RAMW: Summer Restaurant Week Suggestion: Bastille, Alexandria - August 15 thru Sept 3


Bastille Restaurant, in Alexandria has announced that it will be extending it's Restaurant Week menu's until 9/3/17. on both Lunch and Dinner.
Since 2006, Chefs Christophe and Michelle Poteaux's award winning brasserie and wine bar located in Old Town Alexandria has continued to offer guests a contemporary spin on French cuisine set within a sophisticated yet comfortable atmosphere.

The Poteaux's creations are sparked by the use of seasonal, locally sourced and farm fresh ingredients. With an expansive wine list, unique draught and bottled beer selections and creative cocktails, Bastille has a little something for everyone

Bastille will not be serving their a la carte menu during restaurant week(s).

Here are the Menus (below):

LUNCH (3-course $22):

Appetizers
Soupe du jour
Daily housemade soup

Beignets de crevettes
Rock Shrimp savory beignets,
With spicy guacamole and lime

Plateau de charcuteries
Daily selection with condiments

Assiette de Fromages
Chef’s daily cheese selections

Salads & Sandwiches
All sandwiches served with pommes frites & watercress salad

Melon, concombres et Feta GF
Summer melons, cucumbers, feta cheese, basil, oregano, parsley, pine nuts

Salade Maison GF
Mixed green lettuces, tomato, cucumber,
Shallot vinaigrette

“Panzanella” salad
Farmers’ market tomatoes, French bread, basil, oregano, mozzarella, Olive oil, Balsamic

Salade “Niçoise”
Organic lettuces, tomatoes, haricots verts, roasted pepper, potato, hard-boiled egg, olives, anchovy
For an entrée, add: Chicken, grilled fish or shrimp

“Falafel” Burger
Crispy falafel made with garbanzo beans, herbs, onions, garlic, olive oil. Topped with harissa yogurt, lettuce, tomato, feta, brioche bun

Sandwich Méditerranéen au poulet
Zaatar marinated chicken breast, brioche bun
Eggplant spread, arugula, tomato, mozzarella

Virginia Grass Fed beef *burger
Brioche bun, Lettuce, tomato, crispy onion
Add: Cheddar, Blue cheese, Bacon, Avocado $1/each

Entrees
Mussels of the day, pommes frites GF
Daily preparation of steamed Maine mussels

Grillade de Poisson, Chermoula GF
Chermoula marinated fish of the day, simply grilled
Grilled summer vegetables, red quinoa.
Preserved lemon-cucumber yogurt sauce

Crevettes sur la plancha GF
Jumbo shrimp cooked on the plancha,
Tomato-fennel risotto, roasted tomatoes vinaigrette

*Onglet à l’échalotte GF
Grilled Hanger steak, aka Butcher’s cut,
Cabernet-shallot sauce, pommes frites, watercress

Carnarolli risotto aux tomates et fenouil GF
Roasted fennel and tomato risotto

Desserts
Éclair au Praliné
Praliné topped “Choux” filled with Valrhona praline custard, Valrhona fudge sauce

Tart au Citron
Lemon tart, fresh strawberries, berry coulis,
Blueberry sorbet

Profiteroles “Cerises au chocolat”
“Choux” pastries filled with Vanilla ice cream,
Cherry compote, Valrhona chocolate sauce

Brownie “Liégeois”
Valrhona double chocolate brownie, crème Chantilly,
Espresso ice cream, chocolate espresso crunch

Assiette de Fromages
Chef’s daily cheese selections

DINNER (3-course $35)

Appetizers
Escargots Provencales
Broiled snails with garlic, shallots, tomato, basil pesto

Beignets de crevettes
Rock shrimp savory with spicy guacamole and lime

Plateau de charcuteries
Daily selection with condiments

Assiette de Fromages
Daily cheese selections

Soup & Salads
Soupe du jour
Daily housemade soup

Salade Maison GF
Mixed green lettuces, tomato, cucumber,
Shallot vinaigrette

“Panzanella” salad
Farmers’ market tomatoes, French bread, basil, oregano, mozzarella, Olive oil, Balsamic

Salade “Niçoise” GF
Organic lettuces, tomatoes, haricots verts, roasted pepper, potato, hard-boiled egg, olives, anchovy

Melon, concombres et Feta GF
Summer melons, cucumbers, feta cheese, basil, oregano, parsley, pine nuts

Dinner Entrees
Maine Mussels au saffron GF
Tomato, pepper, saffron-shellfish broth,
Pommes frites

Grillade de Poisson, Chermoula GF
Chermoula marinated fish of the day, simply grilled
Grilled summer vegetables, red quinoa.
Preserved lemon-cucumber yogurt sauce

Saumon sauvage de l’Alaska GF
Sautéed wild caught Alaskan salmon filet,
Tomato-fennel risotto, roasted tomatoes vinaigrette

Confit de Poulet à la Basquaise GF
Crispy confit chicken thighs, chorizo/pepper/tomato sauce, basmati rice, haricots verts

*Magret de canard à l’hibiscus (Suppl. $5)
Pan-roasted Moullard duck breast, Hibiscus gastrique roasted peaches, oregano-barley risotto

Onglet à l’échalotte, pommes frites GF
Grilled *Hanger steak, aka Butcher’s cut
Cabernet-shallot sauce, pommes frites, watercress

Carnarolli risotto aux tomates et fenouil GF
Roasted fennel and tomato risotto

Barley Oregano Risotto
Topped with grilled summer vegetables

Les Desserts
Brownie “Liégeois”
Valrhona double chocolate brownie, crème Chantilly, Espresso ice cream, chocolate espresso crunch

Éclair au Praliné
Praliné topped “Choux” filled with Valrhona praline custard, Valrhona fudge sauce

Bavarois à la vanille et Framboise GF
Vanilla bean Bavaroise, almond dacquoise, fresh raspberries, Raspberry sorbet, candied almonds

Profiteroles “Cerises au chocolat”
“Choux” pastries filled with Vanilla ice cream, Cherry compote, Valrhona chocolate sauce

Assiette de Fromages
Chef’s daily cheese selections


For reservations or further info call 703-519-3776 or log into www.bastillerestaurant.com
Bastille is located at
606 N. Fayette Street, Alexandra, VA

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