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Our Menu

  • Brunch
  • Late Night
  • All Day Menu

Sunday Brunch

Every Sunday starting May 3rd, 2026

Breakfast Smashburger

Over easy egg, maple aioli, Benton's Bacon, NY Cheddar

Pickled Deviled Eggs
Breakfast Trash Plate

Home fries, mac salad, Rochester hot sauce, Sausage, 2x eggs any style, maple syrup

Upstate BEC

2x eggs over easy, Benton's Bacon, American cheese on a Martin's Roll

Benton's Benedict

2x poached eggs, Benton's bacon, hollandaise, on a caraway seeded kaiser and served with home fries

Veggie Benedict

Brocoli rabe, seared tomato, spicy agave hollandaise, 2x poached eggs and served with home fries

Stuffed French Toast

2x slices of challah French toast, Melba sauce compote and topped with a cream cheese frosting

Tater Tot Hash

Smashed tater tots, peppers, onions, bacon or sausage, dusted with home fry spice and topped with 2x poached eggs

North Country Nicoise Salad
Caesar Salad

Bar Snacks

Sometimes you need a just need a salty something to keep the party going. We got you covered.

Salt Potatoes
$8.00

A Syracuse delicacy. New potatoes are boiled in a salt brine and served with a butter herb sauce.

McSorley's Plate
$7.00

Our tribute to a Manhattan original. Crackers, sliced NY cheddar, deli mustard, raw onions.

Pickled Deviled Eggs
$6.00

House pickled eggs, deviled with mustard, siracha, Duke's Mayo and topped with herbs. Add a bump of Cleveland Caviar (smoked and pickled mustard seed) for a buck.

Basket of Saratoga Chips
$3.00

Classic Upstate chip. Get 'em dusted with Old Bay, Szechuan pepper salt, Za'atar, Ranch or Frank's Hot Sauce Powder.

Popcorn
$2.00

Get 'em dusted with Old Bay, Szechuan pepper salt, Za'atar, Ranch or Frank's Hot Sauce Powder.

Basket of Fries or Tots
$10.00

Get 'em dusted with Old Bay, Szechuan pepper salt, Za'atar, Ranch or Frank's Hot Sauce Powder.

Fried Cheese Churds
$12.00

Perfect bar food, served with melba sauce.

Late Night Menu

Pickled Deviled Eggs
$8.00

House pickled eggs. Add a bump of Cleveland Caviar for a buck.

Bob's Fried Balls
$9.00

Fried sauerkraut and sausage balls. Served with ranch dressing.

Fried Cheese Curds
$14.00

A perfect bar food. Served with melba sauce.

Fried Tofu Bites

Marinated and fried until GBD. Served with melba sauce.

Basket of Tots or Fries
Wings

Come in orders of 6, 12, 18. Toss 'em in Buffalo, Hot Buffalo, Root Beer BBQ, Honey Mustard, Garlic Parm or get 'em dusted in Szechuan or Lemon Pepper.

All Day Menu available from open until 10PM daily.

Bar Snacks

Salt Potatoes
$8.00

A Syracuse delicacy. New potatoes are boiled in a salt brine and served with a butter herb sauce. (GF, VG)

Pickled Deviled Eggs
$6.00

House pickled eggs, deviled with mustard, siracha, Duke's Mayo and topped with chives. Add a bump of Cleveland Caviar (smoked and pickled mustard seed) for a buck. (GF, VG)

Basket of Chips
$3.00

Classic Upstate chip. Get 'em dusted with Old Bay, Szechuan pepper salt, Za'atar, Ranch or Frank's Hot Sauce Powder. (V, GF)

Popcorn
$2.00

Get it dusted with Old Bay, Szechuan pepper salt, Za'atar, Ranch or Frank's Hot Sauce Powder. (GF, VG)

Fried Cheese Curds
$14.00

Perfect bar food. Served with Melba Sauce.

