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1420 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80202

303-825-3232 

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1420 Larimer St. Denver CO 80202

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  • Brunch, French
    Sun, Sat 10am-2pm, Sun 5pm-9pm, Mon-Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm
    $$ $$
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Prix Fixe, Wheelchair Accessible
    Brunch, Dinner
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Online Reservations Available
    Street, Valet
Description

This French restaurant is now firmly in the hands of chef Jennifer Jasinski and manager Beth Gruitch-Verucchi (the same team that operates Rioja across the street), and it's already a Larimer Square landmark. The space is beautiful, the service casually professional and the solidly French bistro fare very impressive. And while dinner is wonderful here, brunch is a thing of beauty.








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  • 2013 | Best French Restaurant

    Classic Francophilia gets a flirtatious modern update at this bewitching, ooh-la-la bistro tucked behind the bustle of Larimer Square. The location is the perfect setting for the inspiring cooking of Dana Rodriguez, a spirited, gifted chef who romances her guests with lovely, unfussy dishes: butter-misted escargot primped with fresh herbs; sublime steak frites; and a phenomenal cassoulet with rabbit sausage, duck leg confit, pork belly, white beans and glossy pearl onions. A fetching wine... More »

  • 2012 | Best French Restaurant

    Tucked in an out-of-the-way corner of Larimer Square, Bistro Vendôme has none of the stuffiness and over-the-top pomp and circumstance that marks some French restaurants -- but it has everything a Francophile could ask for. This is a gracious, romantic arbiter of French food, with a kitchen overseen by chef de cuisine Dana Rodriguez. You'll swoon over her steak tartare haloed with a fried quail egg; fall madly, deeply in lust with the foie gras; propose marriage, if only you... More »

  • 2009 | Best French Brunch

    It's worth going to Bistro Vendôme every weekend just to see what sort of crepes du jour the kitchen is cooking up. It's worth going twice in a single weekend just so you can have the croissants with rose jam and croquet madame and bier rouge one morning and the steak tartare, mussels in garlic-wine broth and gaufre maison with Nutella whipped cream, shaved chocolate and sauternes-poached pears the next. And when the weather is nice, it's worth getting up extra early so you can hurry... More »

  • 2008 | Best French Breakfast

    Bistro Vendôme has a number of things going for it: the best location in Denver, tucked in the back of Larimer Square with a lovely garden; the buzz of a wildly (and deservedly) popular restaurant; and the sort of weekend breakfast menu that makes unabashed Francophiles weep into their French press coffee. There are gueles de bois hangover drinks, crepe specials and a variety of benedicts, a killer pain perdu drizzled with citrus honey, Belgian gaufre, croques monsieur and madame, and... More »

  • 2007 | Best Brunch

    When the crew from Rioja took over Bistro Vendôme last year, fans wondered what would happen to the classically French menu. Sure, the restaurant would continue to occupy one of the choicest bits of hidden real estate in the city -- with a stunning patio for warm-weather meals -- but Rioja's contemporary Mediterranean/Spanish/Italian food didn't seem to fit with Vendôme's unabashed Frog worship. And then the transition went better than anyone expected -- anyone except, perhaps, then-chef Jennifer J... More »

  • 2006 | BEST BRUNCH

    Don't get us wrong: Chef Eric Roeder also does a great dinner at Bistro Vendome. He's got that whole hidden-French-bistro thing down, and when Larimer Square gets to looking like the run up to a well-dressed soccer riot on weekend nights, you'd be advised to duck down the little alley that leads to Vendome for a glass of wine and some quiet. But this restaurant is really at its best on the morning after -- any morning after, really --- because that's when Roeder and his crew serve up a truly... More »

  • 2006 | BEST FRITES

    How frite it is: At Bistro Vendome, chef Eric Roeder offers three kinds of steak frites -- a classique, an au poivre and a Roquefort. His galley bangs out dozens of orders every night, cutting the spuds, blanching the frites, leaving the thin strips to rest, then dropping them into oil for a fast fry that gives them the ideal hot, crisp exterior. After that, it's just salt and a little dusting of greenery, then straight to the plate for the best frites in town. More »

  • 2005 | Best Breakfast Pastries

    When Bistro Vendome first opened, it tried to do three meals a day, every day. This ambitious plan was soon replaced by a dinner-only schedule that took a lot of pressure off the kitchen and chef Eric Roeder. Still, in a space like this -- tucked behind the main street, with a patio that opens onto the only quiet, secluded bit of real estate in Larimer Square -- it would have been a sin for Bistro Vendome not to do something while the sun was up. So Friday, Saturday and Sunday brunches were... More »

  • 2005 | Best Frites

    At Bistro Vendome, chef Eric Roeder can run a good crew out of a cramped galley; bang out fifty plates of classical trout amandine and faux cassoulet a night with the first one tasting just as perfect as the last; and compete and thrive among some serious culinary contenders on Larimer Square -- even though his space has zero street frontage and no visibility for foot traffic. But the most telling mark of his skills as a chef is in the little things Roeder does better than anyone else. And... More »

