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?
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 [...]
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.
Whether you’re a vegetarian, or someone who’s dating a vegetarian, you know that meatless options are hard to come by in this town. That’s especially true if you’re craving something that’s both French (as opposed to the very good ethnic options) and properly good. However, a handful of tables manage to please both vegetarians and (more importantly) the discerning carnivores who love them. Here are our favorites.
- Alexander Lobrano heaps more praise on wine bar Au Passage, loving the service — “this crew really seems to enjoy what they do and in sharing it,” — and the menu of “delicious cameos of James Henry’s fertile culinary imagination.” Aux Verres de Contact, on the other hand, leaves him lukewarm: Service was “distracted and absent minded,” and “seventeen euros seemed like an awful lot of money for a couple of fried eggs with ratatouille and a few slices of smoked tuna.” [Alexander Lobrano]
Bovinappropriate?
- Pudlo has a cow about last night’s pro-meat rally at the Maison de l’Aubrac. He hates butcher Yves-Marie Le Bourdonnec’s slogan “I Love Bidoche” (that’s slang for meat), finding it insufficiently respectful of the noble beef cow. [Gilles Pudlowski] That must mean Pudlo doesn’t share our enthusiasm for the butcher’s promotion (at right) of well-aged beef…
Happy Plates
- Alec Lobrano says that Dans les Landes, the newish tapas bar from the chef behind Afaria, has “quickly become one of my favorite places to eat in the Latin Quarter.” He polished off, during this most recent visit, a platter of Ospital charcuterie, tortilla with truffle cream, deep fried chipirons, baby clams with chick peas and avocado, “the best little barbecued pork ribs I’ve ever eaten in Paris,” and two or three other dishes. Color us impressed. [Hungry for Paris]
Accolades
- Nordic cooks reigned supreme at this year’s Bocuse d’Or competition, with teams from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway sweeping the podium. The winner was Rasmus Kofoed of the restaurant Geranium, and you can congratulate him personally at the Omnivore festival in Deauville next month. [Cuit Cuit]
- Bruno Verjus tells us that Kofoed is only 36, has a Michelin star, and finished second and third in the two previous contests. Today I put on pants before 10am. [Food Intelligence]
Happy Plates
- John Talbott calls Playtime “inventive and delicious,” and, refreshingly, does not compare the Eames chair- furnished dining room to a Mad Men set. [John Talbott]
Well-sourced products plus unlikely Japanese touches put Breizh Café head and shoulders above most crêperies. Start with oysters, maybe, then choose one of the savory, crisp and lacy buckwheat galettes, filled with organic, farm-fresh ingredients. Finish with a sweet crêpe drizzled with salted butter caramel. Cider is the house drink. Or lait ribot, for the kids.
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