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The following are some of my favorite Paris Top
Tables.
(Note : when calling or faxing from outside of France,
dial 33 and delete the first 0). Unless noted, all
restaurants take most major credit cards.
Prices include service but not wine.
Paris Top Tables:
PIERRE GAGNAIRE
6 rue Balzac, Paris 8.
Telephone : 01 58 36 12 50.
Email: p.gagnaire@wanadoo.fr
Internet : www.pierregagnaire.com
Closed Saturday, Sunday lunch, and Wednesday
lunch.
95 € lunch menu. 225 and 260 € dinner
menus. A la carte, 200 to 300 €.
Valet parking.
There is no chef more creative than Pierre Gagnaire
is: I love dining in this cozy, grown-up, grey
and white dining room, savoring Gagnaire’s
thoughtful fare. It’s never the same, but
I’ve been wowed by everything from tiny clams
fried in polenta and set on a bed of mushroom purée;
an unusual serving of grated coconut paired with
bits of cauliflower and a celery root purée.
Who else could make us collage with pleasure over
a single fat raspberry rolled in sugar?
ASTRANCE
4 rue Beethoven, Paris 16
Telephone: 01 40 50 84 40.
Closed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
70 € lunch menu. A la carte, 190 to 290€ .
Pascal Barbot is the hottest chef in town,
and one of the hardest tables to secure. Vegetables
come from vegetable king Joël Thiebault, and
the chef is a pure magician in the kitchen.
LA TABLE DE JOËL ROBUCHON
16 avenue Bugeaud, Paris 16.
Telephone : 01 56 28 16 16.
Email: latabledejoelrobuchon@wanadoo.fr
Open daily.
55 € lunch menu; 150 € menu. A la carte,
100 €.
Cutting edge Parisian food, Robuchon at his contemporary
finest. Do try the fresh crabmeat with avocado,
anything with truffles or asparagus or langoustines,
and trust sommelier Antoine Hernandez on the wine.
GUY SAVOY
18 rue Troyon, Paris 17.
Telephone 01 43 80 40 61.
Email : reserve@guysavoy.com
Internet: www.guysavoy.com
Closed Saturday lunch, Sunday, and Monday.
Menus at 245 € and 295 €. A la carte,
140 to 270 €.
Valet parking.
An all-time favorite grand chef: The specialties
here are endless, and don’t leave without
sampling the dreamy artichoke soup with truffles,
and take the sommelier’s advice on
the wine.
PRE CATELAN
Bois du Boulogne, Route de Suresnes, Paris 16.
Telephone : 01 44 14 41 14.
Email: leprecatelan-restaurant@lenotre.fr
Closed Sunday and Monday (open in summer months).
85 € weekday lunch menu. A la carte, 180
to 225€.
Chef Frédéric Anton is in top form,
a Michelin three-star at the top of his game: Try
his langoustines; beets with warm Comté cheese;
or the turbot in watercress pesto. Excellent wine
list and knowledgeable sommeliers. In summer,
reserve a table on the romantic garden in the Bois
du Boulogne.
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