Village knockout
Le Chêne (Greenwich Village)
RESTAURANTS • First Person
As someone who dines out weekly at new restaurants in New York City, I eat a lot of great food — meals and experiences I often write about here. But only occasionally do I encounter a brand new restaurant that completely blows me away. It happened last week at an art-filled, playful French restaurant tucked away at the end of a classic Greenwich Village block. Friends, do not walk, run.