Chagall Bistro Is Open For Business

By On · 8:38 am · Food & Drink · 12 Comments

chagall exterior 2

Chagall Bistro (formerly Belleville Bistro) opened quietly over the weekend, and is officially up and running. The new name and logo are posted along the windows and door, and the fresh paint job has the place looking a sunny pale green. No awnings have yet replaced the old Belleville signs.

chagall bistro exterior

The menu is revamped, but still French kosher. It’s been created  by Executive Chef Jean-Claude Teulade, a veteran of the famed French restaurant La Côte Basque, and reveals a reasonably priced range of entrees from a saffron risotto with diced jalapeños ($18), to a chicken fricasse with mushrooms, duck prosciutto, and fingerling potatoes au jus ($24), to a 14-oz rib eye steak with house-made French fries and a brandy-pepper sauce ($38). The appetizers (e.g., bronzino carpaccio, duck pastilla) and desserts (e.g., orange souffle, creme brulee) are equally enticing.

The kosher certification is done by OK Kosher Certification, dated February 22, 2013, and signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Gornish. Sonia tells me the web site is under construction but the menu will be online soon. In the meantime, you can find it posted in front of the entrance.

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According to the posting, the bistro will be open for dinner Sunday through Thursday only (opening at 5:00 p.m.), with brunch be available on Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. They’ll keep the place closed on Fridays and Saturdays.

Chagall Bistro is located at 330 Fifth Street at Fifth Avenue. For more information, or to make a reservation, call (718) 832-9777.

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  • fred

    re-branding is never a good sign. moutarde tried and failed.

    • BrooklynCouch

      Wow. Kosher in Park Slope?! I hope they have enough $ in reserve for the months it will take some critical mass of business. In theory, there’s a market for kosher amongst the relatively hip, young observant from further out in Brooklyn. The Slope also has a decent number of observant Jews. But this is uncharted territory. Good luck and prayers to them!

      • itzik

        Kosher not only for jewish observant nowadays. French quality cuisine could be appealing for non jewish. Reading the menu it’s just great to try and give a chance to Sonia and Dan to succeed and bring young american to taste the real french cuisine Kosher style. I wish them the best and I will try try it soon.

  • ParkSlopePerson

    Is there really a big call for a Kosher French restaurant in Park Slope?? And, after all these years, why the name change? I guess they are going with Chagall to compliment the fact that they are kosher now. All very odd. this was one of the first restaurants to open on 5th Avenue back when you didn’t go near 5th avenue at night and all there was were bodegas (which is what this place was many moons ago) and some bars (the restaurants that were on 5th Avenue back then before them were Aunt Suzie’s which is gone and 200 5th).

  • Kizmiaz

    The restaurant is closed on Friday and Saturday? What?

    • http://YeahThatsKosher.com Dani Klein

      It’s Kosher. Can’t be open on Sabbath.

      • Kizmiaz

        Saturday night?

        • http://YeahThatsKosher.com Dani Klein

          It can be … I think they’ll have to wait and see if demand requires it.

  • Richpontone

    Kosher restaurants have a habit of closing in PS. No demand for their food here.

    • Alton Hewitt-Hager

      I’m an observant Jew and have lived in Park Slope for 18 years–what is this “habit” you speak of?

      • http://YeahThatsKosher.com Dani Klein

        LOL … when has there been a Kosher restaurant in PS before?

  • Carol

    I hope they do well. There is definitely room for a kosher establishment of this caliber. I thought it was delicious. anybody that wants to have a great meal can get in their car and get there.We came from manhattan and will definitely dine there again.