Secret Menu at Milestones: The Unofficial Guide to Ordering Like You Know a Guy

The secret menu at Milestones is not an actual laminated underground document hidden behind the bar under a stack of dessert spoons. There is no mystical password. No server is going to kneel beside the table and whisper, “Ah, you seek the forbidden ravioli.” This is Milestones, not a culinary escape room run by people in aprons.

What Milestones has is better and more dangerous: a menu full of sauces, proteins, dips, bowls, pastas, burgers, salads, brunch items, steak toppers, and share plates that can be remixed if you order like a polite adult instead of a TikTok goblin with a fork.

Milestones opened its first restaurant on Denman Street in Vancouver in 1989 and now operates in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The chain describes itself as serving “familiar food with a twist,” which is corporate language for “we have burgers, pasta, steak, brunch, cocktails, and enough aioli to lubricate a small suburb.”

Does Milestones Have a Real Secret Menu?

No official Milestones secret menu surfaced in the research. The company’s public site organizes menus by location into ordinary categories like Date Night, Food, Wine & Drinks, Desserts, Brunch & Lunch, and Happy Hour & Late Night. Some locations also show extra sections such as Halal. So the “secret menu” is really custom ordering built from existing menu pieces, which is less mysterious but far more useful than pretending a server has been waiting all shift to hear the phrase “bring me the underground mushroom chicken.”

That means the correct strategy is simple: order the official menu item first, then ask for a specific swap, sauce, topping, or side. “Can I get the Double Smash Burger with the 1989 burger sauce?” is useful. “Can I have the Milestones Dark Web Burger?” is how you make a server briefly reconsider hospitality as a career.

Also, menus vary by location. Happy Hour hours vary too: the Eaton Centre location lists Happy Hour from 2–5 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close, while Stephen Avenue in Calgary lists 3–6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close. So yes, even the discount fries have geography now.

How to Order From the Milestones Secret Menu Without Becoming a Problem

The safest formula is: base item + modification + sauce placement.

Start with something real: 1989 Burger, Double Smash Burger, Pesto Chicken Penne Asiago, Blackened Chicken Fettuccini, Sweet Chili Chicken Bowl, Thai Green Curry Bowl, Steak Frites, M Wings, Spinach & Artichoke Dip, Avocado & Whipped Feta, or a brunch dish. Then ask for one change. Not eleven. This is dinner, not a software update.

Ask for sauces on the side when possible. This protects texture, prevents your entrée from becoming a bowl of expensive beige weather, and gives the kitchen fewer reasons to silently hate you.

Most importantly, accept “no” like a person who has touched grass. A restaurant is not legally required to assemble your dream pasta-burger-wing hybrid because you saw a man on Instagram eat one in a car.

The 1989 Smash Burger: Classic Burger Meets Fancy Mall Chaos

Milestones’ ingredient guide lists a 1989 Burger and Double Smash Burger under Burgers & Handhelds. The burger build includes a bun, ground chuck patty, burger sauce, cheddar, smoked bacon, lettuce, red onion, and tomato, while the Double Smash setup includes bacon onion jam, smoked Gouda, cheddar, buttermilk, and sweet-spicy Tabasco elements.

The hack: ask for the 1989 Burger with bacon onion jam and smoked Gouda, if the location can do it. This is basically taking the sensible old-school burger and making it wear a leather jacket it bought after one cocktail.

Why it works: the 1989 Burger gives you the classic build. The bacon onion jam adds sweetness, smoke, and the faint sense that someone at corporate said “elevated” three times in a meeting. Smoked Gouda adds richness without needing to drag another entire burger patty into the situation like a caveman with credit.

Order it clearly: “Can I get the 1989 Burger and add bacon onion jam and smoked Gouda if available?” That sentence will get you farther than “Give me the anniversary burger secret build,” which sounds like you are trying to unlock a dishwasher.

