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Balthazar is a French brasserie restaurant located at 80 Spring Street (between Broadway and Crosby Street) in SoHo in Manhattan, in New York City. It opened on April 21, 1997, and is owned by celebrity chef Keith McNally.〔 Two years after its opening, it was still reportedly the hottest reservation in the city. McNally joked that the best offer he had received for a reservation was to not break McNally's legs. McNally also owns Pastis, Cafe Luxembourg, Lucky Strike, the Russian-themed bar and restaurant Pravda, Odeon in Tribeca, and Schiller's Liquor Bar on the Lower East Side. Balthazar Bakery was later opened, at 80 Spring Street.〔 McNally is opening a Balthazar in the theater district in Covent Garden in London, in February 2013. Balthazar London will reside within a building known as The Flower Cellars, sharing the space with The London Film Museum. General manager will be Byron Lang. __NOTOC__ ==Description== Among its dishes are ''steak au poivre'', steak frites, short ribs, beef stroganoff, duck confit, butternut squash, skate, and French onion soup (of which the brasserie serves 15 gallons daily).〔〔 Balthazar typically serves around 1,500 guests a day, and by the far the most popular dish is steak frites; the restaurant can sell 200 per day, and out of the 200-odd employees, two full-time prep cooks are required just to handle potatoes for frying.〔 It is also known for its raw bar.〔 The head chef is Shane McBride,〔 who was preceded by Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr. The SoHo building that houses Balthazar formerly was occupied by a tannery.〔 Today, Balthazar is designed to imitate traditional brasserie atmosphere. It has high-backed red leather banquettes, scarred and peeling brass oversize mirrors, high tin ceiling, scuffed tiled floor, faded saffron yellow walls, large windows, and antique lighting.〔〔〔〔〔 One reviewer wrote that two-thirds of the restaurant's appeal is atmospheric.〔 The restaurant is loud and bustling,〔 and seats 180 people. Balthazar is also known for celebrity-watching; in 2012, ''Fodor's'' ranked it # 1 in New York City in that category. In 1997, restaurant critic Gael Greene wrote that Balthazar was still stellar, but had come down to earth. In 2013, ''Zagat's'' gave Balthazar a food rating of 24, a decor rating of 24, and ranked it the second best French brasserie restaurant in New York City.〔 That year, the New York ''Daily News'' rated its French onion soup the second-best in the city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balthazar (restaurant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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