La Belle Epoque is a wonderful French bistro in Media. Steve and I had dinner there the other day, and we came straight from yoga, so it took us a minute to shift from shavasana and deep relaxation to red wine and French bistro mode. But with the soft lighting, the small tables and the classic menu, you quickly forget that you are in Pennsylvania and not in the middle of the Marais in Paris.
We started with escargots in a garlic parsley butter sauce, and they were amazing. Tasty and served with plenty of that buttery sauce to soak up with the bread, exactly the way it should be.
We also shared a beet salad with goat cheese that was also really good, but tbh, it’s one of those dishes that are hard to go wrong with because beets and goat cheese are such a good combo.
For our main course, we ordered boeuf bourguignon. It was a bit disappointing, as the sauce and carrots were too salty for our taste, and the meat was slightly dry. Not a disaster, but not quite where it should be either. Steve has been to La Belle Epoque several times and the food has always been consistently good, so we’re assuming the boeuf bourguignon that night was just a rare off moment.
We left full and happy because La Belle Epoque really does the French bistro experience very well. The atmosphere is lovely, and the menu is classic and very true to the bistro feel. If you are in Media and craving French comfort food, La Belle Epoque is the place to go.
La Belle Epoque, 38 W State St, Media, PA 19063, United States
