Restaurant Astier, 44 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud, 11th. This is a popular restaurant with the American crowds, so expect to hear some loud English. In any case you shouldn’t come here for a quiet, romantic dinner, since it’s a boisterous, crowded restaurant on...
Author - Heather Stimmler
American-born travel journalist and non-profit media specialist living in Paris since 1995.
HUGE thanks to all of you who took the time donate your time and money for the Menu For Hope III virtual raffle to benefit the UN’s World Food Programme. Bidding ended on December 22, with the final tally at $58,256.70, way beyong last...
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Directory assistance used to be “12”, but then it was considered a monopoly so the service was opened to competition and everyone has a six-digit number now. I can never remember what any of them are. I should program them into my phone, or erase...
Karaoke with a live band, Sunday nights at Le Baron...as if you've really got anything cooler to do! Check out the competition...
The Rex Club (5 blvd Poissonière, 2nd, M° Bonne Nouvelle) is hosting a Nuit Beyrouth (Beiruit Night) with DJs Sascha Funke, AlexKid, Llorca, Scratch Massive, Siskid, Duplex 100, Djul’z, Fafa Monteco, Joakim, Manu le Malin, and Jade (from the...
Just around the corner from the Arc de Triomphe, this bar and restaurant, once a very British hangout, now has a very Asian lounge atmosphere complete with statues of Buddha and incense in addition to the brown leather chesterfields...
Le Fumoir is an excellent little bar and restaurant behind the Louvre with its own little library in the back where you can sit and read in peace with your glass of wine or cup of Chocolate Viennoise...
The trendy mezzanine bar of the Alcazar Restaurant features some of the best DJs from France and the UK , mixing groove, lounge, electronic freestyle and European house for a chilled-out atmosphere...
There’s never a cover, the drinks are reasonable at €10-15 (tasty cocktails!), and the live bands are often extremely good. It’s the preferred nightspot for the city’s pretty young things, but without the attitude of the Chic & Glam set...
Immortalized in a Gainsbourg song, this legendary 70s restaurant and bar has been reincarnated as “BC” by its new owner, grunge pioneer Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, with a sexy décor of black velvet and stainless steel...
Located in a fashionable hotel on the hippest shopping street in Paris, Le Costes is an ideal stopping point for an intimate afternoon coffee or an aperitif during Paris Fashion Week...
