Balthazar

Owned by chef Keith McNally, Balthazar is one of my favorite restaurants and destinations in all of New York City. The restaurant is known for its high quality and traditional French menu, its French brasserie decor, and it's situated in the heart of SoHo where many designers, celebrities, and Manhattanites congregate. Recently, I learned more about the details to the design of the restaurant, which included special plaster treatments on the walls to make them look aged. McNally also collected old mirrors and pieced them together with lead to create gigantic framed mirrors, which were very atmospheric and charming. In addition to the restaurant, there is a side store bakery, which has many freshly baked cookies, breads, pies, and delicious tarts. I was thrilled to get breakfast at Balthazar and I hope to stop in again the next time I'm back in New York.