We all take it for granted that when we go to the Louvre, Mona Lisa will be waiting for us, oblivious to her ridiculous situation as a very small painting hanging alone on a very big wall, cordoned off from … Read More
Cock Art has a designer decor complete with trophy motorcycle. The Paris restaurant scene seems to be all cock and balls these days. After the opening of Balls at the beginning of the year, we now have Cock Art on … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED A bright, clean decor for the new restaurant Nina.How wonderful to return to Paris from summer vacation and find that a new restaurant, Nina, has opened in your absence. And how even more wonderful to … Read More
In September 2011, the (real-life, controversial) French novelist Michel Houellebecq disappeared for some time during a promotional tour for his novel La Carte et le Territoire, giving rise to speculation on the Web as to what had happened to him … Read More
The terrace would be perfect if it weren’t for the music and the lighting.Last week’s foray into the Parc des Buttes Chaumont for dinner at the Pavillon du Lac was less than a success cuisine-wise, but we enjoyed eating in … Read More
The 19th-century Pavillon du Lac in Paris’s Parc des Buttes Chaumont. When it’s 34 degrees C (93 degrees F) in Paris at 7pm and you’re going out to dinner, you have one priority: find a restaurant with a leafy terrace. … Read More
Last week, I felt that I needed an antidote to bobo bistros, so I went to a stuck-in-the-past brasserie. This week, I felt I needed an antidote to the antidote, and I found the perfect place, the restaurant Simone, thanks … Read More
After eating at Roseval last week, I felt the need for an antidote to bobo restaurants with small servings and overpriced no-choice menus. The perfect opportunity presented itself when I was enlisted at the last minute to find a restaurant … Read More
I have always been a fan of the food at Chez Michel, located near the Gare du Nord and pretty much a Paris institution now, but I have never been a fan of the gloomy atmosphere and indifferent servers, who … Read More
Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t wish he or she had traveled from Paris to Istanbul on the Orient Express, the fabled train of James Bond movies, Agatha Christie novels and many, many other literary and cinematic works? … Read More
