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The Week of July 23rd, 2007 Monday, in Le Fooding, Sebastien Demorand reviewed Le Sens in Cannes. Wednesday, Richard Hesse in Paris Update reviewed 25° Est, 10, place de la Bataille de Stalingrad in the 19th, 01 42 09 66 74, a la carte: about 25 €, only closed Sunday lunch, where the first time he ate rather well but the second was bedlam. Wednesday-Thursday in Le Monde Jean Claude Ribault gave more places, most of which are open in August, with terraces, including one new one, the Gilles Choukroun-directed Mini Palais in the Grand Palais, erroneously described by him previously as a Cuban restaurant: Au clocher du village Chez les Anges Rech Mavrommatis Pasco La Petite Cour Hôtel Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme La Cour Jardin Les Ombres La Maison Blanche Sens (La Terrasse) Jarasse Le Coq de la Maison Blanche Bistro & Cie (Willy Dorr) L'Absinthe La Cagouille Mini-Palais The weekend FT had a glowing review of Spring, coordinates already given. Sunday, in the NYT travel section, Ann Morrison wrote about spending a day in Nancy, suggesting one eat at Le V’four. This week, France 2 and Camille Neveux in Le Parisien mentioned a program where donors giving blood get little 4* kits of food made by chefs at the Crillon, Ritz + Café de la Paix. Colman Andrews in August’s Gourmet has an article on La Chassagnette + l’Atelier de Jean-Luc Rabanel in Arles and their chefs’ use of fresh vegetables {While articles, for instance, this have appeared in French, this is one of the few I English.} I missed several weeks ago when Frederic Koch, in a special on the Auvergne, in l’Express singled out several restaurants: Lavoûte-Chilhac in the Haute-Loire, Orcines + La Bourboule in le Puy-de-Dôme, and Mandailles, Saint-Flour + Drugeac in Cantal. Please post comments here and not in the Digest thread.
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Wednesday-Thursday July 18th-19th, in Le Monde Jean Claude Ribault wrote an inquiry about August restaurant closings in which he recommends one reserve, except at the first two, where it’s impossible, at: Les Cocottes + l'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, both open all August, Citrus Etoile, closed the week of August 15th as well as Saturdays and Sundays, l'Alcazar, les brasseries du groupe Flo, Ratn + le Bistrot italiano the last two Indian and Italian respectively, the last open except for Ferragosto, eg August 15th. He then suggests one miss: le Chardenoux , le Café Bibliothèque + l'Arbuci.
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There is a free monthly magazine, Newzy that has just published it’s first-ever not-free (3 €) Guide as tested by Jean Pleumartin, Bruno Verjus and Ingrid Astier, with a list of places with: Terraces and gardens Le Moulin de la Galette Le Diane Laurent L’Espadon Georges La Table du Lancaster La Maison blanche Les Ombres Le Saut de Loup Flora Danica
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There is a free monthly magazine, Newzy that has just published it’s first-ever not-free (3 €) Guide to 530 restaurants tested by Jean Pleumartin, Bruno Verjus and Ingrid Astier, including: Best private rooms Senderens Apicius Les Saveurs de Flora Maceo Laurent Lasserre La Fontaine Gaillon Drouant Ledoyen Guy Savoy Pierre Gagnaire Au Petite Riche Taillevent La Chinoiserie Tante Marguerite Le Fouquet’s 1728 La Table du Lancaster Michel Rostang Le Chiberta
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French Food Guides 2007 - Chapter 11 - Newzy There is a free monthly magazine, Newzy that has just published it’s first-ever not-free (3 €) Guide to 530 restaurants in (by Arrondissement) and outside Paris. So, courtesy of member paga, here are some of the highlights as tested by Jean Pleumartin, Bruno Verjus and Ingrid Astier: For 12 treats Seafood Bar Caviar House & Prunier for crustaceans La Cremerie for buratta cheese Ribouldingue for offal Sukhothai for spicy food La Ferrandaise for blanquette Ebis for raviolis l’Huiterie Regis for oysters l’Ecallier du Bistrot for lobster/frites Alcazar for fish & chips Martine Lambert for “succulent” dessert Le Timbre for Stilton Takeo for sushi Desserts Le Pain du Sucre Gerard Mulot Pierre Herme Sadaharu Aoki Jean-Paul Hevin Ble Sucre Laurent Duchene Arnaud Larher L’Ecureuil Sucre Cacao Shopping Joel Thibault/Marche de l’Alma vegetables Dominique Maury for fish Hugo Desnoyer meat Pietrement-Lambret et Cie Foie gras and fowl Chevres de St-Vrain/Marche de l’Alma Bernard Antony La Mere Richard La Cremerie for cheese Boutique O&CO for oil Christophe Vasseur Bread & Roses for bread Gilles Manzoni for wine Jean-Marie Theircelin for spices Maitre Yu Hui Tseng Kilali for teas Francois Pralus for chocolate Terraces and gardens Le Moulin de la Galette Le Diane Laurent L’Espadon Georges La Table du Lancaster La Maison blanche Les Ombres Le Saut de Loup Flora Danica Top business places Le Meurice Michel Rostang Apicius Les saveurs de Flora La Cuisine Les Elysees Le Chamarre {beware; it’s closed} La Mediterranee Gerard Besson Le Chiberta Trendy Senderens L’Astrance La Pizzetta L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon Le Chateaubriand Unico Le Costes Ferdi La Cremerie Hotel Amour Yummy ethnic Mavrommatis Fogon Sukhothai Mori Venice Bar Sizin Ebis La Mer de Chine Le Jasmin de Sousse Rimal La Petite Sirene To eat and drink l’Ami Jean Le Temps au Temps Le Bistrot Paul Bert Beurre Noisette Ribouldingue La Ferrandaise Le Comptoir du Relais La Cerisaie Les Papilles Le Pre Verre Hotel restos Le Meurice Le Bristol Les Ambassadeurs La Table du Lancaster Le Danie Le Cinq Le Coster L’Orenoc L’Espadon Les Elysees ”Paris by Night” La Maison de l’Aubrac Bofinger Le Music Hall Alcazar L’Enfance de Lard Chez Denise/La Tour Montlhery La Poule au Pot Feyrouz Le Vaudeville Wine Le Baratin L’Estiminet du Marche La Cremerie Le Verre Vole Juveniles Legrand Filles & Fils Bacchus & Ariane Le Garde Robe Autour d’un Verre Chapeau Melon Best private rooms Senderens Apicius Les Saveurs de Flora Maceo Laurent Lasserre La Fontaine Gaillon Drouant Ledoyen Guy Savoy Pierre Gagnaire Au Petite Riche Taillevent La Chinoiserie Tante Marguerite Le Fouquet’s 1728 La Table du Lancaster Michel Rostang Le Chiberta {P.S. Just to see what I thought of their reviews Arrondissement by Arrondissement, I looked at mine and found one trendy with a relatively new chef, one rather solid but pricey and one inexpensive, unknown and pretty new (9 months). I intend to try all three}
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3 star etiquette and what to expect for us virgins
John Talbott replied to a topic in France: Dining
Yeah, our team wins again, once more, once in a while, ah, not often. Ah the old Alzheimer's problem again. -
Yesterday, Radio France's "Web Radio du Goût" had a piece on the fact that 78 % of restaurants surveyed by "Les Droits des non-fumeurs (DNF)" are anticipating the no-smoking law's implementation in bars, cafés, restaurants, discothèques and casinos, Jan 1, 2008, and intervening with people who are smoking in non-designated places.
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Honey in Paris and France; enduring info from the
John Talbott replied to a topic in France: Cooking & Baking
This is true not an urban legend; there was an article in Le Figaro about the beekeeper within the last year (I think related to the refurbishing/regilding of the Garnier's uptop stuff). -
Honey in Paris and France; enduring info from the
John Talbott replied to a topic in France: Cooking & Baking
Perhaps; my source is a family who live on the rue de Vaugirard. -
By arrondissement: 1st Angelina l’Ardoise l’Autobus Imperial Cafe Very Fines Gueules Au Gourmand Au Gourmand Grand Vefour Juveniles Le Meurice Pharamond Pharamond Pierre au Palais Royal Pinxo Le Point Bar Pré Salé Saut du Loup 2nd Dalva Drouant Drouant Drouant Au Fils des Saison Gallopin Georges Mori Venice Bar Vaudeville Versance 3rd Au Bascou Au Bascou Bonnes Soeurs Breizh Cafe Le Carre des Vosges Le Carré des Vosges Chineurs Petit Pamphlet Pramil 4th l’Ambrosie Benoit Brasserie de l'Isle St Louis Chez Julien Les Cotelettes Fin Gourmet Le Gaigne Mon Vieil Ami Mon Vieil Ami l’Orangerie l’Orangerie Vieux Bistro Vieux Bistro 5th Chez Rene