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• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of May 7th, 2013

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Jerome Berger gave 3/5 dots to Es, 91, rue de Grenelle in the 7th, 01.45.51.25.74, closed Sundays and Mondays, with unique... Read more

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

• Les Tablettes De Jean-Louis Nomicos: Another Outstanding Meal at an Astonishing...

  

  We returned to Les Tablettes de Jean-Louis Nomicos with the parents of a chef we know and when pere tried the amuse of a lemon gel bottom, a creamy middle,... Read more

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

• Art Deco and Its Queen (Tamara De Lempicka) at the Pinacotheque

  

  Two shows at the Pinacotheque of Paris are musts if you are a devotee of art deco.  The first, a survey of objects created during the period has dazzling... Read more

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

• Goust d'Enrico Bernardo in the 2nd: Walk Don't Run.

  

  5.75 Goust d'Enrico Bernardo, 10 rue Volney in the 2nd, 01.40.15.20.30, closed Sundays and Mondays, has garnered rave reviews, especially in cyberspace with... Read more

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

• Ze Kitchen Galerie: Never Ceases to Amaze.

  

  Opening the carte at Ze Kitchen Galerie is always a surprise; what will William Ledeuil have "cooked up" today", because he never is stuck in a repetitive rut... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of April 29th, 2013

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Philippe Toinard reviewed and gave 2/5 dots to Aux Vieux Garcons, 213 Blvd St-Germain in the 7th, 01.42.22.06. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Comme Chez Maman: Our New Saturday Lunch "go-to" Place?

  

  I love this place; they initially started by serving only double dishes - Cotes de Boeuf, Cotes de veau, Giant fish, etc. - and had the dreaded brunch on Sunday... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Pirouette: "This Goes on My Top Three List" Said a Denizen of This Great Culinar...

  

  "What's good on this menu?" asked my friend from the 15th. "Everything I said." And it was, but I'm getting ahead of myself. We started off with the entree du... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Gagnage: a Gainful Go-back.

  

  I returned today with Colette and two recent friends to Le Gagnage, the restaurant of Aurelie and Jerome and we were pleased.        ... Read more

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

• Les Premices is as Promising as My First Visit.

  

  I had been so taken by Les Premices and its wonderful chef last month that when to friend-diners suggested we go back I jumped. We had two amuses: a mint cream... Read more

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

• Charlot, Le Roi Des Coquillages in the 9th: Open May Day.

  

  5.0 Charlot, Le Roi des Coquillages, 81, Blvd de Clichy in the 9th, 01.53.20.48.00, open 7/7 hasn't changed a bit since our gang went there in the 1980's... Read more

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

• Table in the 11th: A Bruno Verjus* Success.

  

  6.3 Table aka La Table de Bruno Verjus, 3, Rue de Prague in the 12th, 01.43.43.12.26, closed weekends, has been open a bare month and already garnered much... Read more

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

• Reviews of Reviews: The Week of April 22nd, 2013

  Monday-Tuesday in A Nous Paris, Philippe Toinard reviewed and gave 3/5 dots to Cuistance, coordinates given before and Jerome Berger gave 3/5 to Edgar, ditto. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Edgar in the 2nd: When They're Good, They're Very Very Good, and When...

  

  5.0 (6.0 for the food, 4.0 for the problems that persist) Edgar, 31, Rue d'Alexandrie in the 2nd (Strasbourg-St Denis) 01.40.41.05.69 (which on the bill is... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Axuria: A Bit off Today but Hey, Who's Complaining?

  

  Axuria has been our "go-to" Sunday lunch place for quite some months but it didn't deliver today as strongly as before.  The amuse of a curried... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Felicity Lemon: "The Best, Inventive Meal Since We Arrived," My Buddy Paga Said.

  

  I returned to Felicity Lemon (a half block down from the Belleville Metro) with Colette, our two ex-downstairs' neighbors and my oldest French friend,... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Le Petit Champerret: I Did Fine, but Others........

  

  I brought Colette and 4 friends today to Le Petit Champerret in the 17th, a place that, on February 20th, I famously boasted might be... Read more

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

• The Café Figué: Seems More Worldy Than Before and No Wonder.

  

  Colette and I and two very old dear friends from New York returned today to the Café Figué and the menu was quite different from last time, much more food with... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Le 6 Paul Bert: Oh I Hope the New York Times Doesn't Find This Find; It'll Ruin...

  

  Le 6 Paul Bert in the 11th is yet another place I reconnoitered in Colette's absence and put on her "must go" list. Today, 6 of went and despite our varying... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Le Verre Moutarde: Please Don't Go: Too Far, Too Many Locals, Too Reasonable.

  

  My friend M. of SF wrote elsewhere that we shouldn't write up our favorite local restos but hold them like the Pope, in pectore; me; a blabbermouth, spill out... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL