Cordonnerie (La)
20, rue St-Roch (1) Tel: 01-42-60-17-42 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR This small family-owned restaurant has operated for almost fifty years in an ancient building built into the side of the St. Roche Church just off Rue St. Honoré. Read more
Chez La Vieille (Adrienne)
1, rue Bailleul (1) Tel: 01-42-60-15-78 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR What remains from the legacy of the late Adrienne who owned and presided over this now-tired and cramped space in the 1st Arr. is not worth wasting a precious Read more
Chez Denise – La Tour de Montlhery
5, rue des Prouvaires (1) Tel: 01-42-36-21-82 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Touristy Les Halles location. Touristy “old bistro” look. Surprise: good food, professionally served. Hearty menu, with some fish choices. In fact, few tourists, at least foreign ones. Read more
Café Des Abattoirs
10 rue Gomboust (1) Tel: 01-76-21-77-60 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Michel Rostang pioneered the concept of a Michelin-starred chef opening a second, more modest restaurant, what is now nearly universal. Along with his 2-Star restaurant he has four Read more
Au Vieux Comptoir
17, rue des Lavandieres (1) Tel: 01-45-08-53-08 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR From the outside, it could be any one of hundreds of similarly looking corner bars/cafes, with food as an afterthought. This is a real bistro, nearly all Read more
Goust
10 Rue Volney (2)
Tel: 01-40-15-20-30
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
No personal pride of “discovery” of the new restaurant, Goust. Alex Lobrano, a normally dependable blogger, alerted readers to what he described as the best new restaurant to open in Paris in recent years. Others echoed his praise.
Whether the superlative is fully due can be debated. What cannot be is the combination of elegant surroundings, polished and attentive service, unusual and careful selection and presentation of a multi-course menu, amazing and bountiful wine pairings, and fair prices, albeit at the high end.
L’ As du Fallafel
34 Rue des Rosiers (4)
Tel: 01-48-87-63-60
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
As the name and address suggest, a kosher falafel joint in the Marais with a bare bones dining room in case you don’t want to eat on the street. No décor and barely anything resembling ambiance. So what explains long lines every day, all day? A great sandwich and an unforgettable experience. (And the long lines move quickly.)
Affriole (L’)
17 rue Malar (7)
Tel: 01-44-18-31-33
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
Simple. Busy. Low on ambiance, high on food, without the energy of Epi Dupin, but similar mission and high level execution.
A complete redo. Now modern, with a full blackboard wall listing the menu. The food is (or has become) exceptional, particularly for the price. Busy. Booked; deservedly.
Restaurant Entredgue (L’)
83, rue Laugier (17) Tel: 01-40-54-97-24 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR On paper – and in place, mostly – this restaurant possesses all of the elements needed to merit the highest possible evaluation: exceptional, refined food from a blackboard Read more