All my old sources seem to have dried up since our last visit. I enjoy restaurant research, so please don't tell me to follow my nose or that you never worry about it. Also apps if you know of any.
I'll Gratefully take any tips.

For recommendations, I certainly want to spend less than 80 to 90 euro for dinner for two, no alcohol (cocktails or wine).
We prefer French food.

I would consider a lunch but we like to have dinner as our entertainment in the evenings.
Thanks.

Are you aware of La Forchette? It's a website you can book restaurants on, and the restaurants offer special deals for booking on the site. Read the deals carefully.

BTW, we found the write-ups of restaurants in the Fodors Guide to be very useful.

Thank you; yes I am.

I was hoping for something similar to the "old" Chowhound or even Paris by Mouth when they updated their site. I've tried to use John Talbot but his lists are so long and I'm not sure I understand where he stands.

Hi,

I use Le Fooding for Paris and France generally. Never steered me wrong!

https://lefooding.com/en

I'm sure you know of Michelin's Red Guides.

www.alexanderlobrano.com His book, "Hungry for Paris" makes for enjoyable reading and is a source of excellent restaurant information, as long as it doesn't get too out of date.

We stayed in the Fifth 2 years ago. My researched restaurant list is in my trip report:
The Peabody Papers: Paris 2017
My restaurant choices probably fit your financial goal.
John Talbot and the regular Paris posters on Chowhound frequently prefer the new restaurants of the day and have more expensive taste. The Fork (in English) can be more accessible than La Fourchette in French, although Google Translate does a good job. Neither are complete as there are thousands of restaurants in Paris, But the search is half the fun.

Oh, I also bookmarked this:
https://www.eater.com/maps/best-rest...s-paris-france

TheFork.com is a good recommendation. You can also book easily on the site and it gives you sample menus.

Where are you staying? It’s probably not helpful to give recommendations in the 18eme if you’re staying in the 14eme.

Since dining is your evening entertainment, here’s my insider tip: check out Le Grand Comptoir d’Anvers (9eme) on a Wednesday night. Good seasonal food, friendly staff, locals and live jazz.

Want it an amazing seafood tower? L’ecailler du Bistrot, th้ fishy sister to Bistrot Paul Bert (11eme).

I get a lot of restaurant ideas from Instagram.

I like this guy, recommend to me by someone on Fodor's.

regards

https://johntalbottsparis.typepad.co...albotts_paris/

Thanks everyone. I will revisit all these. I do have Lobrano's book, but it is out of date.

Have you no sense of adventure? Wouldn't you like to be the first person to discover a new address? There are so many of them waiting for you.

I highly recommend Pottoka in the 7th, in the Rue de l'Exposition. The room isn't much to look at and it is cramped but the food is sublime. Have a look at their website. Honestly, I was making animal noises whilst eating the food was that good. The foie gras was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.

Thin😇🏳️*🌈🤩⭐🐮🙏✨🍷🇬🇷👓🗡️😂🎂

Yeah, Pottaka is excellent! Only complaint is that the portions are very large, not that it stopped me from mopping up the morsels on the plate with the bread! My Mother would have been appalled

Also will add Les Papilles
http://www.lespapillesparis.fr/

A unique experience if you are willing to eat only what the chef has prepared that day. I dined at 10 pm, as my niece had just arrived from London and there were only locals in the restaurant. Book ahead.

Another website that I find useful is Culturetrip.com. They use local resources for recommendations, anything from pizza and burgers to wallet-busting restaurants. They have never steered me wrong in any country.

I tend to do the opposite to you - I prefer a late lunch to dinner, which substantially reduces the dining budget.

Regards Ger

I thought Paris by Mouth still existed.

I don't really read food blogs much but David Lebowitz who writes about pastry a lot also reviews restaurants on his website

https://www.davidlebovitz.com/catego...s/restaurants/

I book reservations sometimes on lafourchette, also. I don't use thefork, so not sure if it's the same or not.

"A website told me to go there." It that how you will tell your friends that you dined in Paris?

It is the same website, owned by TripAdvisor.

I used both the English TheFork and the French laFourchette sites. The restaurants seemed the same but the reviews were different depending on language. By using Chrome and Google Translate I didn't mistranslate things on my own. Some of the menu translations were headscratchers after Google got done with them, however.

Does Tripadvisor own everything?

I'll just toss this into the mix since none of the main websites will ever suggest it: https://www.cafelepapillon.com/

Looked at their menu and pictures. Now I really want to go back to Paris!

That's interesting, as I bookmarked Le Papillon yesterday.
Christina, Paris By Mouth does exist, but their reviews don't seem to get updated.

Thin, Pottoka is on my list. Thank you.

Kerouac, what can I say? I'm happy to try unknown or unheard of places, but as I stated in my OP, I enjoy restaurant research.

Thanks everyone.