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2239 W. 30th Ave. Denver, CO 80211

303-477-1111

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Westword
Recommended
Best First-Date Restaurant
Award Winner 2012

Cuisine(s): French

Hours: Wed-Sat 5pm-10pm

Price: $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout

Serving: Brunch, Dinner
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Street

Description

� Côté was designed to be a staging ground for the original Z Cuisine, a wine bar where you could wait for a table. But it's become a destination all its own, with all the quirky, dream-of-Paris charms of Z Cuisine, as well as all the crowds. Still, it's worth waiting for just a taste of owner Patrick Dupays' blissfully good and authentic French greenmarket cuisine, for his small plates and some of the best charcuterie this side of Paris.

2012 | Best First-Date Restaurant

Few cultures are more romantic than the French, and À Côté Bar à Absinthe channels that spirit flawlessly. This cozy sliver of a spot can become whatever you want it to on a first amorous rendezvous -- whether that's an intimate dinner location, a low-key happy-hour spot or a place to seal the deal with a nightcap. The restaurant has a menu built for sharing, and it features all sorts of sexy foods, from silky charcuterie and decadent imported cheeses to... More »
2011 | Best Girls' Night Out

The sliver of a spot that holds Z Cuisine's A Côté Bar à Absinthe is filled with lovely things: French art, a handmade chandelier, wooden tables topped with candles, and old French movies projected on one wall. The place is intimate without the blatant romantic air (or pricing) of its sibling next door, making it an ideal spot for a girls' night out. Though absinthe is the noted spirit, the wine also pours freely, supplementing a board of bistro food -- cheese, foie... More »
2009 | Best Wine List -- Price

We love a place informal enough to list its bottles on a chalkboard -- even if we're cowed by the fact that we can't correctly pronounce most of them. But at Z Cuisine and its sibling wine bar, À Côté, we have no doubt that anything we drink will be delicious. Z Cuisine has stayed true to its concept as a neighborhood bistro by offering some fantastic (primarily French) wines at reasonable prices. By the glass, they generally run between five and ten bucks, with a... More »
2008 | Best Wine Bar

Patrick Dupays already operated one of the city's best French restaurants, Z Cuisine, so when he announced that he'd picked up a second spot just two doors down from his original restaurant and was planning on turning it into a wine bar, Denver's francophiles were (literally) beside themselves with joy. And with good reason, too, because Z Cuisine À Côté stands as its own destination -- a warm, beautiful tribute to the Parisian wine-bar culture of the 1900s, offering... More »
2007 | Best Wine List for Mortals

If you know almost nothing about wine, can't speak French and couldn't care less about growing region, age, legs, microclimatology or varietals but still don't want to make a fool out of yourself by accidentally ordering the French equivalent of a bottle of Mad Dog to go with your cassoulet, Z Cuisine has the solution. On the wall near the bar is a chalkboard that lists the wine of the day. It's never terribly expensive, usually interesting in some way you probably won't understand, and can... More »
2007 | Best French Restaurant

One of the best, most recognizable dishes in the epic French canon is cassoulet. And at Z Cuisine, one of the best, most recognizable dishes on chef/owner Patrick DuPays's chalkboard menu is a cassoulet maison that does proud every French cook ever tasked with carrying on the cassoulet tradition. One taste of DuPays's version -- which combines a leg of duck confit on the bone, local sausage, stiff white beans, bitter greens and whole cippolini onions gone soft as roasted garlic cloves, all... More »
2006 | BEST DINNER DESTINATION <BR />FOR MAKIN' BABIES

If French is the language of love, then French food is the cuisine of lust -- an entire canon of recipes and preparations that, when done well, can make a lady's panties leap from her body and a gentleman's thoughts turn to committing impure acts of passion in the street. And Z Cuisine does things so very, very well that the menu ought to come with some kind of warning sticker. Even the most socially inept can't help but feel like a man (or woman) of taste and sophistication here. From the... More »
2006 | BEST FRENCH WINE LIST

Z Cuisine has two wine lists. The first is a standard roster sketched in looping, handwritten script full of appellations and Chateau de blah-blahs that will defeat anyone without an extensive knowledge of wine and region, not to mention the ability to read French. The second is a chalkboard hung beside the list of the night's fare, showing by-the-glass wine specials and allowing customers (like us) who are embarrassed by our clumsy, ugly butchery of the French language to simply point,... More »
2006 | BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT

