Where to eat in Paris

[CuriousToronto]

So I've decided to start listing some of my suggestions. You'll have to bear with me because I have bills and business cards kicking around. I'll post things as I find them but right now I have a couple of suggestions:

1) Le Plomb du Cantal
3 rue de la Gaité<br>75014 Paris
Tel: [phone]
Open every day

This place is really good! It's not incredibly cheap but it is worth a splurge and the plates are MASSIVE. Even as a North American I was shocked! We went here with some classmates and our prof. after our last exam in Paris. She thought we shouldn't leave the city without having had a taste of really excellent French food. The food there is from the Auvergne region of France. Admittedly it's the kind of place you should avoid if you are a vegetarian.
Main dishes are about 15 Euros but to be honest it's worth the splurge.
I will warn you that it is located in front of a theatre so you should be there before 8 or else it really fills up and you might have to wait a while.
It's also really well located right near the Edgar Quintet and Montparnasse metro stations.

The house specialty is Duck Confit and truffade - this fantastic potato, cream, and cheese dish. The stuff is fantastic!


2) Le Luco
107 Boulevard St. Michel
75005 Paris
RER Luxembourg 01 43 26 78 38
[e-mail]

This is a brasserie right near where I used to live. Admittedly it's not high on atmosphere but I think it's well situated and the food is actually quite good and not that expensive. They make really good roasted chicken and fries and croque monsieurs and madames. Their salads and creme brulee are also excellent. The reason I really liked this place is that it had a non-smoking section which very few places actually do. Just don't go there for breakfast - that's no good.

EDIT: You can easily eat for under 10 Euros here.

I'll add more later. Cheers!

[CuriousToronto]

A couple more:

1) Berthillon
31 rue St.-Louis-en-l’Ile
75004 Paris
Métro: Pont Marie
Open 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., closed Mon., Tues., most of July, all of Aug., and Easter break — this place can afford to set its own schedule!

This place is famous for it's ice cream. It really is fantastic! I've never had anything like it anywhere else. The main store is often famous but there are nearby places that also sell Berthillon ice cream - they advertise it prominently. I think it's worth a try if not many return visits!

2) Amorino
9 Rue de Buci and on Rue Vavin right near Luxembourg Gardens

I don't remember the schedule exactly but I think they close at 11pm at night. This place is BRILLIANT!!! They sell gelato and it's absolutely incredible. I had some fantastic gelato in Florence and I am telling you this place is even better. It's increasing in popularity and many people now prefer it to Berthillon.

[Cil]

Much thanks for these dining suggestions, and please keep 'em coming!

[CuriousToronto]

Cil said:

Much thanks for these dining suggestions, and please keep 'em coming!

Will do . . .

And since I'm on here just off the top of my head:

La Coupole
102 Boulevard Montparnasse
75014
8:30am-1am Sun-Thu; 8:30am-1:30am Fri-Sat
Metro Vavin - in between Boulevard Raspail and Montparnasse Station

This is one of those incredibly famous haunts in Paris that you hear about. The kind of place that famous people (i.e: Martha Stewart - she mentioned it on her show) go to when they're in town. Now they have both a dining area and a cafe area. I've never eaten eaten there but we would often go there for drinks. And for that I highly recommend it - it's actually pretty affordable. They have a terrace that they close in during the winter. You can just sit and look out at the people walk by. Our favourite activity was to go there after class and to try to guess the nationality of the people walking by based on their shoes and scarves. Loads of fun!

Anywayz, I recommend the place for their hot chocolate. They have valhrona based hot chocolate. The pure - good stuff that comes in these lovely little pitchers. So in fact when you order a cup you get like three! Yum Yum! It also comes accompanied by a delicious little chocolate piece.

Best part is the price. It's only about 3.50 EUROS! I know when you compare it to home it's expensive but not for Paris. The best thing is it's excellent, less overwhelming than Angelina's, and it's half the price of the famed Rue de Rivoli (Angelina's) hot cholate!

The added bonus is the fact that the place is full of history. It was the famous haunt of Picasso and Hemingway. I know it's cheesy but I am SO glad that while in Paris I made one of their old haunts my own!

[Cil]

Have read about La Coupole.
Maybe we will try the cafe part one morning!
My younger son has become quite an aficionado of the hot chocolate that comes in little pitchers.

[CuriousToronto]

Cil:

The hot chocolate in pitchers IS amazing! I assume you have heard about Angelina's?! But in case other people haven't I'll list it here.

ANGELINA
226 Rue de Rivoli
Tel : [phone]

Now I don't have their opening hours but I can tell you that for the most part on weekdays they close ridiculously early. I think it was 6:45 pm or something.

This place is THE place to have hot chocolate in Paris. It is an insititution onto it's own! It's right across from the Tuileries and equadistant to the Louvre and Place de la Concorde. I recommend it as a way to slow things down after a long day at the Louvre.

Now I should warn you that this place is VERY popular. In fact in the middle of the summer we still had to line-up to get in. Basically nobody eats anything but the hot chocolate and the montblanc (a meringue specialty).

A serving will come at a steep price of almost 7Euros. That's a lot! But it's an experience. They bring you quite a substantial pitcher of the stuff. That and they bring you a little bowl full of whipped cream and another little carafe of water.

Now if you don't want to spend all that money for a hot chocolate you can buy their mix to take home with you. I bought a couple of bags. The small ones cost 8Euros and you get more bang for your buck then you do at the store! They also have a larger size but I don't remember the price.

This is actually the one thing I think I will have to get my friends in Paris to ship to me. That is once I finish the sachets I brought back with me!