A family owned and operated restaurant since 1988, L'Europe is located just minutes from downtown New Canaan and Ridgefield, Connecticut. Little has changed physically inside this French restaurant since we opened. We offer a relaxing dining experience where sparkling appointments grace the tables with attentive, yet unobtrusive service providing delicious French fare.

L'Europe restaurant graciously serves lunch and dinner from Tuesday through Sunday. We offer a Sunday brunch enjoyed in a relaxed environment, which many regulars relish for its dignified hush. The restaurant is closed Mondays. Reservations are recommended, especially for dinner. We are also known for our private dining room with fireplace and lovely garden deck where patrons enjoy private parties ranging from elegant weddings to intimate lunches for businesspeople, local community groups and charities. No detail is too small for us when we plan and create your party.

Our wine selection offers a vast selection of French, some Italian and American wines, which we have carefully and tastefully selected over many years. The bar has a wide choice of spirits for an aperitif or cocktail.

Our menu features old favorites, which our clientele request and repeatedly applaud. Appetizers are creative and delicious. One might consider sampling our snails in a champagne sauce with garlic served over puff pastry or one might try our fresh mussels served with white cream sauce, fresh leeks, and garlic. If these lightly garlic flavored appetizers do not tempt your palate, another popular appetizer is our fresh asparagus served hot over puff pastry with a ragout of wild mushrooms.

Our entrees appeal to a wide variety of palates. Our crisp roast duckling is prepared to your taste and served with a choice of five tantalizing and distinct sauces.

Seafood and fish entrees are a specialty at L'Europe. For example, our steamed lobster and scallops sautéed with butter and vegetables is as simple as it is delectable. We prepare salmon many tantalizing ways. One might prefer the broiled salmon steak garnished with caviar; salmon filet encrusted with sesame seeds laced in a gingery sauce and served on a bed of lemon grass; or salmon slathered with a mousse of sole topped with lobster meat, which is wrapped whole and baked en croute. Some regulars request our filet of sole wrapped around a core of salmon mousse and served with a butter sauce and shrimp garnish.

For those who enjoy heartier fare, our superb medallions of filet mignon prepared au Richelieu is divine when prepared with our port wine sauce and a mélange of domestic and wild mushrooms. Our tender rack-of-lamb, prepared for two, is rubbed with herbs and remains, over many years, a L'Europe favorite. We roast free-range baby chicken and serve it with tarragon sauce and spaetzle. Vegans are extremely satisfied with our fettucine in a parmesan cream sauce with mushrooms and vegetables.

Game is always represented on our menu. We serve quail stuffed with mushrooms, goose liver, and veal wrapped in puff pastry, then sliced and served with truffle sauce.

Our soups are very popular. A summer favorite is the cold Senegalaise soup, which we sprinkle with bits of chutney. In cooler weather patrons enjoy the clear-tasting soup of mussels and leeks, consommé of duckling with fois gras royale.

Desserts at L'Europe are our specialty and are prepared daily. Many customers enjoy L'Europe for our souffles. The Gran Marnier and Chocolate soufflés are not to be missed. For those seeking simpler desserts, we offer fresh fruit such as strawberries and/or raspberries with a Bavaroise sauce. Vanilla crème Brulee, white and dark chocolate mousse complimented by fruit sauce, a cheese with fresh fruit platter or delice cake, are other delectable finishing touches to a fine meal at our family owned and operated restaurant.

Over the years, L'Europe has developed a steady clientele, many of whom we call our friends. We hope that you will visit L'Europe us and become a part of the many who recommend L'Europe restaurant to their friends and family.