Brutus Creperie
Apart from the Crepe Crowd
Most crepe restaurants seem more or less the same to me, even those known for using top-quality ingredients, like Breizh Café. My friend Terry recently introduced me to a creperie with a difference, however: Brutus on Rue des Dames in the 17th arrondissement. Brutus distinguishes itself … Read More
Capitaine Restaurant
A Well-Steered Gourmet Ship
The restaurant inhabiting this location in the Marais seems to change every few years, but one thing remains the same: the plaque noting that mystery writer Georges Simenon, creator of Inspector Maigret, was a regular in one of its previous … Read More
Empreinte Restaurant Lille
The Long Road to Lunch
When my food-blogger friend and I hear about a good restaurant, nothing will stop us from going there, even if it’s in another city and we have to take a train for over an hour each way. That’s how we … Read More
La Condesa Restaurant
A Meal Fit for Royalty
Relying on a rave review from a food-blogger friend, I went to the Michelin-ready restaurant La Condesa (The Countess) in the ninth arrondissement with Paris Update’s former humor columnist David Jaggard and his wife, Nancy Li. This is a new … Read More
La Canonnière Restaurant
High Times at a Paris Bistro
There was an awful lot of grumbling when we arrived at La Canonnière and tried to get settled at our high table, which was on wheels and kept moving around. Even worse were the heavy, cast-iron stools. Once seated on the stools, … Read More
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