Cafe Champignon

200 Seventh Avenue
(between 21st and 22nd Streets)
New York, NY 10011

Want to know a secret!

Cafe Champignon is a very low-key, cozy bistro among trendy, Chelsea hotspots.

The food is nothing spectacular; it's good, hearty fare (most notably you can order breakfast any time--hurrah! And they've just started offering Croque Madame on their menu--YUM!!). However, what's special about Cafe Champignon is that you feel as if you're in a Paris cafe. Servers also don't rush you and if you're a regular they always have a friendly and welcoming smile for you.

Wonderful place to catch up with a friend over half-priced drinks during a weekday Happy Hour or to just sit and relax and enjoy a cup of coffee.

Just make sure you go to the sit-down restaurant, and not the take-out space next door, which they share a kitchen with. There's also outside seating if you don't mind suffering the fumes of Seventh Avenue traffic.

And remember--please don't share this place with too many people. So, shhh!