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Le Potager du Marais vegetarian restaurant

Traditional French dishes done vegetarian. Near the Pompidou Centre

Tea in Paris

Mariage Frères is one of the best tea importers and blenders in the world, and operates several very nice tea-rooms in Paris, with French-style tea service, beyond their principal business of selling tea.

Sapporo Ramen Fantastic Japanese Food

Part. Ramen is great and cheap as well. I highly recommend that

Tips para París (es)

En mi blog tengo una guía sobre la ciudad luz http://hugo.ceronne.com.mx/paris/

La Sancerre

A lovely cafe/bar in Montmartre. If you fancy a quiet breakfast or lunch it's great; in the evenings, it's busier and noisier, but that probably suits others too. They claim to have free-with-drinks wifi, but I think you need to ask for a password. Certainly worth dropping into if you're in the area.

Marché Les Enfants Rouge

Check out this little market. It has nice food, but especially a bar that serves delicious vine for cheap prizes. Only during the week end.

bars and restaurants of a real parisian

Places where i like to go

A few typical restaurants in Paris

La Tour de Montlhéry - Chez Denise 5, rue des Prouvaires 75001 01 42 36 21 82

Chez la Vieille - Adrienne 1, rue de Bailleul - 37, rue de l'Arbre Sec 75001 01 42 60 15 78

Le Gourmet des Ternes 87, boulevard de Courcelles 75008 01 42 27 43 04

Chartier 7, rue du Faubourg Montmartre 75009 01 47 70 86 29 http://www.restaurant-chartier.com/

Le Restaurant du Marché 3, rue de Dantzig 75015 01 48 28 31 55

Ribouldingue 10, rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre 75005 01 46 33 98 80

Benoit 20, rue Saint-Martin 75004 01 42 72 25 76

Aux Lyonnais 32, rue Saint-Marc 750020 01 42 96 65 04 http://www.alain-ducasse.com/public/cest_aussi/fr_aulyonnais.htm

Le Mellifere 8, rue Monsigny 75002 01 42 61 21 71

Restaurant Cartet 62, Rue Malte 75011 Paris, France +33 1 48 05 17 65

Café Leffe

Really calm café on Rue du Rennes.

La petite Périgourdine, Quatier Latin

Tasty food at reasonable prices (for Paris). Just around the corner from the Pantheon.

Located at 39, rue des écoles.

I would heartily recommend the Pavé, aligot. Delicious.

Looking for an organic restaurant ? Here's a nice one

My first attempt at an organic (not vegetarian only) restaurant in Paris (difficult to find good ones). Very good, good location, count 15-20 euros for a nice meal without wine.

Great Espresso at Cafés et Thés Verlet

Had an almost perfect Jamaica Blue Mountain there. Distinguished atmosphere

La Gare - Relax with a view

I particularily like the 16th district and La Gare is cool place if you don't mind to pay 7 Euros for a cappuccino. Cool terrace and restaurant. Nearby is Jardin du Ranelagh a fine park.

For Opera lovers: singing waiters.

A great place to go is "Le Belcanto"! After serving, the waiters bring you live the best opera songs. Please do not forget to make a reservation.

Enjoy!

L'Amuse-Bouche

L'Amuse-Bouche, 186,rue du Chateau, Paris, France. Tel: 01 43 35 31 61 Fax: 01 45 38 96 60. Google map <http://tinyurl.com/6nlwmz>

Small and friendly place serving affordable set dinner --three courses for 31 Euro-- and a la carte. Not a great wine menu, but very food. Group of seven, all happy and very satisfied by the end of the evening. Closed Mondays (call to check.) Near Montparnasse.

Great summer restaurant, L'Entrepôt

L'Entrepôt, 7, rue Francis de Pressensé 75014, Tel: 01 45 40 60 70 Fax : 0145 45 49 94 Google map <http://tinyurl.com/5qb8ua>

Good food, very affordable, outside dinning in the summer. Also inside, often with live music. Entrance seems to be through a Cinema, don't be confused. Very good for a largish group. Make a reservation.

Bar Des Templiers

A place filled with a masonic atmosphere and mysterious kitsch objects like a giant statue of Jeanne d'Arc. I went there the first time with a stranger I met near the Centre Pompidou, who told me weird stories about crusaders and kings. Beer is very good. It's right in front of the Saint Jacq tower.

Fast Food, Paris Style

Try Cojean, all over the centre of Paris (see web site for listing of 12 branches). If you don't have time for a traditional brasserie lunch this is a French (fresher, more chic) alternative to Pret a Manger. The branch I've tried is on Rue Mathurins. Bursting to the seams at lunch but still seems possible to find a table (also take-away). Organic, veggie, lactose free all available.

have a dinner as a local in Paris

If you want to have a down to earth "local" dinner in a very simple, tourist free restaurant, try "Au Bon Coin". (corner of rue de Cloys and rue Montcalm) The menu changes every day -uncomplicated country food. The restaurant buys their wine directly from small producers so you'll get wines you don't normally find from shops and restaurants. The restaurant has also a small "delicatesse" shop next door selling regional products from small producers. Come around 8 - 8.30 pm as later the restaurant is full. Not open on Saturday evenings or Sundays. And for those who know (or want to) me, I live on the opposite side of the street - great place for an aperitif ; P

best Steak EVER

Check out Les Relais de l'Entrecôte for the best gourmet steak and fries you've ever had (yes--better than US french fries) Be sure to come early, because there's ALWAYS a line out front before they open at night...

Special occasion dinner

for a great meal, wonderful wine, and, most importantly, the most beautiful view ever - sooooo romantic ;)

Le Comptoir - Great Moroccan Food

Amazing food, great atmosphere, really friendly staff. Near Les Halles right in the center of town.

Epic provence food at Chez Janou

The risotto with scallops I had there was probably one of the most delicious dinners of my life and everybody on the table was having similar epiphanies.

The wine was fantastic too and they serve more than 80 different brands of pastis. This experience might have well turned me into a foodie.

Quiches at La Maison des Tartes

Tiny place on rue Mouffetard which serves a delicious selection of savory and sweet Quiches. Best go for the formule that has got both!

Lebanese Zataar at Man'Ouché

Located 3 min from Centre Pompidou/Beaubourg, Man'Ouché make Lebanese 'pizza' on a metal hemisphere. World's awesomest snack. Go for the zataar with olive oil and optional cream cheese (zataar extra).

Chez Georges

A bar/bistrot which after 11 or so by opening a metal gate to their cellar transforms into a crazy Jewish club. They only play Hava Nagila (about every second song) and Edith Piaf and people sometimes party so hard that the furniture comes apart.

Chez Duc: Best Nice Vietnamese Restaurant in Paris

Chez Duc is a very good and nice small Vietnamese restaurant, with homemade cooking. Typical dishes made as they should (my wife has vietnamese origins) , tasty and well presented. Service is charming and helpful and you can ask for advice to discover a true Vietnamin your plate. Romantic setting in the evening. The restaurant is placed in one of the old covered parisian gallery (Passage des Panaoramas) in the 2 Arr. Price are correct (15-30 euros) Book in advance if you can : Tél : 01-53-40-83-15 I was there in October 2008

I love Fouquet's. Its good for people watching and celeb gazing. Be sure to bring your fat wallet.

Maison Blanc & 105 Saint Honore & Le Boulogne

Maison Blanc & 105 Saint Honore & Le Boulogne

Nos Ancetres les gaulois

Gaul restaurant baskets of vegtables, unlimited wine from barrells unlimited meat from baskets and amazing steaks not for the veggies

www.nosancetreslesgaulois.com/

Planet Sushi was my favorite place to eat while my last trip to paris. You can call them creative food artists. Delicious!

http://www.planetsushi.fr/

PLANET SUSHI MONTORGUEIL 55, rue Montorgueil - 75002 PARIS Tél. : 01 40 13 10 10

Saveurs Végét'halles by 41 rue des bourdonnais is a fantastic vegetarian restaurant. Price is reasonable and portion is big. Large variety of good food that's filling and tasteful.

