Happy Ending

Come for the French food. Stay for the dessert.

etit Robert Bistro has won widespread acclaim for its moderately priced French cuisine in three unpretentious settings (including one in the suburbs). So what’s so secret? The pastry bar tucked into the lower level of the flagship Kenmore Square location. Skip the ice-cream chains and come here instead for a Gâteau Petit Robert (with an intricate chocolate Eiffel tower to match the model outside on the patio) or the Grand Marnier dessert soufflé. Horton

Shhhh! Chef Jacky Robert—part of the clan
that ran the famous Maison Robert—and
manager Loic Le Garrec worked together
at Locke-Ober and the Chatham Bars Inn.

Shhhh! The soufflé is not available on Saturdays.

Shhh who knew

Long considered one of Boston's premier restaurants, Maison Robert closed on Valentine's Day weekend of 2004 when its lease expired. So elegant was this French culinary landmark in Old City Hall that the furniture and effects were quietly acquired by several of the city's top private clubs.