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Our tour will have us with free time for 1.5 hours and it will be around lunch at these areas:
1. Eglise de la Sainte-Trinite - one day
2. Notre Dame - another day
From what I see via internet, I should have no problem in finding small, cafe's for lunch around Notre Dame; however, I'm not finding anything around Eglise de la Saiante Trinite. Any suggestions for either place? Not looking for big, expensive meals - something light. If I am lucky the day before I will pick up bread, cheese, and wine and take that with me and find a bench!
Merci - many have great suggestions so I thought I'd through it out there.
1. Eglise de la Sainte-Trinite - one day
2. Notre Dame - another day
From what I see via internet, I should have no problem in finding small, cafe's for lunch around Notre Dame; however, I'm not finding anything around Eglise de la Saiante Trinite. Any suggestions for either place? Not looking for big, expensive meals - something light. If I am lucky the day before I will pick up bread, cheese, and wine and take that with me and find a bench!
Merci - many have great suggestions so I thought I'd through it out there.
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You really should not "aim" at some place specific in my opinion. There will be "something" for you to pick up something or to go into.
If your tour is so tightly bonded at a lunch time, you need to plan ahead by getting some bread, etc. as you have already suggested to yourself.
If your tour is so tightly bonded at a lunch time, you need to plan ahead by getting some bread, etc. as you have already suggested to yourself.
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Your biggest danger around ND is that many of the places right around are tourist traps. Cross over to Ile St Louis to get away from the tourist traps and enjoy the many restaurants that line the main street. The island is very charming and I bet you will get better food.
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Thank you everyone for great response and ideas. I knew the Fodorites wouldn't let me down. @Louie, thanks for a name - instead of wondering about we can head straight to the cafe. @denisea, sounds like a good idea. @toupary I had to laugh at the comment of not going hungry in Paris.
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I agree that near ND, Ile de la Cité, and also just across the river on the left bank at St. Michel are all touristy - though that doesn't mean so much bad food as bad prices!
As mentioned up-thread, you can get good basics at any café or brasserie. On Ile de la Cité, if you walk closer to La Conciergerie, the cafés on Blvd du Palais, while still basic, serve lunch catering more to the nearby government workers than to tourists.
If you want to embrace the scene and don't mind a touristy place, IMO the best option is the Café Le Depart on the Place St. Michel on the corner near the Seine. I have periodically enjoyed a <i>café</i> or <i>pression</i> there for decades - the people-watching is great.
The streets immediately surrounding Place St. Michel are home to many Lebanese and other Middle-Eastern take-away shops, with their windows filled with pastries dripping with honey. Try wandering up Rue St. André des Arts towards Odéon, which also has its share of crêperies, frites Belges, etc.
And of course I'd be remiss if I didn't remind you to save time for a <i>glace</i> at Berthillon on Ile St. Louis!
As mentioned up-thread, you can get good basics at any café or brasserie. On Ile de la Cité, if you walk closer to La Conciergerie, the cafés on Blvd du Palais, while still basic, serve lunch catering more to the nearby government workers than to tourists.
If you want to embrace the scene and don't mind a touristy place, IMO the best option is the Café Le Depart on the Place St. Michel on the corner near the Seine. I have periodically enjoyed a <i>café</i> or <i>pression</i> there for decades - the people-watching is great.
The streets immediately surrounding Place St. Michel are home to many Lebanese and other Middle-Eastern take-away shops, with their windows filled with pastries dripping with honey. Try wandering up Rue St. André des Arts towards Odéon, which also has its share of crêperies, frites Belges, etc.
And of course I'd be remiss if I didn't remind you to save time for a <i>glace</i> at Berthillon on Ile St. Louis!
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Well, a really GOOD place to eat with a great view is the restaurant just across the bridge from Notre Dame on the Ile de St. Louis. Eat outside on the terrace. Wonderful caramelized onion tart.
Is it Brasserie en l'Ile St. Louis? there is another further "into" the island that is NOT good.This is the first place you'll see on the left. Fun and good.
Is it Brasserie en l'Ile St. Louis? there is another further "into" the island that is NOT good.This is the first place you'll see on the left. Fun and good.
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