Vivante French Eatery’s Quiet Debut Speaks For Itself
As Hotel Carmichael’s featured in-house restaurant, the new spot takes on posh pandemic dining without reservation.
December 14, 2020
I don’t get out much anymore. I won’t bore you with the obvious reasons, except to say that when I do venture beyond my own little nest of socially distanced Zoom meetings and Instacart deliveries, the world feels much bigger and more breathtaking than I remember it from before. Whole new businesses have launched during our nine-month-long (and counting) pandemic intermission—hopeful, exciting signs of life.
One of those marvels, Vivante French Eatery, made a quiet debut amid the limestone-and-brick splendor of Carmel City Center in late August (a date that tracks somewhere between