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reinholdt

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  1. Are you sure that was France? I heard that they don't have either of those there. ← When a woman sated with rich French food asks for a simple plate of steamed vegatables and they bring them drenched in killer butter and cream, that's where people get the idea that French food is deadly-rich. And in fact, historically, France is famous for its butter-laden pastries, it's cream sauces, and its rich, fatty foods. Have you never heard of Escoffier? Have you never read Waverly Root? Have you never dined in a Michelin 3-starred restaurant? Sure, now in the new milenium, French people are undoubtedly just as worried about obesity and heart disease as their American counterparts. But the only difference in their traditional diets is that the American diet, while eschewing such foods as cream and butter, is in fact higher in the hidden fats that are worse artery-clogging killers as saturated fats and trans-fats, fooling people by the printed claims "Low in Cholesterol", while the traditional French fare, famous for its high in butter and cream delights, may now be something that French people are shying away from for health reasons. But traditionally, everybody has always associated French food with a rich diet laden with Normandy butter and cream, and with the good reason that these ingredients are natrual, and soul-nourishingly delicious.
  2. They have 47 seats inside, and 12 outside, soon to expand to 24. The outside has been filling up lately, and as I go a good 3 or 4 nights a week, I have been seeing the same people there over and over again (including one couple who comes from Hackensack; their daughter in Hoboken took them once a few weeks ago and they loved it so much they keep coming back. However, at the moment (and I expect this will change when summer ends) you can always get a table inside, and if outside is important, you can of course move when something opens up. When you get there, you will see that this is just a simple, very simple storefront restaurant (that just happens to have some very serious cooking going on) and that reservations can't be part of their game plan. But don't let this stop you from going. I almost said that "the food gets better and better" but it's been amazingly strong from the start. Go, and whether it's inside or out, you will get a table. And if there's a wait, it's a lovely area for strolling!
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