Café Boulud is a French restaurant located at 100 East 63rd Street on the

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, in New York City. It is owned by French

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and restaurateur

Daniel Boulud Daniel Boulud (born 25 March 1955) is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Toronto, Montréal, Singapore, the Bahamas, and Dubai. He is best known for his eponymous restaurant Daniel, opened in Ne ...

. Boulud is New York City's longest-tenured four-star chef. The restaurant opened in 1998 at 20 East 76th Street (between

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and

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), inside the Surrey Hotel. It closed in 2021 during the

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and reopened in 2023 at 100 East 63rd Street after a renovation from Jeffrey Beers International. Upon reopening, Boulud brought Head Chef Romain Paumier and Pastry Chef Katalina Diaz over from his first restaurant,

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. It is named for a restaurant just outside

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, that was once owned by Boulud's family. In the summer, the restaurant's original location had terrace tables. Café Boulud’s menu was inspired by

’s four culinary muses: La Tradition, classic French cuisine; La Saison, seasonal delicacies; Le Potager, the vegetable garden; and Le Voyage, flavors of world cuisines.

Reviews

A review in 2000 in which ''

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'' gave it three stars said: "Cafe Boulud is sleek and easy, and the entire staff has been given permission to have fun. You never quite know what the menu will offer. Most days there are 30 or more dishes, and none are ordinary." In 2013, ''

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'' gave it a food rating of 27, the third-highest rating in the East 70s. One Zagat's reviewer called it: "A neighborhood bistro for billionaires."

References

External links

Café Boulud website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cafe Boulud 1998 establishments in New York City French restaurants in Manhattan Michelin-starred European restaurants in Manhattan Restaurants established in 1998 Upper East Side Michelin-starred French restaurants in the United States

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