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Le Bernardin is a Michelin Guide three star Zagat-rated French seafood restaurant located at 155 West 51st Street (between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It was started in 1972 in Paris by Gilbert and Maguy le Coze and moved to New York in 1986.Gilbert le Coze died of a heart attack in 1994 and Eric Ripert succeeded him as the head chef. Signature dishes include kindai maguro (sustainably raised Japanese bluefin tuna) Kobe beef and escolar.