The Palace Restaurant, Durango, Colorado

Dinner Menu

Starters
Crostini Bread French loaf, filled with garlic butter, hints of bleu cheese	$9.00
Seared Ahi served over chilled cucumber salad in a pool of ponzu sauce	$12.00
Popcorn Shrimp crisp and lightly spiced, served with chili-lime aioli	$11.00
Fried Calamari lightly dusted, crisp calamari served with a spicy Creole remoulade	$9.00
Steamed Mussels Prince Edward Island mussels steamed in a herbed white wine broth	$11.00
Gnocchi housemade potato dumplings with wild mushrooms in a truffle Parmesan cream sauce	$9.00
Shrimp Remoulade five jumbo prawns served with sauce remoulade	$12.00
Pot Stickers pork and vegetable dumplings sautéed and glazed with sweet soy	$9.00
Baked Brie honey and almond topped French cheese served with seasonal fruits and olive oil brushed croutons	$11.00
Escargot baked in garlic butter topped with puffed pastry	$9.00
Charcuterie Plate house made pate served with hard salami, cheese, olives and garnishes	$11.00
Caesar Salad romaine lettuce tossed with croutons and Parmesan blackened salmon, grilled chicken flame broiled top sirloin or seared ahi	$9.00 $10.00 $12.00

Pasta
P.J.'s Salmon Pasta asparagus, mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic and basil sautéed in olive oil, tossed with angel hair pasta, topped with a grilled salmon	$19.00
Cheese Raviolis served with crab meat in a white wine cream sauce	$18.00
Mussel Pasta with a garlic and herb saffron white wine butter broth served over angel hair pasta	$18.00
Seared-Beef Pasta beef tips sautéed in a brandy demi cream sauce with fresh oregano and baby spinach over fettuccine	$19.00
Penne Pasta fresh garlic, basil and roma tomatoes sautéed in olive oil tossed with fresh mozzarella cheese (add Italian sausage or chicken $3.50)	$15.00
Pastas served with Palace rolls and house salad

Seafood
Seared Alaskan Halibut pan-seared, finished with a thyme and lemon beurre blanc	$24.00
Dungeness Crab one pound, served with drawn butter	$24.00
Breaded Shrimp five butterflied jumbo shrimp, hand breaded in-house, deep-fried and served with cocktail sauce	$22.00

Specialties
Rack of Lamb Colorado Lamb chops, grilled, served with rosemary port demi-glace	$29.00
Steak McMahon 12 oz. New York, served on crisp hashbrowns with sautéed onions and mushrooms in roasted garlic demi-glace sauce	$29.00
Chicken & Dumplings a 40-year Palace favorite! Better than ever, served with cranberry compote	$17.00
Surf & Turf 8 oz. grilled sirloin topped with a red wine demi & béarnaise sauce served with a half-pound of Dungeness crab	$27.00
Roast Duck slow roasted crisp and tender, served with choice of toasted almond honey sauce or a savory bacon and orange fresh thyme sauce	$22.00
Double Cut Pork Chop brined, grilled and finished with a rosemary pork jus	$27.00

Meats
Center Cut Filet 8 oz. Angus beef, pan seared, with a red wine demi	$32.00
Filet Oscar 8 oz. filet finished with béarnaise sauce, king crab, and asparagus	$37.00
Bison Ribeye 12oz flame grilled with a pinot noir demi glace	$32.00
Veal Marsala veal scaloppini sautéed with mushrooms in rich Marsala demi-glace	$24.00
Top Sirloin 8 oz. grilled, served with a fire roasted green chili demi glace	$23.00
New York Strip Steak 12 oz. aged for full flavor, then grilled	$26.00
C.W. Pepper Steak 12 oz New York strip rubbed with black pepper, pan seared and served with brandy green peppercorn cream sauce	$28.00
Ribeye Steak choice aged, hand cut and open flame grilled 10 oz. 14 oz.	$24.00 $27.00
St. Louis Style Spare Ribs full rack, slow roasted, served with our Palace honey BBQ sauce	$22.00
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