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# Chez Oskar Gets Glowing Profile In NYTimes
- URL: https://bklyner.com/chez-oskar-gets-glowing-profile-nytimes-fortgreene/
- Published: 2015-01-28T19:10:13.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-28T19:10:13.000Z
- Author: Heather Chin
- Tags: charlotta janssen, chez oskar, #API-Imported

![Photo courtesy of Chez Oskar.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/chez-oskar--702x261.jpg)

Photo courtesy of [Chez Oskar](https://www.facebook.com/chezoskar/photos/a.328268770554528.71594.142755822439158/467546326626771/?type=1&theater).

Surprising no one, a [*New York Times* reporter’s visit](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/nyregion/fort-greene-changes-chez-oskar-doesnt.html?ref=bklyner.com) to Fort Greene staple [Chez Oskar](http://www.chezoskar.com/?ref=bklyner.com) (211 DeKalb Avenue) was so impressive that it resulted in a glowing and well-deserved profile of the 17-year-old French restaurant, which he noted “honor\[s\] the neighborhood’s arty and multicultural atmosphere,” combining “strains of Gypsy jazz \[that\] float above the long bar in a room that is equal parts Left Bank bistro and Harlem Renaissance speakeasy.”

Owner/artist/resident Charlotta Janssen is praised for utilizing her “serious backbone” and “communal spirit of an artist” towards making the restaurant a success.

> To run a restaurant, Ms. Janssen drew from the best assets she had: her skills as a painter. She refers to much of her artwork as “augmented portraiture,” which combines collage into tactile portraits that reveal the depth of a subject’s persona. She did the same thing with her bistro.

Stop by Chez Oskar tonight or any night to toast the praise. But note that tonight is Wino-Wednesday — the weekly celebration for wine lovers, offering 30 percent off bottled wines with dinner!