Just down the street on a side street is Cafe Du Paris, along with other cafes with excellent food choices. We love their borderline bordello decor.

Best fresh oysters we've had in a very long time. Shucked by the hot guy out front.

;)

"Borderline bordello with oysters shucked by a hot guy." Why would anyone want to go anywhere else after hearing that?!

I also like the Café des Editeurs, which is also a landmark.

The food at both is worse than a fallen souffle, but there's excellent people-gawking at either.

BTW, I also like Cafe des Editeurs.

Are there no "Julie Delpy" shuckers in Paris? I could maybe learn to like oysters and not hold my nose.

Hi skip,

>my main interest is good food, pleasant surroundings, and decent value, re approx $50 per person. <

You go to those places to pretend that you are Hemingway or Sartre. They only went there because they were comped.

For what you are seeking, I suggest

Pizza Vesuvio 1 Rue Gozlin

Brasserie Lipp 151 Bld St.Germain

Leon de Bruxelles 131, bd St Germain 01 43 26 45 95 for mussels and a beer.

Le Petit Zinc 11 r St Benoît 01 42 86 61 00

Restaurant Vagenende 142 Boulevard St. Germain (331) 43 26 68 18 Métro: Odéon Open 12 noon ‘til 1 a.m.

Enjoy your visit.

((I))

I would second Le Petit Zinc. Lovely and wonderful food and service. Also Le Temps Perdu at 54 rue de Seine...really really tasty, and authentic (to my limited knowledge) food and kind service.

Les Deux Magots (The Two Apes?) is a place to nurse a glass of wine and watch the people passing by.

Just south of Bl St Germain on rue Mabillon, there is La Petite Cour, which is reasonably priced, very friendly, and very good. Their lovely courtyard is open in warm weather.

Is les Editeurs the one near the Odeon next to the flower shop and kitty-corner from the Horse's Tavern?

Yes, it's right there at Carrefour de l'Odéon.

Comptoir du Relais suggested by tod is excellent but for dinner requirees reservations made 2 or 3 months in advance!

Another vote Les Editeurs. We also like the Italian at Del Papa on rue de Buci right off St Germain

Restaurant Roger la Grenouille on Rue des Grands Augustins between St. Germain and St. Michel is good for dinner.

Le Espadon Bleu across from Roger Le Grenouille is also excellent

Deux Magots means the >Two Mandarins<

If you go inside you will see the statues of the two Mandarins.

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<i>Deux Magots means the >Two Mandarins< </i>

What is a Mandarin?

Chinese Guys.

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Where is that written?

I wouldn't go to the Flore to look for great food. I have gone there for probably 25 years as I have a Flore tradition, so to speak. I go in, on arrival day or night, and have my traditional kir royal and if it's during the day, I have an herb omelette to start, to buffer the effects of the champagne in the kir royale. No alcohol on an empty stomach.

I then just sit, for about an hour, very relaxing, and check out the scene and also plan the rest of my week by jotting down things in my journal. Since the apartment that I rent is about a 7-minute walk away, it's easy to just drop by. As for the Deux Magots, I have never been there as I'd feel like a traitor. LOL! Happy Travels!