Winner of the 2009
Best Small Restaurant
for second successive year!
Menu
Available lunch & dinner
To Begin
Selection of warm locally baked bread
2.50
Garlic bread
3.50
Garlic bread with cheese
4.50
Mixed olives
2.75
Parma ham (sliced to order, paper-thin)
3.50
Starters
Soup of the day with bread (v)
4.20
Goats cheese mousse with parmesan choux pastry buns and sun-blushed tomato pesto
5.85
Crab and scallop cakes with pineapple salsa
6.20
Rabbit crostini with sauce gribiche and pickled carrot
5.95
Main Courses
Cannon of Welsh lamb with moussaka, braised kohlrabi and salsa verde
17.50
Grilled fillet of Sea Bream with citrus fennel, cherry tomatoes and a cucumber, shrimp and wasabi sauce
17.95
Chick pea & almond tagine with roast Ramiro peppers and spiced cous cous (v)
11.75
Boned quail, slow-roast belly pork and Toulouse sausage cassoulet
15.90
Side Orders
Homemade Chips
2.50
Mixed Salad
2.50
Vegetables of the day
2.50
New potatoes
2.50
JB Staples - Classic, dependable comfort food done the Joseph Benjamin way
Chicken Caesar salad with fresh anchovies and bacon
8.75
Grilled whole king prawns with chilli & garlic butter
7.50/10.50
Chris Austin’s Chester Sausages with champ and white onion & cider sauce. (Chris’s Chester Sausage won Gold Medal at the 2010 Chester Food & Drink Festival)
10.50
Half rotisserie chicken with gravy, chips and aioli
12.50
Light meals and lunches
Deli Tasting Plates
Served with house salad, homemade chutney and warm bread
Starter/Main
Local Plate -
A selection of cold meats and cheeses - homemade and North-West specialities
5.95/10.50
Charcuterie Plate -
A selection of finest cured meats, salamis and prosciutto
5.95/10.50
Antipasti Plate -
A selection of vegetarian antipasti and fine British cheeses
5.95/10.50
Sandwiches - lunch only
3 years of saying no to sandwiches has taught us one thing; say yes to sandwiches.
All served on warm ciabatta.
Chicken salad
Home-roast chicken, tomato and mixed leaves with rocket mayonnaise
5.95
Staff Dinner (the sandwich that keeps us alive)
Milano salami, Crabtree cheese, homemade chutney, salad
5.60
Staffordshire organic cheese with tomato and chutney (v)