Unless you’re on an all-chocolate diet, this can be a frustrating food neighborhood. Prices are high, quality is questionable. But with a batch of new openings over the past year to add to our old favorites, we’re no longer stumped by the (frequently asked) question: “I’m staying in the 6th arrondissement. Where should I eat?”
Our weekly roundup of Paris restaurant news, including reviews of newcomers Le Coq Rico and Au Clocher de Montmartre, crêperies La Compagnie de Bretagne and L’Avant Comptoir, anglophone outposts Albion and Fish, dumpling dives Yoom and Gyoza Bar, plus thoughts on Racines, Le Galopin, Le Pantruche and Thoumieux.
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 [...]
- Aaron Ayscough calls L’Avant Comptoir “a total crapshoot”…
- Thierry Richard finds “fiendishly well-executed food” at Bistro Volnay, and Pudlo calls Sassotondo “diabolically good”…
- John Talbott blisses out at Vivant, thanks to a “plain old duckling… blessed with the finest use of fleur de sel I’ve had in a long time… cooked perfectly so as to be tasty, firm but luscious inside and crispy outside.” He then recommends two additional addresses where one can find “superb products and perfectionistic cooking“: Café des Musées and Akrame. [John Talbott's Paris]
- The Portland food truck scene this isn’t, and yet Le Fig has managed to round up a few addresses for eating on the go. They cite Al Taglio, L’Avant Comptoir and L’As du Fallafel, among others, as places where you can wolf standing up and without shame. They even point to two real-live carts: Le Camion bio and VéloCafé. [Figaroscope]
Happy Plates
- Emmanuel Rubin gives one corazon to the “fraîche” Candelaria: “Tacos al pastor (porc, oignons…) : divertissant. Tostadas au poulet : sympatico,” he says. [Figaroscope]
- Aside from the “lack of any kind of service” (and that it clearly strains his hipster heart to do so) Aaron gives a reluctant seal of approval to L’Avant Comptoir, enjoying “excellent anchovies” and a “chilled, pure, and harmonious” crab salad, and the “spritzy, honey-kissed” sparkling Mauzac he drank. [Not Drinking Poison]
Crêpes up front and pork (Ibaïona) in the rear. It’s standing room only at Yves Camdeborde’s tapas and wine bar, a hit since it opened in fall of 2009. Go during the off hours or be prepared to be get to know the person next to you very, very well.
Upcoming Food Tours
Taste of Paris
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Cherry tomato salad
22 May 2012
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Cherry tomato salad
(Delicious) Things to Do
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Paris Food & Wine Events
1 May 2012
Le Fooding’s Veillées Foodstock festival and another stellar (and free!) wine tasting at Caves Augé.
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Paris Food & Wine Events
