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