My wife and I are Americans (she's French-born) and are honeymooning in France spending part of our…read moretime in the Loire Valley. We stumbled on this place after the (typically) rude French waiter at Pickles turned us away from his empty restaurant at 8pm b/c we had no reservations - so happy we ended up here instead. The place was almost completely full compared to the 20 or so restaurants we strolled past earlier that had 1 or 2 tables occupied. Clearly the reputation is getting out that this place serves good food. Burgers: I had the Chelsea and my wife had the Veggy - both were very good. Being from America we've both had our share of excellent and mediocre burgers - these were not mind-blowingly good but they were pretty damn good nonetheless. I liked the sauce and the original bun and the burger was cooked well, too. Drinks: I had the Brooklyn Brewery Lager (American beer in France! That doesn't suck!). My wife had a Beaurdeaux that was pretty damn good as well - flavorful and smooth - she tells me that all the best wines come from the Loire valley and I'm beginning to believe it. Fries were good - salty and cripsy - narrow and small so quite cruncy. The french don't always get "french fries" correct (in the American sense) and these were pretty good. We chatted with the owner afterwards - we complimented him on the food and said we sensed a New York vibe - he said he had spent some time on the East Coast and London too. Good guy. Go here for food - I doubt you'll be disappointed.

I was very excited to try this family style breakfast place. We walked in with three people at…read more11:20 and pointed at a table of four but were promptly greeted with "it's me who will decide where you sit" instead of bonjour. A rough start but the food looked really good. Staff was only two people, one serving and one cooking. Too little for the full house so we were patient. After ten minutes the lady in the kitchen noticed that we still hadn't received a menu so she came out of the kitchen to give them. We decided and waited patiently for half an hour!! No coffee, no looks in our direction. Nothing. Everybody was being served except us. I stood up and asked if it was possible to take our order of coffee at least because my wife was beginning to feel weak and started sucking on a sugar cube to get her sugar level up. I didn't say this, I asked if he could take our order now but I got a stern "No, there's other tables being served" in a very harsh tone. This was not at all what I expected so we left. I was quite unnerved by all this so I asked him why it wasn't even possible to serve drinks while we waited, but he responded bluntly he was alone and there were other people before us. Although there was a third girl that came in about 10 minutes before we left she didn't really do anything. Also the owner doing the service was more occupied with doing dishes, time they could have served in bringing us at least a coffee while we waited. Very bad experience.