Marseille

Lively and casual with open, high ceilings and a tiled floor that creates a Casablanca-like ambience, this restaurant, named after the port city in France, features the food of that city, including its North African influences. That means you’ll find such entrees as Moroccan chicken, couscous, and tagine on the menu, along with Provençal specialties such as bouillabaisse, which comes in three varieties (chicken, vegetarian, and traditional, made with fish—stick with the traditional), short-rib daube, salad Niçoise, and soup au pistou. You can make a meal of the mezes (small plates), which feature a tangy grilled merguez sausage, anchovies, and roasted peppers; brandade (whipped salt cod); tapenade; and broiled sardines wrapped in lardo (thick bacon). In the Film Center building on Ninth Avenue, this is a good pre-theater choice, but even better when the pre-theater rush is over.

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