Fish Friday

 

Smoked salmon atop avocado tartines are front and center for a Friday evening apéro - but first, a couple of Pimms, French style. 

Le Fumoir - off rue de Rivoli near Louvre Museum

 

 

Wine Wednesday

Wines wait beneath a counter to be tasted and tested.

 

Wine Wednesday

L'art de vivre on a rainy afternoon.

 

Wine Wednesday

 

A bartender concentrates as he pours with precision.

 

Champagne on ice

...is very nice.

Above: the barman pours our apéritifs while a hunk of salt-studded Brittany butter keeps watch

 Below: just some of the sharing plates that accompanied

[sardines-as-you've-never-tasted; poulet frites w/horseradish cream; planche of thinly-sliced rare roast beef, parmesan, tapenade, capers]

L'Avant Comptoir Marché

Chef: Yves Camdeborde
Champagne: Drappier

Wine crawl

No shortage of cozy wine bars on the backside of the Palais-Royal.

Wine stop

A quick stop at a wine shop/bar à vins on a cobbled street off the river.