FRENCH COOKERY WITH AN ASIAN FLAIR

It takes a certain amount of confidence to set your restaurant in an utterly unmarked brownstone, but Bobo is all about confidence, and with good reason. This yearling restaurant, owned by maverick restaurateur Carlos Suarez, has a brand-new executive chef, the James Beard Award-winning Patrick Connolly. He is fresh from the four-star Radius in Boston, and his French cookery is the perfect fit for this deeply romantic, homey setting.
That hominess is accentuated by the charming bric-a-brac Read more

RIVE GAUCHE, VIA THIRD AVENUE

CLEVER TURNS ON FRENCH CLASSICS, PLUS A POCKETBOOK-FRIENDLY WINE POLICY
By Tom Steele

Chef Philippe Feret and his wife Cecilia Pineda opened Brasserie Julien at the dawn of 1999, naming the restaurant after their 1-year-old son. The dining room’s fanciful Art Deco décor was designed, organized and to a large extent created by Feret, obviously a man of many talents. He actually constructed an exquisite stained-glass replica of a Chrysler Building elevator door to brace the rear of the high-ceilinged room. Read more