"Leave it to Frenchette to make one of uptown’s most storied bistros hot again. The $125 prix fixe includes generous portions of an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert, plus a salad. Standouts from the first course selections include frog legs persillade, mackerel au vin blanc, tete de veau ravigote, pommes souffles caviar rouges a la creme, and tripes a la mode. Main courses offer dishes like les delices “Veau d’Or” (a trio of offal); hanger steak béarnaise or au poivre; and duck magret with cherry sauce. There’s a salad for the table. Cheese comes before dessert. Pastries from the group’s pastry chef Michelle Palazzo include iles flottantes or strawberries with sabayon. The French icon, open since 1937, feels anything but stuffy, in a room with red gingham tablecloths and comingling between uptown lifers and a younger set eager to try it out." - Melissa McCart
