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Stick to hotels. The French don't do breakfast.

Just don't take pictures!

sure. but maybe what came before really pissed her off...like the 10.000 other tourists... no excuse of course..

I'm surprised about the phrase about being able to take photos after you buy something..... but I think maybe it is more likely that she got pissed off because every two minutes uncouth, loud tourists came in to take pictures of their displays. That'd irk me if I worked there...

The Croque Monsieur, first seen on a Parisian menu in 1910.

Sounds like the stuff I ate already at La Famille...

Anyone been to Le Kok?

Thought this was a pretty interesting read...

I said that tongue in cheek in response to another post ... too subtle, maybe..

Vive la Révolution!

I know all this- funny , though that the person who wrote this article, Tina Isaac, is the Paris correspondent for Travel and Leisure magazine, a very reputable publication. She should know better, and I find it surprising that the NY editors didn't go further in correcting her article.

Felice, I agree that the NY article is more up to date, but it is written in a very sloppy way, with no regard to the facts. I mean, they classify SENDERENS as a bistro, and define bistronomique as: "The global food- casualization movement has turned up here as bistronomique (a combination of bistro and economique, bien sûr)." I'm sorry but that's total crap. Evidently bistronomique is the combination of bistro and gastronomique To start off an article with like that shows little experience on the ground, and even less preparation... And to think, the writer 'TI' (whoever that is) even dares suggest that the proper way of drinking absinthe is to burn the sugar!! Blaspehemy!

Uhh.. okay

Concerning the Scheffer, I had never heard about it until a very disagreeable client asked me about it recently. Not a good recommendation...

I've understood that for awhile. But freelancing does let me eat more in more places than I normally would!

That IS pretty bad.

This seems to be more and more current in the popular press. When I see some of the lists by Travel and Leisure, CN Traveller, etc , and especially their websites (almost never updated), it's obvious that they have no interest in presenting current, cutting-edge info. I mean, I write freelance myself, so I understand publication lag times , etc, but some of the info in these publications is YEARS old!

Sorry, thought you mentionned only the celebrity piece, regardless of where the link went. Guess I'm totally wrong.

Yes. But you only mentionned the first piece.

Better than Pierre Rival's piece today, "80 Best Restaurants in Paris", which, among other glaring errors, cites the BarFly as one of the hottest places in town. They've been closed for months and are now called Bound...

He pulling your leg..

There is nothing budget about Gagnaire. Be prepared to spend big..

Can't wait to read the review then!

Isn't that the one taken over by the ex-Grande Cascade chef? And isn't it actually in the train station?

Thanks for the pics, Jim. Couldn't view a few of them, though, for some strange reason.