Getting ready

 Starting tomorrow some of the restrictions that have been put in place will be lifted.

Above: a café prepares to open its terrace, but to half of its usual capacity

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 See: French gov't website

 

Farewell to menus

Menu sans contact: Au revoir to hiding behind menus to discreetly flirt with someone at the next table or check if anything's stuck in your teeth with your knife. With coronavirus in the air, for health and safety reasons there are now QR code stickers on many restaurant and café tables to enable patrons to scan and read digitalized menus on their cellphones without having to touch a printed menu. Good idea. - BPJ

Le Pain Quotidien

31 rue Lepic 75018

Terrace turf

On rue des Abbesses, Montmartre

Cafés, restaurants and bars, with new permits to expand onto sidewalk and even street spaces as never before, have become laid-back second homes, with no pressure to pay and leave - one of France's most cherished cultural perks.

 

Chairs in...

And today, chairs (and tables) out. Terraces only. No interior dining until further notice.

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Phase 2 déconfinement: New rules

Sitting pretty

Posh leather high chairs await les petits at a Left Bank tea room.

Plugged in

Café culture and laptops: Compatible - ou pas?

Above: it's closing time and a customer who's been nursing a café crème for hours disconnects his laptop from the café's internet and prepares to leave

Below: due to high turnover most Anglo-run coffee shops and torréfacteurs don't allow laptops on weekends

- The Good Life France Magazine -

  

Hungry as a loup

New on the butte Montmartre this small bistrot has become one of our favorite spots.

- Special thanks to Raphael for extra touches and a perfect wine pairing -

Les Loups de la Butte

41 rue Caulaincourt 75018

Above: coquillettes in cream w/lardons (and off-the-chart surprise parmesan tuiles);

leeks vinaigrette

Truly Paris

Mornings at Le Vrai Paris ("the true Paris") feel like you truly are in Paris.

Le Vrai Paris

33 rue des Abbesses 75018

Panorama

One of the oldest covered passages in Paris bustles with restaurants and shops.

 

Passage des Panoramas

11 Boulevard Montmartre 75002

Just like home

A métro station ad for a food delivery service that says, "The cooking of a restaurant, the comfort of home."