P’Tit Louis Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” –Ernest …
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La Madeleine – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.” ~Charles Maurice de Talleyrand–Périgord On Wednesday, November 3, 1948, at Auberge La Couronne in Roule, France, Julia Child ate what she later …
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Albuquerque / Breakfast / Closed in 2019 / Dog Friendly / French / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico
Crepe Crepe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Richard Olney, a cookbook author best known for his books on French country cooking described crepes thusly: “their greatest pitfalls derive, no doubt, from their versatility — not in itself a fault, but a quality that …
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Salt and Board – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Five years ago, everyone was making beer in their bathtubs, and now everyone’s making charcuterie in their garage!” ~Brian Malarkey, Chef When my friend Carlos, a punctilious polyglot conversant in four languages, asked what my …
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Le Troquet Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Pope Gregory the Great was a prolific writer canonized as a saint and recognized as a “doctor of the church.” Among musicians, singers, students and teachers, he is revered as a patron saint, a heavenly …
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Chez Mamou – Santa Fe, New Mexico
When she asked me to repeat the name of the French restaurant where we were dining one slightly breezy Sunday morning, I knew my clever bride had something in mind. Relaying that we were dining …
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Clafoutis – Santa Fe, New Mexico
According to the Oxford Dictionaries, you only need to know 10 words to understand 25-percent of what native [English] speakers say and write. You need to know 100 words to understand 50-percent of what native …
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La Quiche Parisienne Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexican
Who can ever forget Fred the Baker, the haggard, perpetually exhausted Dunkin Donuts baker and his iconic lament, “time to make the donuts?” Every morning an annoying alarm clock would rouse Fred from his deep …
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La Crêpe Michel – Albuquerque, New Mexico
The crêpe is, at its essence, not much more than a very thin cooked pancake, but ask even the most accomplished chefs to relate their initial attempts at baking crêpes and you’ll be regaled with …
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Cafe Chloe – San Diego, California (CLOSED)
From your seat on the sidewalk patio of Café Chloe, you can see Petco Park, the open-air home of the San Diego Padres. You’ll have a front row view of a veritable cavalcade of motorized …
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Chez Bob – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Even if you’ve never had the pleasure of a meal there, it’s hard not to like a restaurant named Chez Bob. Much as poetic French words are apt to do, the term “chez” seems to …
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Cafe Jean Pierre – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
A few years ago when France was the target of xenophobic sentiment and some political commentators even advocated boycotting all things French, my vivacious friend Janet Resnik remained a fervent Francophile. With the simple retort, …
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Chez Axel – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Another Land of Enchantment.” That’s how the menu at Chez Axel describes the Provence region in France. No one who’s ever traveled through the region and luxuriated in a café crème at a sidewalk café …
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Cafe Phenix – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“A mythical bird that never dies, the Phoenix flies far ahead to the front, always scanning the landscape and distant space. It represents our capacity for vision, for collecting sensory information about our environment and …
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Brasserie La Provence – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
The French have long cultivated the idea–some would say myth–that their cuisine is the very best in the world. This self-aggrandizing hype has been carefully and condescendingly orchestrated for centuries. Even Alice B. Toklas, the …
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315 Restaurant & Wine Bar – Santa Fe, New Mexico
>Compared to the extraordinarily perceptive 19th-century detective Sherlock Holmes, his best friend and confidante Dr. John H. Watson was an ordinary man, a perfect “foil” for the brilliant Holmes. Though lacking his friend’s deductive abilities …
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Cafe Voila – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Mon ami Francophile who spends months vacationing in France likes to talk about his dining experiences in the land of haute cuisine and haughty waiters, regaling anyone who will listen with tales of surliness, scorn …
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Le Cafe Miche – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Cafe Miche has been regarded as one of Albuquerque’s best restaurants since its 1996 launch and according to the Zagat Survey, was the number one rated French restaurant in the state for three consecutive years. …
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