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
Just a few days after eating at the superb Middle Eastern restaurant Jolia, I found myself lunching with a friend at the Iranian restaurant Namak. While the food was similar to that of Jolia in some ways (rose petals, pomegranate … Read More
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
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
In an effort to review more restaurants in Paris neighborhoods far from my own, which I tend to neglect, I recently took advantage of the visit of some American visitors who were staying in the 15th arrondissement to seek out … Read More
NOTE TO READERS: Not long after we reviewed it, Candide changed its name to Osteria Paradiso and became a traditional Italian restaurant with the same team and same values it had in its former incarnation. As soon as we get … Read More
The Rue Ramey in Montmartre is lined with restaurants, few of which are open on Monday evening, which is why I chose L’Almanach for a catch-up chat with a friend. Luckily for us, Monday opening was not its only strong … Read More
Ravioli Nord-Est is the near-opposite of my ideal restaurant: it’s noisy, crowded and uncomfortable, and the occasionally rude servers try their best to rush you in and out as quickly as possible. We loved it. Even though we had reserved … Read More
Update, April 25, 2025: Maria Belza has become a neighborhood favorite, revisited many times. When I stopped in with a friend for dinner recently, we were disappointed to see that a dish we both loved, the bass with vegetables and … Read More
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
