Subject: Patrick Quillec

• What You Missed In Pitch Forks

  October 8, 2008

• A bittersweet end to Cassis

  October 10, 2008

• Best Waiter in Town

  October 19, 2000

• World Feast

  September 6, 2001

• Au Revoir, Patrick Quillec?

    A couple of months ago, there was a rumor flying around Kansas City -- as fast as the Concorde, actually -- that French-born restaurateur Patrick Quillec (Hannah Bistro, Cafe Provence, Cassis) had run away for good. The rumor started after Quillec's upscale bistro, Cassis, had closed at Leawood's Town Center and he had, by all reports, left town. It's true, Cassis did close last year and Quillec did leave: He was hired by the owners of an inn in Massachussetts to turn a

  January 9, 2009

• A Rare Bird

  February 28, 2002

• Loula Long Gone

  August 29, 2002

• French Rebellion

  June 26, 2003

• Optimists' Club

  May 20, 2004

• For Kansas City restaurants, it was a tumultuous year

  January 1, 2009

• A Currant Affair

  June 29, 2006

• French Tickler

  April 27, 2006

• Laissez Fare

  The food is as good as ever at the new Hannah Bistro -- but the service is c'est la vie.

  July 22, 2004

• To the Summit!

  Patrick Quillec conquers the suburbs.

  December 26, 2002

• Tour de France

  Patrick Quillec's third French restaurant makes happy pigs out of Midwesterners.

  August 8, 2002

• Moose on the Loose

  Prairie Village's Blue Moose is mostly bull.

  July 11, 2002

• French Connection

  Café Provence inspires affection.

  December 6, 2001

• Friday is National Coq au Vin Day

  Tomorrow -- Friday, May 29 -- is National Coq au Vin Day! The Food Lover's Companion describes this classic French dish as "pieces of chicken, mushroom, onions, bacon or salt pork, and various herbs cooked together with red wine." One of the finest versions of Coq au Vin (pronounced coke-oh-vahn) that I've tasted in Kansas City is served at Cafe Provence in Prairie Village. But when the menu was last tweaked, by chef-owner Patrick Quillec and his brother Daniel, the noted chicken dish

  May 28, 2009