Bistro Zinc

It has been a looooong time since I have been here.  It was nice to see that the place was still open and just as good as I remembered it!  The cuisine is french influence with dishes such as beef bourguigne and coq au vin.  The place is well decorated with a beautiful bar, red banquets, and walls decorated with paintings.  Service is impeccable but its the food that hits it on the nail for me.  Menu is moderately priced with a nice selection of wine and drinks.  If you are there make sure to have the pate which is probably the best thing on the menu.  Until next time Zinc!  See you again when I'm next in town!

From the outside the place is nice and quaint, from the inside it's very pretty.  The service was good and the whole thing rather classy.  Perhaps a little too much for my taste, but I won't hold that against the place.  Overall, I found that the ambiance just didn't cut it for me... it's about the food.  The bread was good, in fact I'd take some more.  My burger was yummy, but the fries left something to be desired.  So then why only a 3 and not a 4?  Because when you pay $20 for a hamburger and fries the whole plate should impress me, not having me a person who almost always cleans his plate leaving most of my fries for the birds.

We were in Lenox for lunch and had a solid enjoyable lunch with wine on the vane of French food.

It's not pronounced Zanc like the joint one block off Blvd St. Germain, but rather zinc in respect for the tin ceiling. Yes, we asked.

As you may know, I've been to the Zanc and sat through the patrons from hell next to us.

At Zinc, the old ladies next to us were talking about church and were much more interesting and the experience more peaceful.

We both had the pate and soup.  I onion, she potatoe leek.The leek won.  The onion was too light in color and lacked the depth of flavors that slow caramelizing produces.  

The wines:  Chilean red and Bordeau red by the glass, we split out likes on those, but both were good.

Meal $60 with tip.  We love pate.  Worth the stop.