Now Open: Duchess of Flanders

and Genessee in the space once, a long time ago, occupied by the Nutty Girl. The

Duchess in this case is Vivianne Berghman, a native of Belgium who

moved to the States eleven years ago and brought some of her home

cooking with her.

“In Belgium we call it a traiteur, it means to treat

people,” Berghman says of her concept. “It started out with butchers in Belgium who would cut up meat

and they started to make stews in the store.

They have the meat right there, and on and on it went to now they have

full meals. Women started working more in the ’70s and it allowed

people to still eat well… Do you know Dean & Deluca? This will be a small-scale Dean & Deluca.”

Berghman says The Duchess of Flanders will focus on carryout business with sandwiches and two soups at lunch every day and one different home-cooked meal every night.