A new “gastronomique” but rustic farm-to-table (where else would the food go?) establishment which specialized in hand-cultivated microgreens as well as organically grown produce from their roof garden was opening on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Trendy, pushing its way into the upscale reaches, daring to declare itself an ingenue. Were these self-proclaimed titles worthy of such blandishments?
L’Oiseau Solitaire by SM Prasad
A new “gastronomique” but rustic farm-to-table (where else would the food go?) establishment which specialized in hand-cultivated microgreens as well as organically grown produce from their roof garden was opening on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Trendy, pushing its way into the upscale reaches, daring to declare itself an ingenue. Were these self-proclaimed titles worthy of such blandishments?

