the least impressive of all the 3 stars and Alain Ducasse's Paris flag ship the most expensive and over-rated! The food quality was good but other Parisian 3 stars such as Cinq, L’arpege, Guy Savoy are equally up to the...

I have been to all 3 and I would say that Alain Ducasse is great...I went recently (since Delouvier) and the food was great. I would have a hard time not going to Daniel as well, though. I really had an excellent time there and...

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I’m not the grammer police but it’s Alain Ducasse and one of the finest restaurants in the US. If you are staying in Midtown it’s an easy walk but a cab ride away is no problem. This is a wonderful restaurant...

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, I will say this though...considering this is a visit to New York (as opposed to being a local)I believe going to Alain Ducasse would be the more appropriate choice. Granted, Keller has done his thing in New York (over a decade...

Not sure if anyone will be interested but there’s a funny little backgrounder in the Guardian newspaper about Alain Ducasse and all the recent brouhaha... Link below Ellen PS. Anthony Bourdain recenly launched Kitchen...

Gertel’s Bake Shop is closing. They’re a piece of Lower East Side history, beloved for challah, hamentaschen, and especially dense, moist rugelach. Its Hester Street quarters, which it has occupied since 1914, will...

Has anyone had any dining experience with Taillevent under Alain Soliveres? I’ve read only spectacular reviews on other sites, but all I see on Chowhound is that the food is very good, but better elsewhere, such as Alain...