Le Veau d'Or

Le Veau d'Or is a restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, serving traditional French cuisine since 1937. As of 2015, it was considered the oldest French bistro in NYC. Since 2019, Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson (of the restaurant Frenchette) have been the owners, having bought Le Veau d'Or from Catherine Treboux, the daughter of the longtime owner, Robert Treboux, who bought the restaurant in 1985 and died in 2012.

History
The restaurant opened when many French chefs and restaurateurs were coming to New York to work at the French pavilion at the World's fair in Flushing, Queens who stayed in New York. Robert Treboux was one of those people. Chefs who have worked in the restaurant include Daniel Boulud, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and David Bouley.

At the height of its popularity, customers included Marlene Dietrich, Oleg Cassini, and Orson Welles.

In 1968, Craig Claiborne of The New York Times gave the restaurant a four-star review. He called it the one restaurant he couldn’t live without. By 1980, the restaurant's reputation had diminished. That year, The New York Times critic Moira Hodgson gave the restaurant a fair rating. On Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Bourdain was impressed with the breadth of the traditional menu. Catherine Treboux said appearing on the show helped their business.

When the Frenchette team took over, the plan was to reopen in late 2019 after renovations. The restaurant has remained closed for nearly five years, with reopening anticipated in July of 2024.

Honors and awards
In 2011, they received the America's Classics Award from the James Beard Foundation.