The Frère Jacques Story. As young boys growing up in Northern France, brothers Jacques and Pascal Bettig dreamed of one day opening their own restaurant. Pascal studied the classics of cuisine in France and trained in some of the finest kitchens of France, England and Switzerland. Jacques naturally went to the front and served in some of the finest restaurants in France, Germany and Switzerland, finally moving to the USA and making his mark at greats such as La Cote Basque and Le Cirque. In 1993, the brothers finally put everything together and opened "Saint Michel" in Bayridge Brooklyn. Having achieved great success and with the encouragement of their regular guests and friends, the brothers made the move to Manhattan and opened Frère Jacques in January of 2000. The rest, as they say, is history…