Victor Resturant
101 bis, rue Lauriston (16) Tel: 01-47-27-55-07 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Victor is not a destination restaurant – except for the neighborhood, which crowds its many tables and clearly enjoys the traditional menu of French favorites prepared with Read more
Café des Marronniers
Jardin Des Tuilleries 113, rue de Rivoli (1) Tel: 01-40-20-04-97 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR In addition to la cream and snack kiosks, the Tuilleries Gardens has 4 sit down restaurant/cafes, all seemingly similar in format, menu and price. Read more
Restaurant David Toutain
29, rue Surcouf (7) Tel: 01-45-50-11-10 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR With many exceptions, this Diary skews its restaurant selections toward traditional and classic versus new and modern. If asked, I respond without further thought: I do not enjoy Read more
Lucas Carton
9, Place de la Madeleine (8) Tel: 01-42-65-56-66 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Lucas-Carton has a very long and distinguished history. In modern times it was a 3 Star restaurant, first as classic and traditional in an era when Read more
Arlots (Les)
136, rue du Faubourg Poissonnière (10) Tel: 01-42-82-92-01 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Les Arlots is a perfectly pleasant, small bistro in the marginal 10th. While reports point to gentrification, it isn’t yet intuitive that one walks the streets Read more
Clover Grill
6, rue Bailleul (1) Tel: 01-40-41-59-59 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Steak frites is a ubiquitous dish on every café menu. Traditional French luxury bistros may offer chateaubriand for two, but the classic American steakhouse model (The Palm, Morton’s, Read more
Poule au Pot (La)
9 rue Vauvilliers (1) Tel: 01-42-36-32-96 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Les Halles is gone, sadly. The awful Forum de Halles is nearly gone, thankfully. (see Champeaux, 1st Arr.). But there remain vestiges of Les Halles, including numerous late Read more
