Paris -Birthday Dinner for $50/person - any recommendations?
May 8th, 2007, 12:02 PM
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Paris -Birthday Dinner for $50/person - any recommendations?
I'm going with 5 other friends to celebrate a couple of birthdays. We like normal French food that we get here in San Francisco. We are not into fancy, artistic plates, but rather, good tasting food, maybe like a bistro style? We don't drink wine, so that is not an issue.
We are staying in the 17th Arron. but can go wherever a metro takes us. Do you have any good bistro/brasserie recommendations?
Thanks!
We are staying in the 17th Arron. but can go wherever a metro takes us. Do you have any good bistro/brasserie recommendations?
Thanks!
May 8th, 2007, 12:20 PM
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you can check out restaurants on bestrestaurantsparis.com; this is the tiny url http://tinyurl.com/39ycr8
That said, on Wagram, a couple of blocks north of Rennequin was a very nice restaurant whose name totally escapes me...I could page jeunes but I haven't.
I truly enjoyed staying in the 17th.
That said, on Wagram, a couple of blocks north of Rennequin was a very nice restaurant whose name totally escapes me...I could page jeunes but I haven't.
I truly enjoyed staying in the 17th.
May 8th, 2007, 12:58 PM
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L'Entredgeu in the 17th gets good reports and is not too expensive. A small bistro.
http://www.lefooding.com/restaurant-162.htm
http://www.lefooding.com/restaurant-162.htm
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I think you might like Chez Plumeau in Montmartre (just a block or so from the touristy part). We ate there and had wonderful lamb and duck; once we just stopped in and ate inside, and once we made reservations and ate outside, on a beautiful night, which was magical. We found it an easy walk (but full of stairs; it is in Montmartre) from the Barbes Rochechouart metro stop, but it's also near Pigalle and Anvers, and the map suggests checking out the Abesses and Lamark Caulaincourt stops. Don't miss the view; maybe go at dusk?
May 8th, 2007, 01:01 PM
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Here's a good list of restaurants in Paris: http://www.travel--guide.org/Paris
May 8th, 2007, 01:55 PM
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My favorite in the 17th is Le Ballon des Ternes (103 avenue des Ternes). It is a brasserie, but a very nice one. Beautiful decor and festive atmosphere, good food, good service. We discovered it a few years ago after I read an article about where French chefs ate on their day off. One chef (Guy Savoy, I think) recommended this place. I also love the 17th!
May 8th, 2007, 02:31 PM
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Yes..I had the lamb shanks, too. Now I have to get her Paris cookbook from the library... I really liked the restaurant and wonder why no one ever mentions it here..I guess because it is not in the central tourist areas...
And the prices are really reasonable...I see from my notes here that we paid the equivalent of $56 US for TWO of us, with wine, in 1999( !!)
I guess they have gone up quitte a bit since then but I am sure it is still moderate...
And the prices are really reasonable...I see from my notes here that we paid the equivalent of $56 US for TWO of us, with wine, in 1999( !!)
I guess they have gone up quitte a bit since then but I am sure it is still moderate...
May 8th, 2007, 04:39 PM
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ekscrunchy,
I posted the recipe on another website's food forum. As I said I bring the Quatre Epices home from France but , I do have a recipe for that too
Lamb Shanks
http://tinyurl.com/2qh4rg
I posted the recipe on another website's food forum. As I said I bring the Quatre Epices home from France but , I do have a recipe for that too
Lamb Shanks
http://tinyurl.com/2qh4rg
May 9th, 2007, 07:06 AM
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We had our favorite meal on Ille St. Louis, at Le Caveau de l’Isle, at 36 rue Saint-Louis en l’Isle. Great menu, with a three-course fixed prix around 30 EU. Excellent and friendly service. Small and atmospheric place. You can see the menu on the website.
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May 11th, 2007, 10:23 AM
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There is a small restaurant, Florimond, just steps from the Ecole Militaire metro stop in the 7th. It is country French cooking and gets the Bib Gourmand from Guide Michelin. It's always full so a party of six would need an reservation one or two days before- 01 45 55 40 38. Best of all it's completely non smoking.
