Seasoned Parrish plum tomatoes with sweet cream and blue cheese.
Bistro Roberto's Salad
$18.00
Vibrant, full-flavored, herbs and greens in company with artisanal cheese, grilled fruit, seasonal vegetables, and today's house sorbet. Everchanging.
Bella Roma Tomato Salad
$18.00
Heritage plum tomatoes, warmed with an herbed vinaigrette. Garnished with baby greens, herb toast and Parmesan crisp.
Lobstercargots
$29.00
Lush chunks of Florida spiny lobster (instead of the chewy little slugs). Slow cooked in a crock with herbed spinach and seasoned garlic butter. A Bistro original. Often imitated. But then imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Foie Gras, "Life, Liberty"
$43.00
Seared Hudson Valley foie gras on savory, "fruited" brioche bread pudding. Garnished with a vanilla bean and Sauternes reduction, nutmeg anglaise and aged balsamic. Sean: "I will stop serving foie gras when they peel my cold, dead fingers from my fork".
Butter Poached Lobster & Pan Roasted Gulf Shrimp
$39.00
A "Novey" lobster tail, butter poached with a hint of citrus and star anise served on a bed of citrus Anson Mills grits, in company with Mosca'd style shrimp.
Cheeky
$27.00
Fresh cheeks and throats – "the Captain's cuts." Bistro carved from fresh whole fish. Classic Française. Egg-washed, finished with a Key lime dill butter and capers served with chef's mashed. Unlike us they only have two cheeks, so availability is an issue.
Crudo
$26.00
The sweetest cuts of fresh Gulf Grouper tossed with a bright Citrus Dijon Champagne Vinaigrette.
The Caesar Salad
$18. Our Caesar salad has a sacred lineage. The original recipe from Caesar Cardini's restaurant in Tijuana travelled to Arnaud's in the twenties. Sean was trained in its preparation at Arnaud's before opening the Bistro. For a Mick, like Sean, the sacrilege of changing our Caesar is too daunting. But for a few bucks ($5) and a risk to your mortal soul you are free to meddle. Extra Fish – with those cute little, sweet, white anchovies on top.
Canajunized
with Bistro maple glazed bacon. Because Sean's Canadian relatives think Caesar salad has little bits of bacon in it. No idea why.
Caesar after Cleopatra
"Blue" with blue cheese.
Bacon n' Blue
All of the above. Caesar transformed.
Bistro Vegetable Introductions or Clever Asides
Grilled Asparagus
$16.00
Finished with a little shallot and garlic. Kissed with béarnaise.
Oyster Mushrooms on Farro
$16.00
With seasoned garlic butter, on a bed of farro braised in our vegetable demi. Flaked with Parmesan.
Princely Potatoes
$16.00
Our version of Dauphinoise, layered with manchego, cream and chopped shallots, hinted with parsnip.
Featured Presentations
Bistro Bouillabaisse, Famous
First, you hire a bunch of pros to build a killer broth. Poach to order "Novey" lobster tails, jumbo shrimp, premium market fish, shellfish and calamari. Served with clever asides of herbed, garlic toast and aïoli.
Generous$56.00
Bountiful$69.00
U.S.A. Prime Beef Tenderloin
Brushed with truffle butter, then prepared in a classic Charlemagne style or with a cognac-pepper Normande. Only 1% of American beef gets to be "Prime" American beef - "Where we believe that the beer belongs in the cowboys".
5 oz.$59.00
8 oz.$69.00
10 oz.$79.00
Add: Surfing - with Butter-poached Lobster
$27.00
Add: Flying - Crowned with Foie Gras
$29.00
American Ranchlands' Rack of Domestic Lamb
$79.00
Simply the world's best, fresh, domestic lamb, from Colorado. Seasoned, pan-seared and oven-roasted. Finished with a port-rosemary demi-glace. Served with a complementary sipping glass of Warre's Reserve Port. "You can tell from the flavor that it has never been frozen and carried across a major ocean in the bottom of a ship." Emeril's favorite.
Grouper Floribbean, a Bistro Original
$56.00
Real, fresh, line-caught Gulf Grouper with a toasted coconut and cashew crust. Dolloped with a red pepper papaya jam. Stolen from chef Norman Van Aken.
Grouper Cooper
$66.00
Real, fresh, line-caught Gulf Coast grouper, pan-seared and crowned with butter-poached lobster and kissed with aurora cream.
