Hi all
Got good advice from Beatchick on Paris filming locations, but could use some help on your favorite places to eat, all price ranges from tres cher to dirt cheap.
Thanks

So you want ALL the good restaurants in Paris in all locations and at all prices?
I'd do that but I only have a couple weeks before I have to be somewhere!!!

Have you started by looking through any of the recommendations made here almost daily?

Where will you be staying?

I second the idea of doing a search here on Paris resturants. You will find plenty of good suggestions, all price ranges, all areas.

Well, you can start with the hot LES OMBRES-with its glass-ceiling'd rooftop view of the Eiffel Tower, not the mention the Seine views, at the Quai Branly Museum:

http://www.lesombres-restaurant.com/

I posted this on another restaurant question this morning.
http://tinyurl.com/25nhwz

John Talbot (e-gullet host)had this today. Good for first timer..good variety..

Enjoy....

Bretacious,

If you have an appetite for Israeli food, you must try L'As Du Falafel located in the Marais district. The street address is 34 rue des Rosiers. You will most likely have to stand in line for a bit, but the wait is so worth it. It is also very pocketbook friendly. Bon appetit!

Bretacious,

As someone just very kindly sent me their research for Venice eating, I'll send you mine for Paris, put together last February.

I am going to spell out my email address elvis(no space)mom(no space)2002(no space)at(no space)yahoo(no space)dot(no space)com.

Sorry for the amateurish encryption, but I'm a little paranoid. If you would like my list, I'll send it to you.

tuscanlifeedit,

I, too, would love your recommendations of Paris restaurants. I head out for Paris next Wednesday. May I send you an e-mail request, too?

Thanks so much!
Donna

Have a look at Robjame's posting today. Wonderful recommendations with pictures.

Hi B,

>..favorite places to eat, all price ranges from tres cher to dirt cheap.<

You should be able to have an enjoyable dinner at:
Astrance
Grand Vefour
Guy Savoy
L’Ambroisie
Le Cinq
Ledoyen
Meurice
Pierre Gagnaire
Plaza Athenee
Pre Catalan
and my favorite, although it is not in the same class,
Taillevent.

Ira, which of those is tres cheap?

Following reading robjame's report I' put Le Sagittaire on my list

http://www.restaurantlesagittaire.com

Oh, sure Donna. I don't claim to be the end-all expert on Paris restaurants, but I did put my list together after totally obsessive research on every forum and in every book I could get my hands on. It must have been a cold, dark January.

CNN has a good article about Paris museum restaurants on its website today:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaw...nts/index.html

It talks about Les Ombres, and my other favorite that I've mentioned many times on this board-the restaurant in the beautiful Belle Epoque interior at the Musee d'Orsay

Here's a great little family run place on the Ile Saint-Louis.

http://www.letastevin-paris.com/Page2.html

Here are some of our recent experiences that I put together for my folks who will be in Paris in Oct. These are bistros that are between 29-40 Euros per person.

Maps showing locations of restaurants in Paris and beyond- http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=100377

These are our experiences:

Le Comptoir (lunch)-we got there around 2:15 and tables were just opening up. They set one for us on the sidewalk. It was a gorgeous sunny and warm day.
Entrees- Normandie Oysters on the half shell with a mignonette
Plats- Salade Gourmande with hearts of romaine, haricot vert, artichokes and foie gras
Tuna-grilled with green & black tapenade, veggies including some fabulous sun dried tomatoes
A bottle of Bandol rose
Total for the meal 85.20€

Chez L’Ami Jean
Entrees- Ravioli stuffed with vegetables in a vegetable broth
Cold poached fish with aspic (I think the court bouillon reduced to aspic) with vegetables including sun dried tomatoes
Plat- Roast Quail with artichokes
Pigeon with foie gras Special which came with mousseline of potatoes
Desserts- lasagna of pineapple and kiwi with a passion fruit sauce
Mousseline of lemon
Basket of madeleines
Champagne cocktails, ½ Basque wine, Armagnac
Total for the meal 125€

L’Ardoise- This is the second time we had dinner here and we were seated at the same table in the basement. It is open Sunday which is both a blessing and a curse. It was very busy and consequently there were a few little lapses in service. The waitress gets here exercise running up and down those stairs. It was a 32€ formula. We missed getting whatever was in the little jar they put down with the bread.
Entrees- Asparagus, Jambon Ibérique with Œuf Mollet
Carpaccio of Tuna with ginger & basil
Plats- Duck Breast with black pepper and pureed potatoes
Scallops in the shell with brown butter sauce and pureed greens
Dessert- Roasted Apple, Caramel Ice Cream and Caramelized Raisins
Chocolate and Mandarine Orange Pot de Crèmes
Coupe de Champagne, ½ bottle of Macon Village, 2 glasses of red wine
Total for the meal 110€

