Regular patrons have lots of favorites at this quaint Long Island City cafe. We enjoyed a delicious Quiche Lorraine with a side salad, a Croque Madame with nice, toasty cheese on top, and a nice, juicy burger. Sweet and savory crepes [more...]

Lots of sunlight, soft instrumental music, and warm decor fill this Astoria cafe. Quiche, soups, salads, and wraps, are all on the menu and all very good, but our true love is the scrumptious crepes. Ultra fresh ingredients like ham, [more...]

Head to this warm, friendly restaurant and dig into tasty French comfort food like the Omelette Paysanne, with onions, ham, potatoes and parsley and the Cabillaud Aux Epices–blackened codfish served over frisée salad with [more...]

The friendly staff here serve up absolutely delicious crepes from the restaurant's extensive menu. Savory options include ham and cheese, wild mushroom with Turkey–portobello mushroom, mushroom parmesan, goat & ricotta [more...]

The crepes at this Upper West Side cafe are absolutely decadent. The savory included smoked ham, swiss, and egg and the very French smoked salmon, ratatouille, egg, scallions, and basil crème fraîche. Sweet-tooths can dive into the [more...]

It's a good thing this delicious sweet-spot isn't any closer to us or we'd certainly be ten pounds heavier. The tiny 1st Avenue shop wisely gave out free samples the first few days they were open, luring in a number of customers, [more...]

This Cambria Heights bookstore offers locals a good selection of books in Creole, English and French. The shop's special focus is on on Haiti and the Francophone Caribbean; they now also have a Francophone African literature [more...]

When some of us were young undergraduates, we virtually subsisted off of these delicious crepes. Two of our favorite savory crepes are the Roman Holiday–grilled chicken breast, pesto-ricotta cheese spread and sundried tomato–and the [more...]

This restaurant's Park Avenue address is reflected in their delectable mac and cheese, which comes served in a steel skillet atop a dainty doily. This mac's noodles float in a creamy gruyere sauce, topped with a great crunchy coating of [more...]

The menu here is so neatly broken down–appetizers, entrees, vegetables and desserts–that our only difficulty in selecting food came because everything sounds so enticing. The Vermont Quail ($12), served with herb gnocchi, leeks, and [more...]

Mondays are tough, but this French spot makes them a little easier with a two-for-one entree special. We had a hard time ordering here, because everything on the menu sounds so appetizing. We finally settled on a Frisee and Roasted Beet [more...]

This quaint cafe just off Avenue A has low lighting and a tinkly soundtrack to transport you to those Parisian cafes across the pond. The menu offers an extension selection of both sweet and savory crepes; top-notch ones include the [more...]

This cafe plays tinkly French mood music and serves up salad nicoise and croques (madame, monsieur and vegetarian) 24 hours a day. They also offer breakfast, including delicious granola with fruit and yogurt and McCann's Irish Oatmeal. [more...]

Resto Leon is a fitting spot to wile away the early evening with a decent range of wines, a full (zinc) bar, nice ambient and airy feeling, and a tasty seafood appetizer list.

I stop by here more often for the apero than for the [more...]

Professional chef Henri-Etienne Levy teaches the techniques of classical French cooking and haute cuisine to beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Plus, he's a character and fun to learn from.