Feeling Like a Francophile This Weekend?

Allons, enfants!

If you're looking for something to celebrate other than the return of Twinkies, Bastille Day is July 14 and the region is commemorating the occasion all weekend.

"We're celebrating here," said Patty Irwin, manager at Jean-Jacques in Pleasantville, where small French flags already adorn the counter and Eiffel-Tower-shaped cookies are in the case. "We have a Bastille Day brunch going on, and we have authentic crepes, our croque madame and monsieur, and we've made some special cakes." 

What better way to mark the historic event than by eating well? We compiled a Patchy list of local places offering French food:

• Red Hat on the River in Irvington
• Juniper in Hastings-on-Hudson
• Grenadine Creperie in Dobbs Ferry
• Buffet de la Gare in Hastings
• Underhills Crossing in Bronxville
• Jackie's Bistro in Eastchester
• Kraft Bistro in Bronxville
• La Renaissance Patisserie Francaise in Scarsdale

If you'd like to do more than eat, consider Bastille Day Eve in Croton-on-Hudson, a nice little event with a morning tag sale, afternoon eats and live music.

Or if you can go further afield on the 13th, the annual Bastille Day celebration in Piermont is a lot of fun. Piermont Avenue is closed to traffic and fills instead with costumes, music, cuisine and thousands of visitors.

• Little Crepe Street in Mount Kisco 
• The Arch in Brewster/Southeast
• Jean-Jacques in Pleasantville
• Jardin du Roi in Chappaqua
• La Cremailliere in Bedford-Banksville
• La Tulipe Desserts in Mount Kisco

And check out Urbanspoon here. The website ranked 33 "best" places for French food in Westchester. It's a mix, from full-scale restaurants to bakeries. Do you think they got it right? Tell us in the comments.