La Coop: Bistro à Vins [4] will live up to its French name this Bastille Day [5]. On July 14, La Coop will bring the national French celebration to NuLu with a family-style meal. Chef Bobby Benjamin will add his signature Southern twist to traditional French dishes, filling the menu with items like niçoise salad with local tomatoes and farm egg; duck confit with seasonal vegetables; and sweet corn bisque with strawberry salsa. The shared plates menu will be offered from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at $40 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Specially selected French wine parings are also available with each course for an additional $30 per person.
The six course Bastille Day menu is below. The wine parings are in italics, along with the French city they hail from.
First Course
Niçoise salad with yellow fin tuna, heirloom tomatoes, white anchovies and farm egg
NV La Cave de la Reine Jeanne Crémant du Jura; Jura, France
Second Course
Sweet corn bisque with fennel and strawberry salsa
2011 Domaine des Valanges Saint-Veran; Maconnais, France
Third Course
Prince Edward Island mussels with spicy tomato sauce
2013 Domaine Pierre Guindon Coteaux d'Ancenis; Loire, France
Fourth Course
Duck confit with roasted vegetables and saffron jus
2009 Jouffreau Clos de Gamot; Cahors, France
Fifth Course
Stuffed cabbage with lamb shank, peppers and dirty rice
2011 Mas de Gourgonnier Les Baux de Provence; Provence, France
Sixth Course
Fresh fruit with vanilla ice cream
2009 Mas Amiel Muscat de Rivesaltes; Languedoc-Roussillon, France
La Coop: Bistro à Vins is located at 732 E. Market Street inside the award-winning Green Building. It is normally open for dinner Tuesday through Thursday from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. and from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The bar opens at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
For more information or to make reservations, go here [4] or call (502) 410-2888.
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