Bistrot La Minette

Today, Saturday,
7/27/24
We will NOT be
offering food service
in our bar area
tonight, July, 27, 2024.

Our seating in
the bar area remains
first come, first serve
for drink service.
Thank you.

We have four services left before Bistrot La Minette closes its doors. Tonight, our bar seating will be available on a first come, first serve basis, but we will NOT be serving food at the bar. We appreciate your understanding as we all say goodbye to Bistrot La Minette!

We are grateful for all your support as we make our way into our last week of service. However, tonight we are unable to offer food service in our bar area. Please still join us for wine or cocktails!

Please forgive any confusion, but today, 7/13, we are NOT offering food service in our bar area seating tonight. Bar area food service will presumably resume when we reopen for service on Tuesday, July 16th. Thank you and please join us for a cocktail or final wine before our final service, July 31st.

All guests in our bar area will unfortunately not have the chance to dine with us this weekend. While you are still welcome on a first come, first served basis for a cocktail or some wine, we are unable to accommodate food service at our bar area seating this weekend (7/12-7/13) We appreciate your patience and understanding as we navigate our last few weeks!

We will be closed tomorrow, July 4th, and will reopen for service July 5th at 5:30 PM. We are no longer taking reservations, but our bar seating remains first come, first served.

Thank you so much for your support in helping us be fully booked out until our last day of service, Wednesday, July 31st. We hope to end with a bang. Please continue tagging us in your Bistrot memories old and new, and thank you for ending this chapter with us.

We appreciate your patronage in these last few weeks, but we will no longer be offering Happy Hour. You are still able to join us at our bar, but there will no longer be a happy hour menu, effective immediately. Reservations are strongly encouraged for the last few weeks of service and they are available via OpenTable. Thank you.

Words from owner Peter Woolsey. Bistrot La Minette will host its final service on Wednesday, July 31st.

“Dear guests, patrons, friends,

It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing the closure of Bistrot La Minette. It is the end of an era not just for myself but for so many others with deep connections to the Bistrot. I started the Bistrot when I was just 30 and sixteen years later I have spent a third of my life cooking in the heat, cooling off in the walk-ins, organizing food storage, mentoring cooks and chefs, double checking invoices, telling dirty jokes, and managing the stress of being a restaurateur.

None of the success of the Bistrot would have been possible without my wife Peggy. She shared in all the successes but also had to endure all the pitfalls of restaurant ownership. For large swaths of time she was practically a single parent with a husband that could barely be conscious on his days off, always exhausted from the week. The mark she left on the design of the Bistrot is everywhere. While we were building the Bistrot she was very pregnant and had trouble sleeping through the night. I would wake up to sixty or more e-mails from her with photos of chairs, glasses, cutlery and paint colors. Bistrot’s authentic feel is entirely her doing. One of my fondest memories was in the months leading up to our opening sharing a bottle of rosé while our just-born infant son slept in his pack-and-play while we decided where to hang all the photos and decor in the restaurant. One of our blackboards still holds the French pronunciation lesson she gave our staff a week or so before opening. Her back-end support and love is the only reason I could have achieved this dream.”

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You don’t want to miss this dinner, Wednesday, June 12th! In collaboration with and Chef Chris Kearse, there will be an installment of their French AF series with a Foie Gras tasting dinner. On Thursday, the 13th, Peter Woolsey will be at Forsythia. Make your reservations now via open table or by calling, and please note you’re interested in this menu! 5 courses are offered for $95 with $45 wine pairing.

Here’s a dinner you won’t want to miss on Wednesday, June 12th! In collaboration with and Chef Chris Kearse, there will be an installment of their French AF series with a Foie Gras tasting dinner. On Thursday, the 13th, Peter Woolsey will be at Forsythia. Make your reservations now via open table or by calling, and please note you’re interested in this menu! 5 courses are offered for $95 with $45 wine pairing.

Thank you to all who participated in our brasserie dinner on Wednesday and Thursday! We hope you enjoyed this dinner as much as we enjoyed serving it! Here are some pictures of the four courses offered on this specialty menu. Be the first to hear about any upcoming events by subscribing to our news letter so you can make sure you’re at the next one

In collaboration with Kevin Rhoades from Botanery Barn () & Michele Alwine from The Wine Merchant, Bistrot La Minette presents the Revivalist Gin Dinner. Like our wine dinners, this menu offers limited seating of 16 people for a menu and cocktail pairing with seating at 7PM. To make your reservation, call or book through open table, but make sure to include you would like that to participate in this menu as space is limited and reservations are confirmed on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.

Thank you to all who reserved this specialty menu and to everyone who expressed interest. Our Brasserie dinner is SOLD OUT.

Join us for our Brasserie dinner next week! Reservations available by phone or via open table! Hear about regional dinners and any other special events by subscribing to our newsletter. Menu is offered at $65 with an additional $25 for wine pairings.

Tonight we are offering a couple of specials! Offered as an appetizer is our Foie Gras special, a pan-seared foie gras, with fig spread, frisée, walnuts, and grapefruit. We are also offering a brown butter-seared Fluke, mousseline sauce, lentils, with grilled carrots as an entree. Join us and tell us your thoughts!

Wanna stop in for a bite or drink? Join us for happy hour, Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30-7! First come, first served at the bar area 🍻🍷🥂

Tonight’s foie gras special!

Red wine poached pear, watercress, candied ginger, and toasted pine nuts. Offered as an appetizer! Come in and tell us what you think!

Recently shared some kind words by about us! Along with some amazing pictures by .olephotography. Come in and see what they’re raving about, and get a look at us for yourself!

Reservations available on Open Table!

Bone-in beef short rib, watercress potato puree, soubise, pickled onion

We’re back in action! Thank you all for your kind messages during our closure. Our team has been hard at work getting the restaurant back in order to ensure we serve you safely and to the best of our abilities! Now hurry, this flourless chocolate cake on our dessert menu is waiting for you 😉