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Restaurants & Bars
Café Lafayette

99 South Portland Ave (at Fulton St, Fort Greene, Brooklyn)
Fort Greene, Brooklyn | Map

718-624-1605 | Menu

Subway: C to Lafayette Ave; G to Fulton St | Directions

Prices
Average main course: $15. MC, V.

Description
With fewer than 30 seats, this café is a kind of secret locals like to keep to themselves—in order to have a better chance of scoring one of the red booths. Appetizers such as escargots share menu space with (decidedly less French) onion rings and shrimp fritters; the fabulous salad of warm spinach, bacon chunks, feta and caramelized walnuts is a meal in itself. Excellent mushroom risotto can be ordered as an appetizer oran entrée. The coq au vin can be a bit tough, but is redeemed by a side of the best potato gratin west of Lyon, followed by an exquisite apple tart.
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Hours

Mon–Thu noon–11pm; Fri noon–midnight; Sat, Sun 10:30am–4pm, 5pm–midnight.
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