Taco Mesa Restaurant
Tastiest Tacos in Town
March 2, 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
The long taco wait is over. Sometime last summer, I read that Beatriz Gonzalez, the ebullient chef/owner of two wonderful Paris restaurants, Coretta and Neva Cuisine, was planning to open a taco bar in September. When a website appeared, I checked … Read More
Jamat Restaurant
Mini Kitchen, Maxi Flavors
February 2, 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Jamat is a cozy mini-restaurant in the ninth arrondissement, so small that the chef, Matthieu Sales (who used to work in the fabulous bistro Les Arlots), needs no assistants in the tiny kitchen, in which he can reach everything with … Read More
Oktobre Restaurant
Exquisite Meal, Unhappy Ending
December 28, 2023 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
I was dismayed to hear recently that the outstanding Kitchen Galerie Bis (a.k.a. KGB, the younger sibling of the Michelin-starred Ze Kitchen Galerie) had gone out of business, but my mood brightened when I heard that its former co-chef, Martin … Read More
Le Matré Restaurant
Mastery in Montmartre
December 6, 2023 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Montmartre has many, many restaurants, but few that deserve special mention. That has now changed with the opening of Le Matré, a little gem hidden on a side street off the beaten tourist track. Despite a mixup over our reservation, … Read More
La Salamandre Restaurant
Top Marx for Thierry
December 6, 2023 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Multi-starred French chef Thierry Marx is an unusual specimen of the genre. Cheerful, easygoing and likable, he is not only an aficionado of judo and Zen meditation but also puts his values into action by using his celebrity and influence … Read More
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