Italian cuisine on the Lower East Side.
Cozy French feel-good fare on the Lower East Side.:
Le Pere Pinard Restaurant Review: Set on a block that's littered with bars and hip and haute restaurants, this Lower East Side eatery is a cozy refuge. Lit mostly by candlelight, the main dining room is bedecked with wooden tables, exposed brick, a long dark wood bar and other rustic minutiae, making diners feel like they could stay for hours. Factor in a menu that emphasizes French comfort...
Gainsbourg, steak tartar, Pernod. Omigod, we so need a Gauloises Blondes right now. Downtown trendezvous for city's Parisians. Lots of wood, lots of energy, and a happening communal table out back. These frogs can really swing. Will also pack you a take-home picnic basket of Frenchness if changing out of sweatpants is just not on the night's agenda, or if you're planning on decamping to the...