The Mining Company Menu (Update 2025)

The Mining Company in San Marcos, CA offers a diverse menu featuring steaks, barbecue ribs, and an extensive salad bar. Customers rave about the generous portions and quality of the food, with highlights including the smoked tri-tip, ribs, and sirloin. The atmosphere is described as fun and welcoming, with themed décor and ample seating options. The restaurant provides excellent service, with friendly staff and a range of amenities such as free Wi-Fi, outdoor seating, and happy hour specials. Customers appreciate the attention to detail, from the homemade dressings to the variety of soup options available. Overall, The Mining Company is a must-visit destination for delicious food, a great atmosphere, and exceptional service.

Sunday Brunch

Miners Benedict

Two English muffins split in two, topped with thinly sliced ham, two poached eggs, and smothered with a rich and creamy hollandaise sauce. Served with home fries.

$18.00

Denver Omelet

A three egg omelet stuffed with ham, bell pepper, tomato, and melted cheddar and jack cheeses. Served with home fries.

$18.00

The Miners Omelet

A three egg omelet stuffed with diced bacon, sausage, avocado, tomato, and sour cream topped with pepper jack cheese. Served with home fries.

$18.00

Breakfast Burrito

Scrambled eggs, cheddar and jack cheeses, pinto beans, diced bacon, and pico de gallo wrapped in a flour tortilla. Served with home fries.

$16.00

Biscuits Gravy

Two mouthwatering biscuits smothered in our famous sausage country gravy. Served with home fries.

$15.00

Miners French Toast

HectorTraditional French Toast served with your choice of bacon or sausage.

$14.00

Veggie Omelet

A threeegg omelet stuffed with diced tomato, mushrooms, broccoli and spinach. Topped with pepper jack cheese and avocado. Served with fresh fruit.

$16.00

Country Fried Steak N Eggs

Country fried steak topped with country gravy, 2 eggs how you want them and homefries.

$20.00

Golden Flapjack Breakfast

A stack of golden buttermilk pancakes served with your choice of bacon or sausage.

$15.00

The Motherload Combo

Two eggs cooked to your liking, your choice of bacon or sausage, and your choice of sourdough, wheat toast, or bisquit. Served with home fries.

$16.00

12 Sandwich And Cup Of Soup

Sliced turkey, ham or roast beef crisp lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise on grilled sourdoughbread. Served with your choice of soup baked potato cheese, turkey creole, or tritip chili.

$12.00

Chicken Tender Platter

Crispy chicken tenders served over a bed of garlic mashed potatoes, smothered with a rich country gravy.

$13.00

Grilled Ham With Honey Mustard Sandwich

Ham, Swiss cheese, and tomato smothered in a tangy honey mustard sauce sandwiched between two slices of sourdough bread, grilled to perfection. Served with french fries.

$14.00

Open Faced Meatloaf Sandwich

Oldfashioned meatloaf atop of a slice of sourdough bread then smothered in turkey gavy. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and turkey gravy

$16.00

The Cabo Wrap

Grilled marinated chicken breast tossed with romaine lettuce, shredded jack cheese, red onions, diced tomato, cilantro, avocado, tortilla strips, our tangy chilelime Caesar dressing wrapped in a grilled flour tortilla. Served with fruit.

$14.00

Open Face Turkey Sandwich

Hot rotisserie turkey and cornbread stuffing atop a slice of sourdough bread then smothered in turkey gravy. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and turkey gravy.

$15.00

Bacon And Cheddar Lunch Burger

13 Pound burger, cheddar cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and Thousand Island on a grilled hamburger bun. Served with french fries.

$15.00

Open Faced TriTip Sandwich

Our famous smoked sliced tritip smothered with grilled mushrooms and onions atop of grilled sourdough bread. Served with french fries.

$17.00

Ruben Sandwich

Thinly sliced mouthwatering corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and thousand islands, on grilled rye bread. Served with french fries.

$15.00

Carne Asada Taco Salad

Romaine lettuce, jack cheese, diced tomatoes, black beans, and tortilla strips, tossed in our chilelime Caesar dressing and topped with carne asada. Served in a flour tortilla bowl.

$15.00

Lunch Grilled Salmon

Fresh Atlantic salmon grilled to perfection over an open flame. Served with a wild rice blend.

