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Mr. French provides a burlesque show, magicians with dinner and drinks

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Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

January 17, 2020

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Ever wanted to be part of the show? At the recently opened Mister French in New York City, guests can be. Several nights a week, performers from burlesque dancers to magicians entertain the guests while they eat.

Unlike a dinner theater, these shows happen on the dining room floor, weaving between plates of octopus, three-tiered platters of pommes frites with an assortment of sauces and toppings, crispy fish and fluffy French desserts.

Burlesque dancers, led by Velvetina Taylor, perform six times a week, dancing and stripping (to a point) to evoke the 1950s cabarets of Paris. During happy hour on alternate nights, magicians appear in the restaurant to entertain guests at their individual seats with slights of hand and card tricks.

burlesque-dancer-mister-french.jpgPart of David Burke’s restaurant group and employing him as Directeur Culinaire, the restaurant has three spaces, including the bar, main dining room and a more-intimate Solarium, with 150 seats total and a chef’s kitchen that seats eight.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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