The restaurant’s decline isn’t attributed to poor performance, but rather the negative effects on tourism following the September 11 attacks. In fact, prior to its downfall people often had to reserve ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Soltner, his wife Simone, and the staff at their restaurant, Lutèce, in 1984. Photo: Susan Wood/Getty ...

correctionAn earlier version of this obituary incorrectly reported that André Soltner's restaurant, Lutèce, received a Michelin star. The obituary has been corrected. André Soltner, the Alsatian-born ...

When the Transom greeted Mimi Sheraton, the doyenne of restaurant reviewers—and an old acquaintance—on a recent evening in Soho, she radiated good cheer. And why not? As part of University ...

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At 249-253 East 50th Street, sits the remains of a restaurant that keeps reappearing in pop culture. The Lutèce was recreated in AMC’s Mad Men and referenced in the film Crossing Delancey. In the ...

Welcome to The Hungry Hoya! To introduce myself, I’m obsessed with food culture. I scour The New York Times daily for new food articles and spend hours searching for restaurants before booking a ...

Customers returned again and again for his impeccable French dishes at a restaurant that one food critic said “set the gold standard.” By William Grimes André Soltner, a chef whose reverence for ...

Emily Venezky is a Social Media Manager at Eater and a proud Washingtonian. She fell in love with food while growing up in Los Angeles, eating plenty of street tacos and Sichuan dishes. “That week is ...

ONE recent rainy night at Lutéce, the restaurant that first brought great French cooking to town without the snoots, we remarked to the captain how quiet the place was. “It’s been tough,” he admitted, ...

Back in April, I visited a restaurant in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (one of my favorite food and restaurant cities in the country) that knocked my socks off. Mind you, the rest of ...