La Tache

Description
A few months ago La Tache shuttered and put up the kiss of death: a sign saying it was closed for renovations. The renovation line was no joke, though, and now the bistro has reopened with new life. It's the slick look of the place that's refreshing, but it's also the food. New chef Andrew Alcid and his sous Jordan Rose are knocking out bistro staples as if they just got off the boat from Normandy: French onion soup with an acidic punch of cider; roasted chicken with fava beans and a skin that crackles like Pop Rocks; steak frites with a deliriously rich blue-cheese sauce. The profiteroles—a La Tache staple—still end meals here on a note of disappointment. But with the way things are changing around here, they might not be around for long.