1st to 5th Arr.
The Union Jack proudly flies above the entrance to the Hôtel Westminster signaling an oasis of British tradition planted between the Place Vendome and Garnier’s Opéra.
Step into the Duke’s Bar and you are at once in an elegant Mayfair men’s club–mahogany bar, oversized green leather club chairs, deep green fabric covering [...]
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This was my first visit to the Hotel Castille and Assaggio since Chef Giulio Freschi arrived and I was super impressed.
For starters the room has been beautifully redecorated for greater intimacy and weather permitting, a lovely, open courtyard awaits diners for an evening under the stars.
I [...]
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I’d passed by the Marais location several times but being a purist I was reluctant to try it out not believing pastrami in Paris could compare to New York’s finest.
My pal Albert Nahmias had called for a meeting and when I arrived at his apartment door he ushered me into his car and we [...]
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I had heard consistently good things about this Latin Quarter bistro and was delighted when my colleague, Alain Neyman, of www.lesrestos.com invited me to join him for a leisurely lunch.
I was a few minutes early and owner Bertrrand Bluy served me a Txapa, a rosé from the Pays-Basques with a cherry-like finish. [...]
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This charming bistro is now offering Sunday brunch for only 25 euros. (Our dinner review follows.)
On a sunny and cold day M, the BF (beau-fils) and I were seated at a table ronde by a window from where we could enjoy the beautiful murals that cover the soothingly soft green walls. [...]
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Return to Mavrommàtis (scroll down for original review)
Andreas Mavrommàtis arrived in Paris 30 years ago from Cyprus to study Psychology and thankfully got sidetracked into cooking. Today the Mavrommàtis banner flies over two restaurants in Paris, eight traiteurs and the Four Seasons Hotel in Limassol, Cyprus.
Jean-Luc Petitrenaud, [...]
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My friend and hostess for my San Francisco literary salons Virginia Reyna was in town. We met in the lobby of her Paris address, the Hotel Jeanne d’Arc in the Marais where she was holding her autographed copy of Alec Lobrano’s Hungry for Paris and after a quick consult we [...]
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The Polish Countess had just joined me as a member of the Grandparents Club and I invited her for a celebratory drink. She chose one of her neighborhood haunts, the venerable Louis Philippe that has guarded the Pont Louis Philippe along the Quai de Hotel de Ville since 1810.
We were welcomed [...]
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Good News if you are regularly in the Marais.
When Sophie and her husband sold the Bouquet to finance the opening of Le Soleil d’Or near Notre Dame the new owners thought they were inheriting a tourist goldmine and not the comfortable bistro du coin it had always been. Regulars stayed away [...]
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My frequent dining companion Corinne Labalme of La Belle France invited me try an old bistro under new management-two sisters from le Perigord.
I arrived early, inhaled the comforting aroma of the potage de chataignes (chestnuts) and took advantage of the free wi-fi to catch up as I waited for Corinne [...]
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