"Le Jardinier is downstairs from L’Atelier. The menus are different, but they're spiritually alike—both are fancy special occasion French restaurants. Le Jardineir also has a prix fixe lunch menu that we actually enjoy more than the restaurant's pricier dinner. You've got two options: a two-course menu for $39, and a four-course one for $85. The $39 won't leave you stuffed, but it's satisfying and a tremendous deal for the kind of meticulous trust fund dishes you'll encounter. Options change seasonally, but you can expect beautiful crudo, gazpacho, and we've never been disappointed by a steak here. They also have a tremendous cocktail menu, with drinks that somehow deliver on an ingredients list the size of an amicus brief." - mariana trabanino, virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer
