Culver’s Menu With Prices (Updated)

Culver’s Menu Prices at a Glance

Culver’s charges above the national burger chains and the reasons are on the grill and in the custard machine. Beef is fresh and never frozen, smashed and cooked to order rather than held, and the frozen custard is made in small batches through the day rather than pumped from a mix. Both of those slow the operation down and both are why the prices sit where they do.

Prices below are in restaurant figures checked across several states in 2026. Culver’s is heavily franchised and prices vary by market, with the Midwest core running below newer expansion markets. Delivery apps add roughly 30 percent on top.

Culver’s ButterBurgers

Every burger here is fresh beef, pressed on the grill to order, on a butter toasted bun. The single is a modest patty by modern standards, which is why the Deluxe and the doubles do most of the volume.

Why It Is Called a ButterBurger

This is the most common misunderstanding about the whole chain and it is worth clearing up. There is no butter in the patty and the burger is not fried in butter. The name comes from the bun, which is toasted on the grill and finished with a light spread of butter before the burger goes on it.

That is the entire trick. A butter toasted bun holds up against the juice from a fresh patty instead of going soft, and it adds a nutty note that a plain steamed bun does not have. It also means an Original ButterBurger at 390 calories is a genuinely modest burger rather than the indulgence the name suggests.

Chicken, Cod and Other Sandwiches

The North Atlantic Cod is worth a note. Culver’s started in Wisconsin, where the Friday fish fry is a fixture, and the cod on this menu is a hand battered filet rather than a token fish sandwich. It is the item that gives the chain away as Midwestern.

Wisconsin Cheese Curds

The curds are the reason a lot of people drive past two other burger places to get here. They are white cheddar curds from Wisconsin, hand battered and fried to order, and they squeak against your teeth when they are fresh, which is how you know the cheese is young.

Sides

Green beans at 60 calories and coleslaw at 150 are the two lightest sides and they cost the same as the fries. The family size fries are genuinely family size rather than a large with a different box.

Salads

Both entree salads come in around 400 calories with chicken, which makes them the lightest full meals on the menu by a distance.

Value Baskets

A Value Basket is the entree plus a side plus a drink. It is the combo format here and it saves roughly two dollars against buying the three separately.

Cheese curds count as the side in a basket at most restaurants for a small upcharge, which is usually cheaper than ordering them separately. Ask when you order rather than assuming, because it varies by franchise.

Frozen Custard, and How It Differs From Ice Cream

This is not ice cream with a different name. Frozen custard has egg yolk in the base, which ice cream does not, and it is churned more slowly so far less air gets whipped into it. The result is denser, richer and smoother, and it does not hold its shape as stiffly, which is why a scoop here looks softer than a scoop elsewhere.

The other difference is timing. Culver’s makes custard in small batches through the day rather than storing it, so what you are served was usually made within the last few hours. That is also why the machine takes up so much of the counter.

A Concrete Mixer is custard blended with your choice of mix-ins until it is thick enough to hold a spoon upright. That is where the name comes from and it is a fair description of the texture.

The Flavor of the Day

This is the thing people search most about Culver’s and the answer confuses newcomers, because there is no single national answer. Every restaurant picks its own Flavor of the Day from a rotation of roughly thirty flavors, and two Culver’s in the same town can be running different ones on the same day.

Vanilla and chocolate are on every day at every restaurant, so the Flavor of the Day is a third option rather than a replacement. If your local restaurant is running something you do not want, you have not lost anything.

The practical tip is to check the calendar rather than the day. Most restaurants publish a month ahead, so if you are waiting for a specific flavor you can see exactly which date it lands on before you drive anywhere.

Kids Meals and Scoopie Tokens

Every kids meal comes with a side, a drink and a Scoopie Token, which is redeemable for a free scoop of custard. The token does not have to be used the same day, so plenty of families collect a few and cash them in together.

Drinks

Fountain drinks come with free refills in the dining room. Root beer is worth ordering here because it goes into the float.

Culver’s Hours

Culver’s opens late morning and closes in the evening. There is no breakfast and no overnight service anywhere in the chain.

Hours are set by the franchise and a minority of restaurants close earlier. Culver’s is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day at most locations. Friday evenings are noticeably busier than other weeknights in the Midwest because of the fish fry tradition.

How to Order at Culver’s for Less

Take the Value Basket rather than ordering separately. An Original ButterBurger, a regular fries and a drink bought individually come to around $11.67. The basket is $9.49 for the same three things.

If you are eating with someone, order one large cheese curds at $7.79 rather than two regulars at $11.38. Use the Delicious Rewards app, since Culver’s runs offers there that do not appear on the board. And take the Scoopie Token seriously if you have children with you, because it is a free scoop of custard per kids meal and it does not expire on the day.

One more thing worth knowing. The Original ButterBurger at $6.39 is the cheapest item that counts as a meal, and at 390 calories it is also the lightest burger on the board. If you want the Culver’s experience without the Culver’s bill, that plus green beans is under ten dollars and under 500 calories.

Culver’s Nutrition Notes

This menu is easier to eat lightly at than its reputation suggests. The Original ButterBurger is 390 calories, the Beef Pot Roast Sandwich is 480, the Grilled Chicken is 480 and both entree salads land under 400. Green beans at 60 and the side salad at 140 are lighter than the fries at any size.

Where it turns is the custard and the fried sides. A large Concrete Mixer is 900 calories, large cheese curds are 730 and family fries are 900. A ButterBurger Deluxe with large curds and a regular Concrete Mixer clears 1,900 before the drink. On sodium, the cheese curds, the chili and the Reuben carry the most, and the salads and the plain burgers carry the least.

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