Best French Restaurants in Greenpoint

Chez Ma Tante is a neighborhood bistro where French-leaning European plates and one of the city’s most talked-about pancakes anchor brunch and dinner. Open since the late 2010s and now Michelin-listed, it’s where Greenpointers go for food that feels upscale but still works for a casual martini at the bar or a low-key date.

Restaurant Yuu is an 18-seat, reservation-only counter where chef-owner Yuu Shimano serves a long French-Japanese tasting menu that unfolds like theater, complete with a choreographed kitchen reveal. Awarded a Michelin star within its first year, it’s a destination for precise, luxurious plates that balance classical French technique with Japanese ingredients.

Le Gamin is a long-running French café and crêperie, founded in the early 1990s, that brought Parisian sidewalk energy to Franklin Street. Locals lean on it for savory buckwheat galettes, moules-frites, and all-day coffee or wine in a narrow, plant-filled room with sidewalk tables.

La Maison Tachon is a Saturday-only French dessert pop-up inside Oak & Iron, run by Ferrandi-trained pastry chef Sarah Tachon since 2024. Greenpoint regulars line up early for small-batch pastries like kouign-amann, financiers, and sablés that lean more patisserie-case chic than everyday café fare.

Charlotte Patisserie is a compact French bakery-café turning out croissants, elaborate entremets, and custom cakes from a glass-fronted counter on Manhattan Avenue. It functions as Greenpoint’s everyday pastry stop and occasional celebration-cake provider, with a mix of classic French flavors and more decorative modern desserts.