La Bonne Soupe
Address:
48 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019
Phone:
(212) 586-7650
Hours:
- Mon: 11:30am-11pm
- Tue: 11:30am-11pm
- Wed: 11:30am-11pm
- Thu: 11:30am-11pm
- Fri: 11:30am-11:30pm
- Sat: 11:30am-11:30pm
- Sun: 11:30am-10:30pm
Payment:
Cuisine:
French
Nice to Know:
- Noise Level Average
- Parking Garage, Street
- Wifi No
- Accepts Credit Cards Yes
- Good For Groups Yes
- Recommended Meal Lunch
- Outdoor Seating Yes
Other Details:
Jean-Paul and Monique Picot took the bistro's name from the avant garde comedy La Bonne Soupe by the French playwright Félicien Marceau, which had a long successful run in Paris in the 1950's. The three-act play, starring Jeanne Moreau and Marie Bell, ends with the words "Et hop! Par ici, la bonne soupe!" here meaning: "step up (to the roulette tables), and put your money down, which will give you winnings and ensure you the good life." The play was such a success, it was followed in 1963 by a Twentieth Century Fox Film bearing the same title and based on Félicien Marceau's original 1958 play. Among top-ranking stars in the film were Annie Girardot, Jean-Claude Brialy, Claude Dauphin and Franchot Tone.The phrase la bonne soupe has come to mean the good life, with health, wealth and happiness.
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