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[mrdutton]

Follow - up:

Pierre Au Tunnel in the theater district. Very authentic French - they serve veal face or is that calves face!

They have a fixed price menu with variations that starts at $34.00 a person. Some items on the menu have a + with a dollar amount to indicate that that item is an additional charge.

We were early so we sat at the bar for a cocktail. I had a Negroni and my wife had a Tom Collins. The bartender was a trip - an 82 year old who told us he was a reed man (sax and clarinet) for Tommy Dorsey back in the good old days. Verne, he said he knew of you (but we didn't buy anymore than 1 drink each from him......!).

The wait staff were all of French origin and were friendly enough that they did not mind my few attempts at using their language.

The owner was present and approached every table to make sure that service and meal were in order.

Once seated I had escargot and french bread (gotta have that to soak up the garlic and the butter!) and my wife had the onion soup. Both were very good. Our main courses were a filet mignon with sauce bernaise for the wife and duck breast with a bit of sauted foie gras and a confit of drumstick. My wife had julienne vegetables and roast potatoes and I had wild rice and apple slices. For dessert we had creme caramel (instead of my preferred creme brulee), coffee and for me a snifter of brandy.

I had wine by the glass because my wife is not a wine drinker although I am trying very hard to convert her away from water and onto wine. They had a decent shiraz from OZ (I don't remember the label) that went very nicely with my duck.

Cocktails before dinner, a couple of glasses of wine with dinner, a couple of items on the menu with the + marks, and coffee and a drink after dinner. We sat down at 5:30 PM and left the place at 7:15 PM with plenty of time to walk 5 blocks to the theater for an 8:00 PM show. We walked out of the place full and content and about $114.00 lighter than we arrived. We could have spent that much for two right here in Virginia Beach at some of our favorite places, so that price was not a real big deal.

So if you are in NYC and want to go French, try this place, you might like it.