263872 Tue Jan 20 23:04:51 -0800 2004 9 26 International 0 1393679 So it's Sunday night and your birthday. You have reservations later in the week for Guy Savoy (miracle on miracle I got a table at this late date during V-day week!). I'll try L'Astrance if I can get a table since I've read numerous Cabrales postings and my mouth waters. On a fall back where else on a Sunday? Please submit suggestions. I can spend, but prefer to keep it in the medium range since I don't know my "friend's" financial status. Thanks! Tue Jan 20 23:04:51 -0800 2004 0 smiles 1 1393680 L'Astrance is no longer open on Sunday nights. Wed Jan 21 01:28:59 -0800 2004 1393679 0 cabrales 2 1393683 if you're more into socializing with some fascinating people, you may like to check out Jim Haynes' sunday night soirees. http://www.jim-haynes.com/ for about the equivalent of $25 U.S., you can share dinner with unlimited wine and soft drinks and meet the most eclectic group of creative people--artists, writers, musicians, bus drivers, parisiens!--all of whom are drawn together by the shared use of the english language. jim lives in what was formerly Matisse's atelier in Montparnasse and is in to receive dinner reservations on Saturday or Sunday when you're in Paris and join us.  Atelier A-2 83, rue de la Tombe Issoire Paris 75014 France   E-mail: jim@jim-haynes.com Jim_Haynes@wanadoo.fr   Telephones: (33) 014327-1767 (33) 014327-1909 Fax: (33) 014320-4195     Wed Jan 21 04:15:57 -0800 2004 1393680 0 sandye 3 1393722 cool tip, thanks! I'm going to be in Paris next month, and my last night there is a Sunday. I emailed Jim and I'm on the list for his Sunday night dinner. He wanted to know "what's a chowhound?" when I told him how I heard about it. I directed him to this site. Another convert? Wed Jan 21 23:05:43 -0800 2004 1393683 0 janet 1 1393690 Partly due to lack of other options, and partly out of interest, I'll be heading to Maison Blanche on an upcoming Sunday night. Wed Jan 21 10:35:03 -0800 2004 1393679 0 brooklynmonkey 2 1393697 To clarify, there are various options, including Pierre Gagnaire, depending on what considerations you are taking into account. Wed Jan 21 11:11:56 -0800 2004 1393690 0 cabrales 1 1393695 For years my favourite Sun. nite spot was Balzar. It is a bistro on R.des Ecoles in the Sorbonne area. Awsome steak frites and super calves liver and oeufs en coccotte. With a great pot of Beaujolias or Chinon it can't be beat. Wed Jan 21 11:09:53 -0800 2004 1393679 0 Dennis 1 1393745 Hi-- Open on Sunday nights, fairly inexpensive. L'Ambassade d'Auvergne (22, rue du Grenier-St-Lazare, 3rd). Homey country-style place with a table d'hote as well as ordinary seating. Very Good authentic Auvergnat cooking. Pork in all its forms. Try the aligot, a regional specialty of pureed potatoes and cheese. Delicious, and the presentation is delightfully theatrical. Prix fixe at lunch and dinner, about 30€, carte about the same. L'Ardois (37, rue Berger, 1st). Commonplace decor, very tight seating. Pierre Jay, the chef, is a man of ideas, and the 30€ menu-carte is always interesting. Le Bambou (70, rue Baudricourt, 13th). Authentic Thai, good Pho. Put together a complete meal from the carte for around 15€; deservedly popular on weekends. Reservations suggested. Bistrot d'Hubert (41, boulevard Pasteur, 15th). Two Menus-carte at about 30 and 38€. Cuisine de terroir with some inventive surprises. Le Bouillon Racine (3, rue Racine, 6th). This Belgian bistrot began life at the turn of the last century, achieved some renown, fell on hard times, became a dive, and has been reborn as one of the few dandy little eateries in the Latin Quarter. It's an Art Nouveau historical monument, with smoky mirrors, mosaics, and other artsies, and some good Belgian food, moules frites, waterzooi, carbonades flammonde, and so on. Menu and carte, around 30€). I'm running out of time running off my mouth. I'll post some more later. Maurice Thu Jan 22 12:54:58 -0800 2004 1393679 0 Maurice Naughton 2 1393752 Here's finishing up: Bofinger, Balzer, Au Pied du Cochon, and Chez Jenny (all brasseries, not bistrots, meaning they serve crustaceans and Alsatian-oriented cuisine like choucroute garnie, mainly. Of course you can get other stuff as well.). Bofinger (beautiful old brasserie setting) is just off the place de la Bastille, Prix fixe around 30€. Balzer (looks remarkably like Brasserie Lipp, also old-fashioned in decor and service) is on the rue des Ecoles just east of the boulevard St Michel, no prix fixe, carte at about 35€. Au Pied du Cochon (another very handsome eatery) near the Forum des Halles at 6, rue Coquillerie, no menu, a la carte around 35€. Chez Jenny (and yet another beautiful venue) off the place de la Republique, three menus from around 25€, a la carte around 35, choucroute and a bier, 15€. As long as I'm onto brasseries, I ought to mention Julien (16, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis) and Flo (7, cour des Petites-Ecuries), both in the 10th, not far apart, both classic, historic, and beautiful, both with reliable kitchens, and both will feed you well for around 30€. Monsieur Lapin (11, rue Raymond-Losserand, 14th). Rabbit in all its guises. Very pleasant and welcoming restaurant; menu-carte at about 30€, Menu degustation (the chef's choice, when it's offered, around 45€. Swann et Vincent (the one at 7, rue Saint-Nicolas, not the one on place Denfert-Rochereau--which I've not tried). Good Italian cooking, wonderful antipasti, gnocchi, ravioli, and so on. Carte around 30€. Le Grand Colbert (4, rue Vivienne, near the Bourse in the 2nd. Puts you back in the 1830s. Longest bar I've seen in Paris. Brasserie standards and a lamb curry I've enjoyed more than once. Prix fixe at 25€, carte around 35€. Thu Jan 22 14:40:14 -0800 2004 1393745 0 Maurice Naughton 1 1393799 Le Vaudeville was open on New Year's Day, and I just checked a listing and it's open Sundays too. We loved it. Though not quite as much as (the harder to book) Bofinger. Le Vaudeville Address: 29 Rue Vivienne 75002 Phone: 01 40 20 04 62 Sat Jan 24 21:52:17 -0800 2004 1393679 0 Bob Wollman