About The
11th Street Cafe
Philippe and I, have been in the food business since childhood. I grew up working alongside my parents at their restaurant in Versailles. I met Philippe at the age of 7, when he began culinary school next to Paris. Our parents were friends and we lived in the same building. He would prepare what he learned at school for us to try. When he moved back to his native NYC, he started his career as a sous-chef at La Cote Basque and continued at the Essex House. In his early 20s, Philippe decided to open up his own food business. This is when Bonsignour coffee shop was born on the corner of Jane Street and 8th Avenue in the late 80s. When I turned 18, I joined him in New York City, where we got married and had our two kids, Enzo and Eva.
