Glazed food with sauce dripping at the table

Downtown Lincoln

A global sauce house

Get Lost in the Sauce.

Name: Saucy Minks
Address: 214 S 11th Street, Lincoln, NE, 68508, US
Telephone: (402) 555-1847
Price range: $$

Compare four sauces on a wing flight. Split a bowl down the middle. The food brings you in. The sauce is what you remember.

Build Your Flight The Ying Yang

The Flight

8 wings / 4 sauces

The Ying Yang

1 pasta / 2 sauces

Taste each side. Then make trouble in the middle.

The two things we're known for

Compare four. Split two. Mix when you're ready.

The Flight

8 wings / 4 sauces

Four sauces. Eight wings. Pick a favorite if you can.

Build Your Flight

The Ying Yang

1 Pasta / 2 Sauces

Taste each side separately. Mix them when you're ready. One bowl, two sauces, three ways to eat it.

Meet the Pairings

The look of sauce

Glossy, messy, meant to be shared.

Glazed wings with sauce dripping off the bone

The Flight — eight wings, four sauces.

Noodles coated in a glossy two-tone sauce

The Ying Yang — taste each side, then the middle.

Sauce first. Everything else is a delivery system.

Fire, then sauce. Always in that order.

A grain bowl finished with a heavy drizzle

Bowls built for a heavy drizzle.

Ramekins of dipping sauces lined up for a flight

A sauce flight and full permission to have commitment issues.

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Find your sauce

You've got favorites. You just haven't met them yet.

All sauces

#01

Velvet Gochujang

sweet · savory · fermented heat

A glossy, slow-building heat with a little sweetness that clings to whatever you put it on.

Korean-inspired

Try it on

Wings
Chicken
Noodles
Cauliflower

#02

Toum

garlic · lemon · creamy

Whipped garlic that somehow stays light. Bright lemon, no apology.

Levantine-inspired

Try it on

Chicken
Potatoes
Flatbread
Vegetables

#03

Green Mink

herbs · garlic · chile · vinegar

Our house herb sauce — punchy, grassy, and a little wild around the edges.

Inspired by chimichurri and green herb sauces

Try it on

Steak
Mushrooms
Potatoes
Grilled Vegetables

#04

Harissa Cream

smoky · creamy · chile

Smoky chile folded into a sauce you will want to mop with bread.

North African-inspired

Try it on

Pasta
Chicken
Cauliflower

#05

Miso Butter

umami · rich · slightly sweet

Deep, savory, and quietly addictive. The one people order extra of.

Japanese-inspired

Try it on

Noodles
Mushrooms
Salmon
Vegetables

#06

Tamarind BBQ

sweet · tangy · smoky

Tangy tamarind meets backyard smoke. Sticky in all the right ways.

South Asian and barbecue influence

Try it on

Wings
Pork
Chicken
Fries

#07

Garlic Honey Heat

sticky · chile · garlic

Wing-shop energy with a grown-up finish. Sweet first, heat after.

American wing-shop energy

Try it on

Wings
Chicken
Cauliflower

#08

Sesame Peanut

nutty · savory · a little sweet

Toasted sesame and peanut that turns noodles into a whole situation.

Southeast Asian-inspired

Try it on

Noodles
Vegetables
Chicken

Dip. Drizzle. Drench.

A menu built around how you eat, not where a sauce was born.

The Flight

$18.00

Eight wings, four sauces, two wings per sauce. Pick a favorite if you can.

Heat

House favorite

Sauce Flight

$12.00

Four ramekins, warm flatbread, and full permission to have commitment issues.

House favorite

Crispy Cauliflower

$11.00

Fried florets tossed in Velvet Gochujang until glossy.

VHeat

Dip & Share

Sauces first. Bread, potatoes, and things worth passing.

Sauce Flight

$12.00

Four ramekins, warm flatbread, and full permission to have commitment issues.

Warm Flatbread + Toum

$9.00

Puffed bread, a lake of whipped garlic, lemon on the side.

Wings

Eight wings, four sauces — or commit to a single favorite.

The Flight

$18.00

Eight wings, four sauces, two wings per sauce. Pick a favorite if you can.

Velvet Gochujang Wings

$16.00

Eight wings, one obsession. Sweet heat, sticky fingers.

Noodles & Pasta

Bowls built around sauce, including the Ying Yang.

The Ying Yang

$22.00

One pasta, two sauces, three ways to eat it. Try each side. Then make some trouble in the middle.

Miso Mushroom Noodles

$19.00

Chewy noodles, roasted mushrooms, a slick of miso butter.

From the Grill

Fire, then sauce. Always in that order.

Green Mink Steak

$32.00

Grilled steak, herb sauce, and potatoes for dragging.

Toum Chicken

$24.00

Charred chicken, a generous pour of toum, lemon, pickles.

Bowls

Rice and grains as another way to get more sauce.

Gochujang Grain Bowl

$16.00

Rice, pickled veg, a jammy egg, Velvet Gochujang all over it.

Sesame Peanut Bowl

$15.00

Grains, crunchy veg, herbs, and a heavy sesame peanut drizzle.

See the full menu

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Found the One? Take It Home.

The sauce you couldn't stop eating at dinner doesn't have to stay here.

Velvet Gochujang

Toum

Green Mink

Harissa Cream

Miso Butter

Tamarind BBQ

Garlic Honey Heat

Sesame Peanut

Mink's Pantry

A warm dining room ready for a sauce-first dinner

Our story

Every culture has sauces people obsess over.

We borrow inspiration from kitchens around the world, build dishes around sauces we love, and encourage you to taste more than one. The best question at dinner isn't “What did you order?” It's “Can I try your sauce?”

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Visit

Come Hungry. Leave Saucy.

214 S 11th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508

Tuesday – Thursday: 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Friday – Saturday: 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Sunday: 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Monday: Closed

Walk-ins welcome. Call ahead for parties of 6+.

(402) 555-1847

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