Heidi Ellison
Allegra
Another Paris Option When Pining for Pizza
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Allegra gets pizza right, especially the crust.Pizza, now the international food par excellence, no longer has to be made by Italians to be good. One of the most amazing I ever ate was from a … Read More
Will
Where There’s a Will, There’s an Excellent Meal
This restaurant is now called Towa. I wouldn’t say that my friend Helen is willful, but she was rather insistent about me trying Will, a restaurant she had eaten at a couple of months ago, and I thank her for … Read More
L’Office
Eating at This Office Is Never Hard Work
A restaurant review is only valid as long as the same chef remains at the stove. When a new one comes onboard, it gives me a good excuse to revisit old favorites. Such was the case with L’Office, whose latest … Read More
Matière à
Gastronomic Material for Thought
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED The decor is as original as the cuisine. After peering through the glass facade of Matière à several times and making a mental note to eat there, I finally found myself on the other side … Read More
What’s New in Paris: J’Irai Dormir Chez Vous
TAKE A STRANGE MAN HOME TONIGHT If you are walking down the street anywhere in the world and are approached by a slight, handsome man wearing a red shirt and a strange contraption fitted with three cameras pointing at you, … Read More
Tita
Literary Adventures of a Seven-Year-Old
Marie Houzelle writes about a French childhood in English. Tita is the eponymous story of one hell of a smart, sensitive and highly literary seven-year-old girl. This first novel by Marie Houzelle, born and bred in France, has the originality … Read More
Les Chouettes
Casual Class, Creative Cooking
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Chouette! An excellent new restaurant has just opened in a fantastic former industrial space in the upper Marais. Les Chouettes (the word means “owl,” but it is also used as an adjective and an exclamation … Read More
The New Marsangy
Rebirth of A Bistro
Marsangy’s new look. When a friend suggested that we lunch at Marsangy, I was less than enthusiastic, since I had not been overly impressed on my previous visit. He assured me, however, that a new owner had taken over and … Read More
Cantine Max y Jeremy
Tapping into the Tapas Tradition
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED I had never tested the tapas and pintxos (Basque tapas) restaurant Max y Jeremy in the third arrondissement, so when a new branch, the Cantine Max y Jeremy, opened in the 10th, I took the … Read More
Porte 12
Continent-Hopping Chef Touches Down in Paris
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED I have never been to Singapore, famed for its great restaurants and street food, but I have had the pleasure of eating food cooked by talented young Taiwanese chef André Chiang – whose Restaurant André … Read More