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Lutèce was a French restaurant in Manhattan that operated for more than 40 years before closing in early 2004. It once had a satellite restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip.〔(Eat and Be Merry; On Saturday 2 Classics Die )〕 It was famous for its Alsatian onion tart and a sauteed foie gras with dark chocolate sauce and bitter orange marmalade.〔("Au Revoir, Lutèce" ). Gothamist.〕 ==History== Lutèce was opened in 1961 by founder Andre Surmain, who brought young chef André Soltner to run the kitchen. Shortly thereafter, Surmain and Soltner became partners, and they ran the restaurant together until Surmain returned to Europe. He first retired to Majorca, then later ran ''Le Relais à Mougins'' in Mougins, Southern France.〔''"La Creme de la Creme – Lutece"'', New York Magazine, February 7, 1983.〕 In 1986, he returned to the US to open a branch of the same restaurant at the Palm Court Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.〔Marilyn Alva (Jan 13, 1986) "Lutèce creator back in the United States; Andre Surmain 'starts over again' at Le Relais a Mougins in Florida", ''Nation's Restaurant News'', Gale〕 Soltner became chef-owner of Lutèce until it was sold to Ark Restaurants in the 1990s. Lutèce closed on February 14, 2004, after a period of declining revenues attributed both to having alienated longtime customers with a change in menu following the restaurant's sale, and more general industry changes such as a decrease in lunchtime expense account diners and the effects on New York City's tourism industry following the September 11, 2001, attacks.〔John J. Goldman. "Ah, creme de la creme Lutece dies a la mode – NYC French eatery catered to the rich, famous, powerful," ''Chicago Tribune'', February 16, 2004, page 11.〕 Julia Child 〔(Singular Meal )〕and a panel of food critics for ''Playboy'' magazine〔No author. "If Lutece is open, Soltner is at the stove," ''USA Today'', September 10, 1987, page 4D.〕 each proclaimed Lutèce the best restaurant in the United States, a rank it held in the Zagat's survey for six consecutive years in the 1980s.〔 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「Lutèce (restaurant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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