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Frommer's Recommended

This brasserie made a name for itself as the best people-watching sidewalk cafe in Harajuku, but then it abandoned teenybopper paradise for this grown-up location, where it does a booming trade with area business types. It still has a sidewalk of sorts, on a back terrace of the Ark Hills complex, but the parade is not nearly as interesting. Inside it's a faithful brasserie replica, with booths, a tiled floor, and a long bar, making it equally popular for a drink after work. Lunch features specials written on a blackboard, along with such mainstays as croque-monsieur, quiche Lorraine, and hot dog Parisien (though it's hard to imagine there is such a thing), while dinner offers more substantial fare such as pan-sautéed scallops, grilled loin of lamb, fricasse of veal, and roast duckling. There's a second location in Akasaka, in front of the Hotel New Otani at 4-1 Kioicho (tel. 03/5276-3422), open the same hours.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Tokyo, 10th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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