Rafferty’s is an American casual-dining restaurant chain known for hand-breaded chicken fingers, its Famous Potato Soup, scratch-made dressings, and slow-roasted prime rib served after 4pm. The menu below comes from the chain’s official site, with the restaurant’s listed prices for its Bowling Green, Kentucky location.
Quick Summary
- Signature items: Famous Potato Soup, Chicken Finger Filets, slow-roasted prime rib, Nutty Honey Butter Croissants
- Cuisine: American casual dining with hand-cut steaks and scratch cooking
- Known for: hand-battered appetizers, made-from-scratch dressings, hickory-smoked ribs
- Setting: warm, casual restaurant and bar, family friendly
- Good for: lunch duos, prime rib dinners, chicken finger platters, group dining
Full Menu Lineup
Prices vary by location. The prices below are from the chain’s official menu for its Bowling Green, Kentucky location.
Appetizers
Batter-Fried Mushrooms are hand-battered mushrooms fried crispy golden with a mustard horseradish dipping sauce. Chicken Finger Filets come two ways: Original hand-breaded tenders with sweet and spicy dipping sauce, or Tossed in made-from-scratch Buffalo sauce with homemade garlic ranch or bleu cheese. Buffalo Chicken Mac n’ Cheese blends hand-breaded chicken fingers tossed in Buffalo sauce with rich creamy mac and cheese, topped with bread crumbs and baked.
Soups and Salads
The Famous Potato Soup is topped with cheese, chives, and chopped bacon and served in a 6-oz cup or 12-oz bowl.
The Spinach Salad pairs baby leaf spinach with bleu cheese crumbles, candied pecans, red onions, and smoked bacon with hot bacon dressing. The Frisco Salad tops seasoned grilled chicken with chopped eggs, tomatoes, crispy potato sticks, Monterey Jack, and artichoke hearts with tarragon vinaigrette. Sunshine Chicken Salad is homemade chicken salad with candied pecans served over cantaloupe, honeydew, and strawberries with sweet orange dressing. Dressings are made from scratch: House Honey-Mustard Hot Bacon, Garlic Ranch, Bleu Cheese, 1000 Island, Honey-Mustard, Tarragon Vinaigrette, and Hot Bacon.
Sandwiches and Burgers
The Ultimate Club stacks smoked turkey, ham, Monterey Jack, cheddar, bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes with signature honey-mustard dressing on toasted wheatberry bread. The Bluegrass Special is a marinated hickory-grilled BBQ chicken breast with bacon, Monterey Jack, pickles, tomatoes, and lettuce on a brioche bun or wheatberry bread. The Open-Faced Prime Rib Sandwich is a juicy cut of slow-roasted prime rib on fresh-baked French bread served au jus, available after 4pm.
Beef and Chops
The Slow-Roasted Prime Rib is aged USDA choice prime rib, seasoned and slow-roasted, hand-carved to order and served au jus, available after 4pm. The Jackson Hole Filet is a thick and juicy 8-oz USDA choice filet slow-roasted over hickory wood. The Classic Marinated Ribeye is a 12-oz USDA choice ribeye marinated in pineapple juice and soy sauce for a savory flavor.
Chicken and Shrimp
Kona Chicken is a boneless chicken breast marinated in pineapple juice and soy sauce, grilled over hickory wood and topped with grilled ham, Monterey Jack, and pineapple. Cajun Shrimp Alfredo tosses sauteed and blackened large shrimp in homemade alfredo sauce with penne pasta, served with a garlic butter croissant.
House Specialties
The Hickory-Smoked Baby Back Ribs are smoked in house for tenderness, then basted with sweet and zesty BBQ sauce. The Salmon is a 7-oz filet grilled over live hickory coals, brushed with olive oil and seasoned or basted Cajun style then blackened, served with herb tartar sauce. Rustler’s Roost Salmon is marinated in an orange and bourbon marinade, grilled and basted.
Desserts
Brownie Bliss is a fudgy brownie with a swirl of sweet cream, chocolate ganache, and a scoop of French vanilla ice cream. Apple Walnut Crunch is warm baked apples with cinnamon and nutmeg under a crunchy crust, topped with French vanilla ice cream, candied pecans, and bourbon glaze.
Sides and Lunch Duos
Side choices are Hand-Cut French Fries, Baked Potato, Broccoli, Baked Sweet Potato, House Vegetable, Fresh Fruit Bowl, Homemade Cole Slaw, and Garlic Mashed Potatoes. Additional side items are $4.49, and the house salad can be added for $4.99.
Rafferty’s Lunch Duos run daily from 11am to 4pm: choose two of a 6-oz bowl of soup, house salad, baked potato, half club sandwich, or fresh fruit bowl.
Rafferty’s is best known for its Famous Potato Soup, hand-breaded Chicken Finger Filets, slow-roasted prime rib served after 4pm, and its Nutty Honey Butter Croissants.
Yes. Rafferty’s Lunch Duos run daily from 11am to 4pm: pick two of a 6-oz bowl of soup, house salad, baked potato, half club sandwich, or fresh fruit bowl.
No. Rafferty’s is an American casual-dining restaurant serving steaks, burgers, sandwiches, salads, and seafood, with scratch-made soups and dressings.
No. Prices on the official menu can vary by location. The prices on this page are from the chain’s official menu for its Bowling Green, Kentucky location.