Bar Six
French restaurant · Greenwich Village ·
French Moroccan bistro with couscous, tagines & steak frites
French Moroccan bistro with couscous, tagines & steak frites
"The French Moroccan bistro in Greenwich Village is prepping for a bigger happy-hour crowd with an early happy hour that starts at 3:30 p.m. and runs until 5:30 p.m., offering fries and less expensive drinks before election returns begin." - Alexis Benveniste
"Since 1994, Bar Six has been one of Greenwich Village’s best French bistros, serving wines, aperitifs, and cocktails in a pair of Paris-inspired dining rooms— bent cane chairs, stamped tin ceilings, distressed mirrors, and all. Feast upon steak frites, onion soup, and stuffed artichoke, or one of the Moroccan-leaning dishes." - Robert Sietsema
"I report that Bar Six in the West Village suffered a dramatic incident when a garbage truck hit its roadside patio and dragged it about ten feet while a customer was still inside; according to a manager the diner trapped inside was not harmed." - Emma Orlow
"A fixture of Sixth Avenue and 13th Street since 1994, Bar Six—founded by Steve Tzolis and Nicola Kotsoni, who met in Morocco and married—took over the space of an earlier French bistro and retained much of the old, yellowed decor: well-worn wood, plush red banquettes, mirrors stenciled with wine and food suggestions, and a barroom that opens to the street (the best place to sit on warm summer evenings). The menu mixes classic bistro fare with North African touches: a prizefighter-sized steamed artichoke ($15) comes with fluffy aioli, cornichons, cocktail onions, and olives; a half-dozen briny East Coast oysters ($18) are served on ice with three sauces (cocktail, mignonette, or simply lemon); and the most shareable starter is a trio of Provençale–North African dips with pita—creamy hummus, an earthy white-bean purée, and moutabelle (a spicier baba ganoush). Skip the Moroccan meatballs, which arrive awash in tomato sauce and lack cumin; instead order the marvelous merguez sandwich ($18), with oversized grilled lamb sausages in a pita with fried onions and peppers. One-plate meals include a better-than-average BLT and a plain tuna sandwich brightened by tarragon, while entrees tend to be large: a half roast chicken mired in mashed potatoes is intentionally plain (and can be dry), but the chicken tajine ($28) in a spicy red sauce with chickpeas, raisins, sweet potatoes, and almonds—served with couscous, though I prefer to substitute fries—is a standout. French fries are central to the program (a giant heap accompanies the burger, which has declined somewhat over the years), and the simplest pleasure may be coming mid-afternoon to order just the fries ($8), sitting in the sunlit rear corner under the skylight with a glass from the short, well-chosen, often inexpensive wine list." - Robert Sietsema
"The musical Six, a modern retelling of the lives of Henry VIII's wives, was scheduled to officially open on Broadway on March 12, 2020. However, due to the pandemic and the subsequent closure of Broadway, the show never opened. Actress Anna Uzele, who plays Catherine Parr, had been touring with the show across North America and was looking forward to its Broadway opening."