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May 11th • Mother's Day- We have created some delicious specials for Mother's Day this year. Click here to view the specials.

Recent Events

April 23rd • Administrative Professional's Day- We have created some delicious specials for Administrative Professional's Day this year. Click here to view the specials.

March 29th - April 13th • Cherry Blossom Menu in DC - We have created some delicious specials for the Cherry Blossom Fesitival this year. Click here to view the specials.

March 23rd - Easter Menu • We have some wonderful specials for Easter, please click here to view our menu.

December 28th - January 1st • New Year 2008 - Happy New Year!!! We have created some delicious specials to help you ring in the new year. Click here to view the specials.

Want to know how Les Halles is helping the environment? - Check out how we are recycling our grease into an eco-friendly fuel for diesel-run vehicles.

August 17th-August 19th • Les Halles Cup NY - This is the second year that we will be partering with The Harlem Junior Tennis Program for their Annual Harlemweek tournament. The Les Halles Cup provides inner-city youth, ages 14 and under with a behind the scenes look at the world of international professional tennis and the preparation, practice and perseverance that lead to success on the court. The weekend will culminate with a neighborhood BBQ sponosred by Les Halles from
3-6pm on Sunday, August 19th. Click here for more information about The Les Halles Tennis Foundation.

July 28th • Tennis on Pennsylvania Avenue - Join us as we sponsor a FREE kid's tennis clinic on Pennsylvania Avenue, right in front of the restaurant- 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
10:30am - Player Registration for Les Halles Cup DC and Draw Party
12:30pm-3pm - Free Tennis Clinic & Play with the Pros on Pennsylvania Avenue!
Click here for more info.

July 29th-August 4th • Les Halles Cup DC - Held in conjunction with a professional tournament, the Les Halles Cup provides inner-city youth, ages 14 and under with a behind the scenes look at the world of international professional tennis and the preparation, practice and perseverance that lead to success on the court. Click here for more information about The Les Halles Tennis Foundation.

July 4th-14th, 2007 • Liberty Festival - the annual Les Halles Liberty Festival & Bastille Day celebration at Les Halles. Each year we celebrate American & French freedom for eleven days, from America’s Independence Day to France’s Bastille Day. During the Liberty Festival the restaurant features a special menu as well as other festivities. Click here to view the specials that were avaialble at all of our locations. A special thank you to our 2007 festival sponosors : Amtrak, Champagne Taittinger, and Volvic. Proceeds from the race registration and street festival were donated to Best Buddies Charity.
DC Waiter's Races - Friday, July 13th on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the restaurant. Festivities will take place in the afternoon. Activities include a Children's Race at 12pm, Customer's Race at 1pm and the Annual Waiter's Race at 2pm. Suggested donation fee for races is $10.
NY Waiter's Races - Saturday, July 14th on John Street in front of our Downtown restaurant. Our street festival will take place from 11am-3pm. Activities include a Buddy's Race at 11am, Children's Race at 12pm, Customer's Race at 1pm, and the Annual Waiter's Race at 2pm—all with great prizes to be won. Suggested donation fee for races is $10.

March 1st • Breakfast is Served! - Starting in March Les Halles Washington, DC will be opening at 7:30am Monday-Friday. We will offer French Press Coffee & French fare such as fresh Croissants and Brioche served with house made Preserves as well as American favorites including Eggs and fresh Fruit Salad.
Take a break from donuts in the conference room. A beautiful space, quick service and you don’t even need to leave the neighborhood, Les Halles is right around the corner! We even have FREE Wireless Internet Access! Click here to view the menu.

December 16th-17th • The Les Halles Cup Finals - This year's tournament took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida. Good luck to our six NY and DC winners that we sent to Miami for the finals tournamnet as well as the Junior Orange Bowl of Tennis! Click here to learn more about the Les Halles Cup.

August 18th - August 20th • Les Halles Cup New York, NY - This year's tournament took place at the Fred Johnson Tennis Courts @ 150th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd in conjunction with Harlem Week and the Harlem Junior Tennis Program. Click here to learn more about the Les Halles Cup.

July 29th - August 6th • Les Halles Cup Washington, DC - This year's tournament took place at the William H. G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in conjunction with The Legg Mason Tennis Classic. Click here to learn more about the Les Halles Cup.

July 4th-14th • Liberty Festival 2006 - Check out last year's festivities here. Festival sponsors included: Amtrak, Champagne Taittinger, Volvic and Ciao Bella Gelato. Proceeds from the menu, race registration and street festival were donated to Best Buddies Charity. We would also like to thank those companies that had donated prizes for our racers: Ty Inc., Bourjois, Fraunces Tavern Museum, The Pete Sanders Group, & Rye Playland.

June 24th • DC International Food and Wine Festival - Eric Riffe, Executive Chef at Brasserie Les Halles in Wahsington, DC, teamed up with The Washington Post’s Wine Columnist, Ben Giliberti at the 7th Annual Washington, DC International Wine & Food Festival presented by The Washington Post, to present a demo pairing food and wine.  The event took place at the District’s historic Omni Shoreham Hotel. To view the recipe Click Here
Chef Riffe demonstrated techniques for preparing a Lobster & Asparagus Salad with a Lemon Citronette, as well as a Lamb and Parmesan Crisp Napolean with Beurre Rouge, to a standing room only crowd, while Mr. Giliberti talked about pairing wines and foods. Scheduled for a 30 minute presentation, a lively audience Q&A session kept it going for nearly an hour, past the show’s closing time of 5 p.m.
The bonus for audience was the opportunity to try a Pouilly Fuissé paired with Chef Riffe’s lobster appetizer.

