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Sidewalk seats are easy to come by if you want to sip an apéro. Outdoor dining is a trickier proposition. There are plenty of gorgeous spots where the food is grim, and there are delicious restaurants where the outdoor seating is drab. A handful of restaurants manage to do both – serving excellent food in delightful open-air surroundings. Here are our favorites.
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.
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. 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.
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 [...]
Facing a very pretty square, Drouant has been around since 1880. Now run by Antoine Westermann, the menu offers elegantly updated classics with an emphasis on seafood.
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The Feed
- Chateaubriand to open a wine shop
- Daniel vs. Danny Rose: the battle for America-in-Paris
- Ridha Khadher wins the Best Baguette in Paris competition
- Paris by Foot, for Boston
- Mimolette on Lockdown
- Passard’s Poubelles
- Pop-up brew pub pairs craft beer & comfort food
- Terroirs d’Avenir opens in Paris
- Jacques Genin has stopped making pastry
- RIP: Spring Boutique closes its doors
- Food by Fashion: The Sporting Project pops again
- Agapé Substance now a little light in the kitchen
- Paris’ First Pop-Up Beer Bar
- Pierre Jancou spanks magazine for “fradulent” free meal request
- James Henry to show his Bones
- Fashionistas get Fat (Radish) in Paris
Our Favorite Things
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- Five Great Frenchie Substitutes
- Five Great Places for Outdoor Dining
- Five Great for Ice Cream
- Five Great Steak Frites
- Five Great with Kids
- Five Great for Inexpensive Chinese
- Five Great for Vegetarians
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