Bernard’s, a popular French restaurant in Ridgefield, listed for $2.9M

The Ridgefield property that is home to the French restaurant Bernard”™s has been listed for sale for $2.9 million.

The two-acre estate at 20 West Lane features a three-story, 15,000-square-foot property built in 1875 that was converted into a country lodging in the 1930s called the Kane Inn. The property became the Inn at Ridgefield in the 1950s and transitioned to Bernard”™s in March 2000.

Over the years, Bernard”™s became one of Fairfield County”™s most well-reviewed restaurants: The book “Fairfield County”™s Chef”™s Table” stated that it “would be impossible to imagine this town without this charming French restaurant and its equally charismatic owners/chefs Bernard and Sarah Boissou.”

The listing for the property includes the 8,000-square-foot restaurant and catering business, along with a custom-made wine cellar that is used for Sarah”™s Wine Bar located one flight above Bernard”™s. The property”™s third floor includes four rooms that could be used as either guest suites or apartments, and the adjacent Residence at Bernard”™s is a six bedroom-inn with a gourmet kitchen and a pool.