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Au Gourmand

Address: 17 rue Molière, Louvre/Tuileries, Paris
Phone: 01-42-96-22-19

Price range: $$$
Cuisine: Bistro
Location: 1er Arrondissement

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Fodor's Review:

In a city where many restaurants seem to take customers for granted, it's always refreshing to come across someone who sounds delighted when you call to make a reservation. And the staff is just as eager to please once you're seated in the dining room, whose traditional theater-theme decor belies the kitchen's modern spirit. The cooking highlights vegetables from famed market gardener Joël Thiébault: his multicolor tomatoes, for instance, might be displayed on a puff pastry base with the tiniest salad leaves, or a medley of sautéed spring vegetables accompany spoon-tender pork cheek. The best desserts are the least adventurous: try a variation on pain perdu (French toast), perhaps with figs, nuts, and almond ice cream.

Credit Cards: MC, V
Closed: Closed Sun. and 1 wk in mid-Aug. No lunch Sat.
Metro: Palais Royal, Pyramides