Food Heaven
Worth dying for. The richest food marriage. Colorado lamb, butter-poached Nova Scotia lobster and Hudson Valley foie gras, all on a brioche bread pudding. Served with a port demi-glace sidecar and a sip of Essensia. Sublime. "A Dionysian vision from the end of a pier in Maine." The Bistro's Feature Presentation at The James Beard House.
Heaven$96.00
Bistro Duckling Two Ways
$49.00
The Tucker family's Maple Leaf Farms duckling. The duckling leg is confited, then pan crisped and torched. The duckling breast is seared like a steak. Garnished with a pepper Normande then finished artfully according to the Chef's whim. Tender. Crispy. Lush.
Bourbon & Maple Grilled Gulf Shrimp
$49.00
Grilled with bourbon barbeque and Maple Syrup, on pomegranate-citrus Anson Mills grits, garnished with chimichurri.
Vegetarian Indulgences
$37.00
Chef's pick, whimsical selections, with farro and a true vegetable demi-glace.
Warm Maple Leaf duckling with arugula, watercress and a cognac-citrus-bacon vinaigrette. With seasonal fruit, red onions, and candied walnuts. Has won prizes.
Bistro Burrata Caprese
$17.00
Local heirloom tomatoes, creamy burrata cheese, Romesco, preserved lemon puree, with balsamic reduction.
Scallop Pan Roast
$34.00
Seared scallops in our famous Bouillabaisse broth. Finished with sweet cream and a soupçon of curry.
Terra Ceia Bay Little Neck Clams
$25.00
From Aaron Welch's farm. Pan-roasted, finished with garlic butter, wilted arugula, chardonnay, tomatoes, fresh herbs.
Short Rib Bourguignon
$45.00
Prime American beef; succulent; Slow braised with Burgundy, oyster mushrooms, baby onions and foie gras mousse.
Cocktails
$15.
"The Tony Jacklin"
Bombay Sapphire martini with Maytag blue cheese olives; Icy blue, like Tony's nerves.
Celebratory Martini
Fresh pineapple infused vodka, shaken, served up.
Lemongrass Caipirinha
Soul Cachaça, fresh lime, lemongrass.
Persephone's Kiss
Pomegranate, vodka, Champagne, fresh lime.
Bee's Knees
Hendrick's gin, Anna Maria honey, lavender, lemon. All of our honey is a gift from local Island bees.
Classic Manhattan
Premium Bourbon or Rye, Angostura bitters, and Vya Sweet Vermouth. Stirred, never shaken.
Dark and Stormier
Gosling's Black Rum, Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur, ginger beer and candied ginger.
Sauvignon Blanc – Duckhorn – Napa Valley, California
$17.00
Sauvignon Blanc – Allan Scott – Marlborough, New Zealand
$14.00
Sancerre – Vincent Delaporte – Sancerre, France
$17.00
Dry Rosé – Esprit Gassier – Provence, France
$14.00
Chardonnay – Alexander Valley Vineyards – Sonoma, California
$14.00
Chardonnay – Stags' Leap – Napa Valley, California
$16.00
Red
Meritage – Leviathan – California Red Wine
$20.00
Syrah/Grenache – Nicholas Allen Wines "Carte Blanche" – Bennett Valley, California
$20.00
Rioja – La Catedral Reserva – Logrono, Spain
$15.00
Malbec – Tinto Negro – Mendoza, Argentina
$14.00
Côtes du Rhône – Domaine de Ferrand "Mistral" – Rhône, France
$12.00
Merlot – Gainey – Santa Ynez Valley, California
$13.00
Cabernet Sauvignon – Alexander Valley Vineyards – Sonoma, California
$14.00
Zinfandel – Midnight Estate – Paso Robles, California
$15.00
Pinot Noir – Cristom – Willamette Valley, Oregon
$20.00
Pinot Noir – Argus – Napa Valley, California
$16.00
Pinot Noir – Archery Summit "Cuvée" – Willamette Valley, Oregon
$20.00
Main
Whiskey Beer Cheese
$14.00
With grilled focaccia.
Artisanal Cheeses
$24.00
Chef's selections, whimsical accompaniments.
Duckling Liver Pâté
$17.00
Foie gras, cognac, and fig. With grilled focaccia.
Gravlax Carpaccio
$24.00
House cured Scottish salmon, thinly sliced, with capers, red onion, crème fraiche, an arugula tangle, and garlic toast.
"One Helluva Soup," Bistro Blue Tomato
$14.00
Seasoned Parrish plum tomatoes with sweet cream and blue cheese.
Beached Shrimp Cocktail
$19.00
Real Gulf Jumbos with St. Elmo's rémoulade. Racy.
Lobster Escargot
$29.00
Lush chunks of Florida spiny lobster (instead of chewy little slugs). Slow baked in a crock with herbed spinach and seasoned garlic butter. Often imitated.
Bourbon & Maple Grilled Gulf Shrimp
$21.00
Gulf of Mexico shrimp grilled with bourbon barbeque and Maple Syrup, garnished with chimichurri and a little taste of pomegranate-citrus Anson Mills grits.
Bistro Rillette
$21.00
Classic potted rillette of braised oxtail, Prime American Tenderloin, chopped, kissed with Foie Gras, and chilled. A sharing indulgence.
Main
"One Helluva Soup" Bistro Blue Tomato
$14.00
Seasoned Parrish plum tomatoes with sweet cream and blue cheese. Often imitated, but then.
The Caesar Salad
$18.00
Classic preparation, like at Arnaud's in N'Awlins.
Caesar After Cleopatra: with Blue Cheese
$5.00
Canajunized: with Maple Syrup Bacon
$5.00
A Warmed Bella Roma Tomato Salad
$18.00
Perfect vine ripe plum tomatoes, warmed in a skillet and tossed with an herbed balsamic vinaigrette. Garnished with baby greens, herb toast and Parmesan crisp.
Oyster Mushrooms on Farro
$16.00
Finished with seasoned garlic butter on a bed of farro, braised in vegetable demi, flaked with Parmesan.
Scallop Pan Roast
$34.00
Seared scallops in our famous Bouillabaisse broth. Finished with sweet cream and a soupçon of curry.
Aaron Welch's Terra Ceia Bay Little Neck Clams
$25.00
Pan-roasted, finished with garlic butter, wilted arugula, chardonnay, tomatoes and fresh herbs.
Love Me Tender, Love Me Blue "A Little Sweet Tomato, Too"
$27.00
Elvis is in the building. Prime tenderloin, demi, chef's mashed, blue cheese.
Bourbon & Maple Grilled Jumbo Gulf Shrimp
$24.00
With maple syrup and bourbon barbeque on pomegranate citrus grits, garnished with chimichurri.
The Real Grouper Sandwich
$27.00
Key lime butter, capers, aïoli, and chef's mashed.
Shrimp "Po Boy"
$21.00
Big Shrimp with garlic butter and béarnaise. On an aïoli'd roll, with chef's mashed.
Maple Leaf Farms Confited Duckling Leg
$21.00
Butternut squash purée, seasonal berry gastrique.
The Single Chop
$27.00
World's best lamb from American Ranchlands in Colorado. Herb grilled, with rosemary-port demi and mint chimichurri, over brioche bread pudding.
Lobster Escargot
$29.00
Lush chunks of Florida spiny lobster (instead of chewy little slugs). Slow baked in a crock with herbed spinach and seasoned garlic butter. Often imitated.
Down the Alley
The Lighter Bistro Tasting Experience. Come with us: Available for $45 per person in the Bistro Bar. Full table participation required.
Beginnings & Greens
"One Helluva Soup" Bistro Blue Tomato - Legendary
The Caesar Salad
The original recipe from Caesar Cardini's in Tijuana.
Crudo
The sweetest cuts of fresh Gulf Grouper tossed with a bright Citrus Dijon Champagne Vinaigrette.
Entrées
Floribbean Grouper
Toasted coconut and cashew crusted, dolloped with a red pepper papaya jam.
Duckling Leg Confit
The Tucker family's Maple Leaf Farms duckling leg confited, then pan-crisped, torched, and kissed with pepper demi-glace.
Short Rib Bourguignon
Prime American Beef; succulent; Slow braised with Burgundy, bacon and baby onions. Perfected with a Hudson Valley foie gras torchon.
Lobstercargots
Slow cooked with herbed spinach and seasoned garlic butter.
Vegetarian Indulgences - Whimsical Selections
Cauliflower steak, asparagus and Kissed with vegetable demi-glace.
