Thank you Paul MacAnimals for the Champ du Mars restaurant info. It is now back on my list.

Thank you Paul!! for the Champ du Mars information.

Is the name of the actual restaurant Champ du Mars, or is it the restaurant in the Champ du Mars Hotel?<BR><BR>I will be visiting Paris and staying in the 7th so I thought I'd give the restaurant a try, especially since so many people seem to love it. I did a search for more info on the internet and could not find a restaurant by that name, just a hotel. I'd appreciate it if you could clear this up for me. Thanks.

Hi<BR>Have stayed at the Champs de Mars, there is no restaurant in the Hotel.

To clarify for MGB and others: The Champs de Mars is a small hotel just off rue Cler; there is no restaurant in the hotel or on rue Cler by that name as far as I know. I think the referral is to the restaurant on rue Cler named Cafe du Marche. I understand, from a recent post, that the restaurant is open. Have a creme brulee for me--they serve it in a shallow soup bowl. Heavenly.

Betsy, thanks so much for clearing that up. I have read about Cafe du Marche many times in guide books and on other threads but did not make the connection.

as the orogonal poster, I see I created some confusion. I used the rue cler note because the Champ de Mars restaurant is at the end of rue cler and across the street on la motte piquet. It's part of the neighborhood. sorry for any confusion caused.

All the info on where the restaurant is located (on av. Lamotte Picquet) is correct. BUT don't overlook the restaurant discussed further up the thread--La Florimond. Just excellent.

They gave a terrifically priced prixe fixed meal and the food is excellent!<BR><BR>US

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Lordy, an old post!! The Cafe Marche is fine for coffee in the morning. DO NOT eat there for dinner. There are about a million better places. And the kitchen is filthy.

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MIA - LOL
Do you rise from the dead every six months just to top this post?

LOL, robjame - my thought exactly. I wonder what that is all about?

she better be careful else frank and beans will scream at her maybe slap her head

It's a trick to get everybody to go to rue Cler and leave the good parts of Paris to the rest of us.

Yeah what is it about the rue Cler?

My spouse and I were walking through that part of Paris in March, when I exclaimed: &quot;Hey, this is the rue Cler: everyone on Fodors raves about it.&quot;

It was lunch-time and the market, such as it was, was closing. We saw many restaurants, any or all of which may have been fine. But really, it was just another street -- except more touristy.

So I ask, in all honesty: What's the big deal????

Ain't no big deal. Travel prophet Rick Steve's says go and all of his disciples do.

We stay near there often, and it is convenient. It is much like other &quot;market streets&quot; in Paris and has its own charm. By the way, it isn't really for tourists. This is where real live Parisians shop!
As for seeing &quot;lots of restaurants on it&quot;, not sure where that was. And &quot;it was noon and it was closing&quot;. That was not rue Cler. It is a permanent market street, and they don't close. The &quot;roving&quot; street markets, set up in various places, DO close down shortly after noon.

Well, I went to rue Cler on a Sunday afternoon once and it surely was 'closed'. Shops do close up later on Sundays, and sometimes on Mondays.