Celebrate Bastille Day, Feed Your Inner Francophile

Less than two weeks after the 4th of July, Americans will have another reason to revel in the revolutionary red, white and blue.

July 14 marks French Independence or Bastille Day—a celebration of the end of an absolute monarchy and a reason to stuff our faces with croissants, steak frites and macarons. 

No need to travel to Paris. Fine French cuisine can be found right here in West Hollywood, and at reasonable prices.

Start your day at BREADBAR. The West Third Street cafe is serving Parisian hot chocolate, almond croissants and signature white or dark chocolate baguettes. French onion soup, salade Niçoise, moules frites, and duck confit will be available for lunch or dinner. And of course there are macarons for dessert.

Zpizza is celebrating the French national holiday with free samples of its French-inspired pizza from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 4-5 p.m. The Provence is made with organic tomato sauce, homemade roasted garlic sauce, fresh mozzarella, capers, artichoke hearts, tomato and fresh basil.

A complimentary Vins de Provence wine and cheese tasting will be available at the Fig & Olive beginning at 4:30 p.m. From 5:30-10:30 p.m., the restaurant is serving such French delicacies as a fig and gorgonzola tartlet and striped bass papillote as part of its $50 two-course prix-fixe menu.

Classic French items—soupe à l’oignon, steak frites and crispy skate grenobloise—will be included in  owner and head chef David Myers' $40 three-course prix-fixe menu. As for cocktails, the bar will be mixing up a La Fête Nationale and Le Quatorze Juillet at $8 each.

 is serving Champagne cocktails and a family style farm dinner in its garden at 7 p.m. Special Bastille Day menu items include Cote de Boeuf, dry-aged natural black angus beef from Boulder Valley Natural, and Windrose Farm vegetables. 

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