Francie

It opened in December 2020, which was about the worst month in a century to open a restaurant in New York, and it earned a Michelin star anyway.Christopher Cipollone is chef-owner and John Winterman is owner-operator, and that pairing is the reason the place works. Winterman spent years in some of the most exacting dining rooms in America and brings a front-of-house standard that most Brooklyn restaurants do not attempt; Cipollone cooks. The result is a brasserie with the service culture of a…