See the opening night menu for Dominique Crenn's Antoinette at the ClaremontDominique Crenn. Photo: The Chronicle The upscale makeover of Berkeley’s Claremont Hotel continued Tuesday night with the launch of Antoinette, a new French brasserie from Dominique Crenn. Taking the place of Paragon just inside the hotel’s main entrance, the restaurant sports spectacular views over the San Francisco Bay. It will be run by the Fairmont—which took over the historic Berkeley Hills hotel in 2014 and has since overseen a multi-million dollar makeover—however the concept and vision behind Antoinette is all Crenn. The founder of San Francisco’s Michelin-starred Atelier Crenn has said she was inspired by strong French women and the idea
