Author: paris-bistro

With its green awning, l’Arcade Haussmann is a fine « brasserie » with a prominent position on Boulevard Haussmann. Directly behind the Saint-Lazare railway station and close to the alluring department stores. Whether seated inside or outside, luminous and bright, this café designed around the idea of animals from Africa sends out good vibrations. Since the summer of 2014, the Brasserie is run by a couple, Jean-Philippe and Laurence Bruel (below on the left. These natives of Auvergne are not novices in the Parisians cafés. Associated with Francis, a Norman (right), with whom they have a long working history, all three are…

Located on the left bank of the Seine, le “Petit Pont” is a parisian bistro opposite the cathedral Notre-Dame. This café is a perfect place to enjoy the charm of Paris. Its terrace offers both the fantastic view and the calm to be on a walking street prohibited to cars. It is a place that can be enjoyed at any time of the day. From dawn to see the sun rise behind the towers of Notre-Dame while enjoying a small premium breakfast (orange juice, pastry, pancake scrambled eggs). During happy hours (from 4 PM to 9.30 pm) you can savour…

The Censier is a genuine café of the Latin Quarter with a beautiful terrace. On the long rue Monge, its terrace attracts students during the sunny days. But this bistro is especially renowned for its cheap price among the residents of the district. The dish of the day is 10€ , and with 2.50€ more, you’ll have the dessert. Home made cooking and season by a talented Chef. Its interior reminds the paintings of Mondrian with their colored square patterns. They give to the place a cheerful atmosphere. In its open-plan kitchen, you can see the Chef. This native from…

On the superb “Place des Vosges”, Ma Bourgogne is one of a most famous wine’s bistro of Paris. You just can’t miss it, especially when wandering along the arcades of the well known Place. There’s always been a café there, right there in the Place des Vosges,ever since the end of 18th century. Ma Bourgogne happens to be one of theses archetypal « Bistros parisiens », heart and soul of a whole neighborhood.  There, a special ambiance and a mix between country flavoured cooking and more adventurous dishes, attracts both tourists and the old regular customers of « Le Marais ».…

Nearby the Rivoli Street, stands a bistro which resists to the present time trend of uniformity. A la Tete d’Or (the golden head), is one of the historic bistros located in the heart of Paris, which have came across the years without change. A la Tete d’Or, was one of these bistros where members of the corporations working each night in « les Halles de Paris » gathered at dawn. Here, scores of butchers, merchants of vegetables or flowers, leaned on theirs elbows at the bar, eating, drinking, laughing with another corporation : prostitutes. Despite all the area transformations, A…

Brasserie “Les Grandes Marches” is right by the Opéra Bastille and has been through a seriously befitting update since the Joulie family took over in the summer of 2012. The lounge spirit is out and the hallmark composed class and lighting that define great brasseries is back. The Art Deco influence is undeniable and the spirit intertwines with the close Opera and its “grandes marches” (great steps) that gave this establishment its name. And it implements good ideas, as the glass booth where the oyster seller dispenses his wares both indoors and outdoors the brasserie.This eye-catching feature has become one…

Au Cochon de Lait (the Sucking-Pig) is a vestige from the golden era of Parisian slaughter-houses of la Villette when the neighborhood bistros bore the names of livestock. There was le Mouton Blanc (the White Sheep) , le Bélier d’Argent (the Silver Ram) , le Cochon d’Or (the Gold Pig) , each specializing in a type of meat. «Here, our customers were the slaughterers. They had their lockers in the back room to put away their blood stained aprons. They brought their meat and only paid one franc and fifty cents for the roasting. The service was handled in a…

“En Attendant l’Or” (waiting for gold) a name like slogan of Californian gold digger imagined by the boss, Patrick Laur…A pun that plays on the phonetics of his name. In french, Laur sounds like l’or (the Gold). The boss, Patrick Laur, is native from southern Aveyron (south Auvergne). Like many others of its fellows, he arrived in Paris without a penny. That was in 1986. Since then he hasn’t stop working in bistrots always experimenting news ideas. This café fits the definition of a cheap and cheerful modern Parisian bistro. With its frendly service and its appealing menu, En Attendant…

The only one of its kind left, Au Bœuf Couronné is the last trace of the Villette’s formerly booming meat industry. And while you won’t find any more butchers in full length aprons, quality cuts of good meat are still king here. The menu has nearly a dozen different cuts and sizes of beef to please meat lovers; they can choose between the pavé des mandataires steak (300 g), a piece of Charolais beef (500 g) or a rib roast (1.2 kg). These princely pieces are all from the finest sources and served with delicious fluffy fried potatoes that are…

Since noon, this charming bistro begins to be filled with a great variety of people: craftsmen, employees, artists, amateurs of good gastronomy. We are “Au Bon Coin”, a typical bistro of Paris not far from Montmartre. The pretty geographical map pinned next to the bar indicates the auvergnat origins of the family Bras who runs the place. Arrived in the thirties, they have created Au Bon Coin. Today, Jean-Louis Bras (third generation) is the boss. And his mother, Jeanine, continues to help him the half of the year (in fall and in winter). For the happiness of the neighborhood and the…