Journalist Susan Stamberg recommends the restaurant Watt: “Delicious, healthy choose-your-own ingredients for lunch or dinner before or after a visit to the Cluny Museum. Fair prices for big salads, pastas with three ingredients you pick (aubergine, champignons, saumon fumé, etc.). … Read More
The decor is simple, the food simply delicious. I wouldn’t say that my friend Helen is willful, but she was rather insistent about me trying Will, a restaurant she had eaten at a couple of months ago, and I thank … Read More
The simple bistro decor has not changed. A restaurant review is only valid as long as the same chef remains at the stove. When a new one comes onboard, it gives me a good excuse to revisit old favorites. Such … Read More
The decor is as original as the cuisine. After peering through the glass facade of Matière à several times and making a mental note to eat there, I finally found myself on the other side of the glass the other … Read More
Marie Houzelle writes about a French childhood in English. Tita is the eponymous story of one hell of a smart, sensitive and highly literary seven-year-old girl. This first novel by Marie Houzelle, born and bred in France, has the originality … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Chouette! An excellent new restaurant has just opened in a fantastic former industrial space in the upper Marais. Les Chouettes (the word means “owl,” but it is also used as an adjective and an exclamation … Read More
Marsangy’s new look. When a friend suggested that we lunch at Marsangy, I was less than enthusiastic, since I had not been overly impressed on my previous visit. He assured me, however, that a new owner had taken over and … Read More
A lively atmosphere and quality tapas. I had never tested the tapas and pintxos (Basque tapas) restaurant Max y Jeremy in the third arrondissement, so when a new branch, the Cantine Max y Jeremy, opened in the 10th, I took … Read More
Porte 12 has an attractive decor with a spiral staircase and coppery fixtures, but diners are more interested in their plates. I have never been to Singapore, famed for its great restaurants and street food, but I have had the … Read More
The new Le Gaigne’s decor is a big improvement over the original restaurant’s.Bigger is not always better when it comes to restaurants. A case in point is Le Gaigne, which used to be a tiny bistro run by a young … Read More
