Heidi Ellison
Lazare
Star Chef’s Brasserie On the Right Track
Lazare being the hottest new restaurant in town, I had to reserve three weeks in advance to get a table, but I finally sat down to eat there with two visiting friends from San Francisco on Sunday evening, expecting a … Read More
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Harmless and Pretty, but Where's the Magic?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, something of an outsider in the French film world, has had a number of successes in his career, including Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children (both co-directed with Marc Caro), but nothing he has done has won … Read More
Edgar
Learning to Share And Loving It
“Festive” is the best word I can think of to describe a meal I recently shared with three friends at Edgar, the restaurant of a new hotel of the same name in Paris’s garment district, the Sentier. The setting made … Read More
What’s New in Paris: Paris Guide Archi, My Paris Street Art
Paris Update What’s New in Paris TOURING PARIS WITH AN IPHONE Rue Mallet-Stevens in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, from the app Guide Paris Archi. © L’Architecte 1927/BHVP/ADAGP 2008 The Pavillon de l’Arsenal has launched a free application for iPhone, Guide Paris … Read More
Bistrot Belhara
Belhara offers Basque food the way it should be done.
After last week’s poor showing for Basque food at the Restaurant WE at Wanderlust, it was a pleasure to taste the real thing at Bistrot Belhara, opened during the summer in the seventh arrondissement by chef Thierry Dufroux. The pretty … Read More
What’s New in Paris: Plaisirs Démodés de Paris
Paris Update What’s New in Paris BACK IN WITH THE OLD What do tourists love most about Paris (aside from the Eiffel Tower)? Its charming old-fashioned bistros and shops. Unfortunately, these old-timey treasures are disappearing one by one. A new … Read More
Jeune et Jolie, Les Salauds, Grand Central, Une Place sur la Terre
Love, Sex and Prostitution, But Few Belly Laughs After a summer of dull offerings, the French movie industry has brought out the big guns for the rentrée (post-holiday period), and while none of the four new offerings reviewed below squarely … Read More
What’s New in Paris: Sunken Chip, Lobster Bar
Paris Update What’s New in Paris SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON What could be a more appropriate location for Paris’s new chippy (fish and chips shop in British slang) than the rue de Vinaigriers (vinegar makers) in the 10th arrondissement? Fans … Read More
Sunken Chip & Lobster Bar
SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON
What better location for Paris’s new chipper (fish and chips shop in British slang) than the rue de Vinaigriers (vinegar makers) in the 10th arrondissement? Fans of the deep-fried fast-food favorite are already lining up at the Sunken Chip (39, … Read More
Collection David et Ezra Nahmad. Impressionnisme et Audaces du XIXe Siècle
Tracing the Origins of Modernity in Art “Canotiers à Argenteuil” (1874) by Claude Monet. David and Ezra Nahmad Collection. Anyone vacationing in the South of France this summer would do well to visit the pretty port town of Sète and, … Read More