Upper East Side · French · Bistro
The oldest French bistro in New York, reopened by the Frenchette team — a 1937 room brought back without being modernized
Le Veau d'Or opened in 1937 and spent its last decades as a nearly-empty room kept alive by a handful of regulars. Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson of Frenchette took it over and reopened it in 2024, and the achievement is that it does not feel like a revival — it feels like the restaurant simply resumed. The menu is a fixed list of bistro classics served in courses: rémoulade, quenelles, tripes, a tarragon chicken that arrives under a lid. The room is small, red, and loud in the right way. This is the rare restoration that understood the assignment was preservation, not reinvention.
Le Veau d'Or is the oldest French bistro in New York, reopened by the Frenchette team — a 1937 room brought back without being modernized. Regulars order céleri rémoulade and poulet à l'estragon.
Le Veau d'Or is priced at $$$$ — approx. $75+ per person, a special-occasion spend.
Le Veau d'Or does not list an online reservation system. Reservations essential; books out weeks ahead
Le Veau d'Or is at 129 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022, in Upper East Side. Street parking on E 60th; garages near Lexington Ave