Quinzieme (Le)
14, rue Cauchy (15) Tel: 01-45-54-43-43 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR This is a very good, very high end restaurant working hard to move into a more rarified Michelin category. It is ten years old, large for a luxury Read more
Hexagone
85, avenue Kleber (16)
Tel: 01-42-25-98-85
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
I acknowledge some “luxury creep” in the composition of this Diary. No one should need my help with the international, starred names. This was to be about lesser known (and less ambitious), smaller places where French people actually eat. And so it remains, mostly.
Yam’Tcha
121, rue Saint Honore (1)
Tel: 01-40-26-08-07
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
Hard to describe, and why bother? Twenty- four seats, sold out lunch and dinner a month ahead with a one month limit on future bookings. But so good, worth trying. Occasional openings for lunch.
Open kitchen. One (French) woman chef/owner, one Asian helper, dishwasher, three front of the house, including the Asian husband of the chef, in charge of tea pairings. Mostly French clientele. A great meal.
Bourse Ou La Vie (La)
12, rue Vivienne (2) Tel: 01-42-60-08-83 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Two things are going on in Paris, both impacting on and reflective of this (then) 22 day old restaurant from American chef Daniel Rose of Spring (See 1st Read more
Rotisserie d’Argent (La)
19, quai de la Tournelle (5) Tel: 01-43-54-17-47 Renamed La Rotisserie AMBIANCE/DÉCOR On the quai beyond Notre Dame. Casual, something less than crisp décor, but good menu and very fine food. Warm welcome. Professionally run. Read more
Bon Saint Pourcain (Le)
10 bis, rue Servandoni (6)
Tel: 01-43-54-93-63
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
From 2010: Informal Left Bank neighborhood spot. Small. Tired. Eccentric. Out of the 1920’s, and not much redecorating since. Owner plus daughter. Tiny kitchen in the hallway.
Chez Dumonet – Josephine
117 rue du Cherche Midi (6)
Tel: 01-45-48-52-40
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
Classic bistro décor. Deliberately tired, but not in the kitchen. Everything L’Ami Louis has except the attitude and prices. Menu innovation: some half portions available. Luxury meats and order ahead desserts (soufflé; extraordinary apple tart). High energy. Great fun. Always full. Terrific food.
Bistro-Cave Quedubon
22, rue Du Plateau (19) Tel: 01-42-38-18-65 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR We loved this restaurant. And good we did, because getting there – in the remote 19th – represented a substantial commitment. Fortunately, worth the journey (by Metro, Read more
Deux Magots (Les)
6, pl St. Germain-des- Pres (6) Tel: 01-45-48-55-25 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR This café occupies what may be the most prime real estate on the Left Bank, including most of the sidewalk of the two streets which make Read more
