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

Aperitif- Manzanilla Pastrana Sherry £3 – Pastis £3

Starters
Leek and potato soup topped with crispy leeks with warm focaccia bread (vegan by request) v Gfr
Creamy mushrooms on toast with confit garlic oil  vegan Gfr
Bradshaws sausage on a tomato, chorizo and bean cassoulet
Crispy panko breaded brie with port and Redcurrant jam v
1709 Chicken pate focaccia and port and redcurrant chutney Gfr
Moules mariniere with warm focaccia bread Gfr

Mains
Oven Roast skin on sprig bone chicken breast, sausage, lemon & thyme stuffing garlic sauté potatoes and chicken gravy  Gfr
Slow Braised Belly pork, creamy mash, black pudding puree vanilla pickled pear  Gfr
Char grilled Sirloin steak, parmentier potatoes, peppercorn sauce balsamic, thyme confit tomato Gf £6 supplement
Roast spiced broccoli steak satay puree coriander pesto toasted sunflower seeds Vegan.
Pan Fried John Dory fillet, crushed new potatoes, watercress, white wine
cream sauce Gf
Roast winter vegetable potato cake with fennel marmalade topped with a poached egg. vegan on request v
1709 fish pie topped with creamy mash Gf
Pan fried lambs liver, crispy streaky bacon, mashed potato and onion gravy Gf
All meals are served with seasonal vegetables

Sides
  Additional vegetables £3-garlic Sauté potatoes £3-
Warm Focaccia bread £5

Desserts
Pedro Ximenez, Triana Sherry £3.50
1709 sticky toffee pudding, vanilla ice-cream, toffee sauce v
White chocolate torte, chocolate dust, blackberry gel and chocolate ice cream Gf
Apple and cranberry crumble vanilla custard Gf (vegan on request)
Vegan lemon posset crushed ginger crumb and poached pear vegan. Gf
Warm treacle tart, ginger clotted cream v £1 supplement
A duo of cheese, biscuits & redcurrant compote £2 supplement Add a glass of Port £3

Diners are allocated a two hour sitting for a three course dinner.

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