None of us had been to The Rock before. It’s a fairly new brasserie from the owners of Frenchette located in Rockefeller Plaza with views of the Christmas tree, which will be there until January 13.

We decide to order and sample many dishes, beginning with their bread service with a choice of spreads ($9 each) we chose the cervelle de canut ($8), an herbed cheese spread, and the chicken liver pate. I recommend the latter.

Next we tried their barbadians, ($13 for 5) bite-sized pastry this evening filled with pumpkin purée and their garlicky escargot bourguignons ($26 for 5) topped with toast round to sop up the garlic butter, followed by their leeks vinaigrette, served French-style at the table — and a pasta dish — agnolotti châtaigne ($26)—with squash and sage.  I recommend the snails and leeks.

As you’d expect at a French brasserie, some of the best items were the steak haché ( $38) — a bunless burger cooked as requested — with grilled romaine and onion and their huge portion of fries ($10).

We shared the baba aux muses verte ($20), a spongecake served tableside soaked in the liqueur of our choice — Dolin Genepy Le Chamois Liqueur — along with chantilly cream.

Le Rock
Midtown
45 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10111
(332)258-8734
lerocknyc.com