Barbette

Kim Bartmann turned her Café Wyrd coffee shop into this French brasserie in 2001 and it has anchored the corner of Lake and Irving ever since, a few blocks off the lake. The steak frites and the mussels are the long-running orders, the wine list is honest, and the all-day room slides from morning coffee to late-night with the same ease. Weekend brunch is an Uptown ritual. Sibling to Bryant Lake Bowl, and the kind of place that feels like it has always been here.