Café Boulud

"Cafe Boulud was founded in 1998 by Daniel Boulud, perhaps the city’s most respected French chef. It was sentimentally named after the restaurant run by his parents near Lyon, France. It closed after its original location in the Hotel Surrey was sold, and reopened just off Park Avenue a mile south. The menu retains its traditional four-section format, highlighting traditional Lyonnaise, seasonal, and locavore food and fare that originates in a foreign country, which varies monthly. Two-course and three-course meals ($95, $125) are available in the elegant room, which centers on a towering floral display. Book reservations online." - Melissa McCart

"The resurrected Cafe Boulud from the famous and prolific chef, Daniel Boulud maintains its menu sectioned by la saison, la tradition, le potager (vegetables), and le voyage served in a stunning space. The head chef is Romain Paumier, who moved over from Restaurant Daniel, who steers the kitchen in making dishes like quiche carotte vadouvan, black sea bass wrapped in potatoes and dressed in red wine sauce; and grilled salmon with citrus and spicy avocado dressing. The pastry chef is Katalina Diaz, also previously at Daniel, who will make desserts such as a baked Mont Blanc with chestnut ice cream, ginger sorbet, vermicelle, and Swiss meringue. A la carte and tasting menu are both available." - Melissa McCart

"The new location for this special-occasion Daniel Boulud restaurant is tailored and elegant yet cozy, tucked in the townhouse that used to be Vaucluse. A dramatic floral arrangement anchors the room, the lighting is just right, and the menu, divided by French classics, the season, the market and a region of the world, offers something for everyone." - Melissa McCart

"The uptown revival of the swanky Cafe Boulud recently rolled out lunch, with an a la carte menu of oysters, hamachi, a salad, and mains like black truffle croque monsieur, or fusilli primavera, with expensive prices that reflect that of a stalwart Upper East Side establishment. Lunch is available from noon to 2:30 p.m." - Eater Staff

"Daniel Boulud’s new digs for Cafe Boulud features a $45 weekday lunch or a $55 weekday dinner. Starters range from a chicory salad, terrine, or potato and leek velouté; mains are veal blanquette, blackened cod, or a cauliflower and raisin fettuccini. There’s a tart, an eclair, or a molten lava chocolate cake for dessert." - Melissa McCart, Nadia Chaudhury