Chez Rene Christophe l'Estrapade Itineraires La Marlotte Les Paillers Partage Les Racines Reminet Ribouldingue Rotisserie de Beaujolis Table de Fabrice Tour d'Argent Toustem Wadja 6th 6 Odeon l'Alycastre Camdeborde’s Snack Take Out Bouquinistes Cameleon Cameleon Cameleon Chaumette Chaumette Chez Panis Les Cocottes de Christian Constant Le Comptoir Le Comptoir l’Epigramme Ferrandaise Ferrandaise Fish Fogon Le Gourmand J’Go St Germain La Maison du Jardin Parc aux Cerfs La Petite Cour Roger la Grenouille Sensing Sensing Table du Perigord Timbre Tournon La Veraison La Veranda Vingt 2 Ze Kitchen Galerie 7th 153 Grenelle l’Ami Jean l'Ami Jean Arpege Arpege l’Atelier de Joel Robuchon Le Bis-tro Vin Sobre Au Bon Acceuil Au Bon Acceuil Chez les Anges La Clarisse Le Clos des Gourmets Les Cocottes Fables de la Fontaine Fables de la Fontaine Fables de la Fontaine Ferme Saint-Simon Florimond La Folle Avoine Fontaine de Mars Grannie Chez Naolo Jules Verne MiniPalais MiniPalais Les Ombres Les Ombres A la Petite Chaise Tante Marguerite Valentin Il Vino Violin d’Ingres Violin d’Ingres Violin d'Ingres Le 144 Petrossian 35° Ouest 8th Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee Alain Senderens, ex-Lucas Carton Les Ambassadeurs l’Arome L’Atelier des Comperes Atelier des Comperes Bristol Caviar House & Prunier Caviar House & Prunier Chez Cecile Chez Francis Le Cinq Le Cou de la Girafe Domiique Bouchet l’Evasion Ledoyen Market La Marlotte Maxim’s MiniPalais Mollard l’Obelisque Le Passage Gourmet Pierre Gagnaire Sydr Table du Lancaster Taillevent Taillevent Taillevent 9th Bar des Artistes Cafe de la Paix Carpediem Carte Blanche Charlain Chene Vert Chez Corto Chez Jean Chez Jean Corneil Cote 9e Fontaine Fiacre Le Jardinier Mosca Libre l'Office Petrelle Rich Rich Rich Romain Sobane Spring Spring Spring Table d'Anvers Tradition 10th Aux Zingots Bistro des Faubourgs Cantine de Quentin Chez Casimir Chez Michel Et dans mon coeur il y a…. Garance Julien Reveil du 10e Terminus Nord Urbane Urbane 11th Astier Au Petit Monsieur Bistrot Paul Bert Bistro Paul Bert Bistro Paul Bert Le Cannibale Chateaubriand Chateaubriand Fernandises La Frite Bruxelloise Jumeaux Le Rollin Sot l'y laisse Table de Claire 12th La Gazzetta Traversiere 13th Au Petit Marguery Petit Pascal Girondine 14th l'Amuse Bouche Bis de Severo Les Gourmands Grand Ourse l’Ordonnance La Régalade 15th Authenti©Afaria l’Archelle Autour de.... Café du Commerce Casier a Vin Les Comperes Cristal de Sel Grand Pan Grand Pan Messager Minzingue Opus Vins l’Os a Moelle La Veraison Vingt 2 16th l'Astrance l'Astrance Chaumette Chaumette Geraud Geraud La Maree Passy l’Orenoc Ozu Le Pergolese Le Stade Villa Corse II 17th L’Abadache l’Accolade L'Agapé Bath’s Le Bistral Le Bistral Chez Cedric Chez Georges Chez Leon Le Clocher Pereire Edgar Fougeres Hide Hier & Aujoud’hui Karl & Erick F. Landeau M comme Martine M comme Martine Michel Rostang Petrus Les Puces des Batignolles Rech Relais de Venise Ripaille 18th 16 Tholoze La Bonne Table La Cave Cafe Cheri bibi Chez Papa La Cocotte Cottage Marcadet Cottage Marcadet Dan Bau Enichi Les Fondus le la Raclette l’Histoire de Moulin de la Galette l'Olivier l’Oxilis Perroquet Vert Pied de Sacre Coeur Table du Dancourt Le Winch Le Winch 19th 25º Est Mets & Vins 20th Les Allobroges Baratin Baratin Bois de Vincennes Le Chalet des Iles Daumesnil Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne sur Mer Ducoté Cuisine Issy-Les-Moulineaux Les Symples de l’Os A Moelle Levallois-Perret Les Autodidactes Maisons-Laffitte La Plancha Meudon Escarbille Neuilly Jarrasse Le Pre Saint Gervais Pouilly Reuilly Puteaux l'Escargot Suresnes Pere Lapin Versailles l'Angelique Gordon Ramsay La Veranda Vitry Sur Seine Transversal Transversal
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Thanks. I did some new research on Saturday lunch openings and found Blue Spoon on this and the "Opinions" topics. Anyone have an opinion on Local 188 vs Blue Spoon?Also I found these open for Saturday lunch: Barbara's, Snow Squall, Bibo's, Great Lost Bear, Walter's, Boone's + Newick's. Thots? Again the goal is good food and conversation with our guest. Thanks.
