Adour a New Classic ; Revives Fine Gallic Cuisine

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Just when we thought elegant French restaurants were gone, if not forgotten, along comes Adour and contemporary Gallic cuisine with style, substance and elegance. Celebrity chef Alain Ducasse has come to town.

Adour, in the St. Regis Washington, has modernized the hotel's high-ceilinged dining room, enclosing it front and back with floor- to-ceiling glass wine vaults, and has set it shimmering in silver and white. It's warm as in intimate, cool as in hip, and it hints of 1930s glamour. There's no dance floor, but you wouldn't be surprised to see Fred and Ginger supping at the next table.

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Adour a New Classic ; Revives Fine Gallic Cuisine

The kitchen, which Mr. Ducasse supervises, is under the hand of executive chef Julien Jouhannaud. A treat from the chef starts dinner with a plate of miniature gougeres; an amuse-bouc...

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