$18.00

Fish Tacos

2 Battered Icelandic Cod deep fried and stuffd in a corn tortilla, topped with cabbage, Pico de Gallo, and a light white sauce. Served with black beans and chipolte salsa.

$15.00

Lunch Specials

Dinner Served All Day

Buffalo Wings

Classic buffalo wings are back with the perfect touch of O.C.M.C. flavor. Choose from hot, mild or BBQ sauces. Served with celery sticks and ranch dressing.

$15.00

Coconut Shrimp

Eight coconutbattered shrimp fried golden brown and served with spicy sweet and sour sauce for dipping.

$18.00

Gold Miners Chicken Quesadilla

A flour tortilla stuffed with melted cheese. Served with sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo. Add chicken 3, Carne Asada or our famous Tritip chili 4

$13.00

Johnnys Bar TriTip

Our bar tritip is Applewood smoked to perfection, cubed and topped with sauteed mushrooms onions, served with au jus and with garlic bread.

$16.00

Stuffed Potato Skins

Crispy potato skins topped with melted cheese, bacon and chives. Served with ranch dressing.

$14.00

Spinach Artichoke Dip

Artichoke hearts and steamed spinach in the creamy garlicparmesan dip. Served with warm tortilla chips and garlic toast.

$15.00

Spicy Tequila Shrimp

A Mining Company Classic! Eight shrimp sauteed in spicy garlic butter and splashed with chileinfused tequila. Served on a bed of rice pilaf.

$18.00

Miners Appetizer Sampler

A sample of our most popular favorites! Our sampler is piled high with hot or mild wings, potato skins, chicken strips and fried onion rings. Perfect for any appetite!

$20.00

Famous Smoked TriTip Chili

Topped with cheese and onions.

$7.00

Baked Potato Cheese

A hearty cheesy potato soup topped with shredded cheese and bacon.

$6.00

Turkey Creole

Turkey breast, celery, onion, tomato and rice in a spicy broth.

$6.00

Clam Chowder

A classic Boston Clam Chowder Soup. Only served on Fridays.

$6.00

House Or Caesar Salad

$5.00

Salad Bar

Our bottomless salad bar with you favorite soup. Not for take out

$8.00

Cool RanchBBQ Chicken Salad

BBQ chicken breast atop mixed greens, diced tomato, corn, black beans, jack cheese, tortilla strips and green onions and tossed with Ranch dressing.

$16.00

Smoked TriTip Steak Salad

Smoked tritip steak served over romaine lettuce with red onion, pecans, and bleu cheese crumbles. Served with balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

$19.00

Cabo San Lucas Salad

Marinated chicken breast sliced and served atop romaine lettuce, shredded jack cheese, red onions, tomatoes, cilantro, avocado and tortilla strips, tossed with chilelime caesar dressing.

$16.00

Chicken Caesar

Grilled chicken breast atop our traditional caesar salad

$16.00

Brown Derby Cobb Salad

Smoked turkey, crisp bacon, Bleu cheese crumbles, diced tomatoes, avocado, black olives and hardboiled egg atop shredded lettuce, tossed on request with your choice of dressing.

$16.00

Blackened Shrimp Salad

Blackened jumbo shrimp atop romaine lettuce, diced tomatoes, roasted corn and tortilla strips and tossed in creamy cilantrolime dressing. Served in a flour tortilla bowl.

$18.00

Gold Miners Toppers

$3.00

BaconWrapped Filet Mignon

6 oz. bacon wrapped filet mignon topped with bleucheese crumbles, drizzled with balsamic reduction.Served on a bed of sauteed spinach.

$38.00

Top Sirloin

Our tenounce top sirloin is perfectly seasoned and mesquite grilled for classic flavor

$25.00

Teriyaki Steak Kabob

Cubed Sirloin steak skewered with mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers mesquite grilled and glazed with homemade teriyaki sauce. Try it with our wild rice pilaf!

$26.00

The Baseball Steak

The baseball steak is centercut top sirloin Due to its 12 ounce cut, twoinch thickness, this steak is best done rare to medium rare.

$28.00

Whiskey Peppercorn Ribeye

A wellmarbled ribeye steak smothered in WHISKEY PEPPERCORN SAUCE that adds to a combination of tenderness and flavor.

$38.00

Slab Of Baby Back Ribs

Our ribs are slow roasted in our Apple Wood smoker and finished on our grill while basted with smokey BBQ sauce.

