Côte Basque

Côte Basque is a European grill restaurant on Crossley Street in Melbourne's CBD drawing on the traditions of the Basque country, built around a wood-fired grill and oven. The menu carries Basque-country references throughout, including Ossau-Iraty sheep's cheese, sauce Basquaise, sauce Gilda and sauce bilbaína, alongside Family Blackmore's Rohne beef, a Galician Rubia Gallega and Mishima cross. The dining room occupies restored mid-century interiors with a bar and tiered seating.

Menu

• Anchovy Matrimony

  $13

• Blue-eye crudo, Sauce Gilda

  $31

• Calamari à la brute, chickpeas

  $42

• Clarence River prawn, sobrasada

  $18

• Dry aged pork tomahawk, sauce Basquaise

  $86

• Flathead, broccoli leaf, pilpil

  $54

• Roast duck, broad beans, mustard cream

  $58

• Socca, Ossau-Iraty, hazelnuts

  $14

• Steak tartare, anchoïade, Tasmanian paprika

  $29

• Txistorra & octopus

  $19

Prices change, and a delivery listing runs higher than the counter.