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What’s Open around Christmas & New Year’s?

By Meg Zimbeck On December 20, 2013 · Add Comment · In Holidays in Paris

First Look: LazareLazare is not an open and friendly haven for travelers or gastronomes. It is a club masquerading as a restaurant, employing the sort of velvet rope snobbery that one expects to find at Le Montana or a Costes establishment. There is nothing Eric Fréchon's kitchen could have produced which could have salvaged the worst service I've received in nine years of writing about Paris restaurants.
SeptimeBook well in advance, and then look forward to Bertrand Grébaut's beautiful, seasonal cooking, pristine ingredients, and a fine list of natural wines to match.
Jacques Genin has stopped making pastryTarte citron? Paris-Brest? Éclair au chocolat? Gone, gone and gone.
Thanksgiving in ParisHaven't sorted out your Thanksgiving holiday plans yet? No need to freak out. We've rounded up a few resources to help our American readers, as well as any locals who'll be sharing the table this year.

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Boot CaféA shoebox sized coffee shop inside a former cobbler. The coffee's made for walking so plan to take your Belleville Brûlerie coffee and Emperor Norton baked goods to go.
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