Café Paulette

"We find ourselves recommending Cafe Paulette often. The bistro across from Fort Greene Park is a quiet enough place to bring your grandma, a cute enough place for a martini and fries at the bar, and, perhaps most notably, serves great $40 steak frites. It’s heavy on the au poivre, and the frites are piled on top, so some of them take a sauce bath, while others stay perfectly crispy. Come with a friend, get a glass of wine and some radishes with salty butter, and split the steak. The portion is big enough to share. " - bryan kim, willa moore

"Café Paulette is where you should eat steak frites with your grandma. The neighborhood bistro in Fort Greene is a Certified Relatives Restaurant, so she’ll be able to hear you, and won’t be uncomfortable with how small the plates are. Order as many steak frites as you’ll need (one order feeds two people, or one very hungry person and a grandma), along with a bottle of natural wine, and a few oysters. They also own the wine bar next door, Petit Paulette, in case you’re just in the mood for a pre-dinner glass of wine and funky cheese." - bryan kim, willa moore, neha talreja, sonal shah, will hartman

"Thanks to all the tree-lined streets and stunning brownstones, Fort Greene might just be the most date-worthy neighborhood in the city. And that’s probably why this French bistro, which is right across the street from Fort Greene Park, is usually packed with couples of all ages. It’s the kind of place you visit when you want to gaze up at some trees and share a bottle of sparkling wine at a sidewalk table. But you can also swing by for lunch, dinner, or brunch with someone you might want to explore Paris with in a few years. But above all else, you should know that Cafe Paulette has a live jazz band on Tuesday nights and takes reservations ahead of time online." - nikko duren

"Café Paulette is a Certified Relatives Restaurant, aka somewhere where your grandma will be able to hear you, and won’t be uncomfortable with how small the plates are. You’re here for the steak frites, so order as many of these as you’ll need (one order feeds two people, or one very hungry person and a grandma), along with a bottle of natural wine, and a few oysters. Outside, a younger crowd lounges on the sidewalk patio as if they do this every night, which they probably do. Next door you’ll find Café Paulette’s little sister, wine bar Petit Paulette, which is perfect for a pre-dinner glass of wine and funky cheese." - Willa Moore, Bryan Kim

"Almost every great Brooklyn neighborhood has a great French bistro, and in Fort Greene, that’s Cafe Paulette. Just under a 10-minute walk from BAM and right across the street from Fort Greene Park, this is a quintessential dinner-and-a-show date spot. Seatings start at 5pm, so you can grab an early meal of bistro classics like steak tartare and duck confit and still make your 7:30pm showtime. They’ve also got a bunch of natural wines with labels you’ll wish were available in t-shirt form. " - team infatuation