Mug Rootbeer
Lemonade
Orange Twister
Coffee
Tea
Iced Tea
Includes free refills.
Milk and Juice
Beverages
Handcrafted Sandwiches
Rock House Bbq Pulled Pork
Slow roasted succulent pork in our rock house bbq sauce piled high on a kaiser roll, served with coleslaw.
Quincy Club
Marinated chicken breast grilled, topped with cheddar cheese, applewood smoked bacon, lettuce and tomato, served on a kaiser roll.
French Dip
Tender roast beef piled high on a grilled hoagie bun with monterey jack, caramelized onions and a side of au jus.
Reuben
Corned beef piled high on grilled marble rye with sauerkraut, swiss cheese and 1000 island dressing.
Stacked Turkey
Slow roasted turkey breast thinly sliced and piled on multigrain bread with swiss cheese, avocado, lettuce, tomato, onion and caesar dressing.
Chicken Tender Melt
Lightly breaded chicken tenders served on grilled thick-cut sourdough bread with pepper jack cheese, bacon and sliced tomato.
Copper Country Club Melt
Grilled turkey, bacon, american cheese, sliced tomato and thousand island dressing on our thick-cut grilled sourdough bread.
Smothered Fajita Burrito
Choose from steak, chicken, pork or roasted vegetables. Served with spanish rice, refried beans, fajita-style veggies, topped with tomato-chipotle sauce and cheese.
Rock House Mother Lode Burrito
Ground beef, refried pinto beans, spanish rice,cheese and enchilada sauce all inside a large grilled flour tortilla. Served with sour cream, guacamole and salsa on the side.
Flour Tortilla Enchiladas
2-6" flour tortilla enchiladas with your choice of filling (beef, chicken, or pork). Pork and chicken enchiladas are topped with a zesty white sauce and the beef is topped with a mild red enchilada sauce all are served with spanish rice and refried beans.
Tacos
Your choice of hard/soft shell tacos chicken, pork or beef with lettuce, cheese, tomato and onion. Served with spanish rice and refried beans.
Mexican Entrees
Entrees
N. Y. Strip Steak
Our 12 oz strip, lean and tender, char-broiled to your liking.
Sirloin Steak
The perfect cut steak, 6oz. Portion cut from the heart of the sirloin.
Cedar Planked Salmon
North atlantic salmon grilled and served on a cedar plank, seasoned with a lite citrus barbeque glaze.
12oz Ribeye
Our 12oz. Ribeye tender and char-broiled to your liking
Fresh Caught Lake Superior Fish
Locally caught, this favorite is baked and served with tarter sauce and lemon garnish. Lake trout or white fish, based on daily availability.
Bbq Combo
Build your own bbq combo, choose any two: marinated char-broiled chicken breast, our tender slow roasted pulled pork, or 14 rack of our famous baby back ribs all served with a generous portion of our award winning rock house bbq sauce.
Fried Fish Dinner
A generous portion of our chef's choice of fish, hand breaded and deep fried to golden brown. Garnished with tarter sauce and leMon.
Chicken Tenders
Succulent chicken tenderloins breaded and deep fried to a golden brown, served with your choice of dipping sauce.
Shrimp
Select jumbo shrimp. Served in your choice of styles: charbroiled cajun-sauteed, hand-breaded and deep fried.
Rock House Ribs
Traditional baby back ribs braised then slow roasted till tender, smothered with our award winning rock house bbq sauce.
Spicy Penne
Mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, crushed red pepper and penne pasta tossed in our homemade cream sauce with your choice of char-broiled chicken or spicy italian sausage.
Fettuccini Alfredo
Our homemade garlic cream sauce with fettuccini pasta.
Pasta
Pizza
Specialties
9" Gluten Free Pizza with Your Choice of Toppings
Rock House Chicken
Diced char-broiled chicken breast with our famous rock house bbq sauce and red onions then loaded with our monterey jack and cheddar cheese blend.
Garden Fresh Vegetable
Spinach, red onions, mushrooms, olives, tomatoes and banana peppers.
Mega Meat
Pepperoni, ham, applewood smoked bacon, italian sausage and ground beef.
Taco Pizza
Seasoned ground beef, diced fresh tomatoes, black olives, monterey jack and cheddar cheese blend. Topped with shredded lettuce, taco sauce and crushed tortilla chips. Add sour cream or jalepenos (each).
Mother Lode
Pepperoni, sausage, ham, fresh tomatoes, mushrooms green pepper, onion and banana peppers.
Greek Pizza
Hand tossed pizza crust drizzled with olive oil and italian seasoning, topped with fresh spinach, kalamata olives, feta cheese, chicken and our own pizza cheese blend.
Cheese Only
Mine Your Own Masterpiece
Toppings
Black & Green Olives
Green Peppers
Onions
Fresh Mushrooms
Tomatoes
Spinach
Banana Peppers
Jalapeno Peppers
Kalamata Olives
Pineapple
Extra Cheese
Feta Cheese
Applewood Smoked Bacon
Chicken
Ground Beef
Ham Italian Sausage
Spicy Sausage
Pepperoni Fresh Mozzarella Balls
Rock Slide Brownie
This is one special brownie! We start with a warm brownie...then Top it with butter-luscious caramel, piled high with brownie cubes, toasted pecans & a drizzle of caramel ganache. Then we add ice cream, whipped topping and chocolate drizzle. Out of this world!
Giant Ice Cream Sundae
3 scoops of vanilla ice cream topped with your choice of hot fudge, chocolate or strawberry topping. Garnished with whipped topping, nuts and a cherry.
Chocolate Lava Cake
Warm, individual, dark dense chocolate decadence. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.