Pâtes Fraîches pushes past the red sauce set

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
Circle a block or two in the East Village and you’re bound to pass by at least a few empty windows. It starts slowly, but it’s a vacant trend that grows at each turn, corner shops and cafes blocked out by butcher paper and leasing [...]

It’s been less than a month since Pates Fraiches uncovered its dining room at First and Elm, but it seems lines are already being drawn–Yelp started turning in its knee-jerk reaction to the place just days after it opened. While it’s never fair to judge a restaurant so early in its existence, my trip was [...]