Comments on: Pierre Jancou: pulling up the Racines

By: Jorge Corte

Jorge Corte — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:56:41 +0000

I visited Racines twice in 2008 and i love it. Did Pierre open another place in the Drome?

By: Sigrid

Sigrid — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:25:10 +0000

So then not all hope is lost …

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:54:05 +0000

That’s right, Sigrid. Racines isn’t closing, but Pierre’s involvement is finished. Sven Chartier, the chef who came to work with Pierre last January, is staying, as are most of the staff. And the new owner David (Café Moderne) seems to want to keep the spirit of Racines intact. We’ll see!

By: Sigrid

Sigrid — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:45:35 +0000

BTW: Seems it’s still open. We could make reservations for coming Monday.

By: Chrisos

Chrisos — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:28:41 +0000

He will probably learn good manners and real openness with goats and sheep in Drome.
And he might come back to Paris and open another “machin”, as he did after the Crèmerie sale.

By: Gero

Gero — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:22:01 +0000

We’ll miss it.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:06:32 +0000

Read about this fabulous “wine bar,” and finally decided to check it out. Only problem was that it was NOT a wine bar, and although teacher (aka REAL dick) was quick to very RUDELY tell us that, he never bothered to correct this misnomer in any articles that were written about Racine’s. And he knew they were referring to it as a wine bar because he had commented on EVERY article I ever read calling Racine’s a wine bar. This guy is so over impressed with himself, and believe it or not, we found outstanding food all over Paris prepared by chefs who actually appreciated our patronage. No loss, this one.

By: Martina

Martina — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:44:38 +0000

Great article! Loved the wit.
Martina from The Foreign Kitchen

By: David

David — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:35:25 +0000

I, for one, will certainly miss Pierre and Racines. While the wines weren’t always sublime, they had a lot of character, like Pierre.