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Five Great for Crêpes

The Mouth — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:22:37 +0000

Crêpes are warm and bubbly, they're inexpensive, and in-house studies have found them to be the perfect hangover food. That makes them just right for December, when the weather is cold and wet, when the wallets are increasingly empty, and when there are wine tastings almost every single day. But where to go for the best galettes?

Five Great for Oysters

Barbra Austin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:42:26 +0000

Where can you score some great oysters in Paris? We asked our contributing advisors – a group of food-obsessed Paris writers – to name their favorite spots for indulging in some half-shell love. The overall favorite: Huîtrerie Régis.

Five Great for Galette des Rois

The Mouth — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:20:52 +0000

Thank the baby Jesus and those three kings who traveled to meet him, it's time again for the galette des rois! Our local experts have selected their favorite sources for the Kings' Cake in Paris and crowned their own royalty, beginning with Christophe Vasseur of Du Pain et Des Idées.

Five Great Places for Sunday Dinner

Meg Zimbeck — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:22:51 +0000

Judging by the listings in our own Guide to Paris, at least half of Paris restaurants are closed on Sunday. Visitors to Paris, including veteran restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila, are continually confounded by the number of closed doors on dimanche. To help our readers find options that are open, we created [...]

Five Great for Dinner in Montmartre

The Mouth — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:42:44 +0000

Of all the questions we're asked about dining in Paris, "where to eat in Montmartre?" is among the most frequent and the most difficult. It's a charming area, and the bakeries are impressive, but the Butte is largely barren when it comes to good restaurants. There are, however, a few fresh options. We've listed our five favorites, along with a few backup options that don't totally suck.

Six Great for Wild Game

Meg Zimbeck — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:06:05 +0000

It's that time of year again: time for us to appreciate the variety and beauty of wild animals... with our mouths. Time to taste of the bunny, the bambi, the boar, and the buckshot. Bite down carefully, and bite here, at the following selection of game-savvy restaurants preferred by our gang of contributing advisors.

Five Great for Groups

Meg Zimbeck — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:22:28 +0000

In Paris, where a restaurant's popularity seems to be inversely related to the number of seats, dining in a big group isn't easy. Try booking for ten at a twenty-seat spot and you're likely to be laughed right off the phone. But don't despair - there are a handful of Paris restaurants that can welcome groups with excellent food and reasonable prices. Here are our favorites.

Five Great with Kids

Meg Zimbeck — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:02:57 +0000

There may not be an abundance of children's menus in Paris, but this doesn't mean that families are relegated to McDonald's. Our contributing advisors have put their heads together and come up with this list of places that please both children and parents alike - restaurants that feature simple food, kind service, proximity to open space, and/or good drink options for mom & dad. Their overall favorite: the Breizh Café.

Five Great for a Box of Chocolates

Meg Zimbeck — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:09:00 +0000

Ask a group of food writers about their favorite for a box of chocolate and the resulting dischord may surprise you. Of all our Five Great topics to date, chocolate turns out to be the most personal and divisive. Still, two clear winners emerged - Jacques Genin and Patrick Roger - with more than twice the number of votes as anyone else.

Five Great for Ice Cream

Meg Zimbeck — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:42:29 +0000

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.