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Box of chocolates from Jacques Genin by Meg Zimbeck

Five Great for a Box of Chocolates

By Meg Zimbeck · 17 Comments

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.

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Five Great for Oysters

By Barbra Austin · 9 Comments

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.

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Five Great for Ice Cream

By Meg Zimbeck · 13 Comments

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.

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Five Great Steak Frites

By Meg Zimbeck · 5 Comments

Where can you score a great steak frites in Paris? We asked our contributing advisors to name five favorite places for a steak frites fix. The overall favorite: Le Severo.

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Five Great with Kids

By Meg Zimbeck · 12 Comments

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.

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Five Great for Vegetarians

By Meg Zimbeck · 8 Comments

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 (skipping over some very good Italian and Asian options) and properly good. However, a handful of French tables manage to [...]

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Pierre Herme macarons

Five Great for Macarons

By The Mouth · 4 Comments

Paris is a playground for lovers of macarons – those little treats with the quick-dissolving shells, creamy centers, and wacky flavors. Macs in Paris are easy to find, but not all cookies are created equal. We asked our panel of contributing editors to weigh in and name their favorite sources for that quintessentially French sandwich cookie.

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Dining in Groups - Drouant - photo courtesy of the restaurant

Five Great for Groups

By Meg Zimbeck · 3 Comments

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.

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Five Great Places for Sunday Dinner

By Meg Zimbeck · 4 Comments

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 [...]

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Five Great Baguettes

By Meg Zimbeck · 10 Comments

Where can you score a great baguette in Paris? We asked our contributing advisors – a group of Paris-based food writers – to name five favorite places for a baguette fix. The overall favorite: Eric Kayser.

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