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post #1 of 42
4/28/08 at 11:21am
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So I'm heading back to Paris next week and have a full dining schedule lined up. Most of these come recommended but I would be curious if any of you have had any experiences with them.

Dinner

Chez Andre, rue Marbeuf

Le Violon d'Ingres, rue Saint-Dominque

Fables de la Fontaine, rue Saint-Dominque

L'Avenue, ave Montaigne

Drouant, rue Gaillon

Lunch

Tea at Le Bristol Hotel

Bistrot Paul Bert

Poilane Bakery

Le Timbre

Le Comptoir du Relais
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post #2 of 42
4/28/08 at 12:29pm
I don't have any recs but I find this concept of a dining schedule intriguing. I'm sure it works for you but I would find planning out all my meals too constraining when I am travelling - especially in Paris where there are so many small bistros that you can just walk into and have a great meal in.
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post #3 of 42
4/28/08 at 1:17pm
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I don't have any recs but I find this concept of a dining schedule intriguing. I'm sure it works for you but I would find planning out all my meals too constraining when I am travelling - especially in Paris where there are so many small bistros that you can just walk into and have a great meal in.

To tell you the truth up until my last trip I would have thought the same. Unfortunately a lot of the places I wanted to visit were fully booked. Replicate this experience over the course of a couple of days and it gets really frustrating. As far as lunch goes, I don't have reservations.
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post #4 of 42
4/28/08 at 2:28pm
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Originally Posted by whnay. View Post
So I'm heading back to Paris next week and have a full dining schedule lined up. Most of these come recommended but I would be curious if any of you have had any experiences with them.

Dinner

Chez Andre, rue Marbeuf

Le Violon d'Ingres, rue Saint-Dominque

Fables de la Fontaine, rue Saint-Dominque

L'Avenue, ave Montaigne

Drouant, rue Gaillon

Lunch

Tea at Le Bristol Hotel

Bistrot Paul Bert

Poilane Bakery

Le Timbre

Le Comptoir du Relais

You get Poilane bread at various places around London, it's good bread, but I would not say the best. If places like that interest you, Laudree may interest you; they do very good sandwiches, and of course macaroons.
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post #5 of 42
4/28/08 at 2:49pm
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Laudree may interest you; they do very good sandwiches, and of course macaroons.

French macaroons are goddamn amazing. We have a couple French patisseries here in LA that do decent ones. But Laduree is king, of course.
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post #6 of 42
4/29/08 at 11:51am
Pierre Herme makes more creative macaroons than Laduree, but they don't have seating. Laduree is nice, quite atmospheric. If you like old world tearooms like that, try Angelina on rue de Rivoli near the Meurice and Galignani. You can imagine for a split second that you're back in an age when the rue de Rivoli was studded with luxury shops like Sulka and the old Hilditch & Key instead of tourist traps and the depressing decrepitude of the current Hildeetch now...

You should try the cat restaurant. It's a restaurant that has its own cat!

Poilane is a name brand now. It's all right, but any decent restaurant should be providing you with decent bread. My favorite baker is Kayser. I don't recall Poilane having seating either.

Dining choices are good.
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post #7 of 42
4/29/08 at 11:56am
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Originally Posted by EL72 View Post
I don't have any recs but I find this concept of a dining schedule intriguing. I'm sure it works for you but I would find planning out all my meals too constraining when I am travelling - especially in Paris where there are so many small bistros that you can just walk into and have a great meal in.

actually, I would agree - I would leave at least one meal for a picknick, and a few meals for just randomly walking into places. that would be my preference.
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post #8 of 42
4/29/08 at 11:57am
Also bear in mind that if you're eating two meals a day in any of these places, you're going to be one full camper.
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post #9 of 42
4/29/08 at 2:02pm
My paths "somehow" pass near the berthillon ice cream often more than once a day. As one is so close, why not try another scoop. Incredible icecream!!

Show solidarity with your anti-terrorist sentiments by eating here. Jo Goldberg's in the marais was the site of a PLO attack way back. Think I had goose (may be duck) pastrami, way way way good.

Nearby there is also a shawerma window (nearer to Rue temple). Pretty decent shawerma for those post 2am snacks when grease coatings on tummy insides are so wanted.

I also like dome restaurant in the marais. See if you can get a seat under the dome. Food and wine are good.

Chez Omar is white table cloth north african.

Did not get chance to try Mansouria. Heard good things about it though.

One can actually seek out, lebanese, morocan, iraqi etc food instead of the mishmashed pan-arab/Mediterranean stuff one typically encounters.
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post #10 of 42
4/29/08 at 2:13pm
I like Goldenberg's although the last time I ate something from there (pastrami, as it happens) I had terrible food poisoning...

Show solidarity with your Arab brothers by eating at La Mosquee de Paris, a beautiful mosque and hammam built by a grateful nation in the 1920s to thank its soldiers of North African origin who had fought in the First World War. The tearoom is gorgeous, with wonderful mint tea and pastries, while the meals -- couscous and tajines -- are excellent, generously served and very reasonable.
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post #11 of 42
4/29/08 at 2:17pm
couscous, nobody mentioned couscous.
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post #12 of 42
4/29/08 at 2:19pm
Sundays are perfect for a falafal lunch in the Marais.
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post #13 of 42
4/29/08 at 2:21pm
Top French restaurant? Le Bernadin? Heading to Paris in July and want to take my wife to the best. I've eaten at Le Cirque (pre corporate), La Grenouille, Lutece, Daniel in NYC and would like something very special. Thanks.
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post #14 of 42
4/29/08 at 2:30pm
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Top French restaurant? Le Bernadin? Heading to Paris in July and want to take my wife to the best. I've eaten at Le Cirque (pre corporate), La Grenouille, Lutece, Daniel in NYC and would like something very special. Thanks.
I suppose you know Le Bernadin is in NY. There are many better than the above in Paris, it is just about picking your favorite. My current choice would be l'Astrance, but I am sure many of the Parisian cats on this board would have better suggestions.
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post #15 of 42
4/29/08 at 3:05pm
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Top French restaurant?

Le Bernadin?

Heading to Paris in July and want to take my wife to the best.

I've eaten at Le Cirque (pre corporate), La Grenouille, Lutece, Daniel in NYC and would like something very special.

Thanks.

Would depend a lot on what styles of food you like most. I am a Pierre Gagnaire kind of guy, but L'Ambrosie is pretty amazing. If you highly value decor and history, Le Grande Vefour. They are all better than anything French in NYC.
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