Nostalgia
By DAVID DADOUN For carnivores that desire simplicity, there are few places that meet that standard as Le Relaise de l’Entrecote, in Paris. The menu is deceiving as there is only one main course — steak and frites — and…
Read MoreFor carnivores that desire simplicity, there are few places that meet that standard as Le Relaise de l’Entrecote, in Paris. The menu is deceiving as there is only one main course — steak and frites — and your choice is limited…
Read MoreThis Tony establishment, in the bourgeois 16th off of Avenue Victor Hugo and Rue de la Pompe, is on a corner with tables for outdoor seating three seasons of the year and oysters shuckers with their fisherman caps outside busily…
Read MoreBy DAVID DADOUN This Tony establishment, in the bourgeois 16th off of Avenue Victor Hugo and Rue de la Pompe, is on a corner with tables for outdoor seating three seasons of the year and oysters shuckers with their fisherman…
Read MoreUnlike other brasseries, Le Dôme is strictly a seafood restaurant (except for one veal dish on the menu). With its own poisonnerie just around the corner from the restaurant, it is one of the finest seafood purveyors in all of…
Read MoreNormally when one thinks of restaurant food at a musuem, it means packing a lunch or viewing preserved artifacts of old china. France brings museum food to a whole new level, and there is no better place to experience excellent…
Read MoreOn Boulevard Saint-Germain, next to the famous Les DeuxMagots and across the street from Brasserie Lipp, Café de Flore remains a popular spot to lounge, watch and enjoy some of the best café crème in all of Paris. Known as a spot for…
Read MoreThe Parisian Brasserie – that venerable institution that is typically open 24/7, where restaurant goers come dressed casually or in their classic Parisian fashion – is making a comeback. While there are literally over 1,000 brasseries in Paris, several can now be counted on…
Read MoreLe Procope claims to be the oldest restaurant in Paris, opening shop in 1686 during the time of France’s greatest king, Louis XIV. In the busy 6th Arrondissement near Boulevard Saint-Germain des Près and Odeon, Le Procope principally caters to tourists,…
Read MoreFor years Gallopin was on my shortlist of places to try, but I never quite made it to Le Bourse area, and the fact that it had a multi-lingual menu discouraged me from going. So when my wife, two boys and…
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