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
Roast butternut squash soup warm focaccia bread (vegan by request) Gfr
 Mushroom and Tarragon arancini garlic aioli vegan
Confit duck served on a bean cassoulet
Prawn and smoked salmon salad with lemon hollandaise Gf
Crispy brie, panko crumb, spiced apricot compote v
Chicken liver Pate, apple chutney and thick cut toast Gfr

Mains
Oven roast chicken breast, served with a mushroom and tarragon risotto Gf
Char grilled rib eye steak, parmentier potatoes and peppercorn sauce and confit of tomato
 £6 supplement Gf
Pan fried seabass fillet, crushed new potatoes caper and Lemon butter Gf
Curried cauliflower steak, butternut puree, salsa verde and candid walnuts vegan Gf
Ratatouille gnocchi topped with herb oil and parmesan cheese  v
 Slow Braised Belly pork, creamy mash and cider and wholegrain mustard sauce
Oven roast salmon fillet with sauté garlic potatoes and mint hollandaise
 
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.
Chilled coconut rice pudding glazed poached pear candied walnuts  (Vegan) Gf
Apple and Rhubarb 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

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