Lenoir

Lenoir is located at 1807 S 1st St, Austin, TX. This business specializes in Restaurants.

A sweet and petite restaurant that a culinary-pedigreed couple (him from TRIO, she from Jeffrey's) opened up earlier in 2012, Lenoir probably seats 30 people, max. And that's just the way they like it: Each dish on their prix fixe menu is so lovingly crafted and tasty, like the roasted antelope -- so tender it'll bring a tear to your eye.

TRIO's former Chef de Cuisine Todd Duplechan and his wife Jessica Maher (Dai Due, Jeffrey's) front Lenoir, a glowing dollhouse of a restaurant that opened on South First earlier this year. Make sure to call ahead and get a reservation: You'll need one at this locally-sourced eatery, where the menu changes weekly and popularity grows daily. A $35 prix fixe menu offers you three courses from the Field, Sea, Land and Dream (dessert) menus, and though most diners choose roughly one from each, who says you can't enjoy three desserts in one night? Ridiculous people, obviously. A recent trip found...

The charm of this quaint little space begins with reclaimed furnishings that are best summed up as French-farmhouse-chic. Intimacy is par for the course with only 30-some seats, though a pleasant wine garden serving small plates relieves some of the pressure to make room for the next eager guests. It's not often that a noted fine dining restaurant offers great value, but the $40 three-course...

TRIO's former Chef de Cuisine Todd Duplechan and his wife Jessica Maher (Dai Due, Jeffrey's) front Lenoir, a glowing dollhouse of a restaurant that opened on South First earlier this year. Make sure to call ahead and get a reservation: You'll need one at this locally-sourced eatery, where the menu changes weekly and popularity grows daily. A $35 prix fixe menu offers you three courses from the Field, Sea, Land and Dream (dessert) menus, and though most diners choose roughly one from each, who says you can't enjoy three desserts in one night? Ridiculous people, obviously. A recent trip found...

A sweet and petite restaurant that a culinary-pedigreed couple (him from TRIO, she from Jeffrey's) opened up earlier in 2012, Lenoir probably seats 30 people, max. And that's just the way they like it: Each dish on their prix fixe menu is so lovingly crafted and tasty, like the roasted antelope -- so tender it'll bring a tear to your eye.

We call it Hot Weather Food, and it’s about eating right for the season and the climate. It’s important to think about what we eat in relation to where we live — and it’s hot in Texas. Historically, when you look at cultures that live in hot parts of the world, food is acidic, citrusy, brothy and spicy because that’s what works with the climate. So we emulate that and keep it light: very little...