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2239 W. 30th Ave. Denver, CO 80211

303-477-1111 

http://www.zcuisineonline.com  

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2239 W. 30th Ave. Denver CO 80211

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  • French
    Wed-Sat 5pm-10pm
    $$$ $$$
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout
    Brunch, Dinner
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Recommended
    Street
Description

À 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.








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  • 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
    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 »

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Main Menu
Bistrot
 
Market Day Chef's Table
every wednesday z cuisine bistrot will create a farmer's market inspired 'chef's table' with a 3 courses plus prix fixe farm to table menu 'eat real eat local' of course our a la carte menu will be available as well
 
Assiette De Charcuterie Maison
house pork shoulder rillettes & caramelized shallots, paté de campagne & red wine onions confiture, french & local cheese selection with apricot chutney, candied pecans, saucisson, cornichons, niçoise olives & house lavash buttermilk crisp.
 
Foie Gras De Canard En Terrine Maison
hudson's valley duck, 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 rosé gelée & merlot wine reduction....pair it with a glass of late harvest wine.
 
La Salade Gourmande
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 & frisée lettuce
 
Salade De Chèvre Chaud Gratiné Au Pistou
imported french chèvre log slowly melted on fresh pesto crostini served on whole leafs lettuce salad tossed in a gourmande vinaigrette with apples slices & marinated olives.
 
Wed-sat - Bol De Moules Bouchot À 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.
 
Boeuf Bourguignon Maison (thurs-sat)
colorado grass fed beef flat iron marinated in merlot, slow baked in a roasted spices merlot wine roasted beef marrow & oxtail sauce with petit legumes and a seasonal side.
 
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 slowly together in a heirloom white beans & bacon ragout, served with wilted chard & kale.
 
Les Pâtes Fraiches Aux Saveurs Du Marché De Boulder
a vegetarian creation that change all the time concocted with the farmer's market harvest and served with our duck egg gnocchis, agnolottis, raviolis or just fresh tagliatelles, it's always a surprise !
 
La Piéce De Boeuf Du Boucher Façon Carpaccio Saisi
small butcher's cut of colorado grass fed beef, depending on avability of our coloradian provider it could be skirt steak, flat iron, tritip steack, hangers, new york strip...etc which will like to dry aged ourselves i believe that meat is much tender and tastier 'rare' but this is why we offer different beef dishes like our 'boeuf bourguignon' which is braised for few hours in a merlot, beef marrow & oxtail sauce.
A Cote
 
Assiette De Charcuterie Maison
house pork shoulder rillettes & caramelized shallots, paté de campagne & red wine onions confiture, french & local cheese selection with apricot chutney, candied pecans, saucisson, cornichons, niçoise olives & house lavash buttermilk crisp.
 
Foie Gras De Canard En Terrine Maison
hudson's valley duck, 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 rosé gelée & merlot wine reduction pair it with a glass of late harvest wine.
 
World Boutique's Absinthe
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 - voilà, santé!!
 
Salade De Chèvre Chaud Gratiné Au Pistou
imported french chèvre log slowly melted on fresh pesto crostini served on whole leafs lettuce salad tossed in a gourmande vinaigrette with apples slices & marinated olives.
 
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 - voilà, santé.
 
Wed-sat - Bol De Moules Bouchot À 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.
 
Endives Braisees Au Jambon Gratinées De Maman
braised belgium endives in lemon and white wine, wrapped in john long's farm ham, topped with a béchamel sauce & emmenthal & raclette.
 
Poitrine De Porc Braisée Au Cidre En Salade.
colorado john long's farm pork belly with brined & slow braised in french cider & roasted spices served on a lentilles & mirepoix ragout on green leafs & pommes garnies.
 
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 purée & aged parmesan.
 
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.
 
Z Favorite Tartine Gratinée Façon Madame
a slice of toasted artisan bread layered with long's farm local ham, béchamel sauce blanche, imported emmenthal, raclette & vacherin cheeses baked together for 20 minutes, gently fried farm egg on top served with a petite salade vinaigrette.
Petite $8.00
Grande $15.00
Salade De Chévre Chaud Gratinée Au Pistou
imported french chévre 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'

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