Bed-Stuy Bistro With $1,900 Wine Temporarily Shut By Health Dept

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A Bed-Stuy restaurant that made headlines for serving a $1,900 bottle of Bordeaux that cost more than some local's monthly rent was temporarily shuttered by Health Department inspectors who found evidence of mice and workers touching the food.

L'Antagoniste, a French farm-to-table bistro on Malcolm X Boulevard and Hancock Street, was closed after earning 42 health code violation points during an inspection on Wednesday, Health Department records show.

The top violations were doled out for food workers who used their bare hands to touch food that would not be heated and evidence of mice.

Inspectors also found prohibited chemicals in use, open bait station and pesticide use not in accordance with the label or laws, records show.

This is the first time L'Antagoniste has failed a health inspection since owner Amadeus Broger, previously of Le Philosophe in NoHo, opened the restaurant in Bed-Stuy in 2015.

L'Antagoniste's high price point — the dinner menu shows a plate of cold meats and cheeses costs $27.50 and steak frites go for more than $35 — initially raised eyebrows among locals who told the Daily News" I don't know if this is what the community needs right now."

But the upscale wine list and classic French fare earned it a rave review in the New Yorker, which quoted one diner as saying, "It's f---ing delicious."

Patch was not immediately able to reach L'Antagoniste for comment via telephone or email.