The Palace Restaurant, Durango, Colorado

SAMPLE DINNER MENU

Dinner Entrees Price Range $18.00 - $32.00
Our menu changes seasonally

Starters

Crostini Bread - French loaf, filled with garlic butter, hints of bleu cheese

Seared Ahi - sushi grade tuna seared rare, cilantro vinaigrette, spicy chili sauce, sweet soy and curried peanuts

Fried Calamari - lightly dusted, crisp calamari served with cocktail sauce

Gnocchi - housemade potato dumplings, wild mushrooms, truffle cream sauce and Parmesan

Garlic Shrimp - sautéed in olive oil with crushed red pepper. Served with crostinis

Pot Stickers - pork and vegetable dumplings sautéed and glazed with sweet soy

Baked Brie - honey and almond topped French cheese served with seasonal fruits and olive oil brushed croutons

Escargot - baked in garlic butter topped with puffed pastry

Charcuterie Plate - housemade pate, venison sausage, soppresata, dried fruit, smoked almonds, and Guinness mustard sauce

Pasta

P.J.'s Salmon Pasta - asparagus, mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic and Basil, sautŽed in olive oil, tossed with angel hair pasta and shrimp stock, topped with grilled salmon

Cheese Raviolis - with a tomato basil cream sauce, fresh mozzarella and balsamic reduction

Mussel Pasta - with a garlic and herb saffron white wine butter broth served over angel hair pasta

Seared-Beef Fettuccine - wild mushrooms, spinach sautŽed in a truffle cream sauce, topped with goat cheese

Penne Pasta - fresh garlic, basil and roma tomatoes sautŽed in olive oil tossed with fresh mozzarella cheese

Pastas served with Palace rolls and house salad

Seafood

Trout Amandine - pan sautéed, topped with an almond brown butter sauce

Dungeness Crab - one pound, served with drawn butter

Breaded Shrimp - five butterflied jumbo shrimp, hand breaded in-house, deep-fried and served with cocktail sauce

Specialties

Rack of Lamb - Colorado lamb chops, grilled, with a Dijon mustard demi sauce and a smoked almond gremolata

Steak McMahon - 12 oz. New York, served on crisp hashbrowns with sautŽed onions and mushrooms in roasted garlic demi-glace sauce

Chicken & Dumplings - a 40-year Palace favorite! Better than ever, served with cranberry compote

Surf & Turf - 8 oz. grilled sirloin topped with a red wine demi & béarnaise sauce served with a half-pound of Dungeness crab

Roast Duck - slow roasted crisp and tender, served with choice of toasted almond honey sauce or a dried fruit port demi sauce

Coq Au Vin - Petaluma Poultry Farms free-range chicken slow braised with red wine, onions, carrots and mushrooms

Meats

Center Cut Filet - 8 oz. beef tenderloin, pan seared, with a red wine demi sauce

Filet Oscar - 8 oz. filet finished with béarnaise sauce, king crab, and asparagus

Veal Marsala - veal scaloppini sautéed with mushrooms in rich Marsala demi-glace

Top Sirloin - 8 oz. grilled, served with a fire roasted garlic and bacon demi sauce

New York Strip Steak - 12 oz. aged for full flavor, then grilled

C.W. Pepper Steak - 12 oz New York strip rubbed with black pepper, pan seared and served with brandy green peppercorn demi sauce with a hint of cream

Ribeye Steak - choice aged, hand cut and open flame grilled 10 oz.

Above entrees served with Palace rolls, house salad, vegetable and choice of baked potato, French fries, roast garlic mashed potatoes or rice
Ask your server about tonight's house-made desserts, after dinner drinks ports, cognacs and coffee

5.00 split plate charge
18% gratuity may be added to partiesof 6 or more
or parties requesting morethan 4 separate checks per table