The conceit at Braisenville, a Paris restaurant that has been open for over a year now, is that everything is cooked over coals. While this might not sound like a recommendation in itself, the level of creativity, craft and quality … Read More
What do you look for in a Paris restaurant on a cold, stormy winter’s evening? A warm, cozy place serving hearty, well-sourced French food of good quality served by helpful, friendly staff, of course. Not so easy to find these … Read More
Pascade is a new Paris restaurant offering something a bit different. Opened in November by Michelin-two-star chef Alexandre Bourdas of Restaurant SaQuaNa in Honfleur, it presents everything in a sort of dish-shaped crêpe, called a pascade, that is traditionally served … Read More
I discovered the other day how difficult it is to find a good restaurant open for lunch on Saturday in Paris. After calling several places I had been wanting to test, I tried the Bistrot Populaire, which has been on … Read More
As my friend Bonnie, who lives in Montmartre, will tell you, precious few of the many, many restaurants on the butte are praiseworthy, so I was delighted to discover that a new bistro called Antoine de Montmartre had opened in … Read More
Au Rendez-vous des Camionneurs looks like anything but a truck stop, especially now that its new owners have spiffed up its interior with orange tables and turquoise banquettes and the menu with sophisticated dishes. It’s especially hard to imagine an … Read More
Located near the no-man’s-land created by the train tracks running out of the Gare Saint Lazare, Neva Cuisine is something of an anomaly in the neighborhood. With its elegantly simple modern furnishings, high ceilings and 19th-century-style glass-ball chandeliers, it looks … Read More
If there were any doubt about Paris Update’s former restaurant reviewer Richard Hesse’s ability to sniff out a good restaurant, it can now be put to rest. On a visit to Paris recently from his new home across the Channel, … Read More
The restaurant Abri, whose name means “shelter,” literally provided refuge from the rain on a recent October evening, although I almost walked by its unassuming, brightly lit glass façade — from the street it looks more like a takeaway sandwich … Read More
Vilia takes liberties with the Italian classics, to great effect. Those who love classic home-style Italian dishes will adore the authentic, flavorful cooking at Procopio Angelo, reviewed here a couple of weeks ago, but those looking for more creative interpretations … Read More
