Technicolor Treats The chefs work behind a window, like fish in an aquarium. Updated Nov. 12, 2008 As we pushed through the doors and entered the chic interior of Ze Kitchen Galerie, the warmth of chef William Ledeuil’s welcoming smile … Read More
Eye Candy for Food Lovers THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Click here to read 2013 review. Readers may recall that the answer to the ultimate question about Life, the Universe and Everything in Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the … Read More
Family Fun The sushi bar at Foujita 2. Every year, upwards of 600,000 people trek to what is popularly known as “the biggest farm in France,” set up for a week in late February in the exhibition halls at Porte … Read More
Vintage Value Serge Gainsbourg, who watches from the photos on the wall, would probably have approved of the wine list. It was the chalkboard wine list in the window that drew me to Vintage. It contained many of the top … Read More
Dickensian Hideaway Dark-honey-colored wood paneling and quaint murals. Named after Cartouche, a notorious highwayman operating in and around Paris at the turn of the 18th century, Le Repaire de Cartouche, some food bloggers allege, practices its own form of highway … Read More
Go East with Westermann The decor is clean and understated, with a half-timbered backdrop. In one of this restaurant’s previous incarnations, long, long before Mon Vieil Ami was launched four years ago by Antoine Westermann, the Michelin-starred (for his restaurant … Read More
Improv à la Carte Mark Jane and Clara McBride in improvisational mode. Photo: Tom Tollenaere Paris has a number of popular improvisational theater groups, competitions and festivals, but only one troupe, the five-year-old Improfessionals, works in English. Currently playing monthly … Read More
Sideways to the Messinas’ The name of this Sicilian restaurant – Les Amis des Messina – refers to the friends of the Messina family, and the slick PR on the restaurant’s Web site says that the first restaurant on the … Read More
Vintage Lunch The fanciful “Pompeian” decor sets the tone. Le Grand Colbert is vintage Paris, a tour operator’s dream, except that the tour operators seem to leave it alone. After several unsuccessful attempts to book a table at a relatively … Read More
Mom-and-Pop Bistro Fusion The paneled walls don’t provide the ideal setting for the fine food and wine. As you turn into Rue Ferdinand Flocon in the further reaches of the 18th arrondissement, you are rewarded for the hike with a … Read More
