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| - AUTHENTIC FRENCH BISTRO. ONE OF THE BEST DINNER IN AZ, EVER!
If you have lived, visited or had truly authentic french dishes (i.e. duck confit, foie gras, shoulder of lamb, etc) then you should run, not walk to Scratch. The owner is a very genuine and caring man who is the chef and pastry chef! He is a parisian-vietnamese artisan who has traveled the world, photographed the most famous individuals and scours his food resources to provide you the best and most true foods.
It's NOT like the other restaurants that give you americanized versions of french food (i.e. Vincent, Petite Maison) . . .but it's a true meal where you can expect perfectly sauteed potatoes (perfectly fried the way you do in the countryside) with your wonderful meat.
This beautiful little cafe / bistro offers the customers the very best espresso's and marriage freres tea, Artisan pastries and the best most authentic french dinner for half the price you will pay at other "french-like" restaurants. I paid 19$ for my filet mignon wrapped with foie gras on top with the sauteed potatoes. My friend had the duck confit everytime we go and without fail, it has all been amazing.
They also offer non-french foods, such as mediterranean or asian fused foods, as well as brunch for the scottsdale-lite or almost scottsdale-lites.
However, my recommendation: do the day thing, but DEFINITELY DO THE NIGHT THING. If you appreciate truly home-made foie gras, make this your definite destination.
The ambiance is a wonderful modern with a sheeky boho parisian spiced into it. It's so comfortable there and sandwiched in a strip mall because that's 99% of what's around here. Once you walk in, you forget about the other establishments that are just so predictable and enjoy a casual, but yet refined and sheek way to live again in France.
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