Il Bacaro
A Taste of Venice
July 15, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
UPDATE, July 15, 2025: A return trip to Il Bacaro revealed that little had changed in this lovable little Venetian restaurant on a quiet, tree-lined street (sitting on the terrace on a warm night was a pleasure). We started with … Read More
Namak Restaurant
Passion for Persian Cuisine
July 9, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Just a few days after eating at the superb Middle Eastern restaurant Jolia, I found myself lunching with a friend at the Iranian restaurant Namak. While the food was similar to that of Jolia in some ways (rose petals, pomegranate … Read More
Jolia Restaurant
Marvelous Mashups
July 5, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Who doesn’t love Middle Eastern food, in all its many national incarnations? They are all wonderful, but the restaurant Jolia has found ways to make them even more exciting with new combinations and ingredients. I went there with a friend … Read More
Georgia Restaurant
Georgia on My Mind
June 4, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
UPDATE, June 5, 2025: Georgia is still dispensing (mostly) American-style comfort food to locals on Rue Château d’Eau in the 10th arrondissement. ORIGINAL REVIEW, October 9, 2019: Last week, I sampled the cuisine of the county of Georgia in the … Read More
Les Arlots
Lunchtime War Games in Rollicking Modern Bistro
June 3, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
I happened to go to Les Arlots with two Paris Update readers, Jenny and Jonathan, on Armistice Day, when the restaurant was in full celebration of the end of World War I, complete with facsimiles of menus from the war years and toy soldiers on the tables.
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