Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Lobster Sandos & Champagne

It's Lobster Sandwich Time again. You're invited. Come to the boutique on Saturday afternoon and enjoy a lobster sandwich and a glass of champagne.

Free tasting of Maillart Champagne Cuvée Platine. Lobster Sandos are 16 euro. Call the boutique to order one in advance: 01.58.62.44.30
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Spring Boutique vous invite:

Sandwich Homard et Champagne
Samedi 19 Décembre 12h30 - 18h00
52 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, 75001 Paris

Dégustation de Champagne Maillart Cuvée Platine /gratuite
Sandwich Homard /16 euros

Réservez votre sandwich en avance!  01.58.62.44.30

Friday, December 04, 2009

Apprentissage

We have opened the boutique a week ago.
We've managed to get Table 28 up and running more or less smoothly.
The new restaurant (rue Bailleul) is undergoing fast and exciting construction.

In the evenings I'm roasting chickens at Table 28 with Fabien and Sofian.
The chickens are bigger and better than ever.

I've never been so busy and yet that isn't really the hardest part of the job.

Construction complications, balancing budgets, heavy lifting (the refrigerators arrived at the Boutique)...   I'm handling it with ease (thanks to Marie and Josh, Catherine, Sofian, Fabien, Bernard...)

The hardest part of the restaurant business is stil the same:
Keeping customers satisfied by staying focused, humble, and constantly asking the question 'How can we make this better?'

Sometimes it is a food question, sometimes it is a service question, sometimes it is an attitude question.

Tonight  it was a chicken leg question.

After three years I've learned quite a lot.  Tonight I was reminded that I'm at the beginning of my apprentissage.

To work!

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Degustation with Franck Peillot Thursday 10 December 5-9pm

We are happy to host winemaker Franck Peillot at Spring Boutique for a tasting of his wines from Bugey. For the occasion, M. Peillot will bring a limited quantity of magnums from his personal stock. We will be tasting Mondeuse and Altesse from Franck's superb vineyards in the Bugey between Lyon and Grenoble, and both wines will be for sale in 75 cl and magnums (great gifts, folks). Officially, the tasting is from 5 pm to 9 pm. Off the record, Franck will also be joining us for a sandwich and a glass of Mondeuse from noon to 2 pm.

I asked Franck to send along some photos to tantalize you. He said, "Oh, I don't know, I'll see what I can dig up." Take a look below at what was dug to give you a preview of whence these wines come forth.

Wine Tasting with Franck Peillot
Vigneron a Montaigneu
Thursday 10 December
17h00 – 21h00
Spring Boutique, 52 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, 75001 Paris





Nous sommes heureux d'accueillir le vigneron Franck Peillot à Spring Boutique pour une dégustation de ses vins de Bugey.
Pour l'occasion, M. Peillot apportera une quantité limitée de magnums de son stock personnel.

Dégustation avec Franck Peillot
Vigneron à Montaigneu
Jeudi 10 Decembre
17h00 – 21h00

Boutique is Open!

The opening of the Boutique went smoothly and was a lot of fun. Most people came to see Catherine Breton, but they ended up liking the store as well. Jean Montanet brought our favorite Jambon Persillé from St Pere (we're still trying to figure out how to get a regular supply for the store). Here are some photos:




It's fun playing store.