A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing Carmen and had a somewhat difficult experience of choosing a restaurant that had the following criteria: w/in walking-in-heels distance of Lincoln Center, quiet & intimate ambiance and either French, American or Italian food. After some serious menupages.com perusing, I found La Boite en Bois and booked a reservation tout de suite. La Boite en Bois is indeed a wooden box - I arrived wearing heels (a modest 2 inches which put me at 6'1) and I felt like I was in Honey I Blew Up the Kid. The space looks like a homey French country kitchen "made for ants" though despite the cramped seating and very low ceiling, the food absolutely makes up for any initial discomfort. My friend and I elected the prix-fixe menu: we both had superb arugula, endive, goat cheese & beet salads with that classic tangy lemony vinaigrette to start, followed by the roast chicken with potato gratin and I the perfectly prepared horseradish crusted salmon filet with a buttery saffron sauce with again perfectly sauteed bright spinach greens and wild rice. Service was slow for us but not for others so we wolfed down our tres delicieux creme brulee and creamy ricotta cheesecake and happily headed off to hear the Habanera.
La Boite en Bois
www.laboitenyc.com
75 West 68th Street at Columbus Ave.
New York, NY 10023
(212) 874-2705
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