When Yannick Alléno, three-star chef at the Hôtel Meurice, opens a new restaurant, Parisians sit up and take notice. The excited buzz started even before the place opened, raising expectations to the point where many critics were disappointed with the … Read More
The Mori Venice Bar is the kind of place you seek out when you want to feel cosseted while enjoying a long, relaxed and relaxing meal in a calm atmosphere. The service, although sometimes a bit slower than warranted by … Read More
It’s not new and it’s not a gourmet’s paradise, but Au Vin des Pyrénées is a longstanding favorite that’s worth knowing about for many reasons: the always friendly welcome from cheerful, youthful staff who actually seem to care about their … Read More
Having had my plan to lunch at Aux Verres de Contact thwarted last week by a power cut that closed the restaurant, I was eager to try it, so I called the next day to make a reservation. I was … Read More
Judging from the gales of laughter in the cinema and the number of people who left before the end of Adieu Berthe: L’Enterrement de Mémé (Granny’s Funeral) on the evening I saw it, you are going to either love or … Read More
Children absorb and reflect the world of their elders. At Drancy, the internment camp in France from which over 67,000 Jews, 6,000 of them children, were deported to the Nazi extermination camps, “ordinary life sometimes took over,” said Odette Dattroff-Baticle, … Read More
The food and decor are simple and pleasing. The ninth arrondissement is turning into a hotbed of good little neighborhood restaurants. We have already reviewed a number of them here (including Le Pantruche, Les Saisons, L’Office and Le Garde Temps), … Read More
Okay, let’s get it out of the way immediately. Most Americans are familiar with the Yiddish meaning of “schmuck,” but in German, it means “jewelry” or “decoration,” so no need to giggle or gasp when you hear that I went … Read More
The party began at the Paris restaurant Jour de Fête even before we arrived. When I called to say my friend and I were running a bit late for our 9pm reservation the other night, the woman who answered the … Read More
Vegetarians, avert your eyes now. This review is about restaurants where meat meets carnivore, to the latter’s great delight… While Pierrot and the American Bistrot vary greatly in style, the substance is the same: their basic stock in trade is … Read More
