Guidebook for Paris
Food Scene
Les Papilles (or Tastebuds in English) which is just a block and a half from home.
This restaurant has a set menu for €35 and merits a two (out of three) star Michelin rating. The chef sets a fixed menu for the evenings' 5 course meal and focuses on the savors of the day. You may opt to substitute fish for his main plate if you are vegetarian, but otherwise the menu is fixed. A gourmet meal including an amuse bouche (tongue teaser), starter, main plate served in a copper terrine, blue cheese/roquette salad and ending with an Italian dessert. The restaurant stocks an excellent wine selection along the book shelved walls and you can choose according to your taste or the owner's recommendation. What's nice is that they charge seven euros above and beyond the purchase price of the bottle of wine. So you're not getting taken advantage of in paying double the price for a bottle of wine. He ranks #17 out of 20,000 reviews on Trip Advisor and you can visit his website here: http://www.lespapillesparis.fr/EN_index.html or trip advisor's review is here : http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187147-d719540-Reviews-Les_Papilles-Paris_Ile_de_France.html
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Les Papilles
30 Rue Gay-LussacLes Papilles (or Tastebuds in English) which is just a block and a half from home.
This restaurant has a set menu for €35 and merits a two (out of three) star Michelin rating. The chef sets a fixed menu for the evenings' 5 course meal and focuses on the savors of the day. You may opt to substitute fish for his main plate if you are vegetarian, but otherwise the menu is fixed. A gourmet meal including an amuse bouche (tongue teaser), starter, main plate served in a copper terrine, blue cheese/roquette salad and ending with an Italian dessert. The restaurant stocks an excellent wine selection along the book shelved walls and you can choose according to your taste or the owner's recommendation. What's nice is that they charge seven euros above and beyond the purchase price of the bottle of wine. So you're not getting taken advantage of in paying double the price for a bottle of wine. He ranks #17 out of 20,000 reviews on Trip Advisor and you can visit his website here: http://www.lespapillesparis.fr/EN_index.html or trip advisor's review is here : http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187147-d719540-Reviews-Les_Papilles-Paris_Ile_de_France.html
The only restaurant on the Place du Pantheon. From the terrace or the first two rows of tables in the veranda you can see the Eiffel Tower sparkle every hour on the hour for an exciting or romantic moment. Great French fair cuisine and variety. Priced right for easy use.
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Comptoir du Panthéon
5 Rue SoufflotThe only restaurant on the Place du Pantheon. From the terrace or the first two rows of tables in the veranda you can see the Eiffel Tower sparkle every hour on the hour for an exciting or romantic moment. Great French fair cuisine and variety. Priced right for easy use.
This restaurant located on rue Mouffetard, the oldest medieval cobble stone market street in Paris. Just four blocks away and a hub for meeting, dining, strolling without tourists invading.
Dinner menu range from €10.50 for a starter & main plate, to €16 for a three course meal. Gourmet menu and more.
Mention that you are staying with Robert and receive a Kir Royale aperitif!
Restaurant Le Bistrot Gourmand
78 Rue MouffetardThis restaurant located on rue Mouffetard, the oldest medieval cobble stone market street in Paris. Just four blocks away and a hub for meeting, dining, strolling without tourists invading.
Dinner menu range from €10.50 for a starter & main plate, to €16 for a three course meal. Gourmet menu and more.
Mention that you are staying with Robert and receive a Kir Royale aperitif!
Drinks & Nightlife
Live Jazz almost nightly, but every weekend. Easy choice one block away.
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Cafe Universel
267 Rue Saint-JacquesLive Jazz almost nightly, but every weekend. Easy choice one block away.
Parks & Nature
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
The Jardin du Luxembourg is (224,500 m² (22.5 hectares). The park is the garden of the French Senate, which is itself housed in the Luxembourg Palace and museum.
Features:
The garden has a green parterre of flower beds and lawn populated with statues of former French queens and centred on a large octagonal basin of water, with a central jet of water; in it children sail model boats.The garden is famed for its calm atmosphere.
Large fenced-in playground for young children, vintage carousel, free musical performances in a gazebo, two cafe restaurants, model of the Statue of Liberty, arboretum, honey bee hives, jogging path and work-out area.
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Luxembourg Gardens
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
The Jardin du Luxembourg is (224,500 m² (22.5 hectares). The park is the garden of the French Senate, which is itself housed in the Luxembourg Palace and museum.
Features:
The garden has a green parterre of flower beds and lawn populated with statues of former French queens and centred on a large octagonal basin of water, with a central jet of water; in it children sail model boats.The garden is famed for its calm atmosphere.
Large fenced-in playground for young children, vintage carousel, free musical performances in a gazebo, two cafe restaurants, model of the Statue of Liberty, arboretum, honey bee hives, jogging path and work-out area.