The French Connection

Mark Manger

Cafe society: The menu changes daily at Le Central.

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Le Central

112 E. 8th Ave.
Denver, CO 80203

Category: Restaurant > French

Region: Central Denver

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112 East Eighth Avenue, 303-863-8094
Hours: Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Monday-Friday
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
dinner 5:30 p.m.- 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday
5-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday
5-9 p.m. Sunday

Salade d’epinards: $3.75
Pâtés Le Central: $5.95
Sandwich lardons: $6.95
Onion soup: $3.95
Feuillete d’escargot: $5.95
Chèvre fondue: $5.95
Beef tournedoes: $14.95
Moules et frites: $7.95

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I don't know if anyone in Le Central's kitchen has undergone a similar conversion, but their moules mariniere and moules aux petit lardons were as close as I've come to that one ideal taste that day in my kitchen, a taste I've been chasing ever since. Lemon, butter, wine and shallots in perfect balance, the sauce warm and sweet and sour and luxurious all at the same time, the black mussels fresh and tender, pink and clean inside, and at once tasting like the sea, the sand and the salt air. Mine was an accident, done once and never repeated. But like most things I've tried at Le Central, the mussels were that way every time: only perfect, and nothing more.