Silver Lake, Los Angeles · restaurant
The courtyard looks like a Paris side street (string lights, brick walls, rattan tables) and the menu delivers on the premise with escargot, steak au poivre, and sorbet served inside a frozen lemon. After a 2 year closure, it is back exactly as it was: same cramped back room, same white-jacketed waiters, same crowd with somewhere else to be after dinner.
White wine-steamed mussels with golden frites and toasted baguette
Pan-seared filet mignon with crispy frites and herb butter — a French bistro essential
Lemon sorbet served inside a whole frozen lemon