Fin Du Monde Foods

Greenpoint’s Newest Restaurant, Fin Du Monde, Brings a Touch of France With Craft Beer | Eater NY

"At 38 Driggs Avenue at Sutton Street in Greenpoint, I found Fin Du Monde to feel like a hometown bar — a living room and a place for long conversations — where owners Mona Poor-Olschafskie and Christian Perkins have created a deliberately accessible, 'non-French' French restaurant that prioritizes making neighborhood residents feel welcome. They eschew a super-expensive wine list in favor of a short, 10-item French-American menu that is strictly local and keeps entrées under $30; highlights include a 'big French salad' topped with fried walnuts and funky Roquefort ($13), a roast chicken and pepper risotto ($22), and a braised boeuf bourguignon with buttery noodles ($24). The drinks program is modest but thoughtful — a few bottles of wine plus a lager from Folksbier and an IPA from Threes on tap, nodding to Poor-Olschafskie's brewery background — and the overall ethos, informed by Perkins's work with seasonal, locally sourced restaurants, aims to offer tight, non-luxury-driven cooking. The project was partly crowdfunded (nearly $20,000 raised), seats roughly 20 outdoors and six inside at the current 25% capacity, is open Tuesday–Saturday 5–10 p.m., and takes its name (translated as 'end of the world') as a playful idea of a place 'you want to be at the end of the world.'" - Luke Fortney