The Double Smash With Extra Pickles and Sauce on the Side

The Double Smash is already doing plenty. Ground chuck, cheese, bacon onion jam, burger sauce, and the usual burger architecture are not exactly crying out for intervention. But one useful tweak is asking for extra pickles and burger sauce on the side. The ingredient guide lists pickles, onions, tomatoes, burger sauce, smoked Gouda, cheddar, and bacon onion jam in the burger section, which means the components exist even if your location treats customization with the energy of a border crossing.

Why it works: extra pickles cut the richness. Sauce on the side lets you control moisture. This is how adults eat a messy burger without turning the bun into wet office carpeting.

This is not the flashiest hack. It is just good. I realize that is disappointing to people who think every secret menu item needs to look like six entrées fell down a staircase together.

Wham Bam Wings: The Shrimp Sauce Escape Plan

Milestones’ ingredient guide lists Wham Bam Shrimp with a Wham Bam sauce made from mayo, Thai chili sauce, sriracha, parsley, and chili salts. It also lists M Wings with sauce directions such as spicy buffalo, Korean BBQ, and salt-and-black-pepper bourbon.

The hack: order M Wings and ask for Wham Bam sauce on the side, if the kitchen will do it.

This is the kind of request that makes sense because you are not asking them to invent a sauce. You are asking to relocate one. Sauces are migratory creatures. Let them travel.

Why it works: wings are fatty, salty, and crispy; Wham Bam sauce is creamy, sweet, spicy, and slightly obnoxious in the way good casual-dining sauces should be. It gives the wings that “I’m not buffalo, I’m complicated” energy.

The Sauce Flight: M Wings for People With Commitment Issues

Another unofficial move is the M Wings sauce flight: ask for wings with sauces on the side, ideally buffalo, Korean BBQ, salt-and-black-pepper bourbon, and Wham Bam if available. The ingredient listing confirms M Wings, buffalo sauce, Korean BBQ sauce, and salt-and-black-pepper bourbon butter appear in the wing section.

This is not revolutionary. It is just the correct way to eat wings when your group cannot agree on anything because one person wants heat, one wants sweet, one wants bourbon butter, and one wants to “try a little of everything,” which is restaurant-speak for “I will steal from your plate.”

Order it during a slower time or Happy Hour. Do not attempt wing diplomacy during the dinner rush when the kitchen is already fighting for its life.

Sweet Chili Chicken Bites, Lettuce-Wrap Style

Milestones lists Sweet Chili Chicken Bites with sweet Thai chili sauce, crispy wontons, cucumber, green onion, sesame seeds, and lime. The same ingredient guide lists Chicken Lettuce Wraps and Tofu Lettuce Wraps as shareables, with peanut sauce, scallion wasabi aioli, Asian slaw, lettuce, sesame, and lime components.

The hack: ask whether the kitchen can do Sweet Chili Chicken Bites with lettuce-wrap components, or order the bites and ask for lettuce on the side.

This is the “I want crispy chicken, but I also want to pretend I made a structurally responsible decision” order. It gives you crunch, sauce, freshness, and enough assembly work to make dinner feel interactive without turning it into IKEA.

If you have allergies, be careful: the ingredient guide lists multiple allergens across these items, including soy, wheat, egg, sesame, milk, mustard, and peanuts depending on the dish. Milestones also warns that cross-contamination can occur and that it cannot guarantee items are free of allergens.

Burrata Bruschetta: The Share Plate That Thinks It Studied Abroad

Milestones’ ingredient guide lists Burrata with red pepper relish, basil pesto, balsamic reduction, schiacciata bread, garlic oil, arugula, red onion, and lemon vinaigrette. It also lists Tuscan Bruschetta with tomato bruschetta mix, schiacciata bread, basil pesto, balsamic reduction, asiago, arugula, and parsley.

The hack: order Burrata and ask for the bruschetta mix or extra tomato topping, if available. Or order Tuscan Bruschetta and ask whether burrata can be added.

This is a very good “I know what I’m doing” move because burrata plus tomato plus pesto plus balsamic is basically the casual-dining version of putting a linen shirt on bread. It is rich, acidic, creamy, crunchy, and photogenic enough to make someone at the table say, “Oh wow,” which is the only reason appetizers exist.

