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French Restaurant
CREPES PIERRETTE
4794 S. Eastern Ave.
Anything French in this town used to be accompanied by the following symbols: $$$$. By lowering the tab, the authentically French owners took their country's cuisine out of the price range of gourmet rooms such as Andre's -- a perennial winner now bumped to second place -- and handed it down to the rabble. Let them eat crepes!
Our Pick:
CREPES PIERRETTE
Hey, this was supposed to be our little secret. Do you think journalists could have afforded French food before this restaurant came to town? Crepes Pierrette recently expanded beyond its original crepes-and-more-crepes menu to offer a more diverse bistro concept and fully themed dinners or winemakers' showcases.