Light lunch

 Overhead natural light floods an iconic Paris tea room at lunchtime.

Angelina
226 rue de Rivoli 75001

 

Café-restaurant

 

 

Most Paris cafés are also restaurants that serve meals all day long.

Above: a sharing lunch

 Le Vrai Paris

33 rue des Abbesses 75018 

 On the table:

Salmon mango tartare

Crunchy Vietnamese nems

Baked camembert w/truffles

Fried prawns w/smoked paprika aïoli

Jambon Bellota platter

Frites maison / mixed salads 

A chilled summery rosé

Wine Wednesday

 

Your wine is served: house red for three to go with lunch in the Quartier Montorgueil.

Truffled Tuesday

 A terrace lunch of pasta with truffles and a crisp white Sancerre at a Left Bank café-restaurant.

 

Narrowly

 

A narrow Montmartre street turned into a dining terrace.

Quiche crave

A spinach ricotta quiche makes a light lunch on a sunny Montmartre patio.

Above: a surprise visitor to the table

Below: fresh from the oven; bubbly prosecco to accompany

Fish Friday

 Sea bream and chorizo float atop layers of two velvety sauces, sweet potatoes, and beneath (quelle surprise!), sweet green pea purée.

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