From the Oyster Bar - 1/2 dozen / dozen
Select Oysters on the Half Shell  $8.5 / $14

Boiled Shrimp
1/2 pound of shrimp served chilled with lemons & cocktail sauce  $12

Starters

Oysters Desire
broiled oysters with parmesan cheese, creole seasoning, & garlic butter  $11

BBQ Oysters
fried select oysters served with Desire BBQ sauce, & blue cheese dressing  $11

Fried Green Tomato Stack
fried green tomatoes with remoulade sauce  $9

Catfish Nuggets  $8

Cajun Popcorn Crawfish Tails  $8

Shrimp Remoulade  $10

Calamari
Fried & tossed in parmesan cheese with spices $10

Fried Pickles  $7

New Orleans BBQ Shrimp
jumbo shrimp sautéed in garlic, rosemary & lemons in a rich worcestershire sauce, with
garlic bread   $10

Crab Cakes
fried jumbo lump crabmeat served with spicy aioli and slaw  $12

Soups & Salads

Salad Dressings - Blue Cheese, Buttermilk Ranch, House Balsamic, French, Thousand Island, Honey Mustard

Caesar Salad
tossed with caesar dressing, parmesan cheese & croutons topped with parmesan crisps  $8
add fried shrimp, grilled shrimp, or grilled chicken  $13

Creole Gumbo
shrimp, chicken, & smoked sausage  $8

Crawfish, Corn & Tasso Chowder   $7

Turtle Soup
New Orleans style soup with turtle, citrus, &  sherry  $7

Desire House Salad
tomato, cucumber, red onion & fresh croutons  $7

Po-Boys & Sandwiches

All Po-Boys & Sandwiches served on Leidenheimer bread and dressed (tomato, lettuce & mayo) with choice of french fries, sweet potato fries or potato salad

The Peacemaker
fried shrimp, oyster or combination po-boy  $14

Warm Roast Beef & Gravy Po-Boy  $12

Soft Shell Crab Po-Boy  $16

Pulled Pork Po-Boy
Slow roasted pulled pork served with Desire BBQ sauce & fried pickles  $12

Fried Catfish Po-Boy  $12

Bourbon's Best Burger
8 ounces of the finest ground beef on a toasted brioche; add .75 extra for cheese or bacon  $11

Muffaletta half / whole
toasted muffaletta bread with hard salami, Chisesi's ham, provolone, & olive salad  $8 / $15

Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich
marinated grilled chicken topped with swiss cheese & bacon  $12

Gator Burger
Grilled Gator burger served on a brioche bun topped with crispy onion rings  $12


Desire Specialties
Cajun Shrimp Alfredo
fettuccine pasta tossed with shrimp in a spicy
alfredo sauce   $15

Crawfish Etouffe
crawfish tails in a brown creole sauce served
over rice  $15

BBQ Shrimp
jumbo shrimp sautéed in garlic, rosemary & lemons in a rich worcestershire sauce, with
garlic bread  $19

Shrimp Creole
shrimp simmered in a creole tomato sauce with celery, peppers, & onions over steamed rice  $15

Creole Jambalaya
spicy rice casserole & red gravy with chicken, shrimp, & andouille sausage  $14

Red Beans & Rice
New Orleans creamy style red beans & rice with  grilled sausage  $12

Fresh "Market" Fish
blackened, topped with lump crab meat, capers,  and lemon beurre blanc; served with a potato
and sautéed vegetables  $25

Shrimp & Grits
shrimp and tasso ham in spicy seafood sauce  over grit cakes  $20

Crawfish Alfredo
crawfish and fettuccine pasta tossed with a spicy  cream sauce  $15

Creole Trio
A combination platter of gumbo, jambalaya, red  beans & rice with smoked sausage  $20

Filet Mignon
topped with herb butter and onion rings on a bed of sautéed green beans with choice of potato  $33

Southern Fried Seafood Platters
Spiced corn flour dusted & deep fried in cholesterol-free oil. Served with hush puppies, coleslaw & choice of potato.

Oyster Platter  $19

Shrimp Platter  $19

Soft Shell Crab Platter  $20

Catfish Platter  $16

Desire Seafood Platter
oysters, shrimp, catfish, crawfish tails & soft shell crab  $27

Lagniappe

Hush Puppies  $4 

Vegetable of the Day  $5

Coleslaw  $3

French Fries  $4

Sonesta Loaded Potato  $6

Potato Salad  $3

Onion Rings  $6

Sweet Potato Fries  $4

Desserts

New Orleans Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce  $6

Chocolate Pecan Pie  $6

Abita Root Beer Float  $6

Banana Foster Cheesecake
House made cheesecake topped with banana foster sauce & candied banana  $6

On Tap - Glass / Pitcher

Premium Draft  $7 / $20
Domestic Draft  $6 / $18

Bottled Beer

Domestics
budweiser, bud light, coors light, michelob ultra, miller lite, & o'douls non-alcoholic  $5

Premium/Imports
amstel light, shiner bock, corona, newcastle, & heineken  $6

Local & Micro Brews
abita turbodog, jockamo IPA, purple haze, restoration ale, and shiner bock  $6

New Orleans Specialties

Plaquemines Hurricane
a traditional hurricane with a twist - absolut
mandarin & a splash of oj  $9

Category 5 Hurricane
light rum & fruit juices topped with myer's rum  $9

Big Easy Lemonade
a refreshing mixture of lemonade & citrus flavored vodka  $9

Sazerac
a New Orleans original made with bitters, herbsaint, & rye  $8

Desire Cooler
a Royal Sonesta original - rum, banana liqueur, &  fruit juices  $8

Mint Julep
a traditional southern treat of muddled mint & bourbon  $9

Ramos Gin Fizz
gin, orange flower water, cream & sugar  $8

Cajun Blood Mary
spicy bloody mary with absolut peppar  $9

Wine - Glass / Bottle

Kenwood Champagne  $8 / $36
Hogue Shiraz   $7 / $32
Merryvale Chardonnay  $10 / $42
Beringer White Zinfandel  $6 / $30
Echelon Pinot Noir  $8 / $36
Brancott Sauvignon Blanc  $8 / $36
Chalone Merlot $8 / $36
Danzante Pinot Grigio  $8 / $36
Edmeades Red Zinfandel  $12 / $52
Frei Brothers Chardonnay  $9 / $39
Main Street Cabernet  $9 / $39


Beverages
Coffee - Regular or Decaf $4

Soft Drinks
coke, diet coke, sprite, ginger ale  $3

Bottled Barq's Root Beer  $4

Abita Root Beer Draft  $5

Spring Water  small $4 / large $6

Evian  small $4 / large $6

San Pellegrino  small $4 / large $6

Tea - Hot or Iced  $3

Hot Chocolate  $5