L’Altro Frenchie Restaurant
An Italian Frenchie
April 15, 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
As he was when Frenchie Pigalle first opened, the Frenchie empire founder, chef Gregory Marchand, was on hand to watch over the proceedings during the first full week of operation of his latest restaurant, L’Altro Frenchie, a.k.a. The Italian Frenchie, … Read More
Baillotte Restaurant
A Plateful of Joy
March 26, 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Don’t be surprised when you arrive at Baillotte and discover that the interior is not as bright and colorful as it appears on the restaurant’s website. It’s been redecorated since it opened a year ago. The olive-green velvet banquettes have … Read More
Taco Mesa Restaurant
Tastiest Tacos in Town
March 2, 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
The long taco wait is over. Sometime last summer, I read that Beatriz Gonzalez, the ebullient chef/owner of two wonderful Paris restaurants, Coretta and Neva Cuisine, was planning to open a taco bar in September. When a website appeared, I checked … Read More
Jamat Restaurant
Mini Kitchen, Maxi Flavors
February 2, 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Jamat is a cozy mini-restaurant in the ninth arrondissement, so small that the chef, Matthieu Sales (who used to work in the fabulous bistro Les Arlots), needs no assistants in the tiny kitchen, in which he can reach everything with … Read More
Oktobre Restaurant
Exquisite Meal, Unhappy Ending
December 28, 2023 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
I was dismayed to hear recently that the outstanding Kitchen Galerie Bis (a.k.a. KGB, the younger sibling of the Michelin-starred Ze Kitchen Galerie) had gone out of business, but my mood brightened when I heard that its former co-chef, Martin … Read More
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