264396 Sun Aug 08 19:05:53 -0700 2004 4 26 International 0 1396196 We'll be staying at the Opera de Noailles hotel in Paris on our next trip there. We know our way around the 5th and 6th quite well but are not as familiar with this area and will probably want to eat at least a meal or two near the hotel. The address is 9 rue Michodiere, between the Opera and Quatre September metro stops. I've searched Michelin red guide and Paris by Bistro by the Grafs and come up with the following list of possibles. I'd appreciate comment on any of them or other places nearby that Chowhounds would recommend. Here's my list: Maceo, Fontaine Gaillon, aux Lyonnais, L'Isard, Bistro Papillon, I Golosi, Pre Cadet, Les Cartes Postales, Le Dauphin, Lescure, Le Rubis. Thanks for your help. Sun Aug 08 19:05:53 -0700 2004 0 JmVikmanis 1 1396200 Maceo. I've not been, but I've stood contemplating the menu a couple of times, and not been moved to rush in. It was one of Patricia Wells' selections for 1968, and it's father is Willi's Wine Bar, just down the street, where I have eaten, and which does serve a pretty good dinner and has a very fine selection of wines at prices that don't rupture your pockbook. Wine Bar is sometimes a misleading name for a restaurant with a small Carte emphasizing wine. I'd choose the papa shop before the offspring. Willi's, 13 rue des Petits Champs, Menus at 25 and 32 Euros, Carte to about 38. Aux Lyonnais's daddy is Alain Ducasse and a little too pricey for me. 32, rue Saint Marc, Carte 40 to 65 Euros. Fontaine Gaillon. I read somewhere that it's owned by Gerard Depardieu and requires reservations because its owner is famous. I haven't heard about the cuisine. Too expensive for me. Place Gaillon, Menu 36, Carte about 50. Le Dauphin has a 23 Euro lunch menu and is on my list of places to try. Supposed to be a bit in the rustic vein of la Regalade. 167 rue St-Honoré, Menu 34 Euros, Carte about 42. Lescure is very rustic and noisy and cheerful and can be smoky, and it's a lot of fun. The food is very good, not great, but dining there is a worthy experience, particularly if you sit at the twelve-place table d'hôte in the "non smoking" corner and get your neighbors started sharing (a very very un-Parisien thing to do, frowned on in some quarters). Menus at 17 and 23 Euros, Carte around 28. L'Ardoise. Lescure is at the L-corner of rue Mondovi and rue du Mont Thabor, and a few blocks east on Mont Thabor is l'Ardoise, a fine bistrot that I heartily recommend. Reservations required and you still may have to wait. 24 rue du Mont Thabor, Menu at 30 Euros, Carte about the same.) Bistrot Vivienne. This is a pretty little place at the entrance to the wonderful Galerie Vivienne, one of Paris's ancient shopping "Passages," a few blocks west of Willi's Wine Bar. I've looked at the menu but I've not gone in. It's on my lunch list to try next time I go to the bookstore at the bend in the Galerie (always a small but useful selection of used books in English). 4 rue des Petits Champs, Carte from 7 to 21 Euros. Mon Aug 09 02:13:48 -0700 2004 1396196 0 Maurice Naughton 2 1396206 Thanks Maurice. Your recommendations and information are always to be trusted. We'll have to pick a really nice place for lunch since we hope to be taking a very special person with us for wine, food and great food and Paris conversation. Mon Aug 09 09:19:20 -0700 2004 1396200 0 JmVikmanis 1 1396210 Two others with reasonable prix-fixe menus are Le Manege de L'Ecuyer, 6 rue de la Sourdiere, and Le Petit Machon, 158 rue St. Honore. If you need a break from French fare, there is the cheap Le Moi and more pricey Passy Mandarin. Our favorite bar, which also has a good kitchen, is Le Castiglione, 235 rue St. Honore. For fish, we like the one star Goumard, 9 rue Duphot...very pricey. Best croque sandwiches are at Flottes, on rue Cambon and of course there is the sinfully good, three course souffle offering at Le Souffle. JP Mon Aug 09 10:54:53 -0700 2004 1396196 0 Oakglen 2 1396214 Thanks. Appreciate all the info. I think I've followed your recs from here or another website in the past and found them reliable. Appreciate your input. I'll report back. Mon Aug 09 12:30:00 -0700 2004 1396210 0 JmVikmanis