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
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
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
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
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED A bright, clean decor for the new restaurant Nina.How wonderful to return to Paris from summer vacation and find that a new restaurant, Nina, has opened in your absence. And how even more wonderful to … Read More
Resuscitating Historic Paris Are the hundreds of tourists lined up to visit the Cathedral of Notre Dame every day aware that a layered history of Paris through the centuries lies right beneath their feet in the Archeological Crypt? After a … Read More
I have always been a fan of the food at Chez Michel, located near the Gare du Nord and pretty much a Paris institution now, but I have never been a fan of the gloomy atmosphere and indifferent servers, who … Read More
Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t wish he or she had traveled from Paris to Istanbul on the Orient Express, the fabled train of James Bond movies, Agatha Christie novels and many, many other literary and cinematic works? … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Desertion of one’s post is a serious offense, but in the case of Les Déserteurs, no court martial will be required. In fact, I think a medal of valor is in order for Daniel Baratier … Read More
The Clown Bar, located next to the Cirque d’Hiver (Winter Circus) in Paris’s 11th arrondissement, was my local for five years when I lived around the corner, and I returned often over the years to enjoy the unique decor of … Read More
