Old meets new in Paris’s lively Batignolles quarter, where the historic neighborhood stands next to a brand-new eco-district, with the sprawling Martin Luther King Park in its center. The buildings surrounding the park, each with its own quirky contemporary architecture, … Read More
In 2021, Paris restaurants weren’t allowed to fully reopen until June 9, but we struck it lucky, reviewing so many good restaurants in only seven months that we have chosen 12 favorites (many of which happen to have female chefs) … Read More
The butternut season is upon us. It’s wonderful how Parisian bistros follow the seasons, but we will soon be getting tired of this vegetable, which seems to have been only recently discovered in France. As one of the few winter … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED 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 … Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
