Restaurants & Bars

Clinton Hill Eatery Added To Prestigious Michelin Guide

Place des Fêtes is among 30 new additions to Michelin's New York City guide announced Tuesday.

Place des Fêtes​ at 212 Greene Ave. is among six Brooklyn eateries added Tuesday to the Michelin guide to New York City.
Place des Fêtes​ at 212 Greene Ave. is among six Brooklyn eateries added Tuesday to the Michelin guide to New York City. (GoogleMaps)

CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN — A Clinton Hill wine bar owned by the Oxalis team is among 30 New York City eateries added Tuesday to the prestigious Michelin Guide, the French company announced.

Place des Fêtes at 212 Greene Ave., off Grand Avenue, earned high marks among Michelin inspectors for both its food and wine, according to Tuesdays announcements.

"This Clinton Hill hangout, courtesy of the talented team behind Oxalis, cooks as great as it pours," a Michelin inspector wrote. "Both the food and the wines lean Spanish."

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A total of six new Brooklyn restaurants spanning from Flatbush to Williamsburg made the guide:

Place des Fêtes first opened in March and has since received a love letter of a review from the New Yorker.

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"The anchovies were beguilingly unctuous," wrote critic Hannah Goldfield. "Even the cocktails make you think."

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