Staying in the 1st and need help choosing restaurants help

[dlgc]

We will be staying at the Castile Hotel in the 1st and would like some suggestions for cafes for breakfast in the area, and also a few places for dinner. We enjoy well prepared food, at a appropriate price. We enjoy eating at Bistros and small restaurants.

Thanks in advance for your help

[shortstop]

For breakfast "to go" there is Eric Kayser on rue Danielle Casanova off rue de la Paix. Best are the rolls (my favorite is the olive), which you can get with salted or unsalted butter for an extra charge. Also croissants, pastries, etc. along with coffee, juices. You can eat there, although it is not as atmospheric as eating in a café.

You could also stroll down rue St. Honoré to the tea room at Ladurée on rue Royale for breakfast. It is not a long walk, and their croissants make for a magnificent breakfast. Note, there are two types: croissant tradition and à l'ancienne. Try them, both, see which you prefer. :) Also great, their pain au chocolat pistache.

[Parigi]

For morning coffee, a much shorter walk - and much better coffee - is Café Verlet, 256 Rue Saint-Honoré. The second I walk in, the fresh roast coffe makes my knees go weak.

[John Talbott]

Oh my there's so much:
yam'Tcha [sic],
4, rue Sauval in the 1st,
01 40 26 08 07,
closed Mondays and Tuesdays,
lunch menu at 30 €, tasting menu 65 and dinner 45 €.

Chez La Vieille – Adrienne
1, rue Bailleul in the 1st (Metro: Louvre Rivoli)
T: 01.42.60.15.78
Closed Saturday lunch and Sundays
Lunch menu 29, a la carte 50-60 €. (but a little birdie who's nearby said they'd bumped up the prices)

Flottes O.Trement,
2 rue Cambon in the 1st (on the second American floor above Chez Flottes the brasserie),
01.42.61.31.15,
closed Sunday and Monday lunch,
39 E 2 course fixed item lunch but costs more like 60-70 E each a la carte

Les Fines Gueules
43, rue Croix des Petits Champs in the 1st, (Metro Palais Royal/Musee du Louvre or Sentier)
T: 01.42.61.35.41
Open everyday
A la carte 30-40 €

Au Gourmand,
17, rue Moliere in the 1st,
01.42.96.22.19,
closed Sundays and Mondays,
menu-carte 2 dishes = 28, 3 dishes 32, all veggies = 30 €

Neat for eat in the hotel stuff:
The Spring Boutique,
52, rue de l’Arbre Sec in the 1st, (ergo around the corner from the new Spring on the rue Bailleul)
01.58.62.44.30
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30 AM – 9 PM

Two of us loved, Colette hated:
Goumard,
9, rue Duphot in the 1st,
01 42 60 36 07,
open 7/7.

Le Meurice
228 rue de Rivoli, 1st (Metro: Tuileries)
T : 01.44.58.10.50
Closed Saturday lunch and Sundays
Menus: 68 € lunch, 170 € dinner. A la carte 250 €.

L'Ecume Saint-Honore
6 rue du Marche Saint Honore, 1st (Metro: Tuileries)
T : 01.42.61..93.87
Open Tuesday through Friday 8:30 A.M. to 2 P.M. and 4 to 7:30 P.M.; Saturday from 8:30 A.M. to 7:30 P.M.; Sunday from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M.
Cost depends on the number and size of oysters.

Au Petit Theatre
15 place du Marche Saint-Honore, 1st (Metro: Tuileries)
T : 01.42.61.00.93
Closed Sunday and Monday
Lunch menu 18 & 22.50 €, at dinner 28 €, a la carte 50 €.

[dlgc]

So much to choose from, thank you so much..........it all sounds yummie!

Anyone else out there have any ideas for us.

[John Talbott]

I didn't really prioritize or describe but here goes:
yam'Tcha, v branche, just got a star but uncomfortable chairs

Chez La Vieille – Adrienne
Del Burgo's latest

Flottes O.Trement,
chi-chi

Les Fines Gueules
great products, simple stuff

Au Gourmand,
Good fun food

The Spring Boutique
Neat for eat in the hotel stuff:,

Goumard,
Fish of high quality - Two of us loved, Colette hated:

Le Meurice
A good fancy, white table-cloth meal

L'Ecume Saint-Honore
Oysters, seagull calls on the sound system, cool setting

Au Petit Theatre
Porky place

John Talbott's Paris for pix

[Steve]

What's up with Chez La Vielle ? What do you mean by 'del Burgo's latest? ' Do they still have the same format of old? Do you know what happened to Marie-Jose?

[John Talbott]

Well, del B is the chef there now; no idea what happened to M-J, one article mentioned her but my memory fails me. Cannot speak to format but place looks the same, no Philippe Starke makeover there.

[Steve]

I suppose if the new chef keeps the name, I hope it will stay 'cuisine des meres.'

[John Talbott]

Well, consider you these: ox-tail salad, ravioli of cooked mushrooms, fish, shoulder of lamb simply roasted with roasted garlic cloves and roasted diced potatoes and a sprig of rosemary on the side. Pix at both Soup's blog and mine http://johntalbottsparis.typepad.com/...

[souphie]

As John says, the place is the same. But the times of Gargantuan terrines and pâtés are over. It's a (remarkable) "bistrot de chef" now, where a top chef actually cooks simple dishes for you. My pics are here: http://picasaweb.google.fr/ZeJulot/Ad...

[ChefJune]

aaah. I was last there 18 years ago, when herself was in the house, and it was open only for lunch. sounds like a return trip is in order.

Is the famous chocolate mousse still on the menu?

[souphie]

I don't think so.

[John Talbott]

Me either.

[ChefJune]

{:-( but that's okay. I have thre recipe and have been making it for years.

[dlgc]

Just to add, last year we enjoyed our dinners at Benoit, La Fables de la Fountain, Au Bon Accueil, La Rotisserie du Beaujolais, and lunch at La Cigale Recamier.