The multi-Michelin-starred French chef Alain Ducasse opened La Manufacture de Café, his own coffee roasting workshop fronted by a café and boutique on a tiny street northeast of the Place de la Bastille. Intrigued by the idea of a €15 cup of coffee, I decided...
Tag - Cafés & Tearooms
After days of bone-chilling rain, the sun had finally returned. Parisians emerged into the soggy city, shedding umbrellas and overcoats. Bare knees flashed beneath the hems of skirts, and children in shorts whooshed by on kick-scooters. Even our neighborhood...
How someone who knows nothing about the world of knitting, sewing, notions and needlecraft discovers the international "kniterati" and the New Zealand expats who have written the definitive insider's guide to the fiber arts community in Paris.
Last week, when the temperatures in Paris briefly took a dive below 50°F, I finally got a chance to pop into the newly-opened Le Peloton, a café run by Christian Osburn and Paul Barron, founders of the city's popular Bike About Tours.
I watched The Tourist last night and was happy to see Angelina Jolie (aka Elise Ward) sitting on the terrasse of one of my favorite Parisian cafés, Le Nemours, between the Musée du Louvre and the Palais Royal Gardens.
Long before Starbucks arrived on the scene, a French company took a chance and opened the first espresso bars in Paris. Over 15 years later, Columbus Café is still going strong.
The George V Four Seasons is well-known for its Michelin-starred restaurant Le Cinq. But for those of us who look for more affordable places to treat ourselves, La Galerie is the place to go.
154 rue St Honoré, 1st. Tel 01 42 60 31 84. Fresh, homemade ice cream and hamburgers near the Louvre...
My friend Carolyn and I both have UGC cinema cards that allow us to see as many films as we want in any UGC or MK2 theatre, as well as many independent cinemas. And since we’re both freelancers, we can go when everyone else is at work. So yesterday we...
A €4 breakfast with free Wifi next to the Arc de Triomphe? No problem at the elegant new Williams Café & Cocktail Bar...
Marché St-Honoré
18 Place du Marché St-Honoré, 1st. Hearty brunches served on long wooden communal tables...
Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux Arts
Avenue Winston Churchill, 8th. A hidden café in the free Municipal Arts Museum gardens off the Champs-Eysées...
