Florent was an all-night diner in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan that opened in 1985 and closed in 2008.

Morellet was diagnosed HIV positive in 1987 and used to post his T-cell count on the restaurant's wall menu along with the daily specials.

[1] Erica De Mane, the food journalist and cookbook writer, began her cooking career at Florent in 1985.

[4][1] In May 2011, Magic Lantern released Florent: Queen of the Meat Market, a documentary history of the restaurant directed by David Sigal.

[10] As of September 2015[update], Alan Cumming is planning to co-produce with Sigal and star in a Showtime biography of Morellet focusing on Florent.