Past Events and Photos

Liberty Festival
»Liberty Festival 2005: click for more photos and info
July 4 – 14 was the annual Les Halles Liberty Festival & Bastille Day celebration at Les Halles Downtown. Each year we celebrate American & French freedom for eleven days, from America’s Independence Day to France’s Bastille Day. During the Liberty Festival the restaurant features a special menu (last year's menu) as well as other festivities. Culminating on Bastille Day, July 14th, is a FREE outdoor block party featuring the famous Waiter’s Race in which waiters from across the city and the world show their stripes as they race down the street with a full tray. The winner must cross the finish line without spilling a drop! To share in the fun there is also the Customer’s, Children’s and Chef’s races.

Liberty Festival sponsors included: Ciao Bella Gelato, Volvic Natural Spring Water, Happy Chef Uniforms, and Kronenbourg 1664

A Spirited Conversation with Gourmet’s Editor in Chief Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain

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Join Gourmet’s Editor in Chief Ruth Reichl and Contributing Editor Anthony Bourdain as they face off in a SPIRITED CONVERSATION! From restaurants to writing to raucous behavior, these renowned culinary personalities certainly have a lot to dish about.

Enjoy a spirited menu, too, with specialty cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.

LES HALLES CELEBRATES THE SIXTH ANNUAL CHOUCROUTE “HALLES” OF FAME

On Tuesday, January 11, 2005 the 6th annual Choucroute “Halles” of Fame was celebrated at Les Halles Downtown. Media luminaries, celebrity cookbook authors and stars of the kitchen sat down together to honor the noble Alsatian Choucroute and the individuals who personify the great brasserie spirit reflected by the traditional dish.

This year’s honorees were Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue Magazine’s Food Critic and world renowned fan of Choucroute; Rozanne Gold, Author and Chef-Director of the Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman Co.; Chef J. Joho, Chef/Proprietor Everest, Brasserie Jo, Eiffel Tower Restaurant; and Fred Frank of Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera who’s Alsatian style Rieslings have won numerous prestigious awards. Les Halles owner Philippe Lajaunie personally presented each honoree with a diploma recognizing their inclusion in the hallowed Choucroute “Halles” of Fame. Framed reproductions of each award join those of past winners lining the walls at Les Halles Downtown.

The dazzling four course meal began with Tarte Flambée (Alsatian Onion Tart) and Bouchée de Brochet au Riesling (Steamed Pike with Riesling Sauce and Mushrooms). The meal continued with the highly anticipated Choucroute Garnie au Gewürztraminer (Steamed Pork Loin, White Veal Sausage, Frankfurter, Smoked Pork Breast, Boiled Potatoes and Slow Cooked Sauerkraut in Gewürztraminer) and concluded with Strudel aux Poires, Glace Cannelle (Pear Strudel with Cinnamon Ice Cream). The dishes were accompanied by the delicious Rieslings and Gewürztraminer of Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars. Guests were also treated to the joyful sounds of an Alsatian Oompa band and the sweet miens of lovely Alsatian maidens in traditional garb.

February is Choucroute month at Brasserie Les Halles. For the entire month yearning for this dish of sausage and sauerkraut can be sated at all of the Les Halles restaurants (New York, Miami & Washington D.C.) Featured of course is the classic Choucroute Garnie, a mountain of tangy sauerkraut that has been slow cooked in a Pinot d’Alsace white wine, with juniper berries, heaped with white veal sausages, smoked pork breast, and served with boiled potatoes. For the seafood lover there is Choucroute de Poisson with smoked salmon sausage, sea scallops, smoked herring and salmon caviar, slow cooked in a Riesling wine. Les Halles introduced Duck Choucroute (an urban take on the traditional Alsatian country Goose Choucroute, with duck leg confit, foie gras and duck sausage on a bed of sauerkraut, slow cooked in Gewürztraminer. Also on the list is the Choucroute Royale, slow cooked in Champagne.

RIESLING TASTING

This February Les Halles Downtown inaugurated our first free wine tasting led by our very own Master of Wine, Scott Carney. The event featured a variety of Rieslings that were paired with our special menu during February Choucroute Month. Please check back for information on future events.

Christmas in Bordeaux

For over a decade, Brasserie Les Halles has set the standard for the authentic French Brasserie experience as a hub of conviviality, wonderful comfort food and great company. Such spirit is especially strong at Christmas, a time for rejoicing with food and family. This year, Les Halles brought the tastes of tradition home to the restaurant by serving Christmas in France dishes from the region of Bordeaux, including the traditional Christmas Goose. Owner Philippe Lajaunie explains, “Bordeaux is where I am from, therefore I am particularly pleased to take you on a culinary holiday journey through my home province, and share our memories, sites, sounds and tastes through the foods and wines of the region.”

LAUNCH OF LES HALLES COOKBOOK

On Tuesday, October 19, 2004 nearly 250 chefs, foodie celebrities, stars of the press and friends of Les Halles gathered at Les Halles Park Ave. to party with Tony Bourdain in celebration of the publication of the Les Halles Cookbook.

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LES HALLES LIBERTY FESTIVAL 2004

July 4 – 14 is the annual Les Halles Liberty Festival & Bastille Day celebration at Les Halles Downtown. Each year we celebrate American & French freedom for eleven days, from America’s Independence Day to France’s Bastille Day. During the Liberty Festival the restaurant features a special menu as well as other festivities. Culminating on Bastille Day, July 14th, is a FREE outdoor block party featuring the famous Waiter’s Race in which waiters from across the city and the world show their stripes as they race down the street with a full tray. The winner must cross the finish line without spilling a drop!