14 February 2025
Le Love
Labels:
graffiti
,
gregos
,
gregosart
,
montmartre
,
romance
,
valentine's day
Posted by
Barbara Pasquet James
Floral Friday
Labels:
floral
,
flowers
,
montmartre
,
saint valentin
,
streets of paris
,
valentine's day
Posted by
Barbara Pasquet James
13 February 2025
Riverside
Labels:
architecture
,
bridges of paris
,
cafes of paris
,
pont marie
,
quais de seine
,
seine river
,
winter in paris
Posted by
Barbara Pasquet James
12 February 2025
Window Wednesday
Labels:
batignolles
,
boutiques of paris
,
handcrafted toys
,
whimsy
Posted by
Barbara Pasquet James
11 February 2025
Toasty Tuesday
Avocado Toast French style at Au Sauvignon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
***
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 sandwiches called tartines 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, or 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 light lunch, a trendy tartine. - BPJ
Below: tried-and-true
AU SAUVIGNON
80 rue des Saints-PĂšres
16.50 euros
MAISON SAUVAGE SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRĂS
5 rue de Buci 75006
14 euros
CUPPA CAFĂ
86 rue de l’universitĂ© 75006
12.50 euros
L’ESCARPOLETTE
40 rue Guy-Lussac 75005
14 euros
CAFĂ DE LA POSTE
"Tartine de La Poste"
124 rue de Turenne 75003
13 euros
RĂPUBLIQUE OF COFFEE
2 boulevard Saint-Martin 75010
9.50 euros
NOGLU (gluten free)
16 passage des Panoramas 75002
15 euros
CAFĂ FOUFOU
10 rue d’Oberkampf 75011
11.50 euros
CAFĂ BERRY
10 rue Chappon 75003
9 euros
MARCELLO
8 rue Mabillon 75006
6 euros
LE FUMOIR
6 rue de l'Amiral de Coligny 75001
12 euros
PAIN QUOTIDIEN (Montmartre)
31 rue LĂ©pic 75018
10.95 euros
Other locations:
Les Halles
Marais
Victoires
Charonne
Victor Hugo
Saint-Lazare
Labels:
breakfast
,
brunch
,
cafes of paris
,
fooding
,
left bank
,
restaurants of paris
Posted by
Barbara Pasquet James
10 February 2025
8 February 2025
Red hot
Labels:
cafe culture
,
cafes of paris
,
left bank
,
photography
,
saint germain des pres
,
winter in paris
Posted by
Barbara Pasquet James
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