Sunday- It is difficult night to dine out in Paris which seems so strange to our American sensibilities. In past years we have relied upon L’Ardoise in the 1st which is very good. It was a time for a change though and we were very pleased to have found Pramil. It is a small chef owned bistro in the 3rd. It was a slow night which the chef said was usual. The menu was 29€ for Entrée, Plat et Dessert.
Entrées- Omelette aux asperges sauvages (Wild Asparagus Omelet)
Foie gras mi-cuit avec oreille de porc (A foie gras terrine with pork ears in a sweet sour sauce) with a 3€ supplement
Plat- Gigot de Sept Heures (lamb cooked for seven hours served with braised vegetables)
Onglet de veau poêlé aux girolles et purée à l’huile d’olive (veal steak with sautéed mushrooms and potato puree
Dessert- Délice au chocolat tiède aux zestes d’orange confits (warm chocolate cake with orange zest)
Figues Blanches fraîches avec glace au poivre de Sichuan (fresh white figs with Sichuan peppercorn ice cream)
We spent more on wine than we did on dinner which was par for the course. We had a wonderful Riesling to start (Vendanges Tardives Riesling 1997 Domaine Julien Meyur) and a Pommard 2005 Les Cras with the plats. We had a lovely meal at Pramil and were lucky enough to talk to the chef afterwards.
Pramil Restaurant 9 rue Vertbois 01 43 25 20 79 M- Arts & Métier
Monday- We traveled back to the 3rd to go to Au Fil des Saisons. It was a rainy evening and we were lucky we brought along the address because there was no sign on the place. While we were eating the waiter put the menu board in the window which has the name on it. I don’t remember what the pre fixe was here but dinner including the wine was 103€.
Entrées-Ravioli avec crème du volaille et magret fumet (ravioli with a reduced chicken stock and cream sauce with smoked duck breast)
Foie gras de canard with lentils and apples (different with the sautéed foie gras atop a bed of lentils and apples in a broth-very good)
Wine-Saint Veran 2001 Les Sablons Domaine Jean-Luc Tissier
Plats- Entrecote (steak)
Magret of duck with spices of Colombo (the waiter said the spices would be like a curry but it wasn’t very assertive-yummy though)
Wine-Cahors Chateau Seret Monpezat 2002
Dessert- Sauté of bananas, pineapple and apricot with rum
Millefeuille de Framboise et rhubarbe
Au Fil des Saisons- 6 rue des Fontaines du Temple 01 42 74 16 60 M- Arts & Métier
Wednesday- I was a little worried about this reservation. Spring is a small (16-17) seat restaurant run by an American. It is also a fixed menu served to everyone at the same time. We had heard wonderful things about it but one of the last things we read wasn’t that good. It was fabulous though and we had a great time. The kitchen is open so you can see the chef, Daniel Rose, make and serve your dinner. If you are very interested in watching I would suggest you ask for what is known as ‘the ledge’ table. Also since it is very small please be considerate if you can’t make the reservation call and cancel. The menu is 28.50€
First course-Velouté of carrot with a garnish of fresh mint, paprika and a piece of toast with foie gras
Second course- Rouget on a bed of diced cucumbers, lardons of bacon and olives in vinaigrette with a side salad of a variety of tomatoes
Plat- Pintade (guinea hen) with artichoke hearts, peaches and chips of potato
Dessert- A scoop of chocolate fondant, raspberries with a cantaloupe sauce, and a small spoon of lime curd with sugar toasted pistachios
Wine- Quincy Domaine Mardon 2005 Gerwurztraiminer Aimé Stechtz 2005
Coteaux de Aix en Provence Domaine de la Brillane (Rupert Birch) 2006
Don’t worry if this menu doesn’t interest you. Each meal is a different menu and even each dish will change with the chef’s whim. He admitted to us that he had been planning on using the peaches with the dessert but at the last minute put it into the pintade sauce. It was wonderful.
Spring- 28 rue de la Tour d’Auvergne 01 45 96 05 72 Metro-Pigalle
Friday- I am not sure how I heard about Le Baratin but I had heard it was a place that people don’t want to become known. It is also a small place which was full. It also was one of the few places that turned the tables. When we left at 10:30 people were waiting to be seated. The menu is written on a chalk board. Entrées were around 12€ and plats were around 20 €. Everything we saw go by looked wonderful. It isn’t a fancy place-more a down home kind of restaurant with a resident cat twining around your legs
Entrées-Artichaut poivrade en ragoût au citron (artichoke hearts in a lemon sauce)
