[Idyllchat] Food in Paris

[pandjking at sbcglobal.net]

Hi, Paula!
    Jane and I led you astray.  The restaurant L'Escure is off Rue de Rivoli near the Place de Concorde on a tiny little street, or alley, called Rue de Mondavi.  I just looked it up on our map of Paris.
    We were right in that it is very near the American Embassy and also near the Hotel Crillion (4 stars and VERY expensive.)
    Sorry for the previous misinformation.
    Phil King
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paula Ahlborn 
  To: pandjking at sbcglobal.net 
  Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:17 AM
  Subject: RE: [Idyllchat] Food in Paris


  Hi Jane - Hey, thanks so much for the good advice.   Paula



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    From: pandjking at sbcglobal.net
    To: pbahlborn at hotmail.com
    Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] Food in Paris
    Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:27:11 -0500


    Dear Paula,

    Lucky you!  Paris is one of my favorite cities, and we're planning to return there in 2009.

    Avoid the restaurants in the guidebooks--they're usually overpriced and crawling with tourists (because they're in the guidebooks and people don't know where else to eat!).  The easiest thing to do is to walk down the street and read the menus posted on the sidewalk so you can judge whether the food and the price agree with you.  As a general rule, places on the side streets or a block or two away from the main sights will be more reasonable (and just as good or better) than the ones right next door or across the street from the tourist places.  The "menu" (means a prix fixe meal; the French word for menu is "la carte") is a good buy--you usually get your choice of three appetizers, three main dishes, and three desserts, sometimes with a half-bottle of wine thrown in.  One of our favorite little restaurants for a good meal at a (for Paris) reasonable price is L'Escure, in a little alley off the Champs Elysees around the corner from the American Embassy.  It's tiny (seats maybe 20 people inside and another 20 outside in good weather), very old and atmospheric with its low beamed ceiling and strings of garlic and onions, and the last time we were there (2003) the complete menu with wine was 20€ per person.

    There is a book called "Cheap Eats in Paris" that you may be able to get from your library;  that's how we found L'Escure.  You don't mention your granddaughter's age, but if she's young enough to think she's going to die without a hamburger you can find McDonald's, TGI Friday's, etc. all over town.  (NB:  We've never eaten at a European McDonald's, but we've ducked in to use their restrooms.  The restrooms in the large department stores are also clean and usually free.  The automated porta-johns which clean themselves after each use were great, but they shut them down just after 9-11.)  

    Jane
    Spring Lake, MI
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Paula Ahlborn 
      To: idyllchat at lists.untours.com 
      Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 8:46 PM
      Subject: [Idyllchat] Food in Paris


      My granddaughter and I will be in Paris the first week in January.  Could any of you suggest restaurants that are reasonably priced for us?  We expect to be all over the city, so don't limit your suggestions to any specific area.  Thanks so much for your help.

      Paula


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