- John Talbott, who was a fan of Jean-Francois Renard’s cooking back at Carte Blanche, is captivated by the chef’s new place Le Tintilou. A frenchified bento special at lunch included whipped foie gras royale, pork with vegetables and two mini-madeleines for €25. The menu at lunch and dinner runs €35 with dishes like boudin noir with roasted mango and daurade with clams and fava beans. [John Talbott's Paris]
- François Simon passes by Le Flore and Les Deux-Magots in favor of the newly renovated Bonaparte where the food is honest and pleasant, the service is prancing and juvenile, and the crowd is a good mix of tourists, locals, loud-mouths and depressives. [Le Figaro]
- François-Régis Gaudry calls Bob’s Kitchen the best veggie canteen in Paris. He likes to arrive before the crowds at 12:20 to detox with Italian stew or vegetarian maki, to “lubricate his engine” with a glass of carrot-apple-ginger juice, and to stuff an “orgasmic” cookie into his pocket for later in the day. [Et Toque!]
This little Italian épicerie-à-manger, run by the former sommelier at ‘Rino, has four tables — two in and two out — where you can eat surrounded by exquisite spices, olive oils, stacks of wine, and a touch of flea market nostalgia.Open from 10 am to 11 pm every day but Sunday, when they close at 2 pm, and Monday, with an 8:30 pm closure.
The vegetarian Tamil cooking at Krishna Bhavan is generous, aromatic, colorful, and cheap. Open every day from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Part of the new wave of cafés, Coutume offers serious coffee drinks, plus lunch, brunch, and a selection of pastries from Pâtisserie de Rêves.
From the family behind Au Coin des Gourmets, a Vietnamese table with polished cooking and a wine list to match.
Piping hot pies with fresh toppings, industrial loft décor, and cold cocktails from the full bar draw the branché masses to this pizza place between République and Bastille.
This slick little dinette offers pho, bo bun and other Vietnamese favorites.
With its bright, bare-bones kitchen, crowded counter, communal table, and addictive salsas — all mercifully un-Frenchified — this upper Marais spot has officially changed the game, and people are lining up for tacos and agua fresca. Go through the unmarked door next to the stove and you’ll find a serious bar, staffed by Experimental Cocktail Club grads.
With Marcel comes another brunch spot with an Anglo accent, in this case both British (porridge, scones, an English breakfast) and American (fluffy blueberry pancakes, a BLT). They get it right, though, and that, plus a cool space on one of the prettiest corners on Montmartre, has made Marcel an instant hit with the locals who fill the place on the weekends, kids in tow.
The vegetarian landscape in Paris continues to improve. In the airy, minimally decorated dining room at Soya, you’ll find the usual suspects (salads, curries, savory tarts, soy in all its forms), all organic, and an unusually thoughtful winelist.
The “bread” part of Bread & Roses is a lovely range of organic loaves. The rest of it is an English-accented lunch spot and tea salon featuring fresh tarts (savory and sweet), sandwiches, and lively salads, plus flaky scones, serious cheesecake, and a few grocery items, including Marmite. What you won’t find are any bargains.
What was once the quirky and playful sushi restaurant Rice & Fish is now the quirky and playful Mexican restaurant Rice & Beans.
This bright Italian épicerie, run by a starred chef and a food importer, serves lunch (16€ for the formula, more à la carte and à your hunger level) based on their products, including olive oils, pastas, conserves, prosciutto, and cheeses. One editor of this site wept at the site of the burrata.
Slurp your udon in style at this new branch of the rue Sainte Anne classic, housed in a renovated brasserie. Menus range from 18€ at lunch to a hefty 70€ at night.
Colorful, Japanese-inflected salads, soups, and small plates, as well as a decidedly non-Japanese coffee cream tart, courtesy of a Rose Bakery alum. Two locations, one on the rapidly changing rue du Paradis, another in the already thoroughly bobofied upper Marais.
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1 May 2012
Le Fooding’s Veillées Foodstock festival and another stellar (and free!) wine tasting at Caves Augé.
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