Heidi Ellison
Louis
A Fine Little Meal Is Waiting for You
At last, a meal I could really get my teeth into and enjoy down to the last bite. Where? Louis, the new restaurant of Stéphane Pitré in the ninth arrondissement. The tiny place (seats 24) has been charmingly done up in white and shades of blue. The chef, who personally delivered each dish and explained its ingredients to us, was equally charming.
Ellsworth
All’s Well at Ellsworth
The invasion of foreign chefs continues in Paris. Not only is chef Hannah Kowalenko at the new restaurant Ellsworth a Canadian, but she is just 22 years old, which makes the quality of the lunch we had there the other day even more impressive.
In the Footsteps of Van Gogh 2015
Seventy Days, Eighty Masterpieces Amazingly, although Vincent Van Gogh spent only 70 days (May 20-July 29, 1890) in the town of Auvers-sur-Oise, located an hour north of Paris, he made some 80 paintings there during his last days on earth. … Read More
Amarante
Prime Spot for Meat Lovers
My hopes for Amarante were high. I remembered enjoying a wonderful meal at Christophe, the previous restaurant of Amarante’s chef-owner Christophe Philippe, although both Richard Hesse (Paris Update’s former restaurant critic) and I had found the decor depressing.
Kirane’s
Desperately Seeking A Great Indian Restaurant
I love Indian food but long ago despaired of finding a really good Indian restaurant in Paris. When I made a new Indian friend, Abhinay, I thought I’d give it another shot. He promised to take a group of us to one he considers “a safe bet for good Indian food.” So the other evening, five of us trooped into Kirane’s, which, according to its business card, means “ray of sunshine.”
Juste le Zinc
Juste le Zinc
Last week I reported on a sterling experience at Moustache, where we ate well, were treated royally and had an all-around good time. Not long after, I went with two friends to Juste le Zinc, a new restaurant in the eighth arrondissement that had been getting rave reviews, where the food was pretty wonderful but the treatment was less than royal.
Restaurant Moustache
Off the Boulevard and on Track for a Good Time
If you find yourself on the Boulevard de Montparnasse after a film wondering where you can have a good meal, as we did the other evening, first leave the boulevard, with all its chain restaurants (unless, of course, you opt … Read More
Muxu & Twinkie
The Customer Is Always Wrong Muxu. This will be less of a review then a plea to Parisian restaurateurs: please learn to admit your mistakes and accept suggestions and criticism from customers instead of blaming Favorite
Le Mordant
Design Meets Bistronomy In Unlikely Location
The bistronomy movement has given Paris many great little restaurants serving creative, carefully sourced food at reasonable prices, but it has done little to make a mark on the design scene. Most of new bistros are content to cosmetically spiff up the interior of the restaurant or café they have taken over and add a few fancy light fixtures. Here, however, is an exception to the rule: Le Mordant.
Siseng
No-Fuss Fusion By the Canal
My usual advice to those who want to eat at popular lunch spots in Paris is to arrive by 12:30, since French people always eat lunch at 1pm sharp. That doesn’t hold true for Sinseng, however. I got there shortly after noon the other day, and the place was already filling up. By 12:30 it was packed. So my advice is to get there at noon, when it opens.