Portland & Salem French Restaurants

The two-story dining room with a soaring ceiling, an elegant neutral color scheme and stone fireplace sets the scene for refined French dining. Well-heeled...

Formerly the Italian café, Torrefazione, this busy corner has been transformed into a casual yet refined French bistro complete with stamped tin ceiling,...

Parisian-style bistro offers professional, amiable service and familiarity that has kept local foodies' Gallic tastes satiated for years. Madame Monique...

The decor is rustic and somehow still chic. The bar is small and inviting. The Chefs Benedict is sauted proscuitto, fresh tomatos with oyster mushrooms...

Butter-yellow walls and heavy-handed, Spanish-inspired nude paintings mesh with green-and-blue checked tablecloths and a post-soccer game crowd. A whitewashed...

Higgins design was inspired by classic French bistros. The restaurant, in a historic building, has a pressed tin ceiling and polished wood floors. Marble...

This destination restaurant caters to special-occasion diners with elegant environments in the all-marble bar, wood-paneled lounge and main dining room...

Booths equipped with tabletop fondue pots are clustered together inside the intimate dining room. Start with a cheese fondue, including an assortment of breads,...

Discreet and genteel, this downstairs restaurant is all soft carpeting, dim lighting, supple padded chairs and piano music. The waitstaff sails about in tuxes...