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Frommer's Exceptional

One of New York's best "special occasion" restaurants mainly because, well, they treat you so special. The dining room is a charmer with changing daily floral displays and an interesting modern-art collection. Tables are far enough apart to give diners plenty of intimacy, something rare in many New York restaurants these days. Your server will work with you on your choices, pairing items that go best together. The French-themed menu is seasonal and changes every few weeks, but one signature dish appears on almost every menu: a marvelous grilled seafood sausage. Cheese lovers should opt for a cheese course -- the presentation and selection can't be beat. The wine list is superlative but expensive. Still, you don't come to Chanterelle on the cheap -- you come to celebrate.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's New York City 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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