La Coupole, Paris
March 13, 2008
La Coupole has been a well-known Paris address since 1927. Ernest Hemingway, Josephine Baker and Jean-Paul Sartre were regular customers. It was renovated a few years ago and is still a popular brasserie. Joëlle, Linda and I had lunch there on March 11, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Le Procope
January 22, 2007
Le Procope
13 rue de l’Ancienne Comédie – 75006 Paris
01-40-46-79-00
http://www.procope.com
Well, normally I would not bother to write up a blog post for a restaurant where we had a modest little lunch, but when it has been there since 1686, that is a different story. Le Procope is the oldest restaurant in France; Voltaire, Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin and Robespierre were regular clients. Read the rest of this entry »
La Ferme Saint Simon
January 22, 2007
La Ferme Saint Simon
6, rue de Saint Simon 7e
01 45 48 35 74
http://www.fermestsimon.com
Twenty-three years ago we were about to spend a few days in Paris with my mother and I came to the question of where to reserve for dinners. Fortunately the issue of the Gault-Millau magazine which had just arrived had an article on the most beautiful good restaurants in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
Gaya Rive Gauche par Pierre Gagnaire
January 22, 2007
Gaya Rive Gauche par Pierre Gagnaire
44, rue du Bac 7e
01 45 44 73 73
http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/francais/cdgaia.htm
On January 15, 2007, Linda and I dined here with Etienne. We selected it as Pierre Gagnaire is one of our favourite chefs and his new restaurant is a short walk from our hotel for this week, Le Duc de Saint Simon. We were seated right next to the window looking out onto the Rue du Bac. Two plates of various amuse-gueules, including salsify confits, were served with the champagne aperitifs. Read the rest of this entry »
Hôtel Duc de Saint Simon
January 22, 2007
Hôtel Duc de Saint Simon
14 rue Saint Simon 7e
01.44.39.20.20
http://www.hotelducdesaintsimon.com 
Linda and I stayed here for the first time four nights from January 15, 2007. We had seen the hotel before as we used to stay with a friend who had an apartment with a guest room nearby; but after she moved on, we tried several Paris hotels with mixed results. We were happy this time and will be back. The staff is uniformly friendly and helpful. Read the rest of this entry »
Montalembert
November 24, 2006
3 rue de montalembert, 01 45 49 68 00, www.montalembert.com
This small hotel restaurant, tucked next door to Joël Robuchon”s Atelier, is a real find. There are only about thirty seats, some of which are banquettes along the window and others are tables. Mercifully there is no smoking in the dining room. The linens and other fabrics are all beige and brown, and on each table was a vase with tiny birds of paradise. Read the rest of this entry »
Les Ombres
November 24, 2006
27 Quai Branly 01 47 53 68 00,
Les Ombres is a brand new restaurant in Paris’s newest museum, the Musée Branley. Even with that important piece of information, it is not the easiest restaurant to find, particularly at night even with a GPS-equipped cab driver (it seems every cab driver in Paris has one) who must, therefore, not think it necessary to keep up with cultural happenings. Read the rest of this entry »
