The salmon pink frontage of Bistro Boulevarde restaurant has warmed Avalon village for as long as most people can remember. It has withstood the busy summers when holiday houses are rented out to city folk happy to eat out every night, and the frosty winters when the majority of diners are locals in need of a delicate coq au vin or a warming rack of lamb with mustard.
French food is not easy to cook, many dishes are labour intensive and require expensive ingredients, so it is easy to justify eating out at Bistro Boulavarde as often as you can afford.
The French menu is very traditional, the entrees consisting mainly of light salads such as Caesar salad, salad Nicoise or the interesting champignons a la greque (raw mushrooms, sliced onions, shredded parsley and French dressing). All the main courses are served with generous sides of fresh vegetables and potatoes, and the specials board is where you can catch the season's best produce in French attire. In summer that might mean a dish of fresh figs served with prosciutto and gorgonzola sauce, or perhaps a plate of roast duck with sweet cherry sauce. Le Boulavarde is a sweet, romantic restaurant with good service and food worth mulling over.
Bistro Boulevard formally know as le Boulevard French restaurant was one of the longest standing restaurant in the area. Opening in 1973 in the Barefoot Boulevard in Avalon by Alain and Caroline Pointeaux.
In April 2012 their daughter Nathalie and French husband Patrice took over the restaurant, refurbishing it to look like a French bistro with wooden floorboards, French bi-fold windows and black boards menus.
You will enjoy in a relaxing ambiance a French bistro inspired menu with some Alain’s classics, like the goat cheese soufflé and the “plat du jour” midweek special.
Patrice has carefully selected boutique wines from France and Australia with over 16 wine by the glass. Carafe’s are also available in red,white and rose wine.
Nathalie and Patrice have been working in the hospitality industry for over 20 years in some of the Northern Beaches finest restaurants. They have recently returned from France after spending three years working in Provence, bringing back with them fresh ideas and a bit of France to the area.
