Le Café qui Parle
Le Café qui Parle is worth a trek to the far side of the Butte Montmartre. Pros: Original dishes made with good quality ingredients; nice decor; great staff; outdoor seating available. Cons: Might be a bit noisy with a … Read More
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Frenchie
Sidewalk table at Frenchie, a new Paris bistro worth knowing about. Pros: Excellent food at wallet-friendly prices; fine, shortish wine list with a good sprinkling of non-French wines Cons: Nothing worth mentioning, apart from the loud music issuing from the … Read More
Les Fines Gueules
The asparagus with white truffles looked like an abstract painting. Pros: A delight in serving well-sourced products (Desnoyers again), pleasant surroundings Cons: A slightly ditzy waitress, who was so nice and new to the job that her faux pas were … Read More
Les Enfants Perdus
Pros: Eager-to-please staff; fresh, well-sourced, well-prepared food Cons: Not much in the way of decor Things are looking up on the canal-side culinary front. New boutiques, cafés and restaurants are springing up nearly every day in the wildly popular … Read More
Derrière
The only restaurant in Paris where you can playping-pong between courses. Pros: Atmosphere, atmosphere Cons: Noisy cocktail shakers, patchy service In last Saturday’s Financial Times, the “Power Dressing” feature profiled Mourad Mazouz, an “Algeria-born restaurateur who has eight restaurants worldwide”. … Read More
Je Thé…me
Teapots galore adorn this lovingly run bistro. Pros: Excellent food and wine, the pride of the owners, plenty of space in pleasant surroundings Cons: None worth mentioning Je Thé…me was once, circa 1900, a tea shop and deli, apparently, and … Read More
L’Ardoise Gourmande
The lobster with sweetbreads was pricey butsuperb Pros: Pleasant decor and buzz, good service Cons: Square plates, limited wine list Believe it or not, when Bertie the Gastrohound and I turned up early at L’Ardoise Gourmande for a fivesome the … Read More
Quedubon
The beef was there, but where was the excitement? Pros: An extensive wine cellar, good products. Cons: A lack of that infectious pride in outstanding products that sets other caves à manger (like Papilles) apart. Styling itself as a bistro-cave … Read More
Fogón
Tapas with a twist are a specialty of the house. Pros: Outstanding vegetable cooking; great staff; restful, understated decor. Cons: Wine list a bit short; at these prices, diners could be seated a little less cheek by jowl; two dinner … Read More
Miroir
Pros: Well-sourced ingredients, pleasant staff.Cons: Tables too close together; bluefin tuna on the menu (tsk, tsk). It might be a conceit, but Miroir’s name is nowhere to be seen on the facade; it’s scrawled on the glass door in what … Read More