Café Claude

Frommer's Review

Euro transplants love Café Claude, a crowded and lively restaurant tucked into a narrow (and very European feeling) side street near Union Square. Seemingly everything -- every table, spoon, saltshaker, and waiter -- is imported from France. With prices topping out at about $22 on the menu featuring classics like steak tartare, steamed mussels, duck confit, escargot, steak with spinach gratin and crisp potatoes, and quail stuffed with pine nuts, sausage, and wild rice, Café Claude offers an affordable slice of Paris without leaving the city. But beware: My last visit the service was rather . . . er . . . French as well. There's live jazz on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7:30 to 10:30pm, and atmospheric sidewalk seating is available when the weather permits.

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