Cafe Rabelais

• Cuisine(s): French
  Hours: Mon-Wed 6pm-9pm, Tue-Sat 11am-2:30pm, Thu-Sat 6pm-10pm
  Price: $$
  Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
• Attire: Business Casual
  Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout
  Serving: Dinner, Lunch
  Alcohol: Full bar
• Reservations: Accepted, Not Accepted
  Parking: Lot Available

Description

This tiny new French cafe in Rice Village does a remarkable job of re-creating lovable peasant dishes from the French countryside. Try merguez and frites (lamb sausage and french fries) or a goat cheese-and-olive tart or even a chicken liver-and-poached-egg salad for lunch. The blackboard menu also might include steak salad, bavette frites (flank steak and french fries) or an old-fashioned vegetable potage. The mottled cream-colored walls look like old plaster, and somehow the French rural look is absolutely charming despite the shopping center parking lot outside the window.