"Picture this: you and your friend are sitting on wicker chairs, and sharing mussels in a dijonnaise sauce on a cool summer night. Yup, there’s a decent chance you’ll reference this night at one or both of your weddings. Cafe Du Soleil on the Upper-Upper West Side is the kind of neighborhood French bistro where you might be seated next to a couple that’s been eating escargot here regularly since 2004. There’s a decent amount of sidewalk seating, and a pretty long list of French classics in the $20 range." - hannah albertine