Tuesday Tables

 

 

Tables stand ready as evening descends on a corner near the river.

Out on a lamb

 

 

 

The confit d'agneau arrived topped with flaming thyme sprigs.

 

Chez L'Ami Jean

27 rue Malar 75007

 

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My 5 favorite bistrots

 

June newsletter 

 

Table Tuesday

Optimistic despite still-chilly weather.

 

Window Wednesday

A glimpse through history.

Restaurant Le Procope

 

Saturday sparkle

 

Lights appear as evening descends on a Montmartre nook.

 

Window Wednesday

 All over Paris restaurants, cafés and shops close during the month of August and leave a message of when they will return, although each year the grandes vacances (annual summer vacation) seem to be getting shorter.

Table Tuesday

 Duck Duck Go:

Canard cravers are in for a treat at this everything-duck concept restaurant planted in the historic Passage des Panoramas which dates to 1799. Housed in a former 19th century chocolate shop, the restaurant exudes old-fashioned elegance.

 

Canard & Champagne

57 Passage des Panoramas 75002

 

 

 

 Above: delectable duck foie gras starter followed by juicy magret de canard (duck breast) accompanied by what else, champagne

 

 

Below: mural from famous dancing waiters scene, film Le Grand Restaurant (1966) 

Table Tuesday

 

 

Today's table is at fashionista mecca Loulou, where glimpses of the Eiffel Tower with views over the Tuileries Gardens enhanced a perfect long lunch.

 

LOULOU

107 rue de Rivoli 75001

Table Tuesday

 

A table invitingly set for two, inside the Galerie Vivienne.

 

Mirror Monday

 

Glass and mirrors brighten a historic restaurant that dates to 1832.

 

L'Escargot

 38 rue Montorgueil 75001

 

 

Fish Friday

Just a 5-minute walk from the Louvre a restaurant that feels like a Tokyo fish market.

Above: an eel keeps company next to a customer's table

 Kodawari Ramen

12 rue de Richelieu 75002

  

Window Wednesday

 A small Latin Quarter bistrot with wines in the window and checked tablecloths.

 

Toasty Tuesday

 

Avocado Toast French style at Au Sauvignon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

 

Below: Mignon Café, Montmartre 

 

 

 

 

 

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When Avocado Toast, a favorite in the US, pirouetted into Paris, it soon took off and began to show up on menus all over the city. Avocados from Spain, Holland, Israel, Morocco and Kenya had been a plentiful staple at markets for years. And with already popular open-faced tartines everywhere plus a wide choice of boulangeries translating to a wide variety of excellent breads, it was just a matter of time. 

Cafés and restaurants rolled up their sleeves to give it their own spin - fresh herbs, seeds and mixed spices here, smoked salmon, a poached egg, crispy bacon, burrata, a sprinkling of pomegranate seeds there.

 Today the very presence of avocado toast on a menu is a plus, suggesting an awareness of healthy eating. And while the Anglo crowd seems to regard it as mostly a breakfast or part of a brunch, many French still see it as a trendy tartine, best as a light lunch. - BPJ

AU SAUVIGNON

80 rue des Saints-Pères

16.50 euros 

MAISON SAUVAGE SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS

5 rue de Buci 75006

14 euros 

 

CUPPA CAFÉ

86 rue de l’université 75006

12.50 euros

 

L’ESCARPOLETTE

40 rue Guy-Lussac 75005

14 euros

 

CAFÉ DE LA POSTE

"Tartine de La Poste"

124 rue de Turenne 75003

13 euros 

 

   RÉPUBLIQUE OF COFFEE

2 boulevard Saint-Martin 75010

9.50 euros 

 

NOGLU (gluten free)

16 passage des Panoramas 75002

15 euros 

 

CAFÉ FOUFOU

10 rue d’Oberkampf 75011

11.50 euros 

 

CAFÉ BERRY

10 rue Chappon 75003

9 euros 

 

MARCELLO

8 rue Mabillon 75006

6 euros

 

MARCEL

15 rue de Babylone 75007

 

LE FUMOIR

6 rue de l'Amiral de Coligny 75001

16 euros

 

MIGNON CAFÉ

67 rue Caulaincourt 75018

14 euros

 

PAIN QUOTIDIEN (Montmartre)

31 rue Lepic 75018

10.95 euros

 Other locations: 

Les Halles

Marais

Victoires

Charonne

Victor Hugo

Saint-Lazare

 

Sunny Sunday

 

Ready for Sunday lunch on a winter day.

 

Window Wednesday

Cooks at a kitchen window frantically prepare for the arrival of first customers.

 

Table Tuesday

Chefs ready for a lunch crowd inside fooding mecca Beaupassage on rue de Grenelle.

 

Table Tuesday

 

 

Sunshine days mean sidewalk lunch spots in unexpected places.

Wine Wednesday

Wines fill the window of the Café de la Butte.

 

Table Tuesday

 

A break from shopping.

 

Restaurant La Table

La Grande Épicerie

First Floor

 

Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche

 

 

Window Wednesday

 

 

How much is that eggplant in the window?

 

Chez Marianne

2 rue des Hospitalières Saint-Gervais 75004