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.
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 second Michelin star.
An address for old school charcuterie and meat of all kinds, sorely in need of redecoration.
This self-taught modernist chef’s signature dishes include an oyster sorbet, chicken cooked with licorice root, and a “larme” (tear) of chocolate.
Chef Christophe Pélé sold and left Bigarrade in early 2012. A new chef from the nearby Bristal has taken over.
A truly mixed crowd packs this Oberkampf wine bar, for natural wine and small plates.
Alain Passard spins turnips into gold at this vegecentric (but not vegetarian) three star restaurant.
The menu at this perennial favorite is seasonally-minded, and a carnivore’s paradise. Not for the faint of heart, or appetite.
This Breton bistrominique near the Gare du Nord serves a four-course feast featuring dishes that are baked in a massive dining room oven.
Petter Nilsson’s inspired, eclectic cooking draws eaters from all corners of Paris to this very good looking address near the marché d’Aligre.
Here’s the situation: You can only reserve for the first seating at Le Chateaubriand. After that, you’ll have to wait in line with everyone else for a stab at Iñaki Aizpitarte’s unique (that’s putting it mildly), 50€ menu, a parade of forgotten vegetables, fish, and meat (some raw, some cooked) that landed the restaurant on San Pellegrino’s 50 Best list last year.
Precise, direct cooking in a luxe, insulated room, this was one of the most talked about openings of Spring 2010.
You can’t talk about “la bistronomie” without mentioning La Régalade.
If, after several days of eating in Paris restaurants, you realize that you’ve not had a single green vegetable, you may wish to consider a visit to Supernature.
This is the second address from Rodolphe Paquin of Le Repaire de Cartouche.
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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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