"There’s nothing subtle about the wooing process at Josephine Bouchon, a Lyonnaise spot in Chelsea. Heavy, red velvet curtains frame the doorway and the dining room is all dangling, low-level lanterns, and breathy candle flames. But despite the white tablecloths and the feeling that someone could propose at any second, this isn’t a stuffy place. Champagne arrives with a bowl of moreish pork and duck scratchings, garlic splatters from excellent buttery frog legs to create a Jackson Pollock number on tablecloths, and waiters banter with you while whipping out a ruler to measure how much wine you’ve drunk." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna
Aleksandra Boruch
