Cafe Cluny

It took only a few word-of-mouth whispers to draw fashionable hordes to this new bistro from Odeon owner Lynn Wagenknecht. The cuisine is urban bistro, but the decor is all country: A corner bar separates two artfully cluttered mushroom-gray rooms festooned with antlers, taxidermy and framed vegetable prints. The short menu, overseen by Odeon chef Vincent Nargi, tends toward the rich and heavy. There’s a fine falling-off-the-bone duck confit with mustard-kissed brussels sprouts, and an intriguing swordfish au poivre featuring earthy elf mushrooms and succulent swordfish covered in a classic peppercorn sauce.