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

Aperitif- Pastis £3 + Tanners Manzanilla Sherry £3

Starters
Minted New Potato Soup, topped with crispy new potatoes, warm focaccia (Vegan, GFR)

Bistro 1709 medley of tomato salad, sauté Asparagus spears, Micro basil and toasted almonds (Vegan GF)

Caramalisd red onion tart tatin and parmesan salad, wholegrain mustard and honey dressing (V)

Panko brie, with apricot compote, candied walnut and grape salad (V)

Smoke Mackerel salad, horseradish potatoes with lemon hollandaise (GF)

Bistro 1709 chicken liver pate with apricot and repper chutney served with toast (GFR)

Mains
Roast skin and bone on chicken breast, parmentier potato, roasted red pepper sauce and pesto oil (GF)

Slow braised lamb shoulder with a mint jus, aubergine puree and creamy mashed potatoes, (GF) + £2 supplement

Slow braised belly pork, creamy mash potato with honey mustard gravy (GF)

Pan‑fried Hake fillet, Roast new potatoes and a caper and herb butter (GF)

Rib eye steak, parmentier potatoes, watercress salad with peppercorn sauce (GF) +£6 Supplement

Bistro 1709 Mussels Meuniere with fries

Pea and Mint risotto topped with roasted beetroot wedges and toasted seeds (Vegan GF)

Roast Aubergine, Feta and candied walnuts wellington, parmesan and olive salad with red pepper puree (V GF)




All main courses are served with seasonal vegetables

Sides 
Seasonal vegetables £3 | Parmentier potatoes £3

Desserts
Pedro Ximenez Sherry £3.50 50ml

Warm apple & blackberry crumble, with roast oat cream (V GF Vegan on Request)

Bistro 1709 Sticky toffee pudding, toffee sauce, Clotted cream ice cream (V)

Pina colada Panna Cotta with Pineapple and Mint Salsa (Vegan, GF)

Dark chocolate cheesecake with orange jam (V GF)

Roast peach Melba Sunday, whipped cream, Vanilla ice-cream, Raspberry coulis, toasted Almond (V GF)

Smoked cheddar & Hartington stilton, savoury crackers, house chutney +£2, add glass of Port + £3 50ml



We allocate two hours per 3 course 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