Dinner Menu

Dinner menu served Tuesday-Saturday from 5.30pm
Two courses £25 three courses £30 Tuesday- Saturday
We allocate 2 hour sittings

Aperitif- Manzanilla Pastrana Sherry £3 or Pastis £3

Starters
Roasted red pepper soup warm focaccia bread vegan Gf v
 Mushroom and Tarragon arancini with garlic aioli vegan v
Thick cut pork and tomato sausage served on a bean cassoulet
Smoked mackerel with radish and rocket salad topped with lemon dressing Gf
Crispy brie, panko crumb, spiced apricot compote v
Chicken liver Pate, apple chutney and thick cut toast Gfr


Mains
On the bone oven roast chicken breast, served with garlic sauté potatoes and pan jus gravy Gf
Char grilled rib eye steak, parmentier potatoes and peppercorn sauce and confit of tomato with a balsamic glaze £6 supplement Gf
Pan fried seabass fillet and creamy pea sauce served with herb new potatoes Gf
Curried cauliflower steak, butternut puree, salsa verde and candid walnuts vegan Gf v
Stuffed red pepper filled with bean cassoulet vegan Gf v
 Slow Braised Belly pork with mash potatoes and apple and cider sauce Gf
Smoked Haddock and leek fishcake topped with poached egg and served with a beurre blanc sauce Gf

All Main courses are served with seasonal vegetables

 
Sides
 Additional vegetables £3 Parmentier potatoes £3

Desserts
 – add a glass of Pedro Ximenez Triana Sherry £3.50 50ml 1709 sticky toffee pudding, vanilla ice-cream, toffee sauce  Dark chocolate torte, honeycomb, vanilla ice-cream Gf v.
Vanilla panna cotta topped with a gingernut crumb vegan Gfr
Apple and mixed berry crumble, vanilla ice-cream Gf (vegan on request)
Vanilla crème brulee shortbread biscuit.
A duo of cheese, biscuits & apricot compote £2 supplement. Add a glass of Port £3.50ml

 

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

1709.co.uk