Old meets new in Paris’s lively Batignolles quarter, where the historic neighborhood stands next to a brand-new eco-district, with the sprawling Martin Luther King Park in its center. The buildings surrounding the park, each with its own quirky contemporary architecture, … Read More
The butternut season is upon us. It’s wonderful how Parisian bistros follow the seasons, but we will soon be getting tired of this vegetable, which seems to have been only recently discovered in France. As one of the few winter … Read More
The restaurant Isolé, meaning “isolated,” is well-named. Walking there from the Métro on a Saturday evening in winter is a spooky experience as your map app takes you on a roundabout route past housing projects and a series of darkened … Read More
Coda is a restaurant to fall in love with. It’s very small (seats 18) and has no decor to speak of, aside from a strange lighting fixture on the ceiling made with plumber’s pipes. All the beauty comes out of … Read More
Anyone who knows the Nouvelles Athènes quarter in Paris’s ninth arrondissement has probably wondered at the sight of a hilltop building fronted with a huge Art Deco stained-glass window. Now, after many years of inaccessibility, the mysterious building on the … Read More
The name Liquide might lead you to think that this place is a bar, but its full name is Liquide par Substance. What does it mean? Well, Liquide is a fairly new restaurant owned by Mathieu Marc, who is also … Read More
Izakayas like Sōma are a welcome new addition to the Paris cuisine scene. The local version of these Japanese tapas bars run the gamut from holes-in-the-wall to rather more posh establishments like Abri Soba. Haikara is such a hole in … Read More
If you are visiting Paris’s Musée d’Art Moderne and can’t see the Forest for the art, go downstairs and out onto the spacious terrace with a gorgeous view of the Seine and the Eiffel Tower, located between the museum and … Read More
The Latin Quarter, around Rue Mouffetard and Place de la Contrascarpe, was positively roaring the other night, with every café and restaurant terrace packed with mostly young people raucously enjoying themselves. Luckily, I had reserved a table for two at … Read More
Just around the corner from Eels, one of my favorite restaurants in Paris, is Brigade du Tigre, another place opened by Eels chef Adrien Ferrand and another chef, Galien Emery (both trained by superchef William Ledeuil), this time in the … Read More
