Our Menu
THE BEGINNING
GRAPES
Brie / Pistachio / Gastrique
OLIVES
Blue Cheese / Curried Honey
CHARCUTERIE AND CHEESE
Selection of cured meat and cheeses
Honeycomb / Grapes / Marcona Almonds / Olives / Roasted Red Peppers / Whole Grain Mustard
Choice of 3 – $19 or Choice of 5 – $28
SMOKED TROUT TOAST
Radish / Pickled Onion / Mustard Seeds / Dill
HOUSE MADE FOCACCIA
Daily Selection
FRIED BRUSSEL SPROUTS
Arbol Chili / Lime / Queso Fresco / Cilantro
THE EVOLUTION
OCTOPUS CARPACCIO
Olive / Arugula / Pepper Flakes
CRAB CAKE
Horseradish / Dill / Radicchio
VERTICAL CAESAR
Romaine / Cured Egg Yolk / Focaccia Croutes
Smoked Caesar Aioli
ROASTED HEIRLOOM CARROTS
Tahini Yogurt / Harissa / Chick Peas
KALE & BRUSSELS SPROUTS SALAD
Pomegranate / Pistachios / Parmesan / Herb Vinaigrette
COMPOSED PLATES
PORK PORTERHOUSE
Grits / Greens / Red Eye Gravy
BEEF SHORT RIB
Roasted Sunchokes / Sunchoke Purée / Horseradish / Frisée
NEW YORK STRIP
Fingerling Potatoes / Asparagus / Natural Jus
FILET
Robuchon Potatoes / Sautéed Spinich / Demi-Glaze
WOLVERINE LAMB STRIP
Harissa / Heirloom Carrots / Tahini Yogurt / Chickpeas
BURGER “VERTICAL GRIND”
Nueske’s Bacon / Tempura Avocado / Gruyère
Truffle Aioli / Brioche
RISOTTO
Wild Mushrooms / Parmesan / Chives
MARKET FISH
Daily Selection / Market Price
THE END
APPLE CAKE
Cider Caramel / Vanilla Ice Cream
ESPRESSO & BROWNIE PARFAIT
Espresso Mousse / Valhrona Milk Chocolate / Hazelnuts
VANILLA PANNA COTTA
Blood Orange Compote | Puffed Rice | Pistachio Crumble
CRÈME BRÛLÉE
Assorted Berries
HONEY & TEA PANNA COTTA
Puffed Rice Granola / Blueberries
ASSORTED SELECTION OF CHEESES & ACCOUTREMENTS
Please inquire with a server about today’s selection of cheeses.
HOUSE COCKTAILS
“V” MARKS THE SPOT
Rums / Campari / Orgeat / Pineapple / Lime
BECIDERSELF
1738 / Cointreau / Lemon / Apple Cider
Rosemary / Bitters
AUGUST
Rum / Hibiscus / Cinnamon / Pomegranate
Orange / Spanish Bubbles
2021 ON TAP
Vodka / Elderflower / Aperol / Lemon Juice
Cinnamon Syrup / Fizz
IT FIGURES
Bourbon / Cardamaro / Honey / Thyme
Fig / Apple
LIVE FROM SCOTLAND
The Botanist Gin / Citrus / Demerara
Crème de Mure / Berries
SUPER TROOPER 2.0
Tequila / Vermouth / Passionfruit / Ginger
Angostura / Mint / Jalapeño
RYE OLD FASHIONED ON TAP
Rye / Angostura / Sugar / Orange
DRAFT BEER
ROSÉ
Aurora Cellars
Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan
SAUVIGNON BLANC
Wither Hills
Marlborough, New Zealand
LITTLE BAVARIAN PILSNER
Frankenmuth Brewing
Frankenmuth, MI 5.2%
RYE OLD FASHIONED
Rye / Angostura / Sugar / Orange
‘PARA MARIA’ SYRAH/PETITE VERDOT
Stolpman Vineyards
Ballard Canyon, California
ROTATING SEASONAL IPA
Middle Coast Brewing Company
Traverse City, MI
VERTICLAW HARD SELTZER
Forever changing flavors
SUPER TROOPER 2.0
Tequila / Vermouth / Passionfruit / Ginger
Angostura / Mint / Jalapeño
DESSERT WINES & COCKTAILS
CHOCOLATE DRINK
Double Chocolate Vodka / Dutch Chocolate
White Chocolate / Chocolate Shavings
BY THE BOTTLE
Bud Light
Anheuser-Busch Domestic Light, St. Louis, MO 4.2%
CLAUSTHALER
N/A Beer
Germany
ASPALL CIDER
English Dry Apple Cider
Suffolk, England 5.5%
Vertical Wines BTG (By the Glass)
Sparkling BTG
NV Biutiful Brut Rosé Cava, Penedes, Spain | 11 |
NV Champagne Taittinger ‘La Française’ Brut Reims, Champagne, France | 17 |
NV Champagne Pierre Moncuit ‘Cuvée Moncuit-Delos’ Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne, France |
19 |
NV Champagne Stéphane Coquillette Brut Carte d’Or Premier Cru 20 Chouilly, Champagne, France |
20 |
NV Champagne Laurent-Perrier ‘Ultra Brut’ Tours-sur-Marne, Champagne, France | 25 |
NV Champagne Barnaut ‘Authentique’ Brut Rosé Grand Cru Bouzy, Champagne, France | 25 |
