Angélina
226 rue de Rivoli, 1er. Mº Tuileries. Mon-Fri 9am-7pm,
Sat & Sun 9am-7.30pm; closed Tues in July & Aug.
A long-established gilded cage, where the well-coiffed sip
the best hot chocolate in town and scoff exquisite pastries.
Barry's
9 rue Duras, 8e. Mº Champs-Élysées-Clemenceau.
Mon-Sat 11am-3pm.
Salads, snacks and sandwiches for under ?4.57 in a tiny
street behind the Élysée Palace.
Café
Marly Cour Napoléon du Louvre, 93 rue de
Rivoli, 1er. Mº Palais-Royal-Musée-du-Louvre.
Daily till 2am. Inside the Louvre, with tables beneath the
colonnadeoverlooking the Pyramid in summer; chic, very classy
and very expensive.
Le
Fouquet's 99 av des Champs-Élysées,
8e. Mº George-V. Daily till 1.30am.
Le Fouquet's is such a well-established watering hole for
stars of the stage and screen, politicians, newspaper editors
and advertising barons, that it's now been classified as
a "Monument Historique". You pay dearly to sit
in the deep leather armchairs, and as for the restaurant
don't expect to pay less than ?45.73.
Musée
Jacquemart-André 158 bd Haussmann, 8e tel
01.45.62.11.59. Mº St-Philippe-du-Roule & Mº
Miromesnil. Daily 11am-6pm.
A sumptuously appointed salon de thé in a nineteenth-century
palazzo, with salads at ?8.84-12.96, a lunch formule at
?13.11 and a popular weekend brunch for ?19.82; museum ticket
not needed.
Le
Rubis 10 rue du Marché-St-Honoré,
1er. Mº Pyramides. Mon-Fri 7am-10pm, Sat 8am-4pm; closed
mid-Aug.
One of the oldest wine bars, with a reputation for excellent
wines, snacks and plats du jour . Very small and very crowded.
Glasses of wine from ?0.84.
Restaurants
aux
Amis du Beaujolais 28 rue d'Artois, 8e tel 01.45.63.92.21.
Mº George-V & Mº St-Philippe-du-Roule. Mon-Sat
noon-3pm & 6.30-9pm; closed middle two weeks of July.
If you can fathom the hand-written menu, you'll find good
traditional french stews and sautéed steaks, washed
down with Beaujolais. Evening menu at ?18.29.
Le
Dauphin 167 rue St-Honoré, 1er tel 01.42.60.40.11.
Mº Palais-Royal-Musée-du-Louvre. Daily: Nov-May
noon-2.30pm & 7-10.30pm; June-Oct till 12.30am.
A genuine bistro, with a menu at ?21.34 and seafood platter
during oyster season for ?25.46. Country cooking includes
pig's cheeks, lapereau (young rabbit) à la grand-mère
and magret de canard .
Dragons
Élysées 11 rue de Berri, 8e tel 01.42.89.85.10.
Mº George-V. Daily 11am-3pm & 7-11pm.
The restaurant's Chinese-Thai cuisine encompasses dim sum,
curried seafood and baked mussels, but the overriding attraction
is the extraordinary decor. The floor is made of glass tiles,
beneath which pools of water gurgle and exotic fish dart
back and forth. ?12.20 lunch menu, ?33.34 for menu royal
, à la carte ?38.11.
Foujita
41 rue St-Roch, 1er tel 01.42.61.42.93. Mº Tuileries
& Mº Pyramides. Mon-Sat noon-2.15pm & 7.30-10pm;
closed mid-Aug.
One of the cheaper but better Japanese restaurants, as proven
by the numbers of Japanese eating here. Quick and crowded;
soup, sushis, rice and tea for ?10.98 at lunchtime; plate
of sushis or sushamis for under ?16.77.
Restorama
Le Carrousel du Louvre, 1er. Mº Palais-Royal-Musée-du-Louvre.
Daily 9am-9pm.
One vast, underground, fast-food eating hall served by over
a dozen different outlets: rôtisseries, hamburgers,
pizzas, Tex-Mex, Chinese, Lebanese, Japanese, crêperies,
salad bars - easy to eat for under ?7.62. Access from place
du Carrousel or the Louvre Pyramid.
Yvan
1bis rue J-Mermoz, 8e tel 01.43.59.18.40. Mº Franklin-D-Roosevelt.
Mon-Fri noon-2.30pm & 7pm-midnight; Sat 7pm-midnight.
Fish specialities and pigeon with polenta attract a stylish
clientele. Extremely good food and menus from ?25.61.