$33.00

Rustic PecanApple Pork Chop

A twelveounce pork chop cooked on our grill, topped with sauteed apples, pecans, and onion. Served atop cornbread stuffing.

$24.00

Smoked TriTip Dinner

Ten ounces of tritip hand rubbed with our peppercornherb spice blend and slow smoked with Avocado Wood to bring you the perfect flavor.

$25.00

Smoked TriTip Dinner For Two

A generous fifteen ounce portion of our orignial triptrip dinner that is perfect for two. Includes your choice of soup or salad and one side per person.

$42.00

Avocado WoodSmoked Chicken Dinner

Our half chicken is smoked to perfection in our Apple Wood smoker and finished on our grill while basted with smokey BBQ sauce.

$25.00

Smokehouse Combo

Your choice of two of the following our Famous Avocado WoodSmoked TriTip, half smoked BBQ chicken, or a 13 Rack of Our Baby Back Ribs. NOT for the weak appetite!

$36.00

SlowRoasted Prime Rib

Available Friday and Saturday evenings from 5PM until we sell out! Our prime rib is hand rubbed with a homemade spice blend and slow cooked in our Avocado Wood smoker. Served with au jus and creamy horseradish. Best served rare to medium rare for tenderness.

$35.00

RotisserieSmoked Turkey Dinner

Handsliced baked turkey atop of cornbread stuffing and smothered with brown turkey gravy and cranberry sauce. Served best with mashed potatoes and gravy!

$20.00

Mesquite Salmon

Fresh Atlantic salmon grilled to perfection over an open flame and served with a rice blend. Add lemonpepper sauce with capers and artichoke hearts for 1.95

$28.00

Herb Crusted Barramundi Sea Bass

Barramundi Sea Bass crusted in herbs and bread crumbs topped with a white wine cream sauce, diced tomatoes and green onions.

$24.00

Fish And Chips

House prepared crispy battered Icelandic cod with tartar sauce. Served best with our crispy french fries.

$22.00

The Miners Burger

Prepared with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and 1000 Island dressing.

$15.00

San Francisco Burger

Same as the Classic, except served on grilled sourdough.

$15.00

Jalapeno Burger

Our burger topped with jalapenos and pepper jack cheese.

$17.00

Brooks Bears BBQ Burger

Piled high with golden onion rings, applewoodsmoked bacon and BBQ sauce.

$17.00

MushroomSwiss Melt

Sauteed mushrooms and onions with melted swiss cheese on grilled sourdough.

$17.00

Ole Blue Burger

Our burger topped with Blue cheese crumbles, bacon, and grilled onions.

$18.00

BBQ TriTip Sandwich

Thinly sliced smoked tritip sauteed in bbq sauce and piled high on a garlictoasted french roll. Try it with pepper jack cheese for on 1.50

$18.00

Tuna Melt

Tuna salad topped with melted cheddar and jack cheeses, avocado, bacon and sliced tomatoes on grilled sourdough.

$17.00

California Cheese Steak

Thick slices of tender, smoked tritip with grilled peppers and onions, smothered in melting swiss cheese. Served on a grilled french roll.

$19.00

Famous TriTip Beef Dip

Thinly sliced smoked tritip piled high on a garlictoasted french roll. Served with au jus fordipping. Add mushrooms onions for 2.00 Add BBQ Sauce 1

$18.00

Miners Club

Rotisseriesmoked turkey, crisp bacon, smoked gouda cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo on your choice of grilled sourdough.

$16.00

Ruben Sandwich

Thinly sliced mouthwatering corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and thousand islands, on grilled rye bread. Served with french fries.

$15.00

Chicken Piccata Pasta

Penne noodles with grilled chicken, artichokes, mushrooms, capers, spinach, and sundried tomatoes in creamy white wine sauce.

$16.00

Cajun ChickenPasta

Penne noodles with grilled chicken in creamy cajun alfredo sauce topped with diced tomato, green onion, and Parmesan cheese.

$15.00

Spicy TequilaLime Shrimp Pasta

Penne noodles with grilled shrimp, onions and bell peppers in spicy tequila alfredo sauce.

$17.00

Macaroni Cheese

Macaroni noodles mixed with a homemade creamy cheese sauce, topped with Parmesan cheese, bacon, and breadcrumbs.

$15.00

Grandmas Grilled Liver Onions

The best in town! Our tender calf liver is smothered with sauteed onions and bacon, served with garlic mashed potatoes and soup or salad.

$20.00

Whitehouse Recipe Meatloaf

Oldfashioned meatloaf served with garlic mashed potatoes and gravy and soup or salad.

$20.00

CountryFried Steak

A crispy, battered steak served with garlic mashed potatoes and country gravy and soup or salad.

$20.00

BourbonApple Chicken

Lightly breaded chicken breasts smothered with warm, Bourbonsplashed cinnamon apples. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and soup or salad.

$24.00

MushroomArtichoke Chicken WRice

Chicken breast smothered in a creamy garlic sauce with mushrooms and artichoke hearts. Served with rice and soup or salad.

$24.00

Fiesta Chicken Bowl

Grilled chicken with wild rice, black beans, and jack cheese topped with lettuce, Pico de Gallo, and guacamole. Served with chipotle Salsa.

$15.00

Grilled Mahi Tacos

Soft corn tortilla filled with grilled mahimahi, lettuce, mango salsa, and a light crema sauce. Served with black beans. Add Avocado 3

$16.00

Shrimp Penne

Penne noodles with grilled shrimp, broccoli, sundried tomatoes in a olive oilgarlic sauce and topped with Parmesan cheese. Served with garlic toast.

$17.00

Veggie Supreme Sandwich

A vegetarian delight! Cheddar Cheese, cucumber, mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, and alfalfa sprouts topped with avocado on toasted wheat bread. Served with fruit.

$15.00

Buffalo Wings

One pound of our classic buffalo wings. Choose from hot, mild, or BBQ sauce. Served with celery and carrot sticks, and ranch dressing

$15.00

Stuffed Potato Skins

Crispy potato skins stuffed with melted cheese and bacon, topped with chives and served with ranch dressing.

$14.00

Rustlers Tacos

4 Mini soft corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of chicken or Carne Asada add 2, topped with onion and cilantro. Served with black beans, guacamole, and chipotle salsa.

$15.00

Fish Taco

Battered Icelandic Cod deep fried and stuffed in a corn tortilla, topped with cabbage,pico de gallo, and a light white sauce.

$8.00

Bar TriTip

Avocado Wood smoked to perfection, our bar tritip is cubed andserved with sauteed mushrooms, onions, and topped with au jus.

$17.00

Beef Dip Sliders

Thinly slied TriTip on 3 Hawaiian rolls covered with sauteed onions and melted Swiss cheese.

$16.00

Chili Cheese Fries

Our famous TriTip Chili served over a bed of French fries and smother with melted cheese.

$9.00

Old California Nachos Grande

Crunchy tortilla chips piled high with melted cheese, black beans, guacamole, sour cream, chives, and Pico de Gallo. Add Chicken 3, Carne Asada, or our famous smoked tritip chili 4

