A few dishes from Métropolitain, a new Marais restaurant from a former Top Chef contestant. Cotton candy ice cream, anyone?
A few dishes from La Taverne de Zhao – a cheap and casual Chinese joint that has people lining up on a side street near the Canal.
A look at the interior and several dishes at Jean-François Piège, the new gastronomic restaurant upstairs from his brasserie Thoumieux.
Aux Verres de Contact might be fine for certain occasions (if you’re strolling near Notre Dame and want some better-than-average wine and charcuterie), but on the whole it doesn’t add much to the gastronomic landscape. As my table mate observed, it’s too expensive to be a neighborhood joint, and too boring to be a cross-town destination.
Photos from lunch on the airy outdoor terrace at Le Mini-Palais, from giant gougère to giant baba au rhum.
Café des Musées is affordable, centrally located, and open every day. Those attributes, along with the fresh tasting classic French cuisine, make it ideal for visitors to Paris. The only drawback: all the visitors know it.
Au Passage is what happens when some business minded wine nuts open a large and relatively inexpensive space and spend their money on ingredients and talent. Prices are low, there enough tables and turnover to make booking a real possibility, and the menu changes every day. All this will probably add up to a habit. The rentrée will bring loving reviews and longer waits for reservations, so go and get it while you can.
A look at the small plates, interior and terrace at Frenchie Bar à Vins, Greg Marchand’s new wine bar across the street from Frenchie restaurant.
I’m rarely persuaded when people say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. How could a meal without wine lay claim to that title? An exception might be when the breakfast is based around wine, and when that wine comes from some of the most outstanding producers in Napa Valley. It also [...]
L’Agrume is a well-intentioned and often delicious neighborhood restaurant where you can eat five courses for €37. The service is kind, and the interior is entirely without pretension. It should not be a destination for food-minded visitors to Paris. There is nothing particularly French, nor (successfully) innovative about the place. I’m glad that the restaurant exists, but I can’t same the same about that NYT review that will continue to send travelers to L’Agrume for years to come.
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