{"id":42245,"date":"2026-04-05T21:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42245"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:44:05","slug":"michelin-honored-chef-cyril-lignac-opening-first-bar-des-pres-in-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42245","title":{"rendered":"Michelin-honored chef Cyril Lignac opening first Bar des Pres in Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A high-profile French chef will soon bring his first New York restaurant to Park Avenue, accelerating the boom in high-end restaurants setting up shop in premier office towers.<\/p>\n<p>Michelin-honored Cyril Lignac signed with Rudin for his first Bar des Pres in New York at 345 Park Ave. at East 52nd Street. The French-East Asian eatery will be one of three \u201cconcepts\u201d by Lignac in 22,000 square feet of ground-floor space at street level, to open in 2027.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"38997436\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>Michelin-honored Cyril Lignac will open his Bar des Pres in New York at 345 Park Ave. <span class=\"credit\">Geraldine Martens<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His arrival brings the 1.9 million-square foot tower into the world-class East Side culinary league that includes nearby 425 Park Ave., home to Jean-Georges Vongerichten\u2019s Four Twenty Five; The Grill in the Seagram Building; and 550 Madison Ave., where Simon Kim\u2019s Cote and two other concepts are expected to open this month.<\/p>\n<p>Lignac, who\u2019s also a prominent French TV personality, has earlier Bar des Pres locations in Paris, London, Dubai and St. Barts. At 345 Park, it will be joined by a contemporary French brasserie and an artisanal bakery\/cafe. He\u2019ll operate them with D.ream International, a management group that also runs Zuma on Madison Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Lignac\u2019s trio include 10,000 square feet of combined dining space, a kitchen for all three concepts and a production bakery.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>They\u2019ll bring a higher public profile to the tower, which is home to Blackstone, Loeb and Loeb and the NFL. 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