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• Le Bistrot Valois in the 1st: A Genuine, Real, Down-to-earth Bistro with a...

  

  5.7 Le Bistrot Valois, 1 bis, place de Valois in the 1st (across from Le Lulli), 01,42.61.35.04, closed Sundays, was described in A Nous Paris as a cantine for... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Dina Vierny's Collection at Artcurial: Breasts, Breasts and More.

  

  When I read that Dina Vierny's collection of art was to be sold at auction today, I thought how neat. 1. I like private collections, never seen before and 2. I... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Maison F in the 9th: Call Me a Stick-in-the-mud Traditionalist But.......

  

  3.0 Maison F, 5 rue Rougemont in the 9th, 01.42.46.23.16, closed Saturday lunch, Sundays and Monday night is a really nifty, cool-looking place with warmly... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of November 25th, 2013.

  Monday-Tuesday, Philippe Toinard in A Nous Paris, reviewed and gave 3/5 dots to Plantxa, 58, rue Gallieni in Boulogne-Billancourt, 01.46.20.50. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Beaujolais Nouveau 2013 is Undrinkable and I Just Did the Unthinkable....

  Le Beaujolais Nouveau 2013 is undrinkable and I just did the unthinkable.... Let me explain. Yesterday, at a really neat, moderately new and un-New York... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Café Des Abattoirs in the (can You Believe It?) First: A Winner and a Half,...

  

  6.7 Le Café des Abattoirs, 10 Rue Gomboust in the 1st (you know, just across from the Carte Postale), 01.76.21.77.60, open 7/7 in dense... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• En Vrac in the 18th: Stop Reading, You'll Never Go Despite the Great Wine & Food.

  

  6.4 En Vrac, 2, rue l'Olive (crnr Rue Riquet) in the 18th, 01.53.26.03.94, open 7/7, has been open 2 Metro stops from me for 2 years and i keep meaning to go,... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Eating in France as a Resident Versus a Visitor.

  Recent threads on Chowhound prompted me to think about this issue. Some suggest that visitors often plan on eating three meals a day, prompting residents to... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of November 18th, 2013.

  Monday-Tuesday, Philippe Toinard in A Nous Paris, reviewed and gave 3/5 dots to Le Café des Abattoirs, the newest venture by Rostang and daughters, 10, rue... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• France Seized by the American Food Craze.

  I’ve been coming to France from the United States for over 50 years. In the beginning the food/cuisine here, pre-Julia Childs, was seen by me as exotic; things... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of November 11th, 2013.

  Monday-Tuesday, Philippe Toinard in A Nous Paris, reviewed and gave 3/5 dots to Le Pario, coordinates given before and reviewed (positively) here; while his... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Are There Only 6 Worthy Restaurants in Paris; How Sad.

  The day this was written, I ate with an old colleague-friend in the food biz at Le Griffonnier in the 8th; Why? Because at 11 AM he was sitting in the... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Caillebotte in the 9th: Familiar Faces, Nice Food. Not Unlike My...

  

  5.5 Le Caillebotte, 8, rue Hippolyte Lebas in the 9th (in the old Le Daron space, a place I gave an extraordinary -1.0 to) is the second restaurant brought to u... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of November 4th, 2013.

  Monday-Tuesday, Philippe Toinard in A Nous Paris, reviewed and gave 3/5 dots to the Bulle, same old address, but with a new chef who came through the houses of... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Vallotton at the Grand Palais: Another Block-buster Many of Whose Works Are New...

  

  After yesterday's visit to the Braque show I thought I'd give art a rest, but I was prompted by two friends to go back to the Big Palace and I'm glad I did. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Cafe Du Commerce: I Know, I Know, but I Was Desperate.

  

  Backstory: Today, a Sunday, I had intended to go for lunch to Holybely (who knows what that means), an interesting sounding Anglophonic/Anglophilic place deep i... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Braque at the Grand Palais: 288 Works.

  

  The Georges Braque Show at the Grand Palais is a block-buster to beat all block-buster shows; 288 works, many I've never seen before. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Kokoro in the 5th: Great Products Eminating from Japanese Chefesse in a Small...

  

  5.5 Kokoro, 36, rue des Boulangers in the 11th, (Metro: Cardinal Lemoine), 01.44.07.13.29, closed Sundays and Mondays, has been open since August and received n... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Muxu in the 11th: An Unexpectedly Fine Birthday Lunch; Hot Food in a Hot Nabe.

  

  6.5 Muxu, 16, rue Deguerry (corner of St Maur) in the 11th, 01.48.07.44.43 (Metros: Belleville or Goncourt), closed Sundays, is a new Basque restaurant across... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• The Auberge Des Saints-Peres in Aulnay-Sous-Bois: Even One-stars Don't Hit on Al...

  

  6.1 L'Auberge des Saints-Peres, 212, ave de Nonneville in Aulnay-Sous-Bois, 01.48.66.62.11, closed weekends and Wednesday nights is a place I've ranked just... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL