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Restaurants & Bars
Provence (CLOSED)

38 MacDougal St (between Prince and Houston Sts)
Soho | Map

212-475-7500 | Reservations | Menu

Subway: C, E to Spring St | Directions

Prices
Average main course: $24. AmEx.

Description
Marc Meyer and Vicki Freeman, the husband-and-wife team behind Five Points and Cookshop, bought then reopened this beloved Soho spot, which is the very place where they got engaged roughly 15 years ago. A marble bar has replaced the wooden one in the bustling front room, leather banquettes and exposed beams now adorn the secluded rear dining area, and dated trellises have been removed from the enclosed garden. All in all, Provence is more charming than ever, even if the kitchen—helmed by Barbuto veteran Lynn McNeely—produces uneven results. Provence does impress with two key pleasures: frites, which McNeely cuts thick, doses heavily with garlic and salt, and serves with the house mayonnaise; and wine. The team behind Cookshop’s excellent entirely organic list has put together a smallish all-French compendium, with lots of finds, including a bargain $32 Côtes du Ventoux. Many could happily live on these two things alone.
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