INTIMATE, seasonal, FARM-TO-TABLE dining
Dining at the Balch Bistro
Join us for a casually-elegant, rustic dining experience (indoor or patio dining)
Open Thursday & Monday 5 – 7 pm; Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 5 – 8 pm
(Closed Tues/Wed & for occasional private events – scroll below for private event dates)
Menu updated seasonally. We source local, organic, farm-to-table whenever possible. We feature natural products from our neighbor, Azure Standard, as well as other local farms, the Balch gardens, and the overall bounty of this diverse growing region.
Starters & Salads
Balch Board
Selection of cured meats and cheeses with olives,fruit, and crackers
Serves two 13
Serves four 18
BALCH SALAD
Carbon Farm, Dufur, OR organic greens topped with nuts, apple, feta, and pickled red onion; topped in Balch balsamic vinaigrette (GF) 14
With Mary's free-range, organic chicken 19
Side salad 8
Entrées
Salmon Cakes
Columbia River Chinook salmon cakes with house-made lemon-garlic aioli, paired with an organic green salad with fresh berries, nuts, feta (GF)
2 salmon cakes 20
3 salmon cakes 24
Pulled Pork OR Pulled Portobello Mushroom Sandwich
Choice of Mango-Habanero or Chipotle BBQ sauce, lemon-poppy coleslaw, and kettle chips 22
GF bun available upon
8 OZ Sirloin Steak
Petite Sirloin, topped with sautéed mushrooms, served with roasted potatoes and seasonal vegetables 30
Dessert
Balch Signature Fruit Crisp
Seasonal local fruit baked with oat streusel (GF) 9
A la mode 11
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Sundae
With a choice of caramel or chocolate Cabernet Sauvignon wine sauce
BALCH ChocolaTe Cake
Rich and deliciously moist chocolate cake topped with chocolate ganache. Drizzled with chocolate Cabernet Sauvignon reduction sauce 9
A la mode 11
See wine list for selections of local wine, craft beer and cider, NA craft beer and soft drinks
UPCOMING PRIVATE EVENT CLOSURES
FOR THE BALCH HOTEL & BISTRO
Please note that the hotel and/or Bistro will be closed for private events on the following dates:
SAT, OCT 7: BISTRO & HOTEL CLOSED
THURS, OCT 12: BISTRO CLOSED (HOTEL OPEN)
FRI-SAT, OCT 13 – 14: BISTRO & HOTEL CLOSED
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