The Modern (American & French / Midtown West / $$$$)
9 W. 53rd Street (between 5th Ave & Avenue of the Americas)
(212) 333-1220
www.themodernnyc.com
Located inside the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), The Modern is a Danny Meyer-created culinary masterpiece. Chef Gabriel Kreuther’s French-American cuisine is such a work of art, it could have been curated at the [...]
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Norma’s (French (Brunch) / Theater District / $$$)
Le Parker Meridien
118 W 57th St
(212) 708-7460
www.normasnyc.com
Located in Le Parker Meridien Hotel in Manhattan’s Theater District, Norma’s may possibly be the most expensive brunch locale in New York. Not much information is available on the history of Norma’s, but the restaurant is probably best known as the home [...]
Balthazar (French / SoHo / $$$)
80 Spring St (between Broadway & Crosby St)
(212) 965-1414
www.balthazarny.com
More juggernaut than restaurant, Keith McNally’s action-packed SoHo beehive offers toothsome French food, deft service and pitch-perfect rendering of Parisian brasserie; expect lots of hub-bub, tough reservations, moderately pricey tabs and a loud crowd that runs the gamut from skeletal models [...]
Artisanal (French (Fondue / Cheese) / Murray Hill / $$$)
2 Park Ave (32nd St. between Park Ave & Madison Ave)
(212) 725-8585
www.artisanalbistro.com
A mindboggling mecca for cheese mavens, Chef-Proprietor Terrance Brennan’s French brasserie in Murray Hill (aka fondue heaven) also provides fairly priced comfort food. Artisanal’s handsome interior, recalling a Parisian bistro, was designed by noted architect [...]