Bistro menu served Tuesday-Saturday 12pm -2pm
Tuesday Evening 5-7.30pm 2-2-1 £40 2 courses, 2 people, one carafe of wine
1 course £12, 2 courses £15, 3 courses £18
We allocate 1 hour 30 minutes for three courses
Aperitif- manzanilla Pastrana Sherry £3 or Pastis £2.50
Starters
Leek and new potato soup with locally baked bread and butter Vegan* Gfr
1709 chicken liver pate with hand cut toast and rosemary onion jam Gfr
Courgette, pea and mint fritter with roast red pepper puree. Vegan
Cod fishcake with pea hollandaise, leaf salad and pickled cucumber
Breaded French brie served with spiced apricot chutney v
Mushroom, lentil and herb pate with mixed nut crumb, rich tomato dressing and rye cracker vegan Gf
Mains
Homemade pie of the day.
Pan seared seabass fillet served on minted new potatoes, with a lemon and dill cream sauce. Gf
Sprig bone chicken breast with Cheshire blue cheese sauce and parmentier potatoes Gf
Packington free range slow braised crispy belly pork, parmentier potatoes and apple and mustard jus gf £3 supplement
Mediterranean vegetable and tomato filo parcel with new potatoes and rich tomato ragout vegan
Baked aubergine stuffed with a chickpea and sweet potato curry vegan gf
Char grilled Rump steak with parmentier potatoes and pink peppercorn sauce £5 supplement Gf
All served with a medley of vegetables
Side Dishes -Medley of vegetables £3 Parmentier potatoes £3
Desserts Vanilla cheesecake with blueberry compote and bourbon crumb Gfr £1 supplement
1709 sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce and vanilla ice cream
Apple crumble and vanilla ice cream Gf v vegan on request
American style pancakes with vanilla ice-cream and warm butterscotch sauce v
Chilled Vanilla rice pudding topped with homemade strawberry jam and toasted almonds vegan
Cheese plate- mature cheddar and Cheshire blue with biscuits and our chutney. £2 supplement
Allergens
Our menu is marked Gf, these dishes are suitable for people with an intolerance to Gluten. Dishes marked GFr are dishes we can substitute elements of the dish to make it Gluten free, please advise us at the point of ordering. For all other allergens please speak to a member of staff.
Please be aware that to keep our prices low, we close when the till stops ringing! At night in the week, we allocate two hours per sitting.
About us… the concept. Back in the 90’s I opened my first bistro in Mill Street, Stafford….Pastiche Bistro. With the help of my team (including our then head Chef at Lichfield, Mark) we opened our second bistro here in Lombard Street in 1999 and grew to a group of nine. I exited the business through a sale in 2005 and myself and now business partner Mark (the creative one doing the cooking!) bought it back from the receiver in 2008 We launched 1709 the Brasserie, rebranding to Bistro 1709 later. Following the pandemic, we are returning to our roots of fixed price, fresh, chef prepared meals with a simple friendly service. and an A la Carte menu running Friday & Saturday Evenings to make the weekends a little more special! And the name, it’s not the age of the building, it’s Samuel Johnson’s birth year.
Thanks for visiting us, we hope you enjoy your experience.
John Ashmore & Mark Medley
