L'Altro Frenchie
Italian restaurant · Bonne-Nouvelle ·
Italian-inspired dishes, agnolotti, gnudi, and affogato
Italian-inspired dishes, agnolotti, gnudi, and affogato
"From the name, you might expect some semblance of French cuisine on the menu. But the only thing French about this newcomer on rue du Nil in Sentier (from the people behind Frenchie and Frenchie Wine Bar) is the chef. It’s a modern Milanese trattoria meets a Parisian bistro (Mirrored ceiling! Fun floor tiles! Wood-paneled coziness!) and has a broad menu of dishes with an apéritivo, antipasti, primi, and secondo piatti format. Lunch is prix fixe but dinner is à la carte, and some of our favorite dishes that you can get at both meals are the pillowy gnudi with ricotta, sage, and hazelnut butter, the agnolotti a la carbonara with smoked eel and horseradish, and the spicy sausage pizzette (one won’t be enough). It’ll be tempting to order one of every dish, but save room for the affogato served in a teacup with espresso from a coffee roaster across the street." - sara lieberman, lindsey tramuta, lindsey tramuta, lindsey tramuta, lindsey tramuta, lindsey tramuta, lindsey tramuta, lindsey tramuta, sara lieberman, sara lieberman, sara lieberman, lindsey tramuta, sara lieberman
"From the name, you might expect some semblance of French cuisine on the menu. But the only thing French about this newcomer on rue du Nil in Sentier (from the people behind Frenchie and Frenchie Wine Bar) is the chef. It’s a modern Milanese trattoria meets a Parisian bistro (Mirrored ceiling! Fun floor tiles! Wood-paneled coziness!) and has a broad menu of dishes with an apéritivo, antipasti, primi, and secondo piatti format. Lunch is prix fixe but dinner is à la carte, and some of our favorite dishes that you can get at both meals are the pillowy gnudi with ricotta, sage, and hazelnut butter, the agnolotti a la carbonara with smoked eel and horseradish, and the spicy sausage pizzette (one won’t be enough). It’ll be tempting to order one of every dish, but save room for the affogato served in a teacup with espresso from a coffee roaster across the street. " - sara lieberman, lindsey tramuta
"From the name, you might expect some semblance of French cuisine on the menu. But the only thing French about this newcomer on rue du Nil in Sentier (from the people behind Frenchie and Frenchie Wine Bar) is the chef. It’s dressed up like a modern Milanese trattoria meets a Parisian bistro (Mirrored ceiling! Fun floor tiles! Wood-paneled coziness!) and has a broad menu of dishes that lean into the apéritivo, antipasti, primi, and secondo piatti format. Whether you go for the fixed menu at lunch or the anything-goes à la carte options at dinner, you’ll want to order the standouts like pillowy gnudi with ricotta, sage, and hazelnut butter, the cioppino, the agnolotti a la carbonara with smoked eel and horseradish, and the spicy sausage pizzette (one won’t be enough). It’s tempting to order one of every dish, but save room for the affogato served in a teacup with espresso from a coffee roaster across the street." - Lindsey Tramuta
"An Italian offshoot from the same team offering a refined, tightly edited take on Italian cuisine as part of a larger mini-restaurant group led by a noted Parisian chef." - Catherine Down
"After 10 years of running the street food joint Frenchie To Go, award-winning Frenchie and Frenchie Bar à Vin chef Grégory Marchand felt it was time to turn the page. He brought in his go-to interior designer Emilie Bonaventure to rethink the Frenchie To Go space as a chic 1960s-style trattoria, where the chef draws on his experiences cooking regional Italian dishes in London and New York, notably including time at the River Café. He takes a few liberties with Italian cuisine, but the menu is anchored in the finest ingredients and culinary traditions. Find antipasti, fresh pasta, and secondi like spiced sausage pizzette, agnolotti a la carbonara with smoked eel and horseradish, and braised monkfish in anchovy-rosemary sauce. For dessert there’s affogato made with coffee from the specialty roaster across the street, L’Arbre à Café. Located in the 2nd arrondissement." - Lindsey Tramuta