Dinner menu served from 5.30pm
Two courses £25 I Three courses £30

Aperitif- Pastis £3 + Tanners Manzanilla Sherry £3

Starters
Tomato soup with cheddar soldiers and basil cream (Vegan, GFR)

Garlic Mushroom arancini, tarragon mayonnaise (Vegan)

Caramalised Red Onion tart tatin and parmesan salad, wholegrain mustard and honey dressing (V)

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

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

1709 Chicken liver pate with piccalilli and toasted focaccia (GFR)

Mains
Pan-fried fillet of Hake, lemon and rosemary crushed new potatoes with caper butter (GF)

Roast skin on Chicken breast, smoked bacon parmentier potatoes and wild mushroom and white wine cream sauce (GF)

Slow braised Lamb shoulder, creamy mash, aubergine puree mint jus (GF) +£2 supplement

Rib eye steak with parmentier potatoes served with bearnaise sauce +£6 supplement

Slow braised crispy belly pork with celeriac mash and sage and apple gravy (GF)

All above main courses are served with seasonal vegetables

Moules Marinier, served with fries (GF)

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

Butternut squash, goat cheese and spinach wellington with red pepper and tomato sauce and olive salad (Vegan, GF)

Sides 
Seasonal vegetables £3 | Parmentier Potatoes £3 | Frites £3

Desserts
Pedro Ximenez Sherry £3.50 50ml

Apple and rhubarb crumble topped with vanilla ice-cream (V, GF)

Sticky toffee pudding, toffee sauce and vanilla ice cream (V)

Lemon panna cotta topped with candied mixed nuts with homemade shortbread biscuit (Vegan, GFR)

Vanilla cheesecake, summer berry jam and white chocolate shards (GF)

Roast peach melba sundae, whipped cream, vanilla ice-cream, raspberry coulis, toasted almond dark Chocolate Shard (V)

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



We allocate two hours per 3 course sitting | GF = Gluten Free | GFR = Can be adapted

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