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Michel Bras’ protégé Antonin Bonnet has taken over the former tourist trap near Notre Dame and transformed the space into a sleeker, chicer dining experience. Diners fly blind sans menu but can expect high quality local products.
Featuring a limited menu of excellently sourced meat, fish, and produce that is roasted simply on a spit, this chic restaurant run by writer Bruno Verjus has the blogosphere abuzz.
Akrame Benallal’s second restaurant L’Atelier Vivanda is all about the meat. Angus beef, Challans birds and baby lambs are padded by classic starters, accompaniments and desserts in the 35€ prix fixe. Exceptional products, like a 45 day-aged côte de bœuf are available for those willing to pay a supplement.
Pierre Jancou has relaunched Vivant Table with chef Sota at the helm and more ambitious menus at 25/45€ (lunch) and 50/70€ (dinner). The wine remains all-natural, but the cooking is better than ever and an absolute steal at lunch.
It’s all about the bird at Le Coq Rico.
A Japanese dumpling bar, from the Passage 53 team.
Founding chef Pierre Jancou has moved on, but the roots remain. New chef Renaud Marcille is bringing a touch of elegance to the product-driven, market cooking, served, as always, with natural wine, inside the city’s oldest covered passage.
With beef sourced from renowned butcher Yves-Marie le Bourdonnec, Blend should be better than it is.
Housed in in the new Shangri-La hotel, this addition to Paris’ haute dining scene set critics abuzz.
Yves Camdeborde’s beloved bistro, once neo and now classic. Book months in advance for weeknight, no-choice dinner, or just queue up at lunch or weekends for the so-called “brasserie menu”.
Ingredient fetishists will appreciate Sven Chartier’s reverence for product, and devotees of natural wines will love Ewan Lemoigne’s list.
This crêperie brings a little luxury to the genre, plus organic Bréton ingredients, a list of about 20 artisanal ciders, and Olivier Roellinger consulting. Continuous service every day.
Brash, Basque, and belly-filling, a meal at l’Ami Jean can be coma-inducing. Reserve in advance, and plan on walking home.
Universally praised Franco-Chinois fare from Adeline Grattard, and all but impossible to book.
Pierre Gagnaire’s thoroughly modern seafood spot.
The neo-classical pavillion that houses Ledoyen is owned by the city of Paris, which seems to make sense given that this is one of the city’s oldest and most grand restaurants.
Benoit Reix packs them into his tiny, bright bistro, watching from behind the counter as diners happily devour dishes from his always-changing menu.
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