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"Best language classes in New York"
- New York Magazine
"My wonderful teacher Lalo believes that Spanish helps New Yorkers feel "the warmth of the people"
- The New Yorker
“Chatty and conversational” classes taught in a “sunny storefront” by “gregarious native speakers.” “If you need to hold your own at a party in Paris, Idlewild takes the gâteau.”
- New York Magazine
"My weekly French lessons have been a much-needed reprieve from the pandemic and have helped me feel connected to French culture when trip planning isn't an option"
- Condé Nast Traveler