Hot Plate: AIX

Where?
2293 Broadway, corner of West 88th Street. Ah, two blocks north of Ouest?
Indeed. And with Compass now Zagat’s Newcomer of the Year, the West Side is the new East Side. Posh steak-frites, right?
Mais non! Didier Virot is a Jean-Georges protégé – we’re talking venison in cocoa-coffee sauce and tomato dessert! What about the other diners?
Ivana has already presided over an event there, and three different publicists are pulling in the in-crowd.But will they tell us how to pronounce the place?
As in Provence, stupid.

Hot Plate: AIX