Monday-Tuesday, in A Nous Paris, there was a review of the previously mentioned Blue Valentine in the 11th, as well as Philippe Toinard’s review and 3/5 dots to the aforementioned Le Tourbillon in the 17th and Jerome Berger’s 2/5 dots to the Restaurant A.T., coordinates also given before.
Tuesday in Le Fooding the good news concerned an Italian delicachette called the Restaurant Naturellement in the 15th.
Wednesday, in le Figaroscope, Emmanuel Rubin reviewed his usual 5 restaurants, awading 3/5 lips to 3 places: Jeremie, 33, rue de Longchamp in the 16th, 01.47.04.96.81, closed Saturday lunch, Sundays and Mondays with lunch menus at 30 and 40 E and the carte costing 40-65 E for items such as crisp gambas, sweetbreads and iced vacherin; the previously mentioned Dix-Huit in the 17th and the Italian Cuisine Locatelli & Fratelli in the 9th. Garnering 1 lip were Bloom in the 11th and Nest in the 1st.
The Dossier this week was written by Colette Monsat, Alice Bosio and Hugo de Saint Phalle and concerned neo-brasseries including:
Ma Cocotte
Eclectic
Lazare
La Cantine de la Cigalle
Le Café Francais
Monsieur Bleu
Pigalle
and also: Le B.O., Le Café des Concerts & Le Flandrin
Finally, Emmanuel Rubin’s Hache Menu covered Le Petit Retro, 5, rue Mesnil in the 16th, 01.44.05.06.05, croquet monsieur, sardinettes, kidneys, fries and the patisserie of the day – “Trot” he says, for a 40-60 E meal.
Wednesday as well, Heidi Ellison in Paris Update updated her readers on Le Sot-l’y-Laisse.
Sunday, in the JDD Aurelie Chaigneau gave 7/10 to the hamburger joint Le Ruisseau, 65 rue de Ruisseau in the 18th, 01.42.23.31.23, closed Sunday night and Mondays costing 12-14 E for said burgers; her discovery of the week (7.5) was the previously mentioned Les Deserteurs; and her return to was the Japanese Sanukiya (6.5) in the 1st. Her compatriot, Francois Lemaire, in the version femina, visited the aforementioned Café des Abattoirs in the 1st.