$13.00

Sunday

12 Price Bottle Wine

Monday

6.00 16oz. Craft Beer

Tuesday

7.00 Miners Punch

Wednesday

12 Price Bottle Wine

Thursday

8.00 Martinis Choose from our Martini List

Friday

8 Tumbleweed Tea

Saturday

7.00 Cadillac Margarita

Happy Hour Menu

Beer

Bottle Coors Light

$5.00

Bottle Bud Lite

$5.00

Bottle Miller Lite

$5.00

Bottle Michelob Ultra

$5.00

Bottle Heineken

$6.00

Bottle Corona

$6.00

Bottle Corona Light

$6.00

Bottle ODouls

$6.00

Can Guiness

$6.00

Can White Claw

$6.00

Bud Lite

$5.50

Coors Light

$5.50

Stella Artois

$8.00

Modelo Especial

$8.00

Firestone 805

$8.00

Belching Beaver Rotating IPA

$8.00

Stone Delicious IPA

$8.00

Alpine Beer Duet

$8.00

Brewery X Slap Tickle

$8.00

Barrel And Stave

Rotate

$8.00

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

$8.00

Modern Times Oatmeal Coffee Stout

$8.00

Mother Earth Cali Creamin

$8.00

Five Suits Pit BOS Hef

$8.00

Dos Desperados Ruffian Red

$8.00

Coronado Weekend Vibes IPA

$8.00

Fetzer Merlot

$6.00

Fetzer Cabernet Sauvignon

$6.00

Josh Craftsman Cabernet Sauvignon

$10.00

Sea Sun Pinot Noir

$8.00

Bogle

$8.00

Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon

$9.00

Sexy Cabernet Sauvignon

$16.00

Fetzer Chardonnay

$6.00

Hess Chardonnay

$8.00

Josh Craftsman Chardonnay

$10.00

Giesen Sauvignon Blanc

$8.00

Fetzer Pinot Grigio

$6.00

Sasy Sauvignon Blanc

$11.00

Wine

Cocktails

Miners Punch

Our Mai Tai with Myers Dark and Bacardi Light

$10.00

Ore Cart Apple

Jack Daniels Whiskey, Sour Apple Puckers and cranberry juice shaken and served in a martini glass.

$10.00

Tumble Weed Tea

Titos Vodka, Gray Whale Gin, Bacardi Rum, Triple Sec, sweet and sour with a splash of cola.

$10.00

Bonaza Mule

Titos Vodka, ginger beer and lime juice.

$10.00

Cadillac Margarita

Corralejo Tequila, Triple Sec, Grand Marnier and sweet and sour.

$10.00

The Classic

Bombay Sapphire Gin with a hint of Cribari Vermouth

$8.50

Cosmopolitan

Titos Vodka, Cointreau and a splash of cranberry juice.

$8.50

Peach Drop

Smirnoff Peach Vodka, Dubouchett Triple Sec, squeeze of fresh lemon juice.

$8.50

Sour Apple Martini

Smirnoff Vodka, Dubouchett Sour Apple Liqueur

$8.50

Lemon Drop

Svedka Citron Vodka, Coinreau, squeeze of fresh lemon juice in a sugar rimmed glass

$8.50

Traditional New York Cheesecake

For the purist, rich creamy cheesecake on a graham cracker crust.

$11.00

Rylands Golden Nugget Sundae

Vanilla ice cream rolled in crunchy golden flakes and served on a pool of caramel.

$11.00

Brownie Sundae

Decadent Brownie topped with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauce.

$11.00

Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich

Vanilla ice cream in between two chocolate chip cookies. Served in a pool of hot fudge. Topped with whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauce.

$11.00

Mud Pie

Rich coffee ice cram atop an Oreo Cookie crust

$11.00

Dessert Menu

Banquet Menu

Smoked TriTip Dinner

12oz Smoked tritip hand sliced and served with garlic mashed potatoes.

Rotisserie Smoked Turkey Dinner

Hand sliced rotisserie smoked turkey served with stuffing, cranberry sauce and garlic mashed potatoes.

Chicken Picatta Pasta

Tender chicken breast over fettuccini noodles with artichokes, mushrooms, capers, spinach and sundried tomatoes in a creamy white wine sauce.

BourbonApple Chicken Dinner

Lightly breaded chicken breasts on a bed of cornbread stuffing, then smothered with warm bourbon cinnamon apples. Served with garlic mashed potatoes.

Mesquite Salmon Dinner

Fresh Atlantic Salmon grilled to perfection over an open flame grill. Served with rice blend.

Bourbon Apple Chicken Dinner

Lightly breaded chicken breasts on a bed of cornbread, then smothered with warm bourbon cinnamon apples. Served with garlic mashed potatoes.

Cajun Chicken Pasta Dinner

Blackened chicken breast diced and tossed with penne noodles in a Spicy Cajun alfredo sauce topped with diced tomato, green onions and parmesan cheese.

Cowboy Ribeye

A well marbled ribeye steak that has a combination of tenderness and flavor. Served with garlic mashed potatoes.

Rustic Pecan Apple Pork Chop Dinner

12oz Bonein Pork Chop cook on our mesquite grill. Topped with sauteed apples, pecans and onions. Served atop stuffing and garlic mashed potatoes.

Baby Back Rib Dinner

Our baby back ribs are slow roasted for tenderness then finished on our mesquite grill while basted with smoky BBQ sauce. Served with French Fries.

Hamburger

$11.00

Mac Cheese

$11.00

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

$11.00

Chicken Tenders

$11.00

Jr. Quesadilla

$11.00

Jr. Salad Bar

$11.00

Jr. Tri Tip

$11.00

Kids Menu