Local maître d’ Claude Glavier and Chef Jean-Yves Naud are very busy these days! Le Grand Café’s alum teamed up with some fellow grads to get their latest eatery off the ground in something of a classic style.

Glavier and Naud are behind the cute-as-a-button Le Petit Bistro, and they certainly have their finger on the appropriate pulse. Le Petit Bistro, which replaces Armoricain, uses reds, vintage posters and cozy aesthetics in a seemingly impossible attempt to conjure Paris via Union Street. This little bistro somehow seems larger than the previous restaurant, with a little re-design changing the look and feel of the room: The French country aesthetics is gone; flowery banquettes, wooden chairs, framed prints and large blackboards are in.

The appealing all-things-to-all-people vibe, though, is just as it should be. The cozy room, glowing with a bar backlit in red chic, caters well to the business sector. The crowd varies accordingly; expect a mix of young CEO up-and-comers from the offices in the area, young execs from the nabe and, of course, long-time Grand Café diners of all types.

The fun begins when you finally get a table. The food and service are familiar to all who have dined on Naud's fare at Le Grand Café in the past, and the prices are reasonable. The menu is standard comfort food (except for the Calf's Liver, which was oddly disappointing), but a few unique items on the blackboard reveal a certain charm.

An order of Goose Rillettes, served in a ceramic dish, arrives with baguette, garlic toasts, and cornichons. Over glasses of wine, we delicately scoop rillettes on baguette; it goes over smoothly and is as good as any in the city. With the Chèvre Salad, the greens are glossed with a beefy sherry vinegar dressing.