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Minetta Tavern 113 MacDougal Sreet at Minetta Lane, New York, NY 10012 VIEW MAP
212-475-3850
Timeless, and delicious, pleasures like delicate quail risotto enriched with wild mushrooms and a meaty grilled Portobello dressed in sage and white wine would impress in any era.

AOC 314 Bleecker Street at Grove Street, New York, NY 10014 VIEW MAP
212-675-9463
Despite the extensive wine list, A.O.C.'s initials stem not from the appellation system but from the title of a popular French gastro-film, L'Aile ou la Cuisse (The Wing or the Thigh). You'll find an extensive menu of quotidians, from breakfast and lunch (pastries, croque-monsieur) to dinner (duck confit, moules frites). Chef Romain Bonnans rejects culinary arcobatics and relies on the pure and simple: One taste of his salmon tartare in a mélange of fresh cucumber, tomato and capers shows you why. Hanger steak is refined by a sause of white wine, shallots and port. The disarming staff evokes Paris without pretense.