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La Grenouille (French for "The Frog") was a French restaurant at 3 East 52nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. [1] [2] Founded in 1962 by former Henri Soulé apprentice Charles Masson Sr. and his wife Gisèle, later with sons Philippe and Charles, La Grenouille became a location of choice among New York, U.S., and eventually international ...
Once a celebrity hot spot, Midtown's French fine dining institution has finally croaked.
The iconic French restaurant opened in 1962.
Charles Masson Sr. (May 1914 Belfort - February 4, 1975 Manhattan) was the founder, in 1962, [1] and owner of Le Grenouille. Lawrence Van Gelder wrote in the New York Times that Masson "belonged to that aristocracy of New York restaurateurs who trace their professional lineage to the arrival here in 1939 of Henri Soulé". [2]
Lafayette was a French restaurant in New York City located at 202 East 50th Street. It was established in 1965 and closed in the late 1970s. W magazine referred to it in 1972, as one of "Les Six, the last bastions of grand luxe dining in New York." The other five named were La Grenouille, La Caravelle, La Côte Basque, Quo Vadis, and Lutèce ...
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La Grenouille, GRENOUILLE or Grenouille may refer to: Grenouille, a main character in the novel "Perfume" La Grenouille (restaurant), in New York City, US; René Benoit "La Grenouille", a fictional television character in the NCIS series; GRENOUILLE, grating-eliminated no-nonsense observation of ultrafast incident laser light e-fields
The restaurant started as the Le Restaurant du Pavillon de France at the 1939 New York World's Fair run by Henri Soulé (1904–1966). During this time, Charles Masson Sr., co-founder of New York City's famed restaurant La Grenouille had worked under Henri Soulé in Le Pavillon. [2]