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Heading for a new adventure!

It has now been over 3 months since I stopped being the owner of Le Pichet, more that 8 months since we sold Café Presse.  I have to admit, as much as I loved opening and operating these two restaurants, as much as I enjoyed collaborating with the the great teams we had in the […]

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It has now been over 3 months since I stopped being the owner of Le Pichet, more that 8 months since we sold Café Presse.  I have to admit, as much as I loved opening and operating these two restaurants, as much as I enjoyed collaborating with the the great teams we had in the

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Sorry for the interruption!

If you have tried to access this blog in the last week or so, you probably got an error message instead. We are in the middle of making technical changes to the way this blog is hosted, which may result in it going off-line in the coming days as we complete this process. But never

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If you have tried to access this blog in the last week or so, you probably got an error message instead. We are in the middle of making technical changes to the way this blog is hosted, which may result in it going off-line in the coming days as we complete this process. But never

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Axoa d’Espelette

Special this weekend at Café Presse: Axoa d’Espelette!Basque-style stew of ground beef and veal simmered with onions, sweet peppers, garlic, tomato and piment d’Espelette, served with pommes frites. Mmmmm!

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Special this weekend at Café Presse: Axoa d’Espelette!Basque-style stew of ground beef and veal simmered with onions, sweet peppers, garlic, tomato and piment d’Espelette, served with pommes frites. Mmmmm!

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Steak Tartare at Café Presse today only!

Special today only at Cafe Presse (Sunday 9/26): Raw, hand-chopped and seasoned grass fed sirloin and hanger steak, with pommes frites and a salad of escarole, watercress, fines herbes and sherry-grain mustard vinaigrette. Tartare lovers, hurry on over! We use grass fed beef for its lower fat content, and use both sirloin and hanger steak,

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Special today only at Cafe Presse (Sunday 9/26): Raw, hand-chopped and seasoned grass fed sirloin and hanger steak, with pommes frites and a salad of escarole, watercress, fines herbes and sherry-grain mustard vinaigrette. Tartare lovers, hurry on over! We use grass fed beef for its lower fat content, and use both sirloin and hanger steak,

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New croque for automn

New today on the menu at Café Presse for fall: Our Automne seasonal croque, baked with béchemel, chèvre, endives and roasted pear. Bring on Fall produce!! It’s our favorite time of the year.

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New today on the menu at Café Presse for fall: Our Automne seasonal croque, baked with béchemel, chèvre, endives and roasted pear. Bring on Fall produce!! It’s our favorite time of the year.

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Classic pâté

Our pâté albigeois has been on the menu at Le Pichet everyday since we opened in August 2000. Made with pork cheek, pork belly, pork shoulder and pork liver, served with honey and walnuts in the style of the town of Albi in France’s SW.

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Our pâté albigeois has been on the menu at Le Pichet everyday since we opened in August 2000. Made with pork cheek, pork belly, pork shoulder and pork liver, served with honey and walnuts in the style of the town of Albi in France’s SW.

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Brioche is back!

House-made brioche are back at Le Pichet and Café Presse. Made from a rich dough with eggs, butter and milk, they come hot out of the oven every morning when we open! Served with butter and house-made jam, they are available while they last.

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House-made brioche are back at Le Pichet and Café Presse. Made from a rich dough with eggs, butter and milk, they come hot out of the oven every morning when we open! Served with butter and house-made jam, they are available while they last.

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