Zébulon Restaurant
Gourmet Eccentricity
I have been to Zébulon, next to the Palais Royal, twice before. Each time it had a different chef, and both were great. Now, a new chef, Guillaume Dunos, presides over the open kitchen, so it was time to pop … Read More
Coda Restaurant
Humble Brilliance
Coda is a restaurant to fall in love with. It’s very small (seats 18) and has no decor to speak of, aside from a strange lighting fixture on the ceiling made with plumber’s pipes. All the beauty comes out of … Read More
Villa Mikuna Restaurant
Peru in New Athens with a Japanese Touch
Anyone who knows the Nouvelles Athènes quarter in Paris’s ninth arrondissement has probably wondered at the sight of a hilltop building fronted with a huge Art Deco stained-glass window. Now, after many years of inaccessibility, the mysterious building on the … Read More
Liquide par Substance Restaurant
Tales from the Tavern
The name Liquide might lead you to think that this place is a bar, but its full name is Liquide par Substance. What does it mean? Well, Liquide is a fairly new restaurant owned by Mathieu Marc, who is also … Read More
Haikara Restaurant
A Night at the Izakaya
Izakayas like Sōma are a welcome new addition to the Paris cuisine scene. The local version of these Japanese tapas bars run the gamut from holes-in-the-wall to rather more posh establishments like Abri Soba. Haikara is such a hole in … Read More
Forest Restaurant
A Postmodern Refuge
If you are visiting Paris’s Musée d’Art Moderne and can’t see the Forest for the art, go downstairs and out onto the spacious terrace with a gorgeous view of the Seine and the Eiffel Tower, located between the museum and … Read More
Cantine Russe Restaurant
Flashback to the '80s
Men armed with Kalashnikovs circled the room. Loud popping sounds filled the air. Tensions were running high. We froze as one of the men carrying a Kalashnikov approached our table and lowered his gun, pointing it at my glass. Vodka … Read More
Louis Vins Restaurant
Back to the Latin Quarter
Last week, we reviewed the restaurant Narro, a rare gourmet gem in the midst of student-central in the Latin Quarter. This week, we miraculously found yet another fabulous restaurant not far away in the fifth arrondissement, Louis Vins. I have … Read More
Narro Restaurant
Island of Calm amid Latin Quarter Uproar
The Latin Quarter, around Rue Mouffetard and Place de la Contrascarpe, was positively roaring the other night, with every café and restaurant terrace packed with mostly young people raucously enjoying themselves. Luckily, I had reserved a table for two at … Read More
Brigade du Tigre Restaurant
Tiger Burning Bright
Just around the corner from Eels, one of my favorite restaurants in Paris, is Brigade du Tigre, another place opened by Eels chef Adrien Ferrand and another chef, Galien Emery (both trained by superchef William Ledeuil), this time in the … Read More