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In the past two decades, why hasn't this restaurant been Xeroxed at least three times in every neighborhood in town? In size, scale, atmosphere, menu, and objective, Café Luxembourg is the blueprint for a faultless urban restaurant. In fact, Luxland would be a destination anywhere it opened because of the execution of its familiar, well-edited menu (country salad, cassoulet, hanger steak in red wine), reasonable prices, unflappable staff, and lighting so flattering that should you not look good here, you'd best race home, slap on a mask, and get to bed. — Hal Rubinstein

Mon.–Fri., 8 a.m.–noon; Sat.–Sun., 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Brunch
Sat.–Sun., 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. A three-course prix-fixe brunch is $29.

Prix-Fixe
Three-course lunch, $30; three-course dinner, $44