NV Champagne R.H. Coutier Brut Rosé Grand Cru Ambonnay, Champagne, France | 27 |
2009 Champagne Moët & Chandon ‘Dom Pérignon’ BrutEpernay, Champagne, France | 35 |
2007 Champagne Taittinger ‘Comtes de Champagne’ Brut Blanc de Blancs Reims, Champagne, France | 39 |
2007 Champagne Louis Roederer ‘Cristal’ Brut Reims, Champagne, France | 50 |
White BTG
2017 Domaine Garnier & Fils Chablis Chablis, Burgundy, France | 17 |
2016 Domaine Jean-Noel Gagnard ‘Sous L’Eguisons’ Bourgogne Blanc Chassagne Montrachet, Burgundy, France |
20 |
2018 Castello della Salla ‘Bramito del Cervo’ Chardonnay Umbria, Italy | 11 |
2018 Trefethen Chardonnay Oak Knoll, Napa Valley, California | 15 |
2018 Cakebread Chardonnay Napa Valley, Chardonnay | 22 |
2018 Carbone by Favia Chardonnay Coombsville, Napa Valley, California | 27 |
2019 Ridge Vineyards Grenache Blanc Adelaida, California | 17 |
2019 Domaine Huët ‘Clos du Bourg’ Vouvray Sec Loire, France | 25 |
2017 Lieu Dit Chenin Blanc Santa Ynez Valley, California | 15 |
2018 Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc (on draft) Marlborough, New Zealand | 9 |
2018 Domaine Etienne Daulny ‘Le Clos de Chaudenay’ Sancerre Loire, France | 16 |
2018 Château Giraud ‘G’ Bordeaux Blanc Sauternes, Bordeaux, France | 20 |
2019 Cade Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley, California | 15 |
2019 Pighin Pinot Grigio Friuli, Italy | 12 |
2018 Benito Ferrara ‘Terra d’Uva’ Greco di Tufo Campania, Italy | 13 |
2018 Joh. Jos. Prum ‘Graacher Himmelreich’ Riesling Kabinett Mosel, Germany | 19 |
2016 Mari Vineyards ‘Scriptorium’ Riesling Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan | 11 |
2018 Azur Rosé (on draft) Napa Valley, California | 13 |
2018 Podere Ciona Rosé Gaiole, Tuscany, Italy | 10 |
Red BTG
2018 Averaen Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, Oregon | 11 |
2018 Big Table Farm ‘Pigs’ Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, Oregon | 28 |
2018 Lyric by Etude Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County, California | 12 |
2017 Migration by Duckhorn Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast, California | 19 |
2018 Peay Vineyards Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast, California | 25 |
2016 Masút Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir Eagle Peak, Mendocino, California | 22 |
2018 Belle Glos ‘Las Alturas’ Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands, California | 19 |
2017 Lucia Vineyards by Pisoni Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands, California | 25 |
2016 Louis Jadot ‘Château de Jacques’ Moulin-à-Vent Beaujolais Beaujolais, Burgundy, France | 15 |
2017 Domaine Lignier-Michelot Bourgogne Rouge Burgundy, France | 22 |
2014 Becker Estate Pinot Noir Pfalz, Germany | 12 |
2016 August Kesseler ‘Daily August’ Pinot Noir Rheingau, Germany | 16 |
2017 Luli Syrah Santa Lucia Highlands, California | 11 |
2019 Château de la Font du Loup Côtes du Rhône Rhône, France | 13 |
2018 Domaine Gilles Robin ‘Cuvée Papillon’ Crozes-Hermitage Crozes Hermitage, Rhône, France | 19 |
2016 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rhône, France | 49 |
2016 Esporão Quintas dos Murças ‘Assobio’ Red Blend Douro, Portugal | 12 |
2016 Château Croix-Mouton Bordeaux Supérieur Bordeaux, France | 15 |
2015 Château de Pez Bordeaux Saint Estèphe, Bordeaux, France | 29 |
2014 Clos Trotelligote ‘K-Lys’ Malbec Cahors, France | 17 |
2017 Kaiken Estate Malbec Mendoza, Argentina | 12 |
2018 Tenuta Olim Bauda ‘La Villa’ Barbera d’Asti Piedmont, Italy | 10 |
2017 Cantina Bruna Grimaldi ‘San Martino’ Dolcetto d’Alba 12 Piedmont, Italy |
12 |
