Le Chateaubriand – Paris by Mouth

Le Chabanais from Le Chateaubriand's Inaki Aizpitarte to open in London

Aizpitarte to open Le Chabanais in London

Bloomberg reported today that Le Chateaubriand (now le Chateaubrand?) will be opening a 90 seat restaurant early next year in London’s Mayfair district.

Le Chabanais, which takes its name from a brothel and is also the name of an international escort service, will be helmed by Paul Boudier, currently Iñaki Aizpitarte’s second in command. The space will be designed by Clement Blanchet who designed, along with Rem Koolhaas, Le Chateaubriand’s adjacent white marble wine bar Le Dauphin.

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Le Chateaubriand opens Le Cave wine shop

Le Cave, a new wine shop from the restaurant Le Chateaubriand, opened today in Paris with a firm focus on selling natural, unusual and foreign wines. The small wine shop, sandwiched between the restaruant and its sibling wine bar Le Dauphin, features…

For more details, including address and hours, see our new guide page for Le Cave wine shop in Paris.

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Chateaubriand to open a wine shop

Following in the footsteps of Septime, and (once-upon a time) Spring, the hard-to-book Paris restaurant Le Chateaubriand has acquired a space for an eventual wine shop between the restaurant and its sister wine bar Le Dauphin. Word on the street is that it will focus on interesting imports.

No details yet on when the shop will open, or whether they’ll sell to-go bottles for the hordes lined up on the sidewalk waiting to get into Le Chateaubriand. We’ll keep you posted…

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Paris Rankings Among the World’s 50 Best Restos

Paris Results

Le Chateaubriand - #9 in 2011, up from #11 in 2010, #40 in 2009
L’Astrance -#13 in 2011, #16 in 2010, #11 in 2009, #11 in 2008
L’Atelier Saint-Germain de Joël Robuchon #14 in 2011, #29 in 2010, #18 in 2009, #14 in 2008
Pierre Gagnaire - #16 in 2011, down from #13 in 2010, #9 in 2009 #3 in 2008
L’Arpège - #19 in 2011, not ranked in 2010 or 2009, #46 in 2008
Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athénée - #45 in 2011, down from #41 in 2010, not ranked in 2009, #18 in 2008

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