Chef Lenny Robinson/Credit: AJC

Anyone who eats lunch regularly downtown will tell you: Everyone misses Lenny Robinson. The peripatetic chef who both piqued and provoked the palates of downtown diners at his long gone  Les Fleur de Lis Cafe, in the Healy Building, has been kitchen hopping hoping to find a home since the restaurant closed several years back.

He landed briefly at Peasant Bistro, only to leave almost as soon as he got there.

Now the bold, outpspoken chef will helm the kitchen at Amuse!, the semi-French concept from veteran restaurateurs Arnaud Michel of Anis and Andy Alibaksh of the Café Diem family, which includes Après Diem, Carpe Diem, Carroll St. Café and Village Pizza. Robinson worked for Michel at Anis, so this is a reunion of sorts. Robinson is one of my favorite Atlanta chefs, so it will be interesting to see how these three musketeers make out, since all are known for their distinct personalities.

Located in the space once occupied by Allegro, the restaurant is being touted as a “whimsical French-influenced bistro,” and opens tonight, with lunch service scheduled to begin tomorrow. Amuse! is located at 560 Dutch Valley Road, 404-888-1890.