Regulars of Fish – La Boissonnerie will recognize bartender Hayden Clout who, along with former Fish chef Matt Ong has opened this wine-centric bistro.
Cheap and cheerful cooking from the Shaanxi province, courtesy of Zhao, who hails from Xi’an. Get the pork-filled flatbread.
This bistro on place Sainte-Marthe is not new, but it has new talent in the kitchen: Top Chef winner Romain Tischenko. Lunch menus at 19, 21 and 24€, dinner 42€.
It’s all bo bun all the time at this airy annex to the heavily trafficked Le Cambodge.
The latest spot to ride the taco wave comes from the people behind Anahuacalli, a longstanding Mexican address in the Fifth.
The vegetarian Tamil cooking at Krishna Bhavan is generous, aromatic, colorful, and cheap. Get the thaali – a sampler of dals and stews served with rice — and wash it down with a mango lassi: There’s no beer here.Open every day from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Pierre Jancou is alive and well, back in Paris, militant passion intact, doing what he does best: Offering the very best products, prepared “sans chi chi,” (his words), and natural wines.
Pascal Guerreau now runs this longstanding bakery, pastry, and chocolate shop.
Entering Le Tombé du Ciel feels a little like walking into the home of that guy you know who has always talked about converting his basement or garage into a bar.
You’ll be surrounded by an array of tempting products if you decide to lunch at this charming canal-side épicerie. On the menu: Comforting classics, fresh salads, and a worthy brunch of salmon rillettes and scrambled eggs. Under 20 euros if you order a formule, a bit more à la carte.
Bento boxes for the bobo set (“benbo”? “boto”? “bobox”?), courtesy of chef Kaori Endo, who is winning raves from the French press for her light and colorful, Japanese-inflected salads, soups, and small plates, as well as a decidedly non-Japanese coffee cream tart.
Daikon, wasabi, parmesan, sesame, curry, arugula, sesame? The ingredients are all over the map at this retro-neo bistro in the 10th, and so are the critiques.
Chef Philippe Damas is showcasing the season’s best ingredients (porcinis, partridges) at this this beautiful new bistro near the Canal Saint-Martin. An affordable prix-fixe menu with interesting and inexpensive wines.
Expats and locals (including one PbM editor, who may require an intervention) are queuing at this sliver of a taqueria off the canal for Claudia and Alejandro’s tacos, burritos and quesadillas, best washed down with a Corona or an agua fresca. Note: There are only two stools in the tiny place, so plan on taking yours to go.
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