Just do not call it “the secret Caprese board.” That phrase has too much real-estate-agent energy.

Avocado & Whipped Feta, Extra Naan, Extra Chaos

Milestones’ Avocado & Whipped Feta listing includes avocado-edamame mash, whipped feta, fresh-cut salsa, naan bread, corn chips, roasted chickpeas, Tajín seasoning, and parsley. This is already a secret menu item in spirit because it looks like someone asked, “What if dip went to therapy and came back with boundaries?”

The hack: ask for extra naan instead of chips, or extra salsa and roasted chickpeas. This turns it into a better share plate, unless your table consists of people who eat dip with the hesitation of nervous birds.

Why it works: feta brings salt and creaminess, avocado-edamame brings richness, salsa cuts through, and roasted chickpeas add crunch. Extra naan makes the whole thing feel more like a meal and less like a snack wearing a LinkedIn blazer.

Pesto Blackened Chicken Pasta: The Sauce-Swap Power Move

Milestones lists both Pesto Chicken Penne Asiago and Blackened Chicken Fettuccini under Pastas & Noodles. The ingredient guide also shows pasta-adjacent builds involving pesto, cream, cheese, blackening spice, and chicken.

The hack: ask for blackened chicken on the Pesto Chicken Penne Asiago, or ask for a side of pesto with the Blackened Chicken Fettuccini if the kitchen allows it.

This is the kind of customization that actually makes sense. Blackened chicken adds smoky spice. Pesto adds herb, garlic, oil, and main-character energy. Asiago brings salty cheese drama. Together, they make pasta taste less like “Tuesday cream sauce” and more like someone planned dinner instead of just agreeing to carbs.

Do not ask to replace the entire pasta shape, sauce, protein, cheese, and garnish, because then you are not ordering. You are directing traffic in a noodle intersection.

Butternut Squash Ravioli With Chili Heat

The ingredient guide lists Butternut Squash Ravioli under Pastas & Noodles and shows the dish carries allergens including tree nuts, peanuts, mustard, milk, wheat, soy, and egg. That allergen list is not the fun part, obviously, but it is the part that keeps people from turning dinner into an emergency PowerPoint.

The hack: ask for extra chili flakes or hot sauce on the side.

Butternut squash ravioli can be sweet, creamy, and soft, which is lovely until it starts tasting like dessert got lost in the pasta section. Heat fixes that. A little chili makes the squash taste deeper and less like baby food with a passport.

This is a small hack. Small hacks are underrated. Not every secret menu order needs to require a crane.

Thai Green Curry Bowl, Crispy Wonton Upgrade

Milestones’ Thai Green Curry Bowl listing includes green curry sauce made with coconut cream, cream, fish sauce, sugar, green curry paste, jalapeños, cilantro, onions, garlic, and spices. The guide notes it can involve chicken filets, shrimp, or tofu, and includes jasmine rice and crispy wontons.

The hack: order Thai Green Curry Bowl with extra crispy wontons and sauce on the side.

Why on the side? Because crispy wontons in sauce go from crunch to “wet envelope” very quickly. Sauce control is not fussy. It is civilization.

This is one of the better Milestones secret menu-style orders because it lets you choose the protein direction: chicken, shrimp, or tofu. Chicken is safe. Shrimp is fun. Tofu is the one that makes your table’s most annoying person say, “Actually, that looks good.”

Sweet Chili Chicken Bowl With Extra Pineapple and Avocado

The ingredient guide lists Sweet Chili Chicken Bowl among the mains and includes grilled pineapple, cilantro-lime vinaigrette, wasabi, sweet-and-spicy Tabasco, cucumber, carrots, purple cabbage, grape tomatoes, avocado, cilantro, and sesame components.

The hack: ask for extra grilled pineapple or extra avocado.

Extra pineapple adds sweet acidity, which is useful because sweet chili bowls can become sticky and one-note if everything tastes like glaze. Extra avocado adds richness and cools down heat. Together, they make the bowl feel more balanced and less like a sauce bottle had a personal breakthrough.

