Trois B Restaurant
Vegetarian Manqué
March 6, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
The food at the bistro Trois B was wonderful, but, unusually, a major part of our enjoyment of a meal there could be credited to the co-owner and only server that evening, Victor Allenou, a friendly, easy-going Breton who switched … Read More
Åke Restaurant
Romantic Retreat
February 21, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Why is it that we – or maybe it’s just me? – have a tendency to avoid places that are close to us? I have known for a few years that Åke, only a few blocks from where I live, … Read More
La Datcha Restaurant
Rustic yet Refined
February 18, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
You may be nonplussed by the sight of an occasional bale of hay and upside-down dried reeds hanging over some of the tables (won’t some of those fluffy bits fall onto the plates full of food?), but apparently that’s what … Read More
Argile Restaurant
In Good Time, Good Food
January 30, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
If you go to the restaurant Argile, and I strongly recommend that you do, just don’t arrive 10 minutes before the time of your reservation. On a bitter cold evening, I made that mistake and was rebuffed by a heartless … Read More
Casimir Restaurant
Vive Casimir!
January 17, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
The many fans of Chez Casimir, which I dubbed the “perfect bistro” in my last review, may be dismayed to hear, as I certainly was, that it has been sold yet again (to the owners of Glou, Jaja, Bon Vivant, … Read More
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