AVOID la Victoire Supreme du Coeur by rue du Bourg-Tibourg. The place is pretendous. Pricy menu with average quality and small portions food.

For Sunday brunch, La Loir dans la Theiere in the Marais. get there early and expect to queue. Its worth it: the atmos is great, walls covered in old film posters, sofas, big tables. The most important thing: the food is outrageously good. I never realised tapenade could be so tasty, and the lemon meringue is the best I have ever tasted ever, ever, ever. We ate until we couldn't speak. I think I made my point.

I don’t know much about Paris but ya I also heard that tea of Paris is best in the world.

Hello - I would heartily recommend Bouillon Racine for a spot of 19th century elegance with splendid and affordable food, and also Les Bouquinistes in the VIe arrondissement, which is very expensive but worth it for the dessert sharing plate alone.

Au Dernier Metro just opposite Dupleix metro station in the 15th is one of my favourite places for a 'light' salad or omelet in Paris. The salads are actually quite meaty with ham, potatoes, eggs, etc. and the omelets are made with 4 eggs, so you will not go hungry.

Price wise quite ok, the salads are approx €11 and the ham & cheese omelet €6.50. The beer is expensive (as in most places in Paris), 4.20 for a small Hoegaarden, but the wine much cheaper, €12 for a 50cl carafe.

Busy resto/bar in the evening, lunch time it is easier to just arrive and be sure to get a table. Highly recommended if you like basque type food and enjoy a busy atmosphere.

Very good tagine!

A great little cafe within the Merci department store. Good place for coffee or breakfast.

Small modern cafe with reasonable food and a young crowd

An excellent bistrot for nice moments around traditional dishies and gustative vines, in a old-fashoned background.

Typical Costes brothers douchebar that's all attitude, no substance. A stain on an otherwise charming, authentic Parisian neighborhood.

Yet another in a chain of attitude-laden Costes brothers tourist traps. I'll never go again, but it's still something that I suppose should be seen once, simply for the view and magnificent modern architecture. Cocktails aren't bad. Service is godawful.

Despite being part of a big chain (the original in Brussels is, however, quite charming) Léon is a reliable spot to get quality moules-frites (mussels & fries) at a reasonable price. They even have a decent beer selection, which is a nice surprise for Paris.

You'll be tempted by its historical Les Halles location and reasonably priced formules (set menus), but likely leave unsatisfied. While the food is decent enough and the service full of old school charm, it simply doesn't live up to its old reputation as a Les Halles institution for late night gluttony. Likely because it's long been bought out by a brasserie chain.

Despite the stuffy appearance and properly clad waitstaff, its location in a prime tourist area means you can come in and let your hair down. Fantastic cocktails and a solid happy hour give a modern touch to a very classic Parisian atmosphere.

A pilgrimage destination for every wannabe Carrie and Miranda since its use as a setting in the final episode of Sex & the City, it's everything the preceding line would make you expect it to be: Gaudy, overpriced, snotty, yet somehow fabulous. Worth visiting for a cocktail or two around sunset, when the warm lighting makes the atmosphere – and the oh-so-pretty staff – a little less cold.

Smallish portions, a bit overpriced, and too cafeteria-like... Despite all that, Lina's super-fresh sandwiches and salads are a refreshing break from typical fast food or sandwich joints around town.

Highly overrated, but still excellent and a bargain. The falafel sandwich here is fantastic, but far from the best-in-the-world as claimed by Lenny Kravitz and thousands of American tourists. Come before 1pm to avoid the monstrous lunch line for the take-out window. (And don't even bother with dine-in.)

A true old-world Salon de Thé, this is one of the ideal Parisian spots for afternoon tea. Never mind that you'll be surrounded by mouthbreathing tourists or paying as much as you normally would for a full meal - having an Africain (the house specialty hot chocolate) chez Angelina is a transcendent experience.