Regulars help themselves to a glass from the mismatched set. This unusual restaurant is easier to define by what it is not. It has no trendy (or otherwise) decor, no arty food presentations, no flashy service. And yet it is … Read More
Great value for money at 10 euros less. Photo: patricklazic.com Glou is one of those trendy restaurants that takes pride in letting you know where each of the precious ingredients on the menu comes from. This has become tedious, but … Read More
You won’t find nouvelle cuisine at Chez Grenouille. Pros: solid winter fare, excellent products, the restaurateur’s justified pride in his work. Cons: colorless decor The walk from my second arrondissement office up to Chez Grenouille in the ninth was longer … Read More
Playtime offers a refined version of 1950-60s design. Pros: Everything just right Cons: Everything just right The name of the restaurant Playtime is a reference to the 1967 film of the same name (spelled Play Time) by French director Jacques … Read More
Every Parisian would like to have a restaurant like Le Daron just down the street. Pros: Good food; reasonable prices; comfortable setting; charming, courteous service Cons: No complaints It is a truth universally acknowledged that every Parisian dweller yearns for … Read More
No-Choice Bistro Fare With Extra Flair Youpi et Voilà’s decor conforms to the Parisian gourmet bistro codes. I thought I had the wrong address. The blank glass facade looked like it belonged to one of those Parisian cafés frequented exclusively … Read More
Simply Good or Too Simple? Louloucam’s refreshingly stark decor. In an area of Paris’s 10th arrondissement formerly bereft of good restaurants, Jean-Matthieu Frédéric, a young chef who has passed through the kitchens of the Tour Favorite
Something was wrong. My lunch date, restaurant reviewer John Talbott, wasn’t waiting for me in the new bistro Verres de Contact on the Boulevard Saint-Germain as planned, but on the street in front of it. Turns out that an electricity … Read More
Too Much of A Good Thing? Have you seen this Paris bistro before? When I walked into L’Office the other evening, I had the impression that I had been there before. I hadn’t, but the new wave of “neo-bistros” in … Read More
Where Chefs Dine The deep-fried langoustine tails were perfectly light and crisp. The restaurant Christophe, metaphorically speaking, had been sitting in the back of my mind for several months, but was recently foregrounded when Alain Pramil of the eponymous restaurant … Read More
