Posts tagged market-based cooking
Our Guide to Paris: Racines
Aug 16th
Founding chef Pierre Jancou has moved on, but the roots remain. Natural wines, served with market-inspired cuisine from Nicolas Gauduin inside the city’s oldest covered passage.
Practical information
Address: 8 passage des Panoramas, 75002
Nearest transport: Grands Boulevards (8,9)
Hours: Closed Sunday, Closed Saturday
Reservations: Book a few days in advance
Telephone: 01 40 13 06 41
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Our Guide to Paris: Zinc Caïus
Aug 9th
High tables and stools give this small modern bistro near l’Etoile a convivial, bar-like feel. The warm lentil salad with lardo di colonnata is not to be missed.
Practical information
Address: 11 rue d’Armaillé, 75017
Nearest transport: Argentine (1) or Etoile (1, 2, 6, RER A)
Hours: Closed Sunday, Closed Monday
Reservations: Last minute booking usually OK
Telephone: 01 44 09 05 10
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Our Guide to Paris: Passage 53
Aug 4th
Outside, it’s the city’s oldest covered passage. Inside, it’s some of this city’s most forward-thinking cuisine. Chef Shinishi Sato and his Japanese team make precise, poetic use of pristine French ingredients (Desnoyer, Thiébault, Bordier…) and have recently earned a Michelin star.
Practical information
Address: 53 passage des Panoramas, 75002
Nearest transport: Grands Boulevards (8,9)
Hours: Closed Sunday, Closed Monday
Reservations: Book a week or two in advance
Telephone: 01 42 33 04 35
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Our Guide to Paris: Chez Grenouille
Aug 4th
An address for old school charcuterie and meat of all kinds, sorely in need of redecoration.
Practical information
Address: 52 rue Blanche, 75009
Nearest transport: Trinité (12) or Liege (13)
Hours: Closed Sunday, Closed Saturday lunch
Reservations: Book a few days in advance
Telephone: 01 42 81 34 07
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Our Guide to Paris: Le Comptoir du Relais
Aug 3rd
Yves Camdeborde’s beloved bistro. Book months in advance for weeknight dinner, or just queue up at lunch.
Practical information
Address: 9 carrefour de l’Odéon, 75006
Nearest transport: Odéon (4, 10)
Hours: Open every day
Reservations: Book many weeks in advance for dinner weeknights; reservations not accepted for lunch and weekends
Telephone: 01 44 27 07 97
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Our Guide to Paris: Aux Deux Amis
Jul 30th
The room is retro but the food is fresh at this Oberkampf wine bar, where a truly mixed crowd quenches their thirst with natural wine and nibbles pedigreed ingredients, served without pretense. Fun.
Practical information
Address: 45 rue Oberkampf, 75011
Nearest transport: Oberkampf (5, 9)
Hours: Closed Sunday, Closed Monday
Reservations: Last minute booking usually OK
Telephone: 01 58 30 38 13
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Our Guide to Paris: L’Arpège
Jul 29th
Alain Passard spins turnips into gold at this vegecentric (but not vegetarian) three star restaurant.
Practical information
Address: 84 rue de Varenne, 75007
Nearest transport: Varenne (13)
Hours: Closed Sunday, Closed Saturday
Reservations: Book many weeks in advance
Telephone: 01 47 05 09 06
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Our Guide to Paris: Frenchie
Jul 24th
Our Guide to Paris: Bistrot Paul Bert
Jul 16th
The words “Bistrot Paul Bert” and “favorite” are very often used in the same sentence, and for good reason.
Practical information
Address: 18 rue Paul Bert, 75011
Nearest transport: Faidherbe-Chaligny (8)
Hours: Closed Sunday, Closed Monday
Reservations: Book a few days in advance
Telephone: 01 43 72 24 01
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