THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Last week, a British friend who lives in Paris e-mailed me from New York City with an urgent message: I must eat at Clandestino. Ever obedient, I reserved a table for the following evening. In … Read More
GRILLÉ AND JULES ET SHIM ARE NOW CLOSED, BUT HOLYBELLY IS STILL OPEN Three-martini lunches were never a thing in Paris, but long, wine-soaked ones were. While lots of Parisian office workers still have a hot midday meal in a … Read More
ALL FOUR OF THESE RESTAURANT ARE NOW CLOSED Can a foodie have a quick lunch in Paris without compromising his or her culinary standards by going to a fast food restaurant? Absolutely. And it is getting easier and easier as … Read More
Naming a Paris restaurant after an American juice product, Clamato (a mixture of clam and tomato juices, as the name suggests), may seem a bit odd, but there you have it. And when you know that this is the fish … Read More
The culture budget is always one of the first to be cut in troubled economic times. To demonstrate the error of this way of thinking, French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti, who gave her annual New Year’s address to the press … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED An oasis for lovers of good food has sprung up in the culinary desert that is Paris’s “grands boulevards.” Sandwiched in between the Hard Rock Café and the Musée Grévin wax museum, BAT (for “Bar … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED When we arrived there the other evening, the Fish Club felt more like a nightclub, with its low lighting, low tables and not-so-low sound levels being produced by trendy-looking groups of people. We had arrived … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED We liked Glou and we loved Jaja, so we fully expected to adore Beaucoup, the new restaurant opened by the same trendy team. Beaucoup turned out to be something rather different, however, from its small, … Read More
Don’t go to Ito if you are looking for a quiet meal. Do go with friends who like to have a good time and eat well. You will be packed in with other diners into this small place with minimal … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Cuistance was on a truffle binge when I dined there the other night with Paris Update’s former restaurant reviewer Richard Hesse. We were celebrating his birthday, so it seemed appropriate that there was something special … Read More
