Bistro menu served Tuesday-Saturday lunch12-2pm & Tuesday evenings from 5.30pm
Two courses £15 Three Courses £18
Aperitif- Manzanilla Pastrana Sherry £3 or Pastis £2.50
StartersRoast red pepper and tomato soup topped with feta dumpling served with warm focaccia bread GFr
Chicken Liver Pate, Date Chutney and toasted whole meal bread GFr
Roast Sweet Potato, Sage and Spinach cake with a Smoked chilli tomato sauce Vegan
Mushroom, garlic and spinach crepe Vegan Gf
Grilled peppered mackerel on a beetroot, caper, and cucumber salad and herb crème fraiche GF
Warm breaded brie served with orange and cranberry jam v
Roast sprig bone Chicken breast with parmentier potatoes and wild mushroom white wine cream sauce Gf
Slow Cooked Bradshaw’s of Chase Terrace crispy belly pork, served with creamy mashed potato and beer & grain mustard gravy Gfr £2 supplement
Pan fried seabass fillet served on crushed new potatoes with prosecco, dill and prawn cream sauce Gf
Wild mushroom and thyme risotto topped with charred asparagus GF Vegan
Butternut squash, kale and lentil stuffed strudel served with crushed new potatoes with Cherry tomato and basil sauce. Vegan
Char grilled Bradshaw’s rib-eye steak with parmentier potatoes and bearnaise sauce £7 supplement. Gf
All served with a medley of seasonal vegetables
Side Dishes -Medley of seasonal vegetables £3 Parmentier potatoes £3
Desserts
Pedro Ximenez Triana £3.50- Cockburn’s Port £3
Dark chocolate torte with winter berry compote Gf. £1 supplement
Apple and Rhubarb crumble topped with Vanilla Ice-Cream Gf v (vegan on request)
Raspberry Cranachan- Raspberries, toasted oats, whipped cream, honey and Whisky. Gfr v
1709 sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice cream v
Mature Cheddar & Hartington Stilton with biscuits & date chutney £2 supplement Add a glass of Port £3 Gfr
We allocate two-hour sittings.
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.
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
