Lunch Menu

 Lunch Menu Tuesday- Saturday 12-2pm
Two courses £15 Three Courses £18
Aperitif- Manzanilla Pastrana Sherry £3 or Pastis £2.50

Starters
Roast Root vegetable soup served with a wedge of bread-and-butter v 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 Gfr
Smoked Mackerel Pate with a beetroot, Caper and Cucumber salad with Oatcake biscuits GFr
Melon, Rocket and Pomegranate Salad, with Port & Balsamic dressing Vegan GF


Mains
Slow Braised Belly Pork with mashed potatoes and beer and mustard gravy Gf £2 supplement.
Roast Chicken breast with parmentier potatoes shallot and tarragon white wine cream sauce Gf
Mixed Mushroom Stroganoff with basmati rice vegan Gf
Spiced Cauliflower, Squash & walnut strudel with crushed new potatoes and Rich Tomato sauce. Vegan
Pan fried Seabass fillet on minted new potatoes and a pea cream sauce Gf
Char Grilled Sirloin Steak with Parmentier Potatoes and Stroganoff Sauce or Peppercorn Sauce £7 supplement. GF
All meals 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 Cheesecake with boozy Black Cherries Gf £1 supplement.
Apple, Sultana and cinnamon crumble topped with Vanilla Ice-cream. Gf v. (Vegan on request)
Raspberry Cranachan- Raspberries, toasted oats, whipped cream, honey and Whisky. GFr
1709 Sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice-cream v
Mature Cheddar and Stilton, savoury biscuits with date chutney £2 Supplement

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

 

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