I'd like to poll the experts on where we can get eat well on a Sunday mid-day (lunch/brunch) in Paris? Rue cler, left bank areas--any suggestions? You know what I mean, linger for hours, read the paper, eat and drink and socialize...dreamy!

Hi R,

I suggest taking the metro to Monceau. Stroll around the park, walk over to www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/jandre/
for brunch.
Visit the house and museum.
Stroll over to the Arc de T and down the Champs Elysee to the Tuilireis.

Plenty of time for doing nothing.

Sounds more like a cafe or even a brasserie than a bistro...but perhaps I am being too literal. One thing I would encourage you to do is to try to venture out of the above-mentioned areas into some less touristed territory...just a thought.

This looks like a nice corner cafe close to rue Cler:

Le Roussillon 186 rue Grenelle

Watch the video:
http://www.pariszoomtv.com/fiche/162...oussillon.html

Scroll down to the 2nd listing (food pix):
http://www.dessertcomesfirst.com/?p=434

Thanks all...all the food looks sooo good. Thank you ira- the museusm is beautiful. I guess the answer to my query is there are lots of places open on Sunday..just look around. Will do.
Best wishes, R

Café de la Paix in the Intercontinental Grand Hotel at the place dé lOpéra. I've had tea there, but always wanted to go and just spend a few hours in total opulence on a Sunday.

One of the best things about Patricia Wells' <u>Food Lover's Guide to Paris</u> are the appendices in the back with listings such as &quot;Restaurants Open in August&quot;, &quot;Restaurants with Sidewalk Tables or Open Terrace&quot; and &quot;Restaurants Open on Sunday&quot;. In case you don't have access to the book, here's a listing by arrondissement:
<b><u>Left Bank</u></b>
<b>5th</b>
Balzar
http://www.brasseriebalzar.com/
Mavrommatis
http://www.mavrommatis.fr/
Moissonnier
28, rue Foss&eacute;s Saint Bernard

<b>6th</b>
Alcazar
62, rue Mazarine
Bouillon Racine
http://www.bouillon-racine.com/
Aux Charpentiers
http://tinyurl.com/39t7vv
La Closerie des Lilas
http://www.closeriedeslilas.net/
Brasserie Lipp
http://www.brasserie-lipp.fr/
Chez Ma&icirc;tre Paul (except July &amp; August)
http://tinyurl.com/2wyqmr

<b>7th</b>
La Fontaine de Mars
129, rue Saint-Dominique
Jules Verne (on the Eiffel Tower)
http://tinyurl.com/2nhyt6

<b>14th</b>
L'Assiette
181, rue du Ch&acirc;teau
La Cagouille
10, place Constantin Brancusi
La Coupole
http://www.flobrasseries.com/coupoleparis/
Le D&ocirc;me
108, bd du Montparnasse
Bistrot du D&ocirc;me
1, rue Delambre
Monsieur Lapin
http://www.monsieur-lapin.fr/

<b>15th</b>
Kim-Anh
51, avenue Emile Zola

<b><u>Right Bank</u></b>
<b>1st</b>
L'Ardoise
28, rue Mont Thabor
Restaurant du Palais Royal (summer only)
http://www.restaurantdupalaisroyal.com/
Au Pied de Cochon
http://www.blanc.net/cochon/

<b>2nd</b>
Le Vaudeville
http://www.vaudevilleparis.com/

<b>3rd</b>
Ambassade d'Auvergne
http://www.ambassade-auvergne.com/
L'Ami Louis
32, rue du Vertbois

<b>4th</b>
Beno&icirc;t
http://www.alain-ducasse.com/public/.../fr_benoit.htm
Bofinger
http://www.bofingerparis.com/
Bistrot du D&ocirc;me Bastille
2, rue de la Bastille
Brasserie de l'Ile Saint-Louis
55, quai de Bourbon

