Lafayette is a grand brasserie and bakery in the French tradition but with a modern, softer touch. Housed inside an iconic landmark NoHo building originally designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh, the main dining room is surrounded by towering arched windows and filled with natural light. Aside from delicious french pastries available at the walk-in café, the restaurant offers a market-driven bistro menu that spans a variety of regions, from Provence to Normandy to neighboring Mediterranean coasts. Some dishes are signatures and some salute tradition. Appetizers from the French Market include La Riviera with French breakfast radish, sweet peppers and cloumage, Fruits de Mer,fromages and housemade terrines and charcuteries. Handmade pastas likeSpaghetti Nicoise and Coquilles with beef cheek ragout and brebis are followed by Entrees such as Steamed Wild Black Bass with bouillabaisse jus and Duck au Poivre. Spécialités like Short Rib Daube and TripesBourguignon are answered by provincial dishes like Wood Grilled Local Troutwith savoy cabbage and dijon and Rotisserie Chicken for Two with sauce au vinaigre. Jen Yee’s desserts are inspired classics, like Gateau Marjolaine and an orange-scented Ile Flottante with crème anglaise.
Lafayette is located in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. NoHo—the small neighborhood north of Houston (hence "NoHo")—serves as a buffer zone between Greenwich Village on the west and the East Village on the east. Compared to its southern neighbor SoHo, NoHo is a relatively quiet area, despite its proximity to (and some would say its overlapping borders with) New York University. The exact boundaries of NoHo are debatable and seemingly moveable (like many New York City neighborhoods), but it is generally understood to be bounded by Astor Place and Houston Street (on the north and south) and Broadway and The Bowery (on the west and east). Far from the farmland it used to be, NoHo is now a fashionable and hip piece of New York’s most vibrant real estate. The former warehouse and retail district is a bona fide historic district, with over a hundred buildings ranging from the early nineteenth century to recent years. The neighborhood is home to majestic structures like Colonnade Row, the Cable Building, and the Schermerhorn Building, as well as the Joseph Papp Public Theater and Joe’s Pub. NoHo's history as a retail center is on display at the Merchant's House Museum, a family home kept intact that dates back to the 1800s. Not that NoHo's days as a retail mecca are over, by any means. On Broadway, you'll find a massive American Apparel store, as well as local favorite Andy's Chee-Pees and every other type of store imaginable, rivaling nearby SoHo's offerings. NoHo's loft-heavy residential offerings have long been home to artists and writers, so it's hardly surprising to find great bookstores like Mercer Street Books, not to mention art house theaters like the Angelika Film Center and the stage venues like Astor Place Theatre, home of the Blue Man Group. As for the overlapping parts of the NYU campus, two of the most renowned departments of the university—the Gallatin School Of Individualized Study and the Tisch School Of The Arts--are both located on Broadway in Noho. In August, NoHo is involved (along with much of Manhattan) in Summer Streets where huge swaths of city streets are turned into pedestrian walkways, bereft of cars and trucks. The annual NoHo Art Walk showcases emerging artists and the many wonderful art galleries in the neighborhood.
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