The Dandy Lion Menu
13 items in 4 sections · $2.50 – $5.50 · Restaurant in Iowa City, IA
The Dandy Lion’s menu lists 13 dishes and drinks, grouped into Breakfast, Lunch, Kids Menu, and Sides. Prices range from $2.50 to $5.50, and a typical item costs about $3.00. Popular choices include Two Pancakes, Side Order Of A Biscuit, The Standard, Dandy Burger, and Biscuits And Gravy.
Breakfast 6
- The Standard
Two happy eggs, cooked your way. Choose bacon (+$1), ham, sausage, or veggies. With hash browns & your favorite toast. Sub Impossible sausage for meat or eggs for no extra charge.
- Biscuits And Gravy
House-made buttermilk biscuits, sausage gravy or tomato gravy (V). With two eggs cooked your way & hash.
- Chicken Fried Steak
Topped with sausage or tomato gravy with two happy eggs, toast, & hash browns.
- Lodger Special
Seductively runny eggs, sausage, pimiento cheese, & tomato gravy atop a veritable mountain of hash & your favorite toast.
- Pancakes (V)
Three buttermilk pancakes served with butter & real maple syrup.
- French Toast (V)
House made Hawaiian bread nimbly griddled with real maple syrup & butter.
Lunch 3
- Dandy Burger
Two thin beef patties brioche bun, American cheese & Chow Chow sauce A roaring good meal.
- Turkey Melt
Turkey, swiss cheese, avocado, pico de gallo & aioli on griddled sourdough.
- Reuben
Corned beef, swiss, sauerkraut & 1000 island on rye.
Kids Menu 1
- Two Pancakes$5.50
Sides 3
- Side Order Of A Biscuit$3.00
- One Pancake$2.50
- Two Pancakes
Menu items and prices are provided for information and may have changed (last updated April 2026). Allergen information is not included – please ask the restaurant.