Cafe Degas

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"Owners Jacques Soulas and Jerry Edgar opened Café Degas in 1986 on leafy Esplanade Avenue. The Cafe, with its lovely tree growing through the center of the dining room, has drawn Francophiles ever since for its comforting menu of French brasserie food. Chef Joe Turley presides over the kitchen, which turns out savories like roasted quail over baby mixed greens and seared duck breast with blood orange basmati and wild rice. Always get the Ile Flottante — floating islands — if it’s featured for dessert: ethereal clouds of meringue floating on crème anglaise." - Beth D’Addono