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

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

Capitaine Restaurant

Oui, Mon Capitaine

April 14, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants

The address 4, impasse Guéménée in Paris’s Marais is a popular one for restaurants. I have eaten at several different ones, all in the same space, beginning back in 2008, when Paris Update’s much-missed former restaurant reviewer, Richard Stephenson, discovered … Read More