La Mercerie
Restaurant · SoHo
53 Howard St, New York, NY 10013
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Highlights
Chic French bistro with stylish decor, excellent pastries and brunch
Chic French bistro with stylish decor, excellent pastries and brunch
"If we had to strike all other chocolate chip cookies from the record and keep just one, it would be La Mercerie's. This cookie is thick but not too thick, gooey but still properly baked, with big discs of semi-sweet chocolate throughout. The middle is soft, the edges are crisp, and there’s a generous dusting of flaky salt on top. The Maillard reaction is really doing its work to make this cookie taste a little caramelized without relying too much on an abundance of sugar. It’s perfect." - carina finn koeppicus, neha talreja
"A luxe Soho French restaurant launched in 2017 in partnership with Stephen Starr and stationed inside the Roman and Williams Guild design shop. Under chef Marie Aude-Rose’s tutelage it was named a 2018 Best New Restaurant by the New York Times and the New Yorker, and was a James Beard Awards finalist in 2019." - Emma Orlow
"When you want to feel royal for the day, there’s no better place to pretend you live in palatial fake France than La Mercerie. This space is stunning, and you can either stay for a long brunch or just hang out feeling glamorous while you enjoy a warm-from-the-oven pain au chocolat and a perfect latte. If you’re feeling something more on the savory side, the buckwheat crêpe complète is a must. Even things that sound kind of plain, like a warm rice porridge, are wonderful here." - team infatuation
"La Mercerie is your best option in Soho for a fancy lunch. This all-day cafe is embedded in the front of a high-end furniture store, and you feel like a royal visiting their vacation home as soon as you sit down. In other words, La Mercerie is a very Soho place. The mostly French menu has dishes like a vegetarian quiche and a ham and cheese crêpe—and the food is flawless. Yes, you can have $42 cod, but you can also get a salad for less than $20. So stop by and have a meeting here next to a $20,000 couch." - kenny yang, bryan kim, carina finn koeppicus, willa moore, sonal shah
"La Mercerie is a restaurant embedded in the front of a high-end furniture store, and some assorted breads with butter here will cost you around $12. In other words, La Mercerie is peak Soho. The mostly French menu has salads, buckwheat crepes, baked eggs, and boeuf bourguignon, and the food is excellent. They have weekend brunch, and you can also stop by for a drink at Guild, their five-seat bar, or a lunch meeting next to a $20,000 couch. Your meal won’t be cheap, but it will impress whoever you need to impress (and still be a lot less expensive than that couch)." - willa moore, bryan kim, kenny yang, carina finn koeppicus
