Fontainebleau

The Fontainebleau (フォンテーヌブロー Fontēnuburō) is a French restaurant located in Washington, D.C. that is used as a meeting place for American politicians as well as CIA employees.

History

Greenback Jane

In the early 1990s, the CIA agent Eda wanted to lay out how to respond to countries within the EAEC that opposed NAFTA. Accordingly, she met with U.S. Senator Jack Bonham and several other men at the restaurant to discuss the matter. At the same time, Don Gerolamo, the head of the Gerolamo Familia, went to the same restaurant to also meet with Bonham. Accompanying the crime boss was Russell, who spotted Eda wearing her navy-blue business dress. Sometime later in 1996, when Russell traveled to Roanapur to hunt down Jane on behalf of Elvis, he chased Jane onto the Black Lagoon. Instead of capturing the wanted woman, the cowboy clashed with Eda, who was defending Jane and managed to disarm him. As he put his hands up, Russell realized that he recognized Eda from that day at the Fontainebleau, though he did not recognize her at first due to her nun uniform and sunglasses. When she told him about her meeting at the "French restaurant" and her alleged hometown of Langley, Virginia, the cowboy shockingly realized she was with the CIA, causing her to immediately shoot him dead to prevent her cover being blown.

Roberta's Blood Trail

In the anime, Grey Fox successfully captured and brought Shue Yan to the United States, much to the CIA's disappointment. Subsequently, the CIA Director held a private luncheon with the President of the U.S. and an NSA assistant at a "French restaurant," most likely Fontainebleau. According to Richard Ravencroft, the CIA Director managed to have jurisdiction and custody over Shue Yan switched from the National Security Agency to the Central Intelligence Agency right in front of the president, causing the NSA assistant to explode in a tirade of curse words.

Trivia

• In the Japanese version of the manga, the restaurant's name is misspelled as "フォーデンヌ・ヴロウ" (Fōden'nu Vurō).