2016 Moccagatta Barbaresco Piedmont, Italy | 20 |
2015 Pio Cesare Barolo Piedmont, Italy | 39 |
2014 Tommaso Bussola Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Veneto, Italy | 35 |
2018 Feudo Maccari Nero d’Avola Sicily, Italy | 10 |
2016 Passopisciaro ‘Passorosso’ Nerello Mascalese Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy | 22 |
2017 Tenuta Sette Ponti ‘Crognolo’ Super Tuscan Tuscany, Italy | 16 |
2015 San Felice ‘Vigorello’ Super Tuscan Tuscany, Italy | 29 |
2018 Tenuta San Guido ‘Guidalberto’ Super Tuscan Bolgheri, Italy | 32 |
2016 Podere Ciona Chianti Classico Gaiole, Tuscany, Italy | 9 |
2018 Tenuta Le Potazzine Rosso di Montalcino Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy | 19 |
2014 La Fuga Brunello di Montalcino Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy | 35 |
2013 Château Musar Rouge Bekaa Valley, Lebanon | 28 |
2013 Ixsir ‘El Ixsir’ Rouge Batroun, Lebanon | 29 |
2008 R. López de Heredia ‘Viña Bosconia’ Red Riserva Rioja, Spain | 20 |
2015 Bodegas y Viñedos Pintia Tinta de Toro Toro, Spain | 29 |
2017 Bodegas Alto Moncayo ‘Veraton’ Garnacha Campo de Borja, Spain | 15 |
2019 Emmolo Merlot Napa Valley, California | 25 |
2015 Korbin Kameron Merlot Mt. Veeder, Sonoma Valley, California | 20 |
2017 Blue Rock ‘Baby Blue’ Red Blend Alexander Valley, Sonoma, California | 18 |
2018 Gundlach Bundschu ‘Mountain Cuvée’ Red Blend Sonoma County, California | 13 |
2017 Napanook by Dominus Red Wine Yountville, Napa Valley, California | 35 |
NV Overture by Opus One Red Wine Napa Valley, California | 45 |
2018 Justin Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles, California | 16 |
2018 Dao Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles, California | 29 |
2016 St. Francis Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County, California | 10 |
2017 Sequoia Grove Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, California | 22 |
2017 Faust by Quintessa Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, California | 25 |
2017 Roberts + Rogers ‘Louer Family Vineyard’ Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, California | 25 |
2017 Frank Family Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, California | 30 |
2016 Bella Union by Nickel & Nickel Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, California | 30 |
2018 Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, California | 39 |
2017 Cakebread Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, California | 40 |
2018 Day Zinfandel Sonoma County, California | 15 |
ALPHA OMEGA 50/FLIGHT
Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford, Napa Valley, California
2010 Cabernet Sauvignon
2011 Cabernet Sauvignon
2012 Cabernet Sauvignon
PHILIP TOGNI 59/FLIGHT
Cabernet Sauvignon, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley, California
2011 Cabernet Sauvignon
2012 Cabernet Sauvignon
2014 Cabernet Sauvignon
DOMINUS 90/FLIGHT
Red Wine, Yountville, Napa Valley, California
2013 Red Wine
2014 Red Wine
2016 Red Wine
PEAY VINEYARDS 35/FLIGHT
‘Scallop Shelf’ Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, California
2012 Pinot Noir
2014 Pinot Noir
2016 Pinot Noir
LUCIA VINEYARDS BY PISONI 29/FLIGHT
‘Soberanes Vineyard’ Syrah, Santa Lucia Highlands, California
2014 Syrah
2015 Syrah
2016 Syrah
Happy Hour
FEATURED RED, WHITE OR ROSÉ
FEATURED COCKTAIL
DRAFT BEER
GRAPES
Brie / Pistachio
FLASH FRIED OLIVES
Blue Cheese / Curried Honey
SHORT RIB SANDWICH
Sourdough / Arugula / Red Onion / Horseradish Aioli
HOUSE MADE FOCACCIA
Daily Selection
FRIED BRUSSEL SPROUTS
Arbol Chili / Lime / Queso Fresco / Cilantro
Happy Hours: Wednesday – Friday 5:00pm – 6:30pm