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PbM readers slam Les Fines Gueules for rotten service and segregated seating.
Sidewalk seats are easy to come by if you want to sip an apéro. Outdoor dining is a trickier proposition. There are plenty of gorgeous spots where the food is grim, and there are delicious restaurants where the outdoor seating is drab. A handful of restaurants manage to do both – serving excellent food in delightful open-air surroundings. Here are our favorites.
Frenchie Wine Bar will soon double in size and be joined on the rue de Nil by the first-ever retail outpost of Terroirs d’Avenir.
For true connoisseurs of the cold stuff, the end of summer does not spell the end of ice cream. Here are the five Paris glaciers where we most often go – in any season – to get our licks.
After the summer holiday, Pierre Jancou will reopen Vivant Table with a new chef and more serious culinary aspirations. Vivant Cave will open next door around September 15, offering small plates, sandwiches, plats du jour, and plenty of natural wines.
Taste: Burrata with green zebra tomatoes, gazpacho & bread crumbs
Restaurant: L’Office
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
Taste: Rice pudding with coconut milk, wild strawberries, cilantro
Restaurant: Frenchie
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
Taste: Duck confit with foie gras
Restaurant: Au Fil des Saisons
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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For all our friends in California, who will no longer be able to enjoy foie gras after July 1,we offer the following farewell on behalf of foie gras dishes from our favorite Paris restaurants.
Taste: Tart with wild strawberries (fraises de bois)
Source: Jacques Genin
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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Even More: a video profile of Jacques Genin by Bruno Verjus
Taste: Wild strawberries (fraises de bois) with crème fraîche
Source: L’Assiette
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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Where can you score a great steak frites in Paris? We asked our contributing advisors to name five favorite places for a steak frites fix. The overall favorite: Le Severo.
Taste: Seared foie gras with strawberries, red onion, and basil
Source: Vivant
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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Taste: Faux filet (sirloin) for two
Restaurant: Jeu de Quilles
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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Taste: Merlan Colbert beurré aux herbes
Source: Terroir Parisien
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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Taste: Watermelon, chili, feta, cucumber granita, radish
Source: L’Office
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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Taste: Cherry tomato salad (panzanella with heirloom tomatoes and actual cherries)
Restaurant: Frenchie Bar à Vins
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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