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Encore: Cuisine d'Amis: Ici et Maintenant in the 9th: Oh, one more Japanese guy cooking French food: Well, not quite. 27 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm

6.7 Encore: Cuisine d'Amis: Ici et Maintenant, 43, rue Richer (the new hot feng shui street in town) in the 9th, 01.72.60.97.72 (Metro: Ah, faggedaboudid, but buses #85 et al), closed Saturday lunch a...

FAQ. What do you do when restaurants have reportedly changed? 27 Aug 2013 | 02:10 pm

As you may know from my previous essays, as opposed to the big-time American reviewers writing for organs such as the New York Times or Los Angeles Times, who may visit a place a half-dozen times befo...

Le Cette in the 14th: Q. How many times have I published a review the same day as A Nous Paris? A. Never. 26 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm

5.6 Le Cette, 7 (Got it, cette, 7), rue Campagne-Premiere (that of General Hoche at Wissembourg in 1793 where guess which side won?) in the 14th, 01.43.21.05.47,...

Reviews of reviews: The rest of the month of July and most of August. 26 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm

Monday-Tuesday, July 8-9 in A Nous Paris, Philippe Toinard gave 3/5 dots to Belmont, 86, rue Reamur in the 2nd, 01.40.41.90.90, closed Sunday night and serving brunches on weekends, with a lunch menu ...

L'Eté en Pente Douce in the 18th: Really hard to rank for reasons to be given below. 25 Aug 2013 | 06:27 pm

4.9 L'Eté en Pente Douce, 23, Rue Muller or 8 rue Paul Albert, whichever you prefer, in the 18th, 01.42.64.02.67, open 7/7 and in August, which is why I went on a Sunday, bu...

The Kluger Food Truck in the 18th: Almost there. 25 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am

No Rating.  Kluger Fabriques de Tartes Food Truck, today in the abandoned train station at the Porte de Clignancourt, in the 18th (Metro: Porte de Clignancourt) but home-based at 15, rue Trousseau in ...

Au Boin Coin in the 5th (not the 18th): A new/old or old/new sensation. 24 Aug 2013 | 10:19 pm

6.5 Au Bon Coin, 21, rue de la Collegiale in the 5th, 01.43.31.55.57, (Metro: Gobelins), open 7/7 and August, has been under my radar screen for a long time.  I don't know how long, it's not in my Gau...

Le Petit Marché in the 3rd: A relaxed refreshing rentrée. 23 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm

6.1 Le Petit Marché, 9 rue de Bearn in the 3rd, (Metro: Chemin Vert) 01.42.72.06.67, open 7/7 and in August, is a place I found myself at, this one of the last days between the governmental rentrée an...

New England 12: Hemenway's in Providence (RI). 19 Aug 2013 | 11:46 pm

Hemenway's in Providence RI has proved to be a reliable last meal on our New England sojourns before hopping on SouthWest to return to the Mid-Atlantic.  Colette had thin slices of very rare yellowtai...

New England 11: Surf in Portsmouth (NH). 19 Aug 2013 | 11:37 pm

Surf in Portmouth NH is about as beautiful a restaurant setting one could hope for; lovely tables, facing the water, sailboats drifting by - whoops - that one is really adrift and headed for a c...

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