Lafayette is a grand brasserie and bakery in the French tradition but with a modern, softer touch. Housed inside an iconic landmark NoHo building originally designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh, the main dining room is surrounded by towering arched windows and filled with natural light. Aside from delicious french pastries available at the walk-in café, the restaurant offers a market-driven bistro...
This much anticipated newcomer from chef Andrew Carmellini (The Dutch, Locanda Verde) offers "classic" French country cooking in the NoHo space that was formerly Chinatown Brasserie (the sprawling setting done up in "pseudo belle epoque style" also includes an on-site bakery and several private rooms); all-day hours make access a bit easier, but brace yourself for crowds and waits at prime times.
Lafayette is like a junior Eataly for Francophiles. There is a pastry shop and bakery, a cocktail bar, an all-French wine list and a rotisserie where chickens slowly give up their melting fat to potatoes and onions roasting below. All of this is packed inside the brass-and-mirrors skin of a brasserie that stays open from morning to midnight or thereabouts. As for the food, there are salads and...
Andrew Carmellini’s French café-plus with a dream team behind it. Massive dining room boasts a rotisserie in view and seats plenty in American-sized booths laid out over two floors. Menu highlights the south of France. Dig into duck au poivre with smoked bacon, rotisserie chicken for two, grilled octopus with eggplant. Cheese plates with fruits stewed in cognac. Absinthe frappe highlights the...