The view sweeps over, from a mostly well-attended lounge with a long zinc bar to a dining room for about 100 guests with comfortable red leather benches and wood paneling.
The menu is always up-to-date and sometimes radical. Deviates from the classic French bistro standard every now and then. Frenchette serves grilled puffer fish tails garnished with chili butter. Creamy scrambled eggs with a tiny mound of sautéed snails, duck fries as a crispy duck breast with a mountain of fries: super easy. Super tasty! Likewise, the Gnocchi Parisienne with sweet rotisserie lobster, tossed in curry butter. And to finish the sweet treat, pastry chef Michelle Palazzo conjures up delicate strawberry pavlova and serves fragrant Parisian bread – filled with rich pistachio cream. The predominantly French wine list is skilfully compiled by sommelier Jorge Riera (previously at Wildair) and focuses on selected organic wines. As I said, some things are different …
Don’t miss:
Chicken roti with mashed potatoes and maitake mushroom, tagine with artichokes and couscous, braised hare with fennel, olives and cavatelli pasta. And taste the biodynamic natural wines!
Atmosphere:
Someone has described it as a restaurant with a “Mad Men” flair.
Particularities:
Chic and the flair of the cosmopolitan city of NY and the inimitable way of life and culture of the French.
Reservations:
Make your reservation in time! It can take a long time to get a table at events like NY Fashion Week.
Another tip:
Of course, in New York with Jean-Marc Houmard, owner of the restaurant ACME (9 Great Jones St) in NoHo (North of Houston Street). There, a new inspiring look can be discovered on every corner, the cafés, studios and posh shops oscillate between crazy and chic. From the very beginning, ACME has been one of the top addresses in New York’s creative scene. On a date, we sit at the table with boutique owner and designer Jen Mankins, Cecilia Dean, publisher and editor-in-chief of ‘Visionaire’, the unique style and art magazine, and Oliver Strand, “coffee critic” – which is only available in New York – of the New York Times. He explains to me where to drink his coffee: BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE (450 West 15th St). It’s freshly brewed and, you guessed it, probably the best in the world.
SIXT in New York
In New York there is a particularly large selection of Sixt car rental stations and, of course, an extensive fleet. But certainly the chauffeur service would usually be the right thing.
