Buvette
The ridiculously loved crowning jewel of the West Village's collection of odes to French cuisine, Buvette's staff may not be dressed in their Saint James la Plage finest like those at Cafe Cluny, but the fact that their other location is actually in Paris discards any question of authenticity. This place is heaven. Everything - and we mean everything, is great here. Delicious, lovely, and great. If anything, suspiciously so. A real, picturesque version of that dream life in which you spend a majority of your time loafing at well-lit cafes. Ugh, and those oeufs!
Buvette, 42 Grove Street
[Photo via @_andynicholas]