Le Rendez-Vous to Begin Serving Crêpes

, the (relatively) new French bakery and café in Redmond's Bella Bottega shopping center, will begin serving crêpes this Saturday, July 14.

Café owners Khalid and Nadia Kaskou, a brother-and-sister team originally from Paris, said they decided to launch their new crêpes menu on Saturday in honor of Bastille Day, the national holiday known as “la Fête du 14 juillet” in France.

"(The holiday) commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, an act of open rebellion against the monarchy that is considered the flashpoint of the French Revolution," Khalid Kaskou wrote in an email to Redmond Patch. "During the Revolution, chefs—who had cooked for the nobility—found themselves out of work. They were forced to open public restaurants, and the art of fine dining was born."

Le Rendez-Vous' new offerings include a variety of sweet and savory crêpes with ingredients such as goat cheese, smoked salmon, Ghirardelli chocolate sauce and more. Prices range from $4.50 to $6.80 (check out a PDF of the menu attached to this post.)

The café is located at 8918 161st Ave. NE and is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.