Z Cuisine is a warm little bistro that's like a perfect fantasy of Paris, requiring no passport, no baggage, no feigned appreciation of the films of Jerry Lewis or Gerard Depardieu. We love the old iron gate hanging open by the front door, the fact that there's nothing else on this quiet block save a few old houses and a dark, silent church looming against the dark sky. The crowds come and go all night, laughing, sometimes stumbling, clutching each other close in the shadows, and the food is... More »
2006 | BEST NEW RESTAURANT

Over the past twelve months, many great restaurants have opened in Denver. But Z Cuisine is the best. In addition to its intimate room, amazing food, wonderful service and obsessively dedicated chef, Patrick Dupays, it has a special je ne sais quoi -- that indescribable, warm and electric vibe of a house working at its absolute peak. Every dinner here is a celebration of life and love and food and good company, every night a party. For bringing to Denver this joie de vivre, this endless... More »

Bar wizard Matty Durgin lands behind the stick at Z Cuisine A Cote

By Lori Midson | Tue, April 10, 2012

It's been an interesting few weeks for bartender Matty Durgin. The rum collector, tiki-night instigator and cocktail czar, who was initially hired to spearhead the bar program at Adrift, a new tiki ba... More »
Ten Denver bars every woman should drink in before she falls over dead

By Lori Midson | Mon, June 14, 2010

Last week, after Esquire magazine pimped 15 Bars Every Man Should Drink In Before He Dies, we supplemented its list with our own list of ten Denver watering holes where a man should drown himself in... More »
Tonight: Z Cuisine A Cote gets you fat, drunk and happy for a cause

By Laura Shunk | Wed, May 26, 2010

Each month, Z Cuisine's A Cote Bar a Absinthe, 2245 West 30th Avenue, hosts a last Wednesday wine-tasting, indulging a dining room full of people with tastes of ten to fifteen wines and a miniature, t... More »

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ChristopherG1 | Denver, CO | 32 Reviews

| Wed, June 9, 2010

Wow, perfect nighttime vibe. The pastis rings of cardamom, that was a surprise!

Main Menu

Z Menu Du Jour

$20.00

Z Assiette De Charcuterie Maison Since 2005
long's farm slow braised pork shoulder & pork belly rillettes maison, pate de campagne served with local artisan & french artisan cheeses & accompaniments of red onion confiture, caramelized shallots, piperade, seasonal chutney, candied pecans, imported saucisson sec, pickled cornichons & more.

$20.00

Hudson Valley's Duck Foie Gras De La Maison
foie gras marinated in late harvest muscat wine, fleur de sel and black pepper then slow baked in an individual terrine and served with toasted pain de mie maison, seasonal gelee & reduction.

$20.00

Z Salade Gourmande Preferee De Z Cuisine
hudson valley duck gesiers confit maison sauteed with morcillas sausage, spanish chorizo tossed with apples baton & colorado beef langua carpaccio style lightly flambeed in cognac & topped with hudson's valley duck magret prociutto served on a sherry & dijon vinaigrette butter & frisee lettuce

$8.00
Petite Salade $8.00
Grande Salade $15.00

Salade De Chevre Chaud Gratinee Au Pistou
imported french chevre cheese melted on fresh pesto baguette crostini and served on farmer's market greens leaf salad tossed in our gourmande vinaigrette, marinated olives, roated bell pepper 'piperade basquaise'.

$12.00

Colorouge Cheese Tartiflette Gratinee

$25.00

Grosses Crevettes Entieres Grillees A L'absinthe
grosses crevettes entieres grillees e l'absinthe, atlantic prawns marinated in spiced absinthe & simply grilled, served with on a plancha of flavors: cream of sunshoke, celeriac remoulade, quinoa fennel & caracara salad, castelveltrano tapenade.

$17.00

Agnolotti Maison Aux Legumes D'hiver
rutabaga & potato stuffed agnolotti gently tossed with caramelized celeriac, sauteed onion & nappa cabbage chiffonade, apple baton in a fresh horseradish white wine butter vert jus.

$29.00

Z Cassoulet De La Maison Au Confit De Canard
hudson's valley duck leg confit maison and a pork belly & shoulder house sausage 'andouille style' baked together in a heirloom white beans & bacon ragout, served with wilted chard & kale.

$25.00

Medaillions De Porc Aux Choux Braisees
pork loin medallions pan seared and sliced on a pork cider jus served on a choucroute of nappa cabbage in dijon grain mustard.