Tartare de thon à la cerise (tuna tartare with fresh cherries-I have cherries in my fridge to try and recreate this dish.)
Plats- Palette de porc rôti aux épices et légumes sauté (pork shoulder roasted with spices and served with sautéed vegetables-very good)
Guinea hen de Rouen roasted with mushrooms and sour cherries
Desserts- Marc de bois avec double crème (a kind of wild strawberry with a sour cream)
Fresh apricots poached in a vanilla syrup-fabulous!!
Wine- Domaine Gramenon Côtes-du-Rhone 2005
Le Baratin 3 rue Jouye Rouve 01 43 49 39 70 Metro-Pyrénées or Belleville (I had heard that this place was halfway up Belleville hill. So we took the metro to Pyrénées and walked down the hill to dinner and then after dinner walked the rest of the way down the hill to the Belleville stop.)
Saturday- A few of the places we were interested in trying were closed on Saturday so we tried Les Papilles. It is a wine store which serves a fixed menu dinner. It was good but not a favorite of ours. It might have been the menu or just that we were sad to be leaving Paris the next day. Also we thought that Spring was much better for the same price.
Entrée- Cold cucumber gazpacho- croutons, red onions, bacon, cucumber and goat cheese with a cucumber cream
Plat- Shoulder of Lamb Provençal- It came to the table in a little casserole which was still boiling when the waitress opened it. The chef had thrown in some snow peas just before it was served because they were vivid green and still crunchy. It was too bad that it had too much oil in it.
Cheese course- a small, blue-veined wedge of artisanal Fourme d'Ambert cheese from the Auvergne was brought to the table with a poached prune dipped in sesame seeds. It was fine for me but my husband doesn’t like blue cheese.
Dessert- A lemon cream- a lemon mousse topped with a lemon gelatin
Wine- Since this is a wine store you get to pick your wine off the shelf and then pay a 6€ corkage fee. Unfortunately they don’t carry any half bottles or have wines by the glass. We tried a wine my husband hadn’t heard of which is unusual. Faugéres Domaine Leon Barral 2004
I think the pre fixe cost was 28.50€ each and the total bill was 89€
Les Pailles- 30 rue Gay-Lussac Metro-Luxembourg
Chez L’Ami Jean 27, r Malar, 75007 Paris, France - +33 1 47 05 86 89 http://www.chowhound.com/topics/383367
“Sheila, I think we sat on the other side of you. We ordered the Ravioli on your advice. The other entree we ordered (not understanding what we were getting) was a cold poached fish in an aspic of the court bouillon with vegetables including some of those amazing sun dried tomatoes. It was a dish we wouldn't have ordered knowingly but we would have missed out if we hadn't. We had for plats the pigeon special and quail with foie gras. Both were wonderful dishes with great sauces. For dessert we ordered the lasagna of pineapple and kiwi with a passion fruit sauce and the mousseline of lemon. It was great fun to watch the kitchen work. For a small space and crew he puts out some amazing meals.”
Fish - rue de Seine, 6eme, for those nights that you can't face another rich meal, more of a provençale menu, great wines by the glass, also open on Sunday

These are other’s experiences but at places where we have eaten:

Last night I dined at a restaurant in the 15th arrondissement called L'Os a Moelle (corner of Vasco de Gama and rue de Lourmel). The food was outstanding. They offered a four-course tasting menu for 38 euro with a choice of two or more plates with each course.

We started with a chilled, frothy cream of mushroom soup with Bayonne ham and croutons, followed by a fillet of sole with creamy whipped potatoes, a nice demi-glace and then garnished with veal marrow and shaved black truffle. Then came a grilled venison tenderloin with braised endive and chestnuts. Dessert was roasted pineapple with almonds and a ginger sorbet and some sort of sabayon-like sauce. The wine was also incredible (their wine bar is just accross the street).

I don't know how well known the restaurant is or Chef Thierry Faucher, but it was the best dining experience I have had in my month in Paris.
http://www.whitings-writings.com/bis...ews/moelle.htm

You really can't do better for food information than what you can get from the e-gullet forums....that is their whole being....

enjoy....

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=35003826 These are places where I ate while in Paris this past May.

Monica

Thanks everyone! I got so many great suggestions and good to see some are on several folks lists.

I have reservations at Le Grand Vefour, but I look forward to exploring some others you all sent me.

Merci a vous!

Bret