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- ASTRANCE
4 Rue Beethoven
Paris
Tel: 01 40 50 84 40
Fax: 01 40 50 11 45.
Closed Monday and Tuesday at lunch. 180 F lunch, 265
F dinner menu.
Best of the newcomers modern, inventive, full of lively
flavors Great bread and some young new wines to discover.
Small and popular, so book ahead.
- DAME JEANNE
60 rue de Charonne
Paris
Tel: 01 47 00 37 40
Fax: 01 47 00 37 45.
Closed Saturday lunch and Sunday. 110, 128 and 168-franc
menus.
Small and modern bistro offering unusual “fruit
& vegetable” menu. Also delicious gaspacho,
simple grilled lamb chops and rich potato puree.
- AU BON ACCUEIL
14 rue de Monttessuy
75007 PARIS
Tel:01 47 05 46 11.
Closed Saturday and Sunday.175 F menu. 280-350 F
My last meal at this popular Left Bank bistro included
a rich and creamily delicious risotto flavored with
tiny, woodsy chanterelles mushrooms, and roasted leg
and shoulder of lamb served with a rich rosemary-infused
juice.
- BISTROT DE L’ETOILE NIEL
75 avenue Niel
75017 PARIS
Tel: 01 42 27 88 44
Fax: 01 42 27 32 12.
Closed Saturday lunch and Sunday. 148 & 175 F
menus. A la carte, 220-300 F.
A classic neighborhood bistro with a modern touch:
Deep, intense flavors with traditional pork terrine;
chicken fricassee with celery root puree; dreamy shellfish
risotto and excellent service.
- CHEZ GEORGES
1 rue de mail
Paris 75002
Tel: 01.42.60.07.11.
Closed Sunday. 220 F lunch menu, 359 F dinner menu.
A la carte, 250-300 F.
This classic Parisian bistro never disappoints a classic
endive salad full of crispy bacon ; great duck with
wild cepe mushrooms; perfect fries and meaty steaks;
and delicious Brouilly to wash it all down.
- CARRE DES FEUILLANTS
14 rue de Castiglione
Paris 75001
Tel: 01 42 86 82 82
Fax: 01 42 86 07 71.
Closed Saturday lunch, Sunday and August. 320 F lunch
menu,750 F tasting menu. A la carte, 550-700 F.
Chef Alain Dutournier rarely disappoints in this warm
and cozy setting: Try anything with oysters, scallops,
foie gras, game or exquisite roast chicken.
- LE DOME
108 Blvd du Montparnasse
Paris 75014
Tel: 01 43 35 34 82
Fax: 01 42 70 01 19.
Open daily. 400-450 F.
I could dine at Le Dome once a week, feasting on platters
of briny oysters and their incomparable sole meuniere.
Try to Quincy, a white that is made for fish and shellfish.
- HELENE DARROZE
4 rue d'assas
Paris 75006
Tel: 01 42 22 00 11.
Fax 01 42 22 25 40
Closed Saturday lunch and all day Sunday.
Service remains the biggest set back here, but this
young chef from France’s southwest and true talent.
Tapas-style bar downstairs, fine dining upstairs.
- AUBERGE PYRÉNÉES-CEVENNES
106 rue de la folie Mericourt
Paris 75011
Tel: 01 43 57 33 78
Closed Saturday lunch and Sunday 148F menu, 160-210
F
The weather calls for the hearty fare of Lyon: Sausages,
Beaujolais, fun!
- LAURENT
41 ave Gabriel
Paris 75008
Tel: 01 42 25 00 39
Fax 01 45 62 45 21
Open daily 390F menu, 700 F
I dream of Philippe Braun’s sauteed foie gras
with spicy black beans! Sommelier Patrick Lair will
find the right wine: Try the pure syrah Domaine Peyre
Rose.
- LE PETIT MARGUERY
9 Blvd du Port Royal
Paris 75013
Tel: 01 43 31 58 59
Closed Sunday and Monday Menus 165 & 215. A la
carte 320F
If you love mushrooms and game then be sure to make
an annual pilgrimage to the Cousin brothers restaurant.
- PIERRE GAGNAIRE
6 rue Balzac
Paris 75008
Tel: 01 44 35 18 25
Fax :01 44 35 1837
Closed Saturday lunch and Sunday 700-850F
No chef is as wildly creative as Pierre Gagnaire.
I adore his daring nature, his honesty and his way
with ingredients. The dining room is a dream.
- AU BASCOU
38 rue Reamur
Paris 75003
Tel: 42 72 69 25
Closed Saturday lunch & Sunday 85F lunch menu
SW French: great lamb, squid, ham, good wines.
- CAP VERNET
82 Avenue Marceau
Paris 75008
Tel: 01 47 20 20 40
Fax: 01 47 20 95 36
Open daily. 260-270 F
Still the best oysters in town! I also love all their
fish selections including dorade and home-cured salt
cod on a bed of cabbage.
- LE PRE CATELAN
Rte de Suresnes
Bois de Boulogne
Paris 75016
Tel: 01 44 14 41 14
Fax: 01 01 45 24 43 25
Closed Sun eve & Monday 290 F lunch menu, 480
F dinner
Frederic Anton is a master: I adore his sumptuous
crab and caviar creations; risottos, dreamy sea urchins,
inventive desserts.
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