$25.00

Boeuf Bourguignon De La Maison En Terrinne
colorado grass fed beef flat iron marinated and slow baked in a roasted spices, merlot wine, roasted beef marrow & oxtail broth slow braised with root vegetables, onions, yukon gold pommes de terre served with a salade vinaigrette.

$7.00

Z Carte Des Desserts De La Maison
profiterolles au chocolat chaud, creme brulee a la vanille, pot de creme au chocolat noir, pear & almond cream tart almandine, caramelized banana crepes, local honey and lemon crepe, chocolat sauce & creme fraiche crepe, house ice cream & sorbet.

A Cote Bar a Absinthe

$8.00
Petite $8.00
Grande $15.00

$19.00

Hudson Valley's Duck Foie Gras De La Maison
house marinated duck foie gras in late harvest muscat wine, fleur de sel & cracked black peppercorn then slow baked in an individual terrine, served with toasted pain de mie, champagne rose gelee & merlot wine reduction.

$14.00

Z Favorite Tartine Gratinee Facon Madame
a slice of toasted artisan bread layered with long's farm local ham, bechamel sauce blanche, imported emmenthal, raclette & vacherin cheeses baked together for 20 minutes, gently fried farm egg on top served with a petite salade vinaigrette.

$20.00

Assiette De Charcuterie Maison To Be Shared
house pork shoulder rillettes & caramelized shallots, pate de campagne & red wine onions confiture, french & local cheese selection with apricot chutney, candied pecans, saucisson, cornichons, niçoise olives & house lavash buttermilk crisp.

$15.00

Fromages De Chez St-kilians Cheeses Shop
a weekly selection of colorado artisan crafted cheese & french imported cheeses plate served with seasonal pairing saveurs & accompaniments.

$19.00

Hachis Parmentier De Boeuf Bourguignon
colorado grass fed beef flat iron marinated and slow baked in a roasted spices, merlot wine, roasted beef marrow & oxtail broth slow braised with root vegetables on a bed of onions and topped with yukon gold pommes puree & aged parmesan.

$15.00

Poitrine De Porc Braisee Au Cidre En Salade
colorado john long's farm pork belly brined & slow braised in french cider & roasted spices served on a lentilles & mirepoix ragout on green leafs & pommes garnies

$15.00

Endives Braisees Au Jambon Gratinees De Maman
braised belgium endives in lemon and white wine, wrapped in john long's farm ham, topped with a bechamel sauce & emmenthal & raclette.

$14.00

Un.deux.trois Et Voila
everyday we compose a trio of 3 petite dishes around seasonal ingredients.

$15.00

Wed-sat : Bol De Moules Bouchot A La Z
ingrid's seafood bouchot mussels sauteed in fresh fennel, leeks, persillade, white wine, brunoise tomato, orange zest, butter & lightly flambeed in absinthe. served with grilled boule crostinis.

$7.00

Z Selection Of Desserts De La Maison
profiterolles & vanilla bean ice cream served with warm chocolat sauce noel, creme brulee a la vanille, pot de creme au chocolat noir, pear & almond cream tart almandine, caramelized banana crepes, local honey and lemon crepe, chocolat sauce & creme.

$7.00

We Have A World Selection Of Boutique Absinthes
absinthes contain grand wormwood. grand wormwwod is one of the essential 3 ingredients in absinthe including anise and fennel. although all the true absinthe contains these, the addition of other aromatic herbs makes them all different, we have structured the following list starting with the lightest flavored and on up to the strongest most intense anisette flavored absinthe, voila, sante!!

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A Cote Bar a Absinthe

2239 W. 30th Ave. Denver, CO 80211

303-477-1111

Description

2012 | Best First-Date Restaurant

2011 | Best Girls' Night Out

2009 | Best Wine List -- Price

2008 | Best Wine Bar

2007 | Best Wine List for Mortals

2007 | Best French Restaurant

2006 | BEST DINNER DESTINATION <BR />FOR MAKIN' BABIES

2006 | BEST FRENCH WINE LIST

2006 | BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT

2006 | BEST NEW RESTAURANT

By Lori Midson | Tue, April 10, 2012

By Lori Midson | Mon, June 14, 2010

By Laura Shunk | Wed, May 26, 2010

ChristopherG1 | Denver, CO | 32 Reviews