Pictures of September 2007 Cooking Class
"This is food as food's meant to be: vibrant, hearty, and belly-burdening, all at fair prices... Le Central is just a treat. A meal or two shows why this little part of Paris has been in Denver for so long a time."
Bill St. John, The Rocky Mountain News

Yakhouba Diawara  No. 5 Denver Nuggets (left)
Dominique Deniaud Chef Pâtissier Du Central (right)
About Us 
Since 1981 Le Central French Restaurant has been serving "the taste of Provence" on the corner of 8th Avenue and Lincoln Street in downtown Denver. Conceived with the notion that a French restaurant doesn't have to be stuffy, snooty, or expensive, Le Central offers a plate full. Price for a lunch entrée ranges from $6.95 to $11.95. 
Dinner entrées range from $12.95 to $21.95. Menus change daily in order to offer a wider variety of fresh, in season food; but you can always expect to find a selection of meat (chicken, pork, beef, lamb), fish (trout, snapper, bouillabaisse, paella, marlin) prepared in many ways (grilled, sautéed, roasted) and finished with some of the tastiest sauces, confits, coulis, or vinaigrettes this side of the French border. A vegetarian dish is always featured on every menu as well as entrée salads on every lunch menu. If you're a lover of clams or mussels try one of the selection from our now famous mussel / clam menu served with all the French fries you can eat. Or try rich onion soup, escargots, or pâtes from the appetizer menu.. The wine list is extensive but not expensive. The dress is casual. Le Central is handicap / wheel chair accessible.

I started Le Central as a one man kitchen in the 1980 with the ideas that French food does not have to be expensive Service does not have to be snooty, Staff and Customers merit to be happy.  This simple concept has been successful and, with the help of a talented staff, Le Central has grown to a seven room restaurant (available for private party). In addition you can always count on a
•  Mussels menu 10 ways to prepare 2 pound of mussel with unlimited French fries for $9.00 
•  Saturday and Sunday Brunches Accepting reservation from 10 am to 2.15  pm $7.00 to $13.00
•  Thursday Nights Soufflé Night at Le Central Chocolate, Grand Marnier, Cappuccino $4.50
•  Third  Tuesday of the month wine dinner with participation of a Master Sommelier $50.00
•  Last Tuesday of the month hands on cooking class/ dinner with all Le Central's French staff $26.00 
•  Saturday Afternoon Cooking class for the kids (cookies decoration and Crêpes) $15.00

-Robert Tournier

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