My husband and I are spending 10 days in Paris--doing a couple of side day trips- want to know suggestion on restaurants in Marais district . We want more casual ones..small, quaint. I remember a great couscous place in the area, if anyone knows. Thanks We are going in August.

Your couscous is probably Chez Omar, rue de Bretagne. Excellent couscous, poor - very poor - wine.

Pramil rue du Vertbois is slightly upscale and great - with welcoming people.

Best pizzas of Paris are at le Massara, rue Turbigo

Elmer notre dame de Nazareth is fantastic.

Il Salento - an itlaian - superb - fantastic 'côtes de veau' (veal ribs).

And of course le rocher de Cancale close to Chatelet.

You might check Paris by Mouth's website. They have a restaurant recommendation section by arrondisement.

Thanks so much. You are right--it was Chez Omar. Loved it. Thanks for addresses

We make it a point to eat here every trip to Paris. It isn't small quaint, but a bit bigger than small and has a great vibe to it:

http://www.cafeine.com/philosophes

We loved Breziah, a tiny cafe that serves buckwheat crepes and Normandy cider.

You probably mean Breizh Cafe - it's helpful to have a reservation.

For decent food, I'd head directly out of the Marais and venture into the 10eme, 11eme and 12eme for some quality meals.
ParisByMouth has some much better selections in these areas.

My favorite restaurant in Paris...

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If you are looking for a small, quaint, backstreet bistro near the Marais district, try Le Temps de Cerises. It is on rue de la Cerises, a side street just off Blvd. Henry V between the Bastille and Ile St. Louis. The food is delicious and they have some very good bottles on their small wine list. They do a great job with all the basics such as steak, fish and duck, but if you want to get adventurous, try the boudin noir (blood sausage). The waiter said it was freshly made in house and highly recommended it. He was right. We discovered this place when we were staying in an apartment on rue Castex, the neat street over, and ate there twice.

fuzz bucket, thanks for correcting my spelling! Yes, we did make reservations for both of our lunches there.

Every time we return to Paris we eat at Equinox, in rue des Rosiers. Love it !

Many years ago, we had lunch at a place called The Pope and the Mule. I think it was in the Marais, and it was a tasty little casual spot. I hope I have my facts straight, maybe someone else can confirm.

while we are at it, could someone recommend a few casual spots for dinner
In the 7th?
We are staying a couple of blocks south of Les Invalides.
( been to Paris many times , but not in that part of the city)
Thanks.

There are many excellent near Les Invalides. One of our favorite restaurant rows in Paris is rue St. Dominique which is a short walk away. There are dozens of very good places on the first few blocks of that street near the Eiffel Tower. Le Violon de Ingre, Les Fables de la Fontaine, Le Fontaine de Mars (our go to place for Sunday nights) and Café Constant are all right there. Just off rue St. Dominique are two of our favorite bistros, Chez L'Ami Jean and Au Bon Accuil. Although you will not want to, you can eat great every night and not have to leave your neighborhood.

Camille is a nice little place in the Marais. I like Elmer's, L'Ange and Pramhil also. Chez Janu has good food and a fun place.

The th is jam packed with restaurants. Agree that Rue St Dominique offers lots of great restaurants.

Thank you for suggestions ....

We like
having dinner in the neighborhood !

La brasserie suffren is quite correct.

Bistrot Belhara is very close to rue Cler.
Lunch is around 38 EU not including wine - the food is simply outstanding. Reservations required for lunch and dinner, not a stuffy place but Michelin quality food.

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Here is pone of Uncle's WoinParis french lesson :

I see people shortening l'ange20 in l'ange and it makes me wonder if these people understand the name of the restaurant.

L'ange20 means in French l'ange - vingt which refers to l'angevin (same pronounciation) which in turn means from 'anjou' region (in western France).

Anjou was the capital of the 'Angevin Empire' as sometimes called by English historians whilst we talk about 'Empire Plantagenêt' (the ones full of Henry).

This empire was the cause for the 100 years wars between France and England, the French trying and succeeding in getting rid of the English influence on the continent in the early 13th century (I think Anjou and Maine were given by the weak Henry VI if I remember well from the excellent book of Conn Iggulden 'War of the Roses'.

So you got a lesson of French, of history and a rec for a good book.