If they say no to extra pineapple because it is portioned, ask for sauce on the side instead. There is always a way to make a bowl less soggy and more adult. Usually it involves not letting the sauce behave like flood insurance.

Steak Frites With Surf N Turf Energy

Milestones lists Steak Frites, 6 oz Sirloin, 7 oz Filet Mignon, 12 oz NY Steak, and Surf N Turf Topper under Steaks. The ingredient guide also lists lobster butter sauce with lobster base, white wine, butter, roasted garlic, black pepper, and gremolata.

The hack: order Steak Frites and ask whether the Surf N Turf topper or lobster butter sauce can be added.

This is how you turn steak frites from “classic” into “I came here to spend money but pretend it was strategic.” The lobster butter sauce adds richness and oceanic drama. The fries become more useful because now they can drag through sauce like tiny potato boats.

Is it subtle? No. It is steak, fries, and lobster butter. Subtlety left the building somewhere around the word “butter.”

Steak Sandwich, No Bun, Extra Mushrooms and Red Onions

Milestones’ steak sandwich build includes kalbi-marinated sirloin, scallion wasabi aioli, roasted mushrooms, roasted red onions, cilantro, and sesame.

The hack: ask for the Steak Sandwich without the bun, with extra mushrooms and red onions, plus a side salad.

This is for the person who wants steak sandwich flavor without eating bread because bread has become today’s chosen villain. Fine. We all need hobbies.

The kalbi marinade gives sweetness and soy richness, mushrooms add umami, roasted red onions add sweetness, and scallion wasabi aioli gives creamy heat. Put that beside greens and suddenly you have a steak salad that did not need to be officially printed on the menu.

Just say it clearly. “Can I do the steak sandwich without the bread, with the toppings over salad?” The server may say yes, no, or “let me ask.” All three are valid steps in the secret menu sacrament.

Garden Burger With Red Pepper Relish and Avocado

The ingredient guide lists a Garden Burger with a harvest patty, red pepper relish, burger sauce, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and red onion. The harvest patty is soy-based, and the item carries allergen warnings including soy, sulphites, egg, mustard, wheat, and sesame, with possible tree nut cross-contact listed in the guide.

The hack: ask for extra red pepper relish and avocado, or burger sauce on the side.

This is the secret menu item for people who do not want meat but also do not want a sad vegetable puck sitting between buns like a punishment from 2006. Red pepper relish gives sweetness and acidity. Avocado gives fat and texture. Sauce on the side keeps it from becoming a slippery committee meeting.

Brunch: Avocado-Edamame Mash on Basically Everything

Milestones’ brunch ingredient guide lists avocado-edamame mash made with avocado, edamame, red onion, lime juice, cilantro, salt, pepper, and Cholula. It also lists sriracha goat cheese, hollandaise, brunch potatoes, chimichurri butter, poached eggs, and sourdough.

The hack: ask for avocado-edamame mash added to eggs, toast, or a brunch sandwich, depending on the dish and location.

This works because avocado-edamame mash is better than plain avocado in the same way a group chat is louder than one person: more texture, more flavor, more going on. It adds acidity, richness, and a little protein from edamame, which is nice if you want brunch to feel like a meal and not just hollandaise auditioning for a hot tub commercial.

Brunch Potatoes With Chimichurri Butter

The brunch guide lists brunch potatoes, chimichurri butter, Nola Cajun spice, hollandaise, sweet-spicy Tabasco, and other breakfast components.

The hack: ask for brunch potatoes tossed with chimichurri butter and Cajun spice, if available.

This is extremely simple and extremely effective. Potatoes are bland until someone gives them a reason to exist. Chimichurri butter adds garlic, herbs, heat, and fat. Cajun spice adds salt and paprika. Suddenly the side dish stops behaving like breakfast filler and starts acting like it has a union.

