Bonjour, Bar Bête! Welcome To Smith Street

Right at the end of 2019, Bar Bête, a French-Canadian bistro,  opened at 263 Smith Street the corner of Degraw in Carroll Gardens. We were too busy to acknowledge its opening as we were busy with planning for the holidays, but are happy to see that new life has been breathed into this corner retail space occupied until recently by Provence en Boite.
The eatery is a new venture for Joe Ogrodnek, formerly of Battersby and Dover, and chef Marc St. Jacques, who was the executive chef at Toronto’s famed Auberge du Pommier for a decade.
The space has been tastefully redone and the interior looks quite inviting.
The name 'bête' by the way comes from the French word for 'beast', though it also means 'stupid'.
In this case, it must surely refer to the menu, which includes steak tartare, roasted poussin, and aged duck.
Bar Bête is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 5:30pm to 11pm.

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