Le Petit Café
225 Montowese St, Branford CT
Top 30 in US by USA TODAY
Voted Connecticut's Best Restaurant for Food by Zagat
Le Petit Café
225 Montowese St, Branford CT
Top 30 in US by USA TODAY
Voted Connecticut's Best Restaurant for Food by Zagat
"Let the food talk"
Chef and owner Roy Ip believes in letting the food communicate with his customers' palates. His cooking philosophy revolves around thoughtfully pairing the textures of his ingredients, and delivering a subtle flavor and elegant presentation. Chef Ip is all about unfussy, uncluttered cuisine, free from unnecessary ingredients that mask the true flavors of the dish.
Simple
Respecting the character of the ingredients.
Fresh
Natural, organic, free-range, seasonal… Chef Ip's number-one priority is quality, quality, quality. The homemade organic country bread, pictured above, is made from scratch, every day.
Pure
Using seasoning only to enhance and bring out the flavor of the ingredients.
The Chef
The Chef
Roy Ip
HEAD CHEF, OWNER
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Chef Ip arrived to the states in the early '90s and soon attended the French Culinary Institute (FCI). After graduating as the only high honors student from his graduating class at FCI, Chef Ip worked at Raoul's before purchasing Le Petit Café and moving to Connecticut in 1997. Since the restaurant's opening in '97, he has achieved a rating of "Extraordinary" from the New York Times in 2005, earned the top rating in food from Zagat in 2011 and 2013, and has had Le Petit Café featured among the Top 30 in the nation by Zagat and USA TODAY.