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Lee Hanson

  1. what's old is new again
    Frenchette’s Chefs Have Taken Over a Legendary Uptown BistroLee Hanson and Riad Nasr are revamping Le Veau d’Or (and they’re keeping the tripe).
    By Chris Crowley
  2. restaurant review
    Frenchette’s Confident Takes on Timeworn Classics Brim With Creativity, FinesseThe menu is filled with carefully rendered dishes drawn from the old French canon, which others might consider too quirky, expensive, or laborious.
    By Adam Platt
  3. openings
    Keith McNally’s Former Head Chefs Open Frenchette in TribecaGet ready for rotisserie lobster, steak of the day, and plenty of natural wine.
    By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld
  4. fall preview 2017
    Frenchette Will Be a Fresh Start for Two Former Keith McNally ChefsAfter years of building the McNally brand, Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr want to establish their own.
    By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld
  5. Keith McNally’s All-Star Chefs Plot Tribeca RestaurantLee Hanson and Riad Nasr are returning from hiatus.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  6. Chef Shuffle
    Ex-Balthazar Chefs Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr Will Take Over El QuijoteThe restaurant turns 85 next year.
    By Hugh Merwin
  7. Chef PSA
    Ex-Balthazar Chef Riad Nasr Plans ‘Little Break’ From CookingHe’s been working nonstop for twenty years.
    By Hugh Merwin
  8. Chef Shuffle
    Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr to Part Ways With Keith McNallyThe co-executive chefs at Balthazar and Minetta Tavern are leaving the restaurants.
    By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld
  9. How Do You Make That?
    How to Make the Sticky-Toffee Pudding From Schiller’sYou requested it!
    By Daniel Maurer
  10. Empire Building
    What to Expect From Di Fara, LaFrieda, White, Carmellini, and More at La GuardiaJason Denton of ‘ino is also involved and looking for another spot in Williamsburg.
    By Daniel Maurer
  11. Chef Shuffle
    Balthazar Gets New ToqueA Payard alum moves into the kitchen.
    By Daniel Maurer
  12. TV Land
    Minetta Tavern Team Test-Runs Black Label Sliders on MarthaRecipes for the Tavern’s roast chicken and sides, too.
    By Daniel Maurer
  13. Terminal Cases
    Chefs, Bloomberg Christen JetBlue’s Food Court of the FutureSee photos from Terminal 5’s soft opening.
    By Alexandra Vallis
  14. NewsFeed
    Our JetBlue-Airport Dreams Come TrueBistro from the Balthazar guys and tapas from Tía Pol’s Alex Raij … all coming to the JetBlue terminal.
  15. VideoFeed
    Our Valentine’s Day Present to You: Balthazar Chefs in Their Bathrobes We’ve always dreamed of scoring one of the très elegant jackets that Balthazar waiters wear (hint, hint, guys), but on a recent Martha Stewart Show, Balth chefs Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr modeled an even more stylish item — Balthazar bathrobes! (“We were going to wear teddies, but it would not have been good for ratings,” a handlebar-mustached Lee Hanson quips.) If you want to make your V-Day date a pretty mean breakfast in bed tomorrow, check out the clip in which the boys demonstrate “the French take on breakfast burritos.” Just pretend not to notice the amount of butter that goes into this dish.