"An intentionally old-fashioned, intimate lunchtime-only restaurant with just 18 seats, no website or social media, and reservations only by phone or postcard; cash preferred and a leftist bookstore tucked into the basement add to the offbeat charm. The daily-changing menu nods to Irish, French and Basque influences—potato-leek soup, guinea fowl pie, Dublin coddle, rice pudding—executed as honest, well-seasoned midday fare best enjoyed with a bottle from a thoughtfully curated Burgundy cellar and perhaps a small eau de vie to finish." - ByAmiel Stanek