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| Patricia's Restaurant Picks for 1999 |
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- Auberge Pyrenees Cevennes
106, rue de la Folie Mericourt
Paris 75011
01 43 57 33 78
Closed Saturday lunch and Sunday. 148-franc menu.
160 to 210 francs.
Those who remember Francoise, the chatty waitress
from the Café des Federations in Lyon, will
be happy to find her holding court here, with her
amiable husband at the stove.The weather calls for
the hearty fare of Lyon: Sausages, Beaujolais, fun!
- Au Bascou
38, rue Reamur
Paris 75003
01 42 72 69 25
Closed Saturday lunch & Sunday 85F lunch menu
SW French: great lamb, squid, ham, good wines
- La Bastide d'Odeon
7, rue Corneille
Paris 75006
01 43 26 03 65
Closed Sun & Mon 150&190 F menu, 250 F
Gilles Ajuelos is in fine form, with suckling pig
and polenta on the winter menu.
- Les Bookinistes
53, quai des Grands-Augustins
Paris 75006
01 43 25 45 94
Closed Saturday lunch and Sunday lunch 250F
Try now: Fresh White Bean Salad with Wild Mushrooms
and Aged Mimolette Cheese and Suckling Pig with Pumpkin-Stuffed
Macaroni
- Cap Vernet
82, ave Marceau
Paris 75008
01 47 20 20 40
Open daily. 260-270F
Still the best oysters in town! Try the home-cured
salt cod on a bed of cabbage
- Chez Catherine
65, rue de Provence
75009 Paris
01 45 26 72 88
Closed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday evening. 200-250
F.
Catherine Guerraz cooks up a great sole meuniere,
her current menu is loaded with fresh scallops and
wild mushrooms, and the wine list is not to be beat.
- Helene Darroze
4, rue d'assas
75006 Paris
01 42 22 00 11
Closed Saturday lunch and all day Sunday. 300F. The
new chef on the block! Southwestern French is back!
Try the l’escaoutoun landaise, a polenta-like
creation prepared with corn meal, laced with Basque
sheep’s milk cheese and cèpe mushrooms.
Great wine list.
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Laurent
41, avenue Gabriel
75008 Paris
01 42 25 00 39
390F menu, 700 F
I dream of Philippe Braun’s sauteed foie gras
with spicy black beans! Sommelier Patrick Lair will
find the right wine: Try the pure syrah Domaine
Peyre Rose.
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Le Petit Marguery
9, boulevard du Port Royal
Paris 75013
01 43 31 58 59
If you love mushrooms and game then be sure to make
an annual pilgrimage to the Cousin brothers restaurant.
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Petrossian
18, boulevard de Latour Maubourg
75007 Paris
01 44 11 32 22
320F menu/Caviar tasting 350 to 6230F
Ring in the beginning of millennium celebrations
with a champagne and caviar feast at this brand
new restaurant. Modern desserts by chef Philippe
Conticini.
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Pierre Gagnaire
6, rue Balzac
Paris 75008
01 44 35 18 25
Closed Saturday lunch and Sunday. 700-850F
Gearing up for the millennium, Gagnaire has been
researching the best champagne and food marriages.
Take his advice!
- Le Pre Catelan
Bois de Boulogne
Paris 75016
01 44 14 41 14
Closed Sunday evening & Monday, 290 lunch menu,
480 dinner
Frederic Anton has won all “Chef of the Year”
awards! Try his sumptuous crab and caviar creation.
- Taillevent
15, rue Lammenais
Paris 75008
01 44 95 15
Closed Saturday and Sunday 800-900F The new chef,
Michel del Burgo is working magic! Look for wild mushroom
and game specialties, homemade bread and a whole new
dessert list.
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