<b>8th</b>
Les Ambassadeurs
http://www.crillon.com/crillon.html
L'Appart'
http://www.lappart.com/
Cap Vernet
82, avenue Marceau
Laurent
http://www.le-laurent.com/

<b>10th</b>
Brasserie Flo
http://floparis.com/
Julien (considered to be one of the prettiest restaurants in Paris with its lovely art nouveau interior)
http://www.julienparis.com/

<b>11th</b>
Le Mansouria
11, rue Faidherbe

<b>12th</b>
Le Square Trousseau
1, rue Antoine Vollon

<b>16th</b>
La Butte Chaillot
http://www.buttechaillot.com/fr/butt...echaillot.html
Brasserie de la Poste
54, rue de Longchamp
Le Pr&eacute; Catelan
http://www.relaischateaux.com/catelan

I mourn the fact that Madame Wells does not plan to update this classic with current listings as she's said that updates are on her website (there are no updates to the appendices, I'd like to point out!). But who am I to tell an author when and how to update her book?!?!

I think of all the ones listed above I'd love to do Le Square Trousseau; been wanting to go there for YEARS and they're supposed to have a fabulous Sunday brunch. Did you see <u>Paris, Je T'aime</u>? This is where the husband and wife (Miranda Richardson) meet when he plans to tell her he's leaving her in the &quot;Bastille&quot; segment (the one about the woman in the red trenchcoat).

Another suggestion would be Brasserie de l'Ile Saint-Louis which CigaleChanta visited on her last trip to Paris. They have a terrasse with a grand view of the flying buttresses of N&ocirc;tre Dame and plenty of people-watching, especially considering the buskers on Pont St-Louis on Sundays. I opted for Le Flore en l'Ile, which sits catercornered to it, and tremendously enjoyed the people-watching through the window for several hours. It sits on the Ile St-Louis, and while not on the Left Bank, it has a really great feel to it.

I like Ira's suggestion, too. Had tea at the Jacquemart-Andr&eacute; last trip and LOVED the d&eacute;cor!

Travelnut, that video is fabulous (zoom zoom) and great to watch in the dark!

Bonne vacance!

We headed to Le Square Trousseau one trip and they were closed for a film shoot! &quot;Paris Je t'Aime&quot; must have been in production for several years. We immediately remembered the woman in the red raincoat. May even have a photo somewhere.

It's on our list for September, but all my resources indicate that it's closed on Sunday and Monday.

I second the suggestion of Caf&eacute; de la Paix..we did get to enjoy a few lunches in &quot;total opulence&quot; as well as tea and it is definitely a Treat!

We always stayed on the Left Bank..last time being an apt on Rue Cler.
Every neighborhood has a brasserie or bistro where you can sit for hours for the price of a cup of coffee..perfect.

If dining at a museum interests you, go straight to D'Orsay and have anything in the main dining room upstairs. Not the small cafe but the large one with the windows and ceiling! oh my that ceiling..

Ira...doesn't Paris just encourage a persons skill for enjoing doing nothing

We enjoyed a nice lunch at Cafe Rousillion this summer. The food was very good, our waiter was even friendly, and everyone there seemed to be having a good time.

Hi! I only have one week...how can I possibly try all the fabulous recommendations!! But...I'll try. Thanks all.
R

&gt;Ira...doesn't Paris just encourage a persons skill for enjoing doing nothing?&lt;

I agree, S.

Brunch? Two places across from the Pompidou center: Caf&eacute; Beaubourg facing the center on the right or the Cavalier Bleu, on the left facing corner.

djkbooks, if you do scroung up that photo I'd love to see it - that was a great movie - saw it 3 times!

Sounds like you want to eat out of Paris not in. I needed some fresh air and took a train out west to Foret de Marly one Sunday afternoon. After strolling through the woods I found an auberge. I believe it was in Marly-le-Roi. Very rustic and pleasant. It was so long ago that I can't remember the name.