Keywords: people This downtown hideaway is a 30 year old institution, a delicious marriage of fastidious French tradition and West Coast ingredients in a not-too-formal setting. Home of the classic tomato gin soup with creme fraiche and arguably the best beef tartare in the city. $85 tasting menu invariably a fantastic exercise in flawlessness -- worth every cent. Pastry chef likely a wizard. Unflappable owner Michel Jacob exudes old school cool. This downtown hideaway is a 30 year old institution, a delicious marriage of fastidious French tradition and West Coast ingredients in a not-too-formal setting. Home of the classic tomato gin soup with creme fraiche and arguably the best beef tartare in the city. $85 tasting menu invariably a fantastic exercise in flawlessness -- worth every cent. Pastry chef likely a wizard. Unflappable owner Michel Jacob exudes old school cool. |