Cantine Parisienne Soft Opens Inside the Nolitan on Kenmare

Over a year in the works, the Nolitan restaurant anchor Cantine Parisienne is finally serving. Just not to the public at large. Yet. Signs on the door of 40 Kenmare Street indicate the “modern, accessible French bistro” is operating under “friends and family” mode for the time being, with hotel guests also granted dining access. Official christening is apparently “coming very soon.”

That said, the new Cantine looks just as soulless in the Tetris-blocked building as predecessor Ellabess. This ain’t no Mos Eisley for the characters of the Lower East Side.