‘Top Chef’ Jo Chan Opens French Restaurant Bureau de Poste in Austin | Eater Austin
"I’m excited that Jo Chan, a former Top Chef contender, is opening a new French restaurant at 4300 Speedway that focuses on French comfort classics. The dinner menu features pommes dauphine with smoked trout roe and crème fraîche; a cured duck leg cassoulet with venison sausage; poisson à la plancha made with a skate wing fish fillet; roasted half-chickens with greens, bread, dried cranberries, pine nuts, and sauces; traditional steak frites with rib-eye; tartares with beef or ocean trout; and ratatouille. Desserts include clafoutis and dark chocolate mousses, and the restaurant will offer nightly specials such as lobster frites, scallops, and a Sunday roast. There’s a kids’ menu (roasted chicken breast with fries, a little cheeseburger, and a grilled cheese), vegetarian and vegan options, a wine list with glasses and bottles, Austin beers, non-alcoholic cocktails, and frozen drinks including a frosé. For brunch I’ll find croque-madames, omelets (with a vegan iteration), eggs Benedicts, and steak frites with a sunny-side-up egg. Hours are 5–10 p.m. nightly and 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for brunch." - Nadia Chaudhury
