Paris
Bistros on a Budget
The Affordable Petits Bistros
of Paris
L'Auberge D'chez Eux in Paris does a great
blanquette de veau
Fall is the
season to rediscover the
bistros and small eateries where you can
eat like you would at home (at least at a
Parisian home) – and oftentimes even better.
We're referring to dining on simple dishes such
as carefully simmered soups, lamb legs and
stewed apple compote for a reasonable
price.
Here is
our autumnal round-up of Parisian
"sympathiques," good and affordable
tables:
L'Auberge D'chez Eux
2, av. Lowendal
75007 Paris
01 47 05 52 25
www.chezeux.com
Open daily Lunch & Dinner
€€
12/20
This is the place to experience what it would
be like to dine at the table of a Parisian
bourgeois family. Chef Bertrand serves the
typical, well prepared blanquette de veau, the
gratin Dauphinois and classic pastry
Paris-Brest at very reasonable
prices.
Le Bistral
80, rue Lemercier
75017 Paris
01 42 63 59 61
Lunch & Dinner (closed Sat.-Sun.)
€€
12/20
Chef Alexandre Mathieu's cooking follows the
seasons. Fall, for instance, is the time for
panned scallops with delicious cèpes mushrooms
in a parsley coulis and barely cooked
oysters.
Au Bouchon et l'Assiette
127, rue Cardinet
75017 Paris
01 42 27 83 93
Lunch & Dinner (closed Sun.-Mon.)
€€
12/20
Clément Vidalon presents a country soup with
smoked lard and a blood pudding sausage from
the Bruel farm in the Cantal (Central France),
among other robust farm-style
dishes.
Chez Marie
118, bd du Montparnasse
750014 Paris
01 43 27 22 00
Lunch & Dinner (closed Sun.)
€
12/20 Chef
Jean-Charles favors the cuisine of the Basque
country. He offers a garbure (a hearty country
soup) that you can buy on the sidewalk and take
away for 3 €. A tasty Basque pizza (p'axoa),
tapas and a memorable Basque cake for dessert
are also available.
Le Bar à Huitres
112, bd du Montparnasse 75014 Paris 01 43 20 71
01
33, rue Saint-Jacques 75005 Paris 01 44 07 27
37
33, bd Beaumarchais 75003 Paris 01 48 87 98
92
69, av. de Wagram 750017 Paris 01 43 80 63
54
www.lebarahuitres.com
Open daily Lunch & Dinner
€€€
12/20
In these four locations, the young Garry Dorr,
the new owner, has gathered the most
spectacular and comprehensive oyster menu in
town, including the rare rose oyster of
Tarbouriech from the Mediterranean
Sea.
Le Bar
à Huitres (Montparnasse) offers delicious
seafood
Le Grand 8
8, rue Lamarck
75018 Paris
01 42 55 04 55
Lunch Sat.-Sun., Dinner Wed.-Sun.
€€
12/20
A simple but tasty cuisine is served at Le
Grand 8, often based on bio ingredients and
accompanied by "natural"
wines. One night is devoted to
offal. Cheerful ambience.
Sébillon
20, av. Charles de Gaulle
92200 Neuilly sur Seine
01 46 24 71 31
www.sebillon.com
€€
13/20
Valet parking
The Joulies, an old French family, have owned
this restaurant for quite some time. Their
forte is and has always been the lamb leg, cut
on demand and accompanied by melt-in-the-mouth
lingots (white beans). The restaurant also
serves fresh seafood.
L'Assiette
181,
rue du Château
75014 Paris France
01 43 22 64 86
€€€€
13/20
Here the ingredients are magnificent and the
portions huge. David Rathgeber specializes in
South Western cuisine and his cassoulet has
acquired quite a reputation.
Le Vaudeville
29, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris France
01 40 20 04 62
€€€
13/20
Le
Vaudeville is a very Parisian choice for a late
bite after the theater. One should not miss the
calf’s head cooked on the bone, the ideal
brasserie dish.
Bofinger
5-7, rue de la Bastille
75004 Paris France
01 42 72 87 82
€€€
13/20
Bofinger has long been a landmark in the
Bastille quarter. Parisians, provincials,
tourists and celebrities throng in for generous
assortments of extra-fresh shellfish and hearty
choucroute garni.
Emporio Armani Caffè
149, bd Saint-Germain
75006 Paris France
01 45 48 62 15
€€
13/20
The Emporio Armani Caffè features a sleek space
and fine cooking. The Italian-style aperitif
hour offers freshly prepared specialties served
in mini-portions that make for an excellent
pre-cinema snack.
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