Le Soleil (restaurant)

Le Soleil is a Haitian restaurant located at 858 Tenth Avenue (between West 56th Street and West 57th Street) in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Le Soleil ("The Sun") was founded in 1973 by Rolande Bisserth, originally on 10th Avenue between 57 - 58th Streets in an area called Bois Verna, named after a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince known for its ancient latticed houses, where New York's version once boasted bookstores, churches, cafés, and bodegas called petit magasins.

[12] Its decor entails colorful primitive-style tropical landscapes decorated on peach-colored walls above brown wainscoting.

[12] It was rated among the "Best Haitian restaurants in NYC" by Time Out magazine.

[13] It was rated by Thrillist, as the best BYOB for the "10 Most Essential Restaurants in Lincoln Center".