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Holiday Hours

Café Presse and Le Pichet will observe the following special hours during the 2018 Holiday Season so that our hard-working team may spend time with their families. Le Pichet: Christmas Eve, Monday December 24             Open for breakfast and lunch, closing at 2pm Christmas Day, Tuesday December 25            Closed all day New Year’s […]

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Café Presse and Le Pichet will observe the following special hours during the 2018 Holiday Season so that our hard-working team may spend time with their families. Le Pichet: Christmas Eve, Monday December 24             Open for breakfast and lunch, closing at 2pm Christmas Day, Tuesday December 25            Closed all day New Year’s

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Roasted fish: quick and easy supper

It is not that often that one really gets the chance to let what’s fresh in the market determine what’s for lunch. However, a Tuesday market day in Orthez, with no obligations and no plans imposing, offered just such a chance. This Dorade Royale, also known as Atlantic Sea Bream, had the clearest eyes and

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It is not that often that one really gets the chance to let what’s fresh in the market determine what’s for lunch. However, a Tuesday market day in Orthez, with no obligations and no plans imposing, offered just such a chance. This Dorade Royale, also known as Atlantic Sea Bream, had the clearest eyes and

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Visit to Charcuterie Louis Ospital

En route with friends from Orthez to Spain, stopped for a morning visit to Charcuterie Louis Ospital, where we were welcomed by  owner/operator Eric Ospital.  As mentioned in a previous post, Maison Ospital has grown from a tiny storefront selling house-made charcutere (the tiny original store still exists by the way) into perhaps the most

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En route with friends from Orthez to Spain, stopped for a morning visit to Charcuterie Louis Ospital, where we were welcomed by  owner/operator Eric Ospital.  As mentioned in a previous post, Maison Ospital has grown from a tiny storefront selling house-made charcutere (the tiny original store still exists by the way) into perhaps the most

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Café Presse Fall menu photos

On Thursday October 4th, Café Presse chef de cuisine James O’Hern unveiled his new menu for Fall.  As always, the day started with a menu tasting for the waitstaff.  Here are some photos of the new dishes that feature the best from  the Fall farm tables. Look for more photos soon of the new Fall

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On Thursday October 4th, Café Presse chef de cuisine James O’Hern unveiled his new menu for Fall.  As always, the day started with a menu tasting for the waitstaff.  Here are some photos of the new dishes that feature the best from  the Fall farm tables. Look for more photos soon of the new Fall

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Bastille Day T-shirts still available

If you missed your chance on Bastille Day to purchase our limited edition t-shirt celebrating the 16th anniversary of Le Pichet’s Fête de Quatorze Juillet, fret not…Yes they are still available! The shirts are 100% cotton, made in America and are available in unisex sizes S to XL.  The price is $20 and they are

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If you missed your chance on Bastille Day to purchase our limited edition t-shirt celebrating the 16th anniversary of Le Pichet’s Fête de Quatorze Juillet, fret not…Yes they are still available! The shirts are 100% cotton, made in America and are available in unisex sizes S to XL.  The price is $20 and they are

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Matches for Day 1 of European Soccer

         Day 1 of EPL and Ligue1 Settle in for the first day of European Football ’18-’19 Special food and drinks menu during all matches Friday 8/10 12noon Manchester Utd v Leicester City 3pm Olympique de Marseille v Toulouse FC  Saturday 8/11 7am Hudderfield Town v Chelsea 9am FC Nantes v AS

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         Day 1 of EPL and Ligue1 Settle in for the first day of European Football ’18-’19 Special food and drinks menu during all matches Friday 8/10 12noon Manchester Utd v Leicester City 3pm Olympique de Marseille v Toulouse FC  Saturday 8/11 7am Hudderfield Town v Chelsea 9am FC Nantes v AS

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Coupes Glacées at Café Presse

Coupes Glacées are one of the specialties of French cooking that tend to be less known to the rest of the world.  This relative obscurity may stem from the fact that the French didn’t invent ice cream (who did? You may well ask, as it is a topic of much debate. See Elizabeth David’s excellent

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Coupes Glacées are one of the specialties of French cooking that tend to be less known to the rest of the world.  This relative obscurity may stem from the fact that the French didn’t invent ice cream (who did? You may well ask, as it is a topic of much debate. See Elizabeth David’s excellent

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Croque Provençal

Our special du jour yesterday at Café Presse was  the Croque Provençal.  Our version, which is meat free, features the same bread we use for our Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame (made by our friends at Grand Central Bakery) along with cave-aged Comté cheese, béchamel sauce, basil pistou and sliced tomatoes. Yummy! But why bother

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Our special du jour yesterday at Café Presse was  the Croque Provençal.  Our version, which is meat free, features the same bread we use for our Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame (made by our friends at Grand Central Bakery) along with cave-aged Comté cheese, béchamel sauce, basil pistou and sliced tomatoes. Yummy! But why bother

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