Happy Endings
Bistro Dessert Offerings
Sparkling Wine and Champagne
Sparkling Wine
Schramsberg - Mirabelle - Brut - CA
$55.00
Iron Horse - Brut - Russian River Valley, CA
$65.00
Vilarnau - Brut Reserva Cava - Spain
$36.00
Cono Sur - Brut - Bio Bio Valley, Chile
$36.00
Desiderio "Jeio" - Prosecco - Italy
$38.00
Champagne
Marcel Martin - Tête de Cuvée - Brut - Crémante de Loire
$62.00
Laurent-Perrier - Brut
$80.00
Billecart - Salmon - Blanc de Blancs
$100.00
Delamotte - Brut
$105.00
Pol Roger - Sir Winston Churchill - 99 - Épernay
$400.00
Laurent-Perrier - Grand Siècle
$150.00
Bollinger - Rose - La Grande Annee - 04
$350.00
Krug - Grand Cuvee
$240.00
Veuve Clicquot - La Grande Dame - Brut - Reims
$260.00
Sauvignon Blanc / Pinot Grigio
Sauv. Blanc - Merry Edwards - Russian River Valley - 14
$85.00
Sauv. Blanc - Emmolo - Napa Valley - 12
$35.00
Sauv. Blanc - Silverado - Napa Valley - 16
$45.00
Sauv. Blanc - Broman - Napa Valley - 13
$45.00
Sauv. Blanc - Duckhorn - Napa Valley - 15
$52.00
Sauv. Blanc - Groth - Napa Valley - 15
$46.00
Sauv. Blanc - Saint Clair - Marlborough, N.Z. - 15
$45.00
Sauv. Blanc - Allan Scott - Marlborough, N.Z. - 16
$45.00
Pinot Grigio - Cantina Zaccagnini - Italy - 15
$46.00
Pinot Grigio - Branko Collio - Italy - 15
$65.00
Sancerre - Vincent Delaporte - France - 15
$60.00
Chardonnay Style
Miner - Napa - 14
$55.00
Donelan "Nancie" - Sonoma - 13
$140.00
Peter Michael "Belle Cote" - Napa - 13
$180.00
Joseph Phelps - Sonoma Coast - 15
$60.00
Venge "Maldonado Vineyard" - Napa - 15
$80.00
Ramey - Russian River Valley - 14
$65.00
Talley - Arroyo Grande Valley - 13
$50.00
Dearden "Sleeping Giant" - Russian River Valley - 13
$90.00
Evening Land "La Source" - Eola - Amity Salem, OR - 11
$150.00
Morgan "Metallico"- Monterey - 13
$47.00
Shafer "Red Shoulder Ranch" - Carneros - 14
$110.00
Gran Moraine - Yamhill Carlton, OR - 14
$60.00
Kongsgaard - Napa Valley - 13
$220.00
Lewis Cellars - Napa - 13
$120.00
Pahlmeyer - Napa Valley - 13
$140.00
Cakebread Cellars - 15
$80.00
Davis Estates "Hungry Blond" - Napa -14
$60.00
Standing Stone Vineyards - Finger Lakes, NY - 13
$35.00
Stags' Leap - Napa Valley - 15
$58.00
Porter "Beverly's" - Napa - 14
$82.00
Chardonnay
Puligny~Montrachet - Alain Chavy - 13
$160.00
Pouilly-Fuisse - Louis Latour - 15
$60.00
Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru - Bonneau du Martray - 06
$325.00
Chablis - Drouhin - 14
$45.00
Chassagne~Montrachet - Jean-Claude Ramonet - 14
$180.00
Chablis 1er Cru - Domaine Vacoret and Fils - 14
$90.00
Meursault - Henri Darnat - 13
$110.00
Esoteric Whites
Franz Keller - Pinot Blanc - Baden, GER - 12
$32.00
Côtes du Rhône - E. Guigal - Rhone, FR - 13
$38.00
Gewürztraminer - Gundlach Bundschu - Sonoma, CA - 16
$36.00
Riesling - Von Winnings - Pfalz, GER - 14
$35.00
Riesling - Mad Violets - Dundee Hills, Oregon - 14
$45.00
Riesling - Penfolds "Bin 51" - Eden Valley, Australia - 14
Tuscan Blend - Rubbia al Colle "Le Pulledre" - Toscana - 11
$90.00
Chianti Classico - Fontodi - 12
$90.00
Rosso di Montalcino - Corte alla Flora - 12
$40.00
Tuscan Blend - Fattoria Le Pupille "Saffredi 25" - 12
$240.00
Pinot Nero - Franz Haas - Alto Adige - 13
$48.00
