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Rech

Address: 62 av. des Ternes, Champs-Elysées, Paris
Phone: 01-45-72-29-47

Price range: $$$
Cuisine: Seafood
Location: 17e Arrondissement

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Fodor's Review:

Having restored the historic Paris bistros Aux Lyonnais and Benoît to their former glory, star chef Alain Ducasse has turned his piercing attention to this seafood brasserie founded in 1925. His wisdom lies in knowing what not to change: the original Art Deco chairs in the main floor dining room; seafood shucker Malec, who has been a fixture on this chic stretch of sidewalk since 1982; and the XL éclair (it's supersized) that's drawn in locals for decades. Original owner Auguste Rech believed in serving a limited selection of high-quality products—a principle that suits Ducasse perfectly—and from the compact open kitchen upstairs young chef Baptiste Peupion turns out impeccable dishes such as octopus carpaccio with Genovese pesto, lobster ravioli, and astonishingly good clam chowder. Save room for the whole farmer's Camembert, another Rech tradition. A good-value EUR 34 menu is available at lunch.

Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
Closed: Closed Sun., Mon., and late July-late Aug.