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This was a memorable evening at Club Gascon in Smithfield. It was a new place (it had only opened a few months earlier) and all the rage when we visited it with The Mainellis in April 1999.
That was our first but certainly not our last visit.
I’m pretty sure the place became a reasonably regular haunt for Michael, at least for a while.
Janie was especially taken with their use of foie gras, which was celebrated in Club Gascon’s early incarnation. I too was taken with the food, but I am not partial to foie gras.
The restaurant gained a Michelin Star a couple of years after our first visit and still thrives at that location – here is a link to its website.