Ludo Lefebvre #34 on the Top 100 U.S. Restaurant List for 2015 on the popular blog Opinionated About Dining. In July 2014, Ludo opened his second restaurant, "Petit Trois", his "bar-a-la-carte" concept. Eater LA called it "the most hotly anticipated restaurant opening in 2014." "Petit Trois" is located next door to its sister restaurant, "Trois Mec". It was awarded four stars by "LA Weekly" food critic Besha Rodell, who said, "It is simultaneously one of the most modest and ambitious restaurants to open in recent memory. It's a love letter to another city, written in food, by one of our greatest culinary
Ludo Lefebvre poets." 'Jonathan Gold, who had by then moved from "LA Weekly" to the "Los Angeles Times", wrote that "there may be no better plate of escargot in town than at the new "Petit Trois"." Lesley Balla for "Angeleno" Magazine called it "Petit Perfection", saying "this is a neighborhood bistro for true artistes, after all, created by culinary rockstars. And, unsurprisingly, it is a smash hit." "Petit Trois" was a 2015 James Beard finalist for Best New Restaurant. In 2006, Ludo appeared on "Iron Chef America," challenging Mario Batali in a battle of Big Eye Tuna, where Batali prevailed. Beginning in