Openings

Paris Comes to Brooklyn in the Form of New Bushwick Bistro Le Garage

Glazed flounder, sorrel, and roasted corn.
Glazed flounder, sorrel, and roasted corn. Photo: Kathryn Palmieri/New York Magazine

You might say that Rachel Allswang has been postponing the inevitable. She grew up in her mother Catherine’s restaurants in San Francisco and Paris, before trying her hand at interior design in New York. Now Catherine (who still runs three spots in Paris, including La Laiterie Sainte Clotilde) and Rachel have combined their talents to open this 60-seat space encompassing four renovated lots — one that was formerly used to raise pigeons. No squabs on the menu here, just some of Catherine’s neo-bistro dishes like duck-fat potatoes with béarnaise and glazed flounder with sorrel jus. Rachel, who designed the restaurant (open kitchen, concrete floors, burnt-orange banquettes), heads the front of the house, but mom still rules the kitchen.

The restaurant should open within the next week or so; until then, take a look at the room and the food.

The façade.
The façade. Photo: Melissa Hom/New York Magazine
The dining room.
The dining room. Photo: Melissa Hom/New York Magazine
The kitchen (with Catherine Allswang).
The kitchen (with Catherine Allswang). Photo: Melissa Hom/New York Magazine
Roast chicken for two, spinach à la crème.
Roast chicken for two, spinach à la crème. Photo: Melissa Hom/New York Magazine
Soupe de carrot, Reinette apples, and orange peel.
Soupe de carrot, Reinette apples, and orange peel. Photo: Melissa Hom/New York Magazine
Chèvre cendré, grapes, and chervil.
Chèvre cendré, grapes, and chervil. Photo: Melissa Hom/New York Magazine
Confit Charlotte potatoes stuffed with snails.
Confit Charlotte potatoes stuffed with snails. Photo: Kathryn Palmieri/New York Magazine

Le Garage, 159B Central Ave., entrance on Suydam St., Bushwick; no phone yet.

*A version of this article appears in the October 5, 2015 issue of New York Magazine.

Bistro Le Garage Opens in Bushwick