Dinner menu served Tuesday-Saturday from 5.30pm
Two courses £25 three courses £30

Aperitif- Manzanilla Pastrana Sherry £3 – Pastis £3

Starters
Roast red pepper and tomato soup with basil oil and warm focaccia vegan Gfr

Mushroom and Thyme arancini with garlic mayonnaise vegan

Warm black pudding, streaky bacon, mushroom ketchup, confit tomato

Panko breaded brie served with Apricot chutney v

Chicken liver pate, date puree, red cabbage, apple and sultana slaw with toasted focaccia Gfr

Moules Marinier served with warm focaccia £1 supplement Gfr

Mains
Roast proper chicken breast with parmentier potatoes and bacon, red wine, baby onion sauce Gf

Confit of duck leg with garlic and rosemary sauté potatoes and sticky orange sauce Gf

Bradshaw’s Rib eye steak with parmentier potatoes and bearnaise sauce Gf £5 supplement

Pan Fried John Dory fillet with crushed new potatoes and grape velouté Gf

Slow braised belly pork and sausage slice with creamy mash, beetroot puree, apple and cider jus Gf

Spiced butternut squash and cauliflower croquette served on a coconut and lentil cassoulet vegan

Salmon, Pancetta and pea fishcake with pickled cucumber and watercress salad and Lemon hollandaise

Savoury bread pudding with Dolcelatte cheese and wild mushrooms with a rich tomato ragout v

All mains are served with seasonal vegetables

Desserts
Pedro Ximenez, Triana Sherry £3.50

Warm apple, ginger and rhubarb crumble topped with vanilla ice-cream Gf (vegan on request)

1709 vanilla cheesecake topped with blue berry compote £1 supplement

Sticky toffee pudding, toffee sauce and vanilla ice cream v

Raspberry and passionfruit Eton Mess v Gf

Crème brulee with 1709 hob nob biscuits

Mature cheddar and Hartington stilton with savoury crackers and house chutney £2 supplement

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

1709.co.uk