Backstory 1: I was walking down the Rue d'Argout a few weeks ago and saw Le Brigout and popped in, asked how long they'd been open (2012) and snagged a card.
5.5 Le Brigout, 54, Rue d'Argout in the 2nd, 01.45.08.05.23, closed Mondays (Metro: Sentier, I suppose, or #85 bus), is one of those places I keep meaning to go to, but never get around to. Except for today. The daily carte is quite interesting and on weekdays they have a 24 E formula, so it's reasonable. The outside is the requisite gunmetal gray and the inside like a medieval castle.
I started out with a half-portion of a fish salad - tender, that is not soggy recently thawed, crevettes and think salmon slices previously half-cooked, avocado, grapefuit, cherry tomatoes and copious amounts of mesclun, then:
Backstory 2: Yesterday I was complaining that I couldn't find a place that served a good half portion of a good Cotes du Boeuf.
a good half portion of a good Cotes du Boeuf. cooked blue with decent enough frites of the house but a parsley butter that was overkill; and a moelleux of chocolate with caramel and whipped cream. All were above average and very well sourced and cooked.
They had a long wine list but the ardoise showed their wines of the month/moment and I went with the Pinot Noir from Burgundy. For a couple with said bottle of wine, no bottled water, 3 dishes and two coffees, the bill would be 100 E.
Go? This is another neighborhood place I wish were across the street from my digs. An added plus was hearing Neil Young (even at 83.8 dB's) come on, a reminder of that night at the Fillmore East in 1970 when he strolled on with C, S & N to sing - was it - "Teach Your Children (Well)" or "Wooden Ships"? Any way good times after Viet Nam.
Backstory 3: "The Perfect Meal"? I was reading it and my genial wait-guy thought he might like to as well so took down all the info.