Photos: Petit Trois in Hollywood

Sydney C. Hunter III, right, chef de cuisine, prepares a plate of chicken leg with help from Adnan Ibrahim, left. Hunter has been working with Chef Ludovic Lefebvre for 15 years.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Chef Sydney Hunter shows the dish of chicken leg, which is strewn with bread crumbs, crisped in brown butter and topped with a handful of frisée salad.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Devin Archer, bartender, hold up a menage a quatre cocktail at Petit Trois. The restaurant is casual enough to drop in to read a book while enjoying a drink and some food.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Steak tartare at Petit Trois. The restaurant is open noon to 11 p.m. daily.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Devin Archer, bartender, mixes a Bardot cocktail.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

An omelet with Boursin cheese at Petit Trois is a favorite of Justin Timberlake, who often drops in to order one.   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Hunter prepares a plate of Burgundy-style escargot.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Petit Trois is not very big, and it doesn’t take reservations.   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Red menage a quatre cocktails with yellow Bardot cocktails at the bar at Petit Trois.   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)