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Le Gamin

536 E. 5th St., New York, NY 10009
nr. Ave. B  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-529-8933 Send to Phone
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  • Reader Rating:

    9.5 out of 10

    2 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Cafes, French
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Official Website

legamin.com

Hours

Daily, 8am-midnight

Nearby Subway Stops

F, V at Lower East Side-Second Ave.

Prices

$9.75-$19

Payment Methods

American Express

Special Features

  • Breakfast
  • Brunch - Daily
  • Delivery
  • Lunch
  • Take-Out

Alcohol

  • Beer and Wine Only

Reservations

Not Accepted

Delivery Area

Delancey St. to 14th St., Ave. D. to Third Ave.

Profile

This popular and inexpensive café chain specializes in French street crepes, sugared or salted and stuffed with everything from Nutella to smoked salmon to ratatouille, or any combination thereof. (You can mix and match three fillings in a salted crepe which includes a salad.) But that’s not the Francophile franchise’s main appeal—savor a generous bowl of café au lait while you get caught up on all the latest magazines, which share wall space with a variety of vintage French restaurant and tourist ephemera. It’s not quite the Left Bank, but it’s a good way to check out the latest French Vogue without shelling out fifteen bucks. — Andy Bailey

Recommended Dishes

Savory crepe which includes a salad, $7-$11; café au lait, $4.50

Reader Ratings

9.5 "Highly Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review

Brunch!

Graciefully_Me from Midtown | Posted on 10/1/05

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 9
Service: 8
Décor: 5
Value: 9

If I could, I would brunch here every day of the week! The lemon-sugar crepes, omlettes, french onion soups.. Everything is exactly how it should be. Only drawback, on Sundays (especially), they get OVERCROWDED and you sometimes wait and wonder...Read More

For Paris without the flight

zeecee from west village | Posted on 3/23/03

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 7
Service: 6
Décor: 7
Value: 9

The posters and French objects hanging on the walls, the huge bowls of steaming cafe au lait, the newspapers strewn about and the French being spoken give these places an authenticity so reminiscent of Paris. And you can sit forever, reading...Read More

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