Lunch Wrap Upgrade: Chili Avocado Aioli

The brunch/lunch ingredient guide lists chili avocado aioli made with vegan mayonnaise, avocado, garlic chili sauce, cilantro, lime juice, salt, and white pepper. It also lists a sun-dried tomato tortilla and sandwich components such as multigrain or sourdough, cheddar, onion-and-pepper mix, and bacon or andouille crumble.

The hack: ask for chili avocado aioli on a lunch sandwich or wrap.

This is a good move because chili avocado aioli does three jobs: creamy, spicy, and acidic. A normal sandwich becomes less normal. A wrap gets actual personality. A lunch that might otherwise taste like “committee-approved bread tube” becomes something you might remember after the bill arrives.

Happy Hour Secret Menu: Order Smaller, Hack Smarter

The best Milestones secret menu strategy may not be a specific dish. It may be timing. Many locations list Happy Hour and Late Night menus, though the times differ by location. Eaton Centre lists Happy Hour from 2–5 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close; Stephen Avenue lists 3–6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close.

Happy Hour is when secret menu hacking makes the most sense because smaller plates, dips, wings, cocktails, and shareables are already built for mixing. This is when you order wings with sauce on the side, add an extra dip, split avocado-feta with extra naan, or build a miniature dinner out of two appetizers and zero shame.

The danger is that “Happy Hour” becomes “I ordered four discounted things and somehow spent entrée money.” Very impressive. You did not beat the menu. You became its side quest.

The Allergy Reality Check, Because Secret Menus Are Not Magic

Milestones marks menu items with symbols such as vegetarian, vegan, and gluten friendly, but it also warns that gluten-friendly items are made with gluten-free ingredients while cross-contamination can occur during preparation. The menu page says the restaurant cannot guarantee an item is free of peanuts, tree nuts, or other allergens.

This matters more with secret menu orders because the second you start moving sauces, toppings, and sides around, you are creating a custom allergen puzzle. If you have allergies or strict dietary restrictions, do not rely on vibes, Reddit, or a person named Brayden who “ordered it once.” Ask the server. Ask about ingredients. Use the allergen guide. Be boring and alive.

Best Milestones Secret Menu Orders, Ranked

The best practical hack is the 1989 Burger with bacon onion jam and smoked Gouda, because it upgrades a classic without needing the kitchen to assemble a burger haunted house.

The best shareable hack is Burrata with bruschetta mix, because creamy cheese plus tomato, pesto, balsamic, and bread is basically social glue.

The best wing hack is M Wings with Wham Bam sauce on the side, because dipping wings into a sweet-spicy shrimp sauce is exactly the kind of harmless nonsense secret menus exist for.

The best pasta hack is Pesto Penne with blackened chicken, because pesto and spice are doing actual flavor work instead of just adding more cream like a coward.

The best brunch hack is avocado-edamame mash on toast, eggs, or a sandwich, because brunch needs something fresh before hollandaise becomes the mayor.

The best “I am treating myself but still want to say the word ‘protein’” hack is Steak Frites with Surf N Turf topper or lobster butter sauce, because steak plus lobster butter is basically the restaurant version of putting on sunglasses indoors.

The Milestones Secret Menu Is Real Enough If You Order Like an Adult

Milestones does not have an official secret menu. It has a customizable casual-dining menu full of sauces, proteins, share plates, bowls, pastas, brunch components, and toppers that can be rearranged if your server and kitchen are willing. That is the secret. Not hidden food. Hidden combinations.

The rule is simple: use real menu names, request one or two specific changes, ask for sauces on the side, and do not act personally wounded if the answer is no. Location menus vary. Allergens matter. Happy Hour times vary. The kitchen is not a personal content studio for your dining experiment.

But when it works, it works. The burger gets bacon onion jam. The wings get Wham Bam sauce. The pasta gets blackened chicken. The burrata gets bruschetta. The brunch potatoes get chimichurri butter. The steak gets lobster butter and starts acting like it has private-school tuition.

That is the Milestones secret menu: familiar food with a twist, and then another twist because apparently we cannot leave well enough alone.