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Today in Le Monde Jean Claude Ribault gave more places, most of which are open in August, with terraces, including one new one, the Mini Palais in the Grand Palais, erroneously described by him previously as a Cuban restaurant: Au clocher du village Chez les Anges Rech Mavrommatis Pasco La Petite Cour Hôtel Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme La Cour Jardin Les Ombres La Maison Blanche Sens (La Terrasse) Jarasse Le Coq de la Maison Blanche Bistro & Cie (Willy Dorr) L'Absinthe La Cagouille Mini-Palais
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The Week of June 25th, 2007 Monday in Le Fooding, Elvira Masson announced the second (to the Café Very) Gilles Choukroun offshoot at the Grand Palais, a “spectacular” place called the MiniPalais, at Perron Alexandre III, avenue Winston Churchill in the 8th, 01 42 56 42 42 where one can eat a rumsteak for a “hit the sky” price of 28 €; also his signature crème brulee of foie gras with peanuts and tartare with mango-basil-coriander, citrus from the Café des Delices days, etc. Monday-Tuesday, A Nous Paris, had a sort of end of the academic year review of fish places (e.g., “sans arêtes”), giving 4/5 blocks to La Cagouille + Rech, and 3/5 blocks to l’Ecallier du Bistrot, Le Winch, {whooeee, local guys make good} and Les Fables de la Fontaine. Wednesday, Richard Hesse in Paris Update enthusiastically reviewed Benoit, where everything was to his liking. Wednesday, in Figaroscope, there was an end of the year review that mentioned the following places to go with friends in the summer: Les Fines Gueules Les Jardins de Bagatelle Cristina’s tapas by Mavrommatis Brasserie Coq Le Pavilion Puebla Au Gourmand Karl et Erick Cristal de Sel La Bastide Blanche Le Saut de Loup Bonpoint Breizh Café Chez Julien Rech Salumeria Cheribibi Quedubon La Fontaine de Mars Mini Palais Café Very And Francois Simon, selected Grand Pan for his summer Haché menu. Thursday, in ParuVendu {still striving to be a serious pub}, they reviewed/mentioned a bunch of places with terraces (see here and Pierre Rival’s pick of the week was the oft-mentioned Le Galvacher. Jean Claude Ribaut in Wednesday-Thursday’s Le Monde has an article on La Chassagnette in Arles which grows much of its own (bio) vegetables. Jean Louis Galesne, too, in Friday’s Les Echos reviewed several places in and around Arles : L'Atelier de Jean-Luc Rabanel, Le Cilentro, L'Autruche, Restaurant La Telline, La Chassagnette, Domaine de l'Armellière, + Le Mas de Peint. The June-July GaultMillau has yet another rating system and mentions several places in Paris, as follows: Momoka New Rech Watch it. Bistro de la Muette New Murano In trouble Le Comptoir du Relais In good shape Chez Corto Watch it. Le Timbre Watch it. Saturday/Sunday, BP published an article by Margaret Kemp entitled “Shirley Valentine” that mentions Le Divellec and one by John Talbott on "Bernie {Pivot} and Me." Sunday, in JDD, Regis Douysset of l’Escarbille in Meudon picked as his favorite places for under 35 euros: Les Fougeres + Le Dome Bastille. Please post comments here and not in the Digest thread.
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See here for a REPORT on a formal tasting and a couple of informal ones.
