The prices are lower than they normally would be for fine cuisine, and reservations are hard to come by. The heavily tattooed, "terribly
handsome" Lefebvre is like a rock star, Cohen says, who is on display whipping up the likes of a caramel soufflé with sea salt ice cream behind the sandwich bar, and always available for a
snapshot with a patron.
The couple is already scouting out a location for a sixth reboot, attracted by the freedom to make up menus on the fly with only a short-term rental commitment. "The people come three days before we open the restaurant, all the staff," Lefebvre says. "We work on the recipe for two days and we open -- that's it. Pam poom."
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