L’Ecole
Prices
Prix fixe: $39.95.
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Description
Proving that homework can be mouthwatering, this staid yellow-and-crimson dining room has been the training ground for students at the French Culinary Institute since 1984. Top cooks turned academics oversee would-be toques, who turn out cheapie three-course prix-fixe lunches and five-course dinners (from 8 to 9pm). Although the culinary creationsdishes like escargots with herb butter or panfried cod with yellow tomato coulismay not always make the grade, LEcole offers the thrill of sampling a future masters work, accompanied by first-class service and a 15-page wine list.
Hours
Mon–Fri 12:30–2pm, 5:30–9pm; Sat 5:30–9pm.
We went to l’Ecole on a Monday evening and got the five-courses. The products were of good quality, fresh and well cooked. Nevertheless, the cuisine was “old-school”, not really “delicate” and not surprising. The decor of the restaurant was nice and the room very quiet. However, the service was absolutely not attentive. The waiters (3-4) were not enthusiastic or smiling, took our plates before we really finished, brought the plates rudely, by almost throwing them in front of us.