Aux Verres de Contact is an annex of the well-regarded Jadis, where Guillaume Délage has won acclaim for his researched, old-meets-new bistro cooking. But: This is not quite that.
This tidy crêpe spot near rue Mouffetard is short on the usual Breton bric-a-brac, and long on quality.
An Izakaya joint, serving small plates, Japanese beer and cocktails, in the heart of the touristville.
The tall glass jars in this bright and airy shop are filled with colorful artisanal candies from around France — pastilles, calissons, pâtes de fruit, chocolates — and plenty of nostalgia.
This neighborhood bistro, run by a former journalist who always dreamed of having a restaurant, has won over critics with friendly service, direct French cooking (with a few twists – see for example the “nem Toulousain”), and reasonable prices.
Everyone likes the razor clams and reasonable prices at this neighborhood restaurant, once unknown but lately much-vaunted. You can add chef Cédric Lefevre’s name to the bistronomical family tree: He has worked for both Thierry Breton and Christian Constant. Note: the Sunday service is a buffet, not the regular menu.
This landmark restaurant suffered after the death of legendary proprietor Claude Terrail, but his son André seems to have resuscitated the place, which could have languished into irrelevance on its (faded) laurels.
Make a pot of mint tea or strong black coffee and bite into these fragrant, sticky-sweet Algerian pastries.
A salade landaise served as a spring roll, mini croissants with truffles and ham, sardine rillettes, crisp polenta with smoked duck: This new address from Julien Duboué of Afaria serves up a lengthy list of creative tapas for gourmand grazing.
On the one hand, this really is a café, open all day long starting at 8 am. But it’s the natural wines and simple food that keep this place busy. The terrace doesn’t hurt.
Good ingredients in the hands of a passionate chef make this Latin Quarter address a favorite, at least among those who have heard of it. The 16 euro lunch menu is a steal; dinner is far less criminal.
This Lorraine-based chocolatier (a Meilleur Ouvrier de France) opened a boutique in Paris in late 2010. Before that, the only place to get his famed Atlantique tablet in town was À l’Etoile d’Or.
A refined Franco-Japanese address from the owners of Youlin, opened just in time to make at least one best-of-2010 list. Dinner menus at 55 and 75€.
Nearly 100 years old, this shop offers stacks and stacks of estate-bottled wines from all regions of France.
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