So maybe a $200 steak ain’t your cup of meat. For you bargain hunters looking for serious bang for the buck, look no further than Gregory Gorreau’s nineteen buck special at Payard Bistro and Patisserie.
Here you can learn all about it from ELV and Emmy Award-winning Denise Valdez:
Bon appetit!
My husband and I tried the $19 prix fixe last weekend. The caprese and couscous were nice. But you must have gotten the special John Curtas treatment on the halibut and the steak — we got miniature versions of portions shown in your pictures. Our meat and fish were amuse bouche sized. Tasty, but a joke in size. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t expecting that much for $19 total (and I’m not into huge American portions), but they shouldn’t try to pass this off as anything close to a real lunch entree.
Also, dessert was not as stated on the menu. It was fine, but beware if you have your heart set on what is actually listed. When a different dessert came, I inquired and the waiter told me that it was a set menu. I said that I understand and that I just want what’s on the menu. He said there was a printing mistake and that I couldn’t make any substitutions. Huh? I don’t want a substitution — I want what’s listed. I like Payard, but this deal was a weird and unsatisfying experience.