Strange Bird Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Strange Bird, an eclectic dining destination located at 128 S Audubon Rd, Indianapolis. This unique establishment offers a vibrant menu that seamlessly combines comfort and creativity, making it a top choice for food lovers. The ramen selection is outstanding, especially the Tantanmen and Shoyu options, which boast deep, flavorful broths and perfectly cooked noodles.
For those who enjoy lighter fare, the restaurant's Toga Blood chicken wings and grilled oysters have garnered rave reviews from patrons, consistently praised for their quality and taste. Drink enthusiasts will delight in a curated list of tiki-style cocktails, featuring classics like the Mai Tai and the innovative Painkiller.
Strange Bird is not just a meal but an experience, highlighted by its lively atmosphere and attentive service, ensuring every visit is a memorable culinary adventure.
Beer
Foggy Geezer
Ipa, warpigs brewing, chicago, draft
Guinness
Stout, guinness brewing, ireland, draft
Scrimshaw
Pilsner, northcoast brewing, california, draft
Budweiser
Lager, anheuser-busch, missourri, bottle
Bud Light
Lager, anheuser-busch, missourri, bottle
Red Stripe
Lager, desnoes & geddes, jamaica
Painkiller
Rum, pineapple, coconut, orange, nutmeg -1970s. soggy dollar bar, british virgin islands- a variation on the pina colada with a complex and flavorful rum. for our take, we caramelize the coconut to create layers of toasty flavor
Missionary's Downfall
Rum, peach, pineapple, mint, lime - 1930s, don the beachcomber, hollywood - bright, fruity, and easygoing
Jet Pilot
Rum, falernum, pamplemousse, spices, lime - 1950s, the luau, beverly hills - hoosier native steve crane scored a hit with this drink for his mid-century tiki palace. deep & brooding- molasses & baking spices are foiled by citrus & a dash of absinthe.
Don's Own Grog
Rum, blackberry, demerara, lime, nutmeg - 1930s, don the beachcomber, hollywood- a deep guyanese rum meets blackberry and spice in this classic donn recipe.
Jungle Bird
Rum, campari, pineapple, lime - 1970s, aviary bar, kuala lampur hilton- campari - an italian aperitif, brings its unmistakable bracing bitterness to this modern classic
Saturn
Gin, falernum, passionfruit, lemon - 1960s, j. 'popo' galsini, california - gin gets the exotic treatment in this bright, herbaceous sour. try this if you like gimlets
Port Light
Bourbon, rum, passionfruit, allspice, lemon - 1940s trader vic - our take on this trader vic original pairs an overproof bourbon with a demerera rum, for an exotic turn on the whiskey sour
Landlocked Exotica
Selections For Deep Divers
Mai Tai
12yr old jamaican rum, curaçao, orgeat, lime. 1940s, trader vic - the most iconic of the classic tiki canon, the mai tai was created as a showcase for a well- aged jamaican rum
Fog Cutter
Rhum agricole ambre, cognac, gin, sherry, curaçao, orgeat, lemon - 1940s, trader vic - another classic from trader vic, our take features rhum agricole, the fresh cane rum from martinique, which brings notes of sweet corn and fresh grass, as well as dry amontillado sherry for a lasting complex finish
Bombo
Rum old-fashioned rum, demerera, coffee, nutmeg
Certain Feelings
Rum manhattan rum, carpano antica formula vermouth, bitters
El Presidente
Rum martini rum, comoz blanc vermouth, orange bitters
Stirred, Elegant As You Are
Others
Scorpion Reef
Mezcal, rum, orgeat, pineapple, lemon - 2010s, gallo palón, north carolina - this beguiling combination of rum & mezcal is rustic and a bit smoky