Basket of Tots or Fries
$10.00

Dust with Old Bay, Szechuan Pepper Salt, Za'atar, Ranch Powder, Frank's Hot Powder

Fried Tofu Bites
$8.00

Brined tofu, dredged with our spice blend, rice flour and potato starch and fried until perfect. (GF, V)

Appetizers

Bob's Fried Balls
$9.00

Fried Sauerkraut and Sausage Balls. Served with our housemade ranch dressing.

Upstate Poutine
$15.00

Upstate's North Country is Quebec, Jr. We make our poutine in the classic way: fries, a pork and chicken gravy, cheese curds. Poutine takes the bite out of any hangover. Vegan if you ask nicely.

Utica Greens
$16.00

Sauteed Escarole, bread crumbs, prosciutto, cherry peppers, topped with Pecorino Romano

Rochester Trash Plate
$16.00

Classic Western NY hangover cure. Homefries, house made mac salad, Rochester Hot Sauce, Martin Rosol hot dog, Upstate Single Smashburger, chopped onions, yellow mustard and ketchup all on one glorious plate.

Cowboy Beans
$8.00/Cup
$12.00/Bowl

Frijoles Charros, Chuckwagon Beans, Borracho Beans. Call 'em what you want. Smokey and cilantro-y and deeply satisfying. Get a bowl if you're really hungry for $4 additional. Vegan if you ask nicely.

Fried Chicken Strips
$14.00/3 pc
$19.00/5 pc

Pickle brined chicken thighs, carrots, celery and fries. Choose a sauce or rub to have them tossed in. Served with blue cheese or ranch.

Wings

We make ours like they do in Buffalo: extremely freaking well. Your choice of sauces: Buffalo, Hot Buffalo, Rootbeer BBQ, or breaded and tossed in an roasted Szechuan peppercorn, msg and salt rub. Served with our housemade bluecheese or ranch dressing.

Buffalo Wings
$9.00/6
$18.00/12
$24.00/18

Sauce Options: Buffalo, Hot Buffalo, Root Beer BBQ, Honey Mustard, Garlic Parm Rubs: Szechuan, Lemon Pepper. Served with blue cheese or ranch.

Salad

Upstate-oise
$16.00

Our take on the French classic featuring pickled boiled eggs, homefries, green beans, radishes, tomatoes, cleveland caviar, smoked trout, dusted with everything seasoning and tossed in a vegan lemon miso vinagrette (GF)

Caesar
$10.00

A caesar the Upstate way. Greens tossed with seasoned bread crumbs, parmesan and Caesar dressing.

Sandwiches

All sandwiches served with hand cut fries or tots.

Chicken Spiedie
$16.00

Classic sandwich of Binghamton, NY. Lemon and herb marinated chicken thighs, grilled and served on an Italian hoagie with our house Spiedie dressing. Vegan and gluten free if you ask nicely.

Beef on Weck
$18.00

A Buffalo original, we take 1/3 lb of house roasted prime rib, sliced thin served on a kimmelweck roll with horsey sauce and a side of house made au jus.

The Gentle Bull
$14.00

Roasted cauliflower, broccoli rabe, house made hot agave syrup, tumeric vegan mayo on a GF hoagie. (GF, V)

Michigan Dog
$8.00

A Plattsburg original featuring a Martin Rosol hotdog topped with Rochester Hot Sauce, yellow mustard, chopped onions and crushed Saratoga Chips

Just A Hot Dog
$6.00

Martin Rosol hot dog served on a Martin's Hot Dog Bun.

Upstate Single Smash
$14.00

A single smashburger served on a Martin's Hamburger Bun with shredduce, onion, tomato (when in season), burger sauce and American cheese. Gluten free if you ask nicely.

Upstate Plant-based Single Smash
$15.00

A single plant-based smashburger served on a Martin's Hamburger Bun with shredduce, onion, tomato (when in season), burger sauce and American cheese. Gluten Free if you ask nicely. (VG)

Location

537 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT
06105

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Hours

Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Thursday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Friday – Saturday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Sunday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM

Contact us

Call us at (860)-734-6751

Write us at theupstatelounge@gmail.com

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