![]() ![]() ![]() The menu changes nearly every three weeks, the chef said, but the two dishes have remained since the two-story restaurant opened nearly four years ago are a mixed green salad with ginger vinaigrette ("You always need a simple salad," deWaal explained) and classic vanilla creme brulée ("Folks love it.") "I don't like to say fusion," deWaal said about his food, "because you won't find both on a plate.We'll have lobster bisque and we'll have miso-ginger soup but we won't have a miso-ginger lobster bisque." Take our suggestion, sir: next time you're seated outdoors, turn your chair around, gaze at that gorgeous body of water and enjoy deWaal's French and Asian eats with a pair of sunglasses on. "One guy complained about the reflection on the building," deWaal said. Some folks have even exchanged marriage vows there - often under the big, old tree right by the water.īut then again, deWaal said, you always get a "crazy person," who insists on sitting outside and does so with his back to the lake. Go: 200 Park Ave., Fort Lee 201- 583-4777 / Andre’s, SpartaĬome warm weather and "everybody wants to sit outside," said chef/owner Andre' deWaal of Andre's, an elegant French and Asian seasonal restaurant that sits a mere 20 feet from lovely Seneca Lake. ![]() The patio has a hostess, in case you wander in through the park. Bring your dog along water bowls are provided, but sorry, Fido, Burke has not prepared any meals for four-legged guests. One more thing: in case you just can't do without, there's a big outdoor TV set, too. Oh yes, there's also his famous cheesecake lollipops and a chocolate cake in the shape of the George Washington Bridge. So in addition to cocktails the outdoor bar will shake, stir and serve, you can chow down on Burke's delicious food, including his ethereal lobster dumplings ($16), gigantic goat cheese-stuffed empanadas ($15), velvet-soft duck ($34) and perfectly cooked herb-roasted chicken ($27). Burke (he's won numerous James Beard awards,a Robert Mondavi award winner and is chef of Driftwood in Sea Bright and David Burke Tavern in Manhattan, among other restaurants) lives in one of the two residential glass skyscraper the restaurant sits between. Not only is it a big space (2,000-square feet) that abuts a park in the back of the hopping restaurant, but the food is overseen by celebrity chef David Burke. "It's a grand slam," said Alex Duran, the owner of newly opened Latin-Asian-American restaurant Ventanas in Fort Lee, about its outdoor dining. ![]()
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