  • 2004 | Best French Toast in a French Restaurant

    Nothing gets a morning started like a lovely pain perdu, the French version of French toast. At Bistro Vendome -- a comfy, bright spot tucked down an alley behind Larimer Square -- the brunch-menu fave is made from a single piece of soft, center-cut bread, perfectly browned, then sprinkled with confectioners' sugar. The strong citrus honey this pain is served with can be overpowering, but that's why it comes on the side -- so that you can add a little, add a lot, or just ignore it entirely... More »

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    | Denver, CO | 102 Reviews

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    | Wed, May 6, 2009

    It's worth going to Bistro Vendôme every weekend just to see what sort of crepes du jour the kitchen is cooking up. It's worth going twice in a single weekend just so you can have the croissants with rose jam and croquet madame and bier rouge one morning and the steak tartare, mussels in garlic-wine broth and gaufre maison with Nutella whipped cream, shaved chocolate and sauternes-poached pears the next. And when the weather is nice, it's worth getting up extra early so you can hurry down to Larimer Square and claim one of the tables in the lovely courtyard.

  • Paulina S
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    | Denver, CO | 12 Reviews

    4
    | Thu, April 1, 2010

    Sit at the bar for brunch the bartenders have great personalities and always make brunch fun! the best bets for brunch are the duck confit, croque madame or the steak tar tar. mmmmmmm

  • bill.jensen
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    | Denver, CO | 2 Reviews

    4
    | Sun, August 17, 2008

    I have to second Steve H. here, the fries at Vendome are the reason they are called French Fries.

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Dinner Menu
Hors Doeuvres
$7.00
Soupe A Loignon
$14.50
Foie Gras Saisie
porcini dusted pan seared foie gras, fig-dry porcini purée, sunchoke velouté, fried pickled mushrooms, fig gastrique, micro arugula
$11.50
Assiette De Charcuterie
foie gras creme brulee, grape and pickled red onion. pate de campagnard, olives, cornichons. shaved prosciutto, melon
$12.00
Escargots A La Moelle
bruleed bone marrow, bordelaise escargot, radicchio salad, grilled baguette
$7.50
Crepes Vendome
roasted chicken, roma tomato, olives, herbs. topped with a fried egg, bearnaise, fried capers
$12.50
Steak Tartare
beef tenderloin combined with aioli, dijon mustard, capers, red onion.topped with fried quail egg, grilled baguette
$10.00
Moules
mussels, garlic, herbs, white wine, grilled sourdough baguette
Les Salades
$10.50
Salade De Frisée Tiède
wilted frisée, chabis feuille goat cheese, grapefruit jam, toasted almonds, castelvetrano olives, olive pistou, grapefruit vinaigrette
$9.00
Salade Campagnarde
seasonal greens, redskin potatoes, bacon, fried egg, mushroom duxelle, white truffle oil, dijon vinaigrette
$6.00
Simple Salade
mixed greens, grape tomatoes, herb croutons, tarragon vinaigrette
Plats Principaux
$18.00
Poulet Roti Aux Herbes
herb roasted half chicken, cauliflower gratin, mache salad, chicken jus
$24.00
St. Jacques, Poelee Et Puree
pan seared scallops, peruvian potato puree, royal trumpet mushrooms, baby leeks, truffle vinaigrette
$19.50
Gnocchis A La Parisienne
seared pate a choux gnocchi, baby heirloom tomatoes, roasted baby squash, english peas, smoked tomato consomme, pea shoot salad
$24.00
Osso Buco D’agneau
braised center cut lamb shank, crispy white cheddar polenta, haricot verts, lamb consommé, red onion-kalamata compote
$23.00
Limande En Papillote
petrale sole, salad of sautéed brussels sprouts, frisee, yams, bacon, bacon vinaigrette, parsley oil
$23.00
Blanquette De Lapin
prosciutto wrapped loin and confit of rabbit leg, braised fennel, roasted pearl onions, wild mushrooms, mustard tarragon sauce
$24.00
Canard De Deux Façons
seared duck breast and crisp duck leg confit with tart of: roquefort and black mission figs, fig port gastrique, arugula
Steak Frites
$23.00
Classique
bearnaise
$23.00
Au Poivre
green peppercorn sauce
$23.00
Roquefort
port reduction
Petits Plats
$5.00
Cauliflower Gratin
$4.00
Pommes Frites
$5.00
Macaroni & Cheese With Ham
$14.50
Assiette De Fromages
a daily selection of artisan cheeses
330 Ml $4.00
750 Ml $7.00
Perrier
Desserts
$7.00
Chocolate Pot De Crème Brioche Bread Pudding
marshmallow ice cream, hazelnut tuille
$7.00
Raspberry French Macaron
almond macaron tartlet, vanilla bean pastry cream, raspberry jam, fresh raspberries
$7.00
Flight Of Ice Creams And Sorbets
choose three from our seasonal, house made creations
$7.00
Crème Brûleé
classic vanilla
$7.00
Passion Fruit Entremets
brown butter financier, passion fruit curd, white chocolate crème frâiche mousse, candied flower petals, vanilla bean and orange blossom reduction
$7.00
Banana Crepe
banana-cream cheese mousse, ansac cognac caramel sauce, housemade granola

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