16 Hands-Down Best French Restaurants In The US - Chowhound

Максим Крысанов/Getty Images When it comes to fine dining, the French literally invented the art form. The earliest restaurants emerged in Paris in the mid-1700s. In the 1800s, famed French chef Auguste Escoffier revolutionized the culinary world by formalizing haute cuisine. With inventions like the five classic mother sauces and the organizational template of the French brigade system, which provides rigorous…