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Balthazar

The SoHo brasserie that never dated

Keith McNally’s Balthazar on Spring Street has been the perfect Parisian brasserie in New York since 1997: red banquettes, mirrors, a seafood tower on ice, steak frites, onion soup and a breakfast crowd of editors and models. It is loud, generous and open from morning to late, and the bread from its bakery is a city institution.

Signature dish

Seafood plateau, steak frites, onion soup, the bread