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• Les Impressionnistes En Privé Aka Impressionist Works from Private Collections...

  

  Even though I had sworn off Impressionist and Post-Impressionist exhibitions for Lent, I agreed to take my bride to see this show at the Marmottan and am I... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Verre Moutarde in the 17th: New Chef, New Dishes, Former Front-guys, Former...

  

  Le Verre Moutarde in the 17th is a place I've been to maybe 3-4 times before, since it opened about a year ago and Colette and I have been impressed by the host... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• L'Alexandra in the 14th: A Very Nice Neighborhood Restaurant.

  

  5.4 L'Alexandra, 6, rue Pernety in the 14th, 01.83.96.25.98, (Metro: duh Pernety) closed Sunday and Monday, has been open 3 years but was not on my radar... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of April 7th, 2014

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger awarded 3/5 dots to Cuisine, 50, rue Condorcet in the 9th, 01.83.56.33.59, closed Sundays and Mondays with lunch... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Maison De l'Amerique Latine in the 7th: "This is Really Good, We're Coming Back...

  

  The Maison de l'Amerique Latine in the 7th. This was my third and most successful meal here since the new chef, Thierry Vaissiere, arrived at the beginning of... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Caillebotte a Yerres: Au Temps De l'Impressionnisme - in Yerres - Fabulous.

  

  My friend and colleague Heidi Ellison (of Paris Update) alerted me that there was an impressive new show of Caillebotte's work done while he lived at the... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Chalet Du Parc in Yerres (91): Philippe Detourbe Resurfaces at the Caillebott...

  

  As we were headed to the Metro and RER we saw the first run we'd ever seen in our little quartier. then, in Yerres we saw lovely flowers, wisteria and... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Bistrot Du Maquis in the 18th: Classic, Inventive and a Huge Pleasant Surpris...

  

  7.4 Le Bistrot du Maquis, 69, rue Caulincourt in the 18th, 01.46.06.06.64, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, is a place my best flanneur-friend-nabe chanced on an... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Pario in the 15th: Another Surprisingly Lovely Meal.

  

  Le Pario in the 15th has proven both innovative and consistent since it opened last October and today we went with two other friends from Northwest Mass... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Terroir Parisien Palais Brogniart (aka Bourse): As Good as Ever, Which is...

  

  Le Terroir Parisien Palais Brogniart (aka Bourse) was on Colette's "Go Back To" list and so we did so with my friend who bicycled with me from Tours to the... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of March 31st, 2014

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Philippe Toinard gave 4/5 dots to Le Squer/Pinaud’s Etc. in the 16th. Tuesday in Le Fooding there was a review of the... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Bon Georges in the 9th: And with Everything Else That Was Good, Today We Had...

  

  Le Bon Georges in the 9th is a place I ate at a month ago but seems like only yesterday. I resolved then to not eat in the mash or nosh pit but up on the bar... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Cercle Rouge in the 17th: "Ordinary" Or Above: That is the Question.

  

  Le Cercle Rouge is a place I ate at a month ago or so and returned to with Colette and two (unrelated) old friends today. Madame thanked me twice for my review... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Ze Kitchen Galerie in the 6th: A One Star Meal for 125.80 E a Couple? Can't Be...

  

  Ze Kitchen Galerie in the 6th is a place we've loved since it opened and Colette insists we take visitors to whenever they hit town. I don't disagree and love t... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Hai Kai in the 10th: Hipster Or Bobo? Who Cares; It's Good.

  

  Hai Kai in the 10th is a place described by Bobosvientdouble as both hipster and Bobo and as one of Garrison Keillor's "English majors" albeit from Cambridge... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Les Enfants Rouges; The Curse of the New York Times Has Not Yet Fallen on Dai an...

  

  When the New York Times published that dreadful article on how Paris cuisine was saved by non-French chefs my heart seized. Had the author ever lived here?,... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Lulli in the 1st: I Continue to Think It Oughta Have a Star.

  

  Le Lulli in the Grand Hotel du Palais Royal, on the Rue de Valois in the 1st, just past the Daniel Buren sculptures, 01.42.96.72.20 has become a favorite of our... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• L'Envie Du Jour in the 17th: The Sophomore Slump, Post-coital Regret, off Day?

  

  L'Envie du Jour in the 17th is a place I ate at with my painter/entrepeneur friend a month ago or so and loved every bit. So today I rounded up Colette and our... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Frenchie-To-Go in the 2nd; Pretty Damn Good.

  As most of my loyal readers know, I eat my main meal at lunch and hunt and gather for the PM. Well, today, my good buddy Paga offered to go after lunch at BAT t... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le BAT in the 9th: Yariv Berreby and Jerome Taverny Have a Winner and a Half...

  

  Le BAT in the 9th has been open for quite a few months but I suspect that because it originally said it served tartines at lunch and tapas at night, hence the... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL