Returning to an old friend

We went back to one of our all-time favorite restaurants this week. Jubilee is a small French restaurant in the Sutton Place area. There specialty is Mussels with the best Pommes Frite in the city. Christina loves the mussels but I usually order the Steak au poivre (because it comes with the "frites"!). All are delicious. The restaurant is always crowded with local people (you can tell by their ages) and reservations are necessary at all times. Prices are not cheap, but moderate.

We are already depressed that we can't go back for a year under our "restaurant challenge" but we will persevere.

We both had the Portobello mushroom Salad with Blue Cheese. It was very good.

Chris had the Mussels Marinieres - steamed with white wine, shallots and parsley, It's a huge bowl of mussels for $11.00.

I had the Grilled Scallops with Celery "tagliatelle" and bacon (Saint Jacques Poelles, Tagliatelles de Celeri Carbonara et Jus de la Truffe). It was delicious and much more "nutricious than the steak". I had to order a portion of the Pommes Frites because Christina was being good.

Jubilee
East 50s
347 E. 54th St.
(bet. 1st & 2nd Aves.)
Manhattan, NY 10022
212-888-3569

ZAGATS says...
Though you always have to mussel your way in to this cramped Sutton Place French bistro, the signature wonderful moules frites reward the effort; add a friendly?, neighborly ambiance and fair prices (for the locale), and you've got a party every night.