Paris inexpensive eats
 

Can anyone suggest a good inexpensive restaurant for lunch or dinner in Paris. My teenage daughter will be traveling with her school group this February. The kids are allowed to go to dinner and/or lunch on their own in Paris. She is looking for good food but not terribly expensive.

Thanks!

Price range ("not terribly expensive" is meaningless)?
Location (<i>arrondissement</i> or landmark)?
Cuisine?

Teenage girls who like good food but are on a limited budget esp considering the euro vs US dollars.

You need to tell us roughly where she'll be in the city...

What part of the city?

Andrea2652: You still haven't said what your daughter's budget will be for these meals. Don't be shy . . . give us a figure.

Cheapest: pick up stuff at Monoprix and make a sack lunch. If there are a few kids in the group they can buy what they need for a single meal and not have to worry about refrigeration/storage.

Cheaper: crepes on the street, pre-made sandwiches

On the cheap end: tourist menus at restaurants in areas such as the Latin Quarter (don't expect high quality but will keep body and soul together without breaking the bank)

Economizing strategies: two people each order a salad or starter and split a main dish; drink tap water, not bottled water; drink wine, not soft drinks at meals (not sure what age your daughter might be)

Without a little more info that's about as specific as it gets.

You could eat as cheap as 4&euro; if you wanted. Eat the small burger at McDonalds and a small drink. Or crepes are inexpensive-maybe 5&euro; or a little more for the ones I love-Nutella and bananas. Baguettes are one of my favorite lunches while I'm in France. Grab a coke at Monoprix.

One restaurant in Paris refused to allow me to just order coffee while the other three in my family were ordering a meal. I was feeling sick from the cold or whatever that I believe I caught from the flight over. When I told the waiter only coffee he said &quot;no&quot;. He said that everyone must order a meal. My sons got pi**ed off and we all got up and left. The waiter followed us and apologized, saying that it was the management and he was sorry. I thought it was really nice of him to apologize and we kinda already l knew that it was not his idea.

Chartier - a classic.

Anywhere in the back allies of St. Michel. There are a hundred restaurants that serve great food.

Thank you all for responding. They are staying outside the city on a metro line so I'm really asking about places in the city when they go into the city to sightsee. But since I don't know where they will be walking around, I realize that it's hard for you to recommend/suggest anything. I would say that they probably don't want to spend more than 25 euro each for dinner but I'm just guessing. Knowing these kids they will be do ok for themselves.

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Andrea - This is probably too vague for specific suggestions. Paris is actually pretty big. If they are at the Eiffel Tower for instance, I'm not going to suggest they eat on Rue Mouffetard.

Basically there are two streets (in touristed areas) that have a lot of street food (it's still good food - it is Paris after all). They are Rue Mouffetard and Rue Cler. If they want to eat inexpensively that might be a good place to start. My teens liked picking and choosing there; one liked the crepes expecially but there are all kinds of sandwiches, paninis etc.

All restaurants will have menus posted (with prices) so they can look at that. Any sidewalk cafe will have great salads, Croque Monsieurs, and lots of other stuff they'll love.

Believe me, they will not lack for affordable food choices. Paris is full of places to eat in all price ranges. I hope she has a great time!

I don't think a teenage really needs to decide where to eat with a list of special addresses. Because no one knows where she will be at the moment she wants to eat lunch or dinner, a list would be useless, actually.

I think the food is terrible, but I think a school group of teens would like the streets full of tourists and cheap restaurants on rue de la Huchette and around there. I think kids that age will usually like that and the food will be fine for them. Otherwise, I really don't think this is something to plan ahead, they should read the menus and prices and just stop into whatever cafe nearby looks intriguing to them.

Chartier isn't a bad idea, it is cheap -- although I think the food there is pretty bad, also. But it's not in an area they are likely to be, anyway, so it would be a special trip.

Rue Mouffetard isn't a bad idea as there are younger people around there and enough cheap restaurants to find something. I never noticed there being a lot of street food there, but perhaps I missed that.

I don't see any reason they have to eat street food or go into a regular supermarket to buy food. They should enjoy their trip and eat sitting down.

Here would be a great for lunch at 15.30&euro; each.

http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/visits/...estaurant.html

During the day, they can eat at the cafeteria in Galerie Lafayette. There is also a chain called Paul's that is kind of like a Panera. They can order a take out or eat inside. On the Champs Elysees there are a couple of Pizza restaurants...one is Pizza Pino if i remember right and they can share a pizza. If they go to the famous Aux Deux Magots cafe, there are lots of restaurants around there. They can just walk up and down the steets checking out the menus ...everything is posted outside.