THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Le Gamin

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Le Gamin Restaurant Review:

Tucked under a brownstone in the painfully chic South End, Le Gamin is about as close to the Left Bank as you’ll get in the land of chowder. The subterranean room is littered with newspapers. Well-coifed locals, taking a breather from some nightlife or maybe even from work, lounge around on the mismatched furniture. Waiters recite daily specials with French accents and customers loiter for hours over glasses of white burgundy. Advertised as a crêperie, Le Gamin is also very much a café. Crêpes come in every guise imaginable. Escargots are piping hot, beautifully buttery and garlicky. Salads (niçoise, goat cheese, tossed green) are well dressed and bountiful. Quiche Lorraine is a rural classic done well. The steak au poivre is Gallic soul food, as is the daily special coq au vin. An interesting and short wine list helps complete this quicker-than-the-Concorde trip to Paris.