Myriam, we will be eating at Bistro du 7me...and will send a toast to you
Best wishes in May!

For a fairly inexpensive and filling snack on the rue Cler, I like Cafe Ulysees. It's become a glorified crepe stand, but the crepes are still cheap and somehow taste more delicious on a cold (maybe rainy) Paris day. There's also that rotisserie chicken place!

Scarlett: when I stayed in an apartment close to Cafe Max last October, the place was closed and dark. A sign on the door indicated pending renovation. Don't know if it has since reopened, or if it may be operating under a new name and/or owners.

monique123 (and Scarlett, too!), the best resource I've found for rue Cler shops is at www.parismarkets.net/RueCler.html

This is a 16 page article (which I printed and took it with me) written by an American woman who has shopped rue Cler for twenty years.

She "walks" you along the rue, describing the quality of the wares offered inside the shops. Lots of useful information, including two other nearby markets. Photos, too!

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Thank you Madame! I have just finished painting a brick wall LOL so I missed your excellent advice! I will do the same, print it all out and take it with me.

Yes, there is a good and cheap Greek place nearby, no plate throwing though!
It is on rue Jean Nicot (or perhaps Malar) near the corner of St Dominique

oakglen, How does one log on to lesrestos.com? When I go there, I get boxes asking for "login id" and "password", and no hotlinks to register, or to anything else. Your description of the site sounds intriguing. Can you advise me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
Kevin

Kevin,
Try this:
http://www.lesrestos.com/
The one you were trying to log on to is a different website.
Enjoy

I like lunch at either Le Recrutement or Le Centenaire, two cafés catty-cornered from each other at the intersection of the Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg and the Rue de l'Université.

Some friends of mine recently had dinner and couple of times at Le Florimond on Ave. de la Motte-Picquet and enjoyed that.

L'Affriolé on the rue Malar has a good reputation. Friends of mine swear by it.

I've had cassoulet at Thoumieux on Rue Saint-Dominique and enjoyed it.

The big café with the yellow awning on the Place de l'Ecole Militaire (maybe it's called La Terrasse?) is a fine place to eat or to have breakfast. There's a Shopi, I think, supermarket right next door to it.

Bistro de Breteuil is not the finest of the fine, but it is a good deal for the price.

La Poule au Pot on Rue de l'Université is another place that is well known.

To all the posters, thank you so much for your replies. Here's a very touristy question, and no doubt will reflect the fact that I haven't been to Paris for the last 15 years. What cafe can I sit in (preferably not far from Rue Valadon in the 7th) where I can sip my morning cafe au lait and have an abolutely drop dead view of the Eiffel Tower.

If you are looking for cheap, to gorge 2 teenage boys in the 7th, let me offer the following suggestions. Casa Pizza and Casa Pasta on Duquesne, basically the same restaurant with a wall in between. The sandwiches at the sidewalk portion of the Shopi(grocery store) on Motte-Piquet at the metro stop; pick up a couple of rotisserie chickens at any butcher shop. There is no longer a crepe stand at the Café du Marche on rue Cler, but someone mentioned the new one just up the street, Ülysses, which also has an eat-in section; it is owned by a Greek man and his mother and they also offer other steam table type dishes. For inexpensive restaurants, everyone knows of Bistro du Septieme on La Tour Maubourg, it is very popular, and for 3 people you should reserve ahead of time to be assured of a table. For inexpensive Italian with a great view, there is Il Duomo on La Tour Maubourg right across from Les Invalides. Another little restaurant out of sight of r. Cler and thus rather unknown is La Varangue on r. Augereau, just a few blocks on the other side of Valadon from r. Cler. Two other longtime "cheapo" legends in the 7th are not by r. Cler but if you are near the Bon Marché, and you should check out it's Grand Epicerie, there is Au Babylone just around the corner on r. Babylone, and the all-time cheap eat champ is Chez Germaine on r. Pierre Leroux.

Chez Germaine is that tiny place with just 4 or 5 tables just off Rue de Sevres, isn't it? It's an experience.

I had a pretty horrible -- so bad it was comical -- at the Casa Pizza two or three years ago. I'd find it hard to recommend the place. Maybe it has improved since then.

I enjoy the little restaurant right next door to the Duquesne Eiffel hotel on Ave. Duquesne. I've had a couple of good, inexpensive lunches there, and it's a typical bustling Paris place.

Keren, thanks for getting me to the right site: http://www.lesrestos.com/ restaurant reviews, and some menus

Kevin

I forgot to mention the Champ de Mars café and the Sancerre wine bar as good places for a fairly light, inexpensive meal. The Sancerre specializes in omelettes, and the Champs de Mars has especially good salads. Both are on Avenue Rapp, at the end of the rue Saint-Dominique.

check out this link.

http://www.parismarkets.net/RueCler.html

ttt