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Since the four of us from the deepest 18th had to exit Paris before the tasting and loladrian wanted the vote from here, here's the consensus from July 4th’s tasting of five baguettes from the 18th by 8 noble, intelligent folk dining on Texas BBQ (brisket, shoulder and sausage schlepped over by loyal member Paga), cauliflower with Amurican Sauce Sallie, incredible cherries and Gruyére and abondance cheese, accompanied not with Lone Star beer but St Louis La Perdrix Costieries de Nimes Rouge:#1 - hold your your breath - Retrodor (a chain) 174 or something Rue Ordener #2 - Arnaud Delmontel, 57, rue Damrémont, the number 1 in the celebrated 2007 recent tasting reported here. Far, far down were (ratings as per the reported tasting): # 3 Au Duc de la Chapelle, Anis Bouabsa, 32, rue Tristan Tzara # 4 Le Grenier à Pain Abbesses, Djibril Bodian, 38, rue des Abesses # 6 Coquelicot des Abbesses, Thierry Racoillet and Sylvie Fourmont, 24, rue des Abesses # 8 Alexandre Planchais, 40, rue Lepic. Your wish was our command: July 5th, we (yours truly, Colette, Paga and Elan) with leftover brisket, tested the baguettes from Au Levain d'Antan at 6 rue des Abbesses, Le Grenier a Pain Abbesses Djibril Bodian, 38 rue des Abbesses and the Coquelicot des Abbesses Thierry Racoillet and Sylvie Fourmont at 24, rue des Abbesses (recommended to us to try again today by Clotilde (Chocolate & Zucchini) on the street.) However, I must report, that the best bread tonite was a loaf from Serge Gontier, 54, rue Custine in the 18th as well. And Sharon, your memory is terrific - Au Levain d'Antan won the 3rd place in the 2001 baguette competition.
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Honey in Paris and France; enduring info from the
John Talbott replied to a topic in France: Cooking & Baking
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These all sound terrific but I just called all three and none are open for lunch Saturdays. Other thoughts?
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The Week of July 16th, 2007 Monday in Le Fooding, Nathalie Faure had a review of Baleak in Biarritz. Wednesday, Richard Hesse in Paris Update reviewed the Turkish Derya in the 10th. Wednesday-Thursday in Le Monde Jean Claude Ribault wrote an inquiry about August restaurant closings in which he recommends one reserve, except at the first two, where it’s impossible, at: Les Cocottes + l'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, both open all August, Citrus Etoile, closed the week of August 15th as well as Saturdays and Sundays, l'Alcazar, les brasseries du groupe Flo, Ratn + le Bistrot italiano the last two Indian and Italian respectively, the last open except for Ferragosto, eg August 15th. He then suggests one miss: le Chardenoux , le Café Bibliothèque + l'Arbuci. Friday, Francois Simon wrote a rather melancholic essay on eating at restaurants in the summer that emphasized the morgue of waiters, the insolent checks and the neurasthenia of dishes but also said that one can eat at some astonishing places {no suggestions given.} Saturday, Francois Simon and Alexandra Michot in Le Figaro Madame listed 30 favorite restaurants on the sea from Wimereux to Menton and Corsica. Rather than list them I’ll refer you here. Saturday/Sunday, BP published an article by John Talbott on "Eating with a strong dollar." Rosa Jackson, in this month’s “Paris Bites” in Paris Notes reviewed Les Ombres at the Quai Branly Museum in the 7th, coordinates already given, where she liked everything but the acoustics. August’s Conde Nast Traveler give the following “affordable gems” in Paris: Chez Gladines, Kaza Maza + Bistro Victoire{s}. They also give the following “pit stops” in the Basque country: Hautrive St James in Bouliac and Hotel de France in St Justin. Please post comments here and not in the Digest thread.
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The Sunday NYT Travel Section yesterday had an article by Gisela Williams on 36 hours in Amsterdam and featured the following: Vyne a trendy new wine bar Like-a-local dinners in homes Pancakes! restaurant restaurant 11 Restaurant As
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I'd like to bump this up since I too will be looking for eats in Brunswick and environs. Anybody got any suggestions? Thanks much.
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Now you tell us.BTW, last time I ate there, it and the bread were still as before.
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By the same owners as Mezze is Café Latino, on the campus of Mass MoCA. ← Any newer news on either Mezze or the Cafe Latino or other places for that matter in Williamstown? Thanks
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Portsmouth, New Castle NH and Kittery, Ogunquit ME
John Talbott replied to a topic in New England: Dining
My wonderful wife Colette has tired of waiting for a table at Warren's, any suggestions in Portsmouth or Kittery for lobster where we can reserve? -
We would appreciate any suggestions for good grub in or near Shelburne Falls, Mass for a Friday lunch. If there is outdoor/garden seating, even better. thanks
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I don't want to get too OT, but the reason I'm fixated on the car is I'll have kids and grandkids bicycles etc hanging off. I recall a fenced car park on Ferry so that sounds good.Also does anyone recall which place has the great quail?