Rosso di Montalcino - Le Macioche - 09
$40.00
Barbaresco - Lodali "Lorens"- 13
$85.00
Montepulciano D'Abruzzo - Collefrisio - 11
$45.00
Aglianico - Vulcanico - Campania - 13
$140.00
Barolo - Vietti "Lazzarrito" - 12
$250.00
Montepulciano D'Abruzzo - Villa Gemma - 08
$90.00
Bibi Graetz - Testamatta - Toscana - 12
$250.00
Amarone - Speri - Della Valpolicella - 12
$150.00
Spain
Rioja Gran Reserva - Muga "Prado Enea" - 09
$150.00
Priorat - La Vilella Alta "Black Slate" - 14
$50.00
Priorat- Ballat "D'iatra"- 11
$90.00
Callet - AN / 2 - Mallorca - 14
$50.00
Rioja - San Vincente - 13
$75.00
Granacha - Pares Balta - Penedes - 12
$85.00
Bodegas Vega y Sicilia - Tinto Valbuena 5° - Duero - 09
$320.00
Bodegas Vega y Sicilia - Unico - Ribera del Duero - 05
$650.00
Garnacha - Alto Moncayo - Campo de Borja - 14
$150.00
Bobal - Finca Sandoval "Signo" - 10
$80.00
South Africa
Meritage - Babylonstoren "Babel" - 15
$36.00
South America
Malbec - Tinto Negro - Mendoza, Argentina - 14
$48.00
Malbec - Colome - Salta, Argentina - 15
$40.00
Syrah - Monte's Folly - Apalta Valley, Chile - 08
$120.00
Cabernet Franc - Achaval Ferrer - Mendoza, Chile - 15
$50.00
Malbec - La Posta - Mendoza, Argentina - 14
$56.00
Australia / New Zealand
Shiraz - D'Arenberg - "Dead Arm" - 13
$150.00
Shiraz - "L Block" - Pyrenees - 08
$146.00
Shiraz - Two Hands "Bella's Garden"- Barossa - 13
$130.00
Cabernet Shiraz - Penfolds Bin 389 - S. Australia - 13
$80.00
Shiraz - Molly Dooker "Blue Eyed Boy"- 14
$135.00
Shiraz Blend - Molly Dooker "Enchanted Path" - 14
$165.00
Pinot Noir - Peregrine - Central Otago, NZ - 13
$58.00
Cognacs & Armagnacs
Courvoisier VSOP
$20.00
Courvoisier Napoleon
$20.00
Courvoisier XO
$40.00
Remy Martin VSOP
$20.00
Remy XO
$40.00
Martell VS
$12.00
Martell VSOP
$20.00
Martell Cordon Bleu
$30.00
Calvados Busnel
$15.00
Castaréde Armagnac
$20.00
Francis Darroze 1970 "Bas" Domaine de Pounon Armagnac
$50.00
Ports & Sherries
Graham's - Vintage - 94
$25.00
Dow's Tawny - 10 Year Old
$15.00
Dow's Tawny - 20 Year Old
$20.00
Dow's Tawny - 30 Year Old
$25.00
Graham's Tawny - 20 Year Old
$20.00
Warre's - Vintage - 85
$25.00
Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry
$10.00
Dry Sack Sherry
$10.00
Solera Especial - Lustau
$15.00
Grappa, Eau de Vie & Special Liqueur
Poir Williams, Pear
$18.00
Grappa di Montalcino, Banfi
$10.00
Chartreuse, V.E.P., L. Garnier
$25.00
Dessert Wines
Essensia - Andrew Quady - Madera, California
From the Orange Blossom Muscat grape. Great with key lime pie, bananas and praline.
Glass$7.00
Elysium - Andrew Quady - Madera, California
Flavored, magenta from the Black Muscat grape. Great with chocolate.
Glass$7.00
375 ml$24.00
Royal Tokaji - Hungary
Glass$40.00
500 ml$120.00
Dolce
Liquid gold from Napa Valley from the makers of Far Niente.
375 ml$95.00
Ice Wine - Inniskillin - Niagara - Vidal
375 ml$90.00
Pahlmeyer Wines
Once in a great while a winemaker does an exceptional job of creating a broad range of excellent wines in a panoply of varietals. Such a winemaker is Erin Green, the winemaker at Pahlmeyer. She has taken the tradition of Helen Turley, her predecessor, and created a stable of great wines. We honor the Pahlmeyer winery with their own page. .