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Posts Tagged ‘wine bars’
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by Kelly Page, Barbra Austin and Aurelie Douard
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In a break from our regular Foodie Fave column, Girls' Guide food writers Kelly Page, Barbra Austin, and Aurelie Douard look back on some of their favorite Paris restaurants of 2012. Whether you're after a quick lunch in Oberkampf, a girls' night out at a wine bar, or a tasting menu showcasing the best French ingredients, we've got the tip for you. Let's start things off in the 11th Arrondissement...
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When it came time to find an appropriate place to celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau this year, I ran through my regular list of Paris wine bars. But no one was offering anything special for the occasion, so my friend and I ventured off list to a wine bar I had been meaning to try. This place was also pouring the young red wine fresh on the third Thursday of November, as tradition dictates....
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While I sometimes think there are too many restaurants in Paris, not all of them worthy, I can’t say there are too many wine bars in Paris. As far as I’m concerned, there’s no such thing. You need one for every mood. Sometimes you’d like to spend the evening sampling different food and wine pairings. Sometimes you just want to meet for a drink and a snack before a late dinner. And sometimes you don’t want the night to end, and you need a place for casual after-dinner drinks....
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There seems to be no end to the cave à manger trend—wine shops where you can also eat. Some are proper Paris bistros; others offer little more than cheese and charcuterie in the way of comestibles. Le Verre Volé is a longstanding, mostly beloved stalwart of this scene, a bare-bones, canal-side canteen whose style has only ever been in its substance. That substance is the vin naturel—the nothing-added, unfiltered, minimally manipulated wine—lining the walls...
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If you’ve been to Fish, a much-loved Paris bistro and wine bar in St.-Germain, there will be plenty that’s familiar about Albion, a new cave à manger run by former Fish barman Hayden Clout and chef Matt Ong (from New Zealand and England, respectively). Above all, there’s Hayden’s easy but professional style, loved by regulars...
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The burgeoning bar scene in Paris boasts some well-established drinking spots that turn out some seriously good sips, like La Conserverie, Le Forum and Prescription Cocktail Club. But the past few months have brought a wave of new openings, with some contenders worth a stop. From wine bars to craft-cocktail havens, here are the buzziest of the new bars on the...
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For more than a decade, Anglophone publishers have swamped their public with books about Paris. Recent offerings range from glowing memoirs to hefty how-to manuals, but almost all have one thing in common: their authors are not French....
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Fans of Hidden Kitchen will be happy to hear that the American expat couple behind the 16-seat supper club are opening a bona fide restaurant (even though it means, sadly, the end of HK). Whether Verjus will be easier to reserve remains to be seen—I anticipate high demand—but in the meantime, the downstairs wine bar is open for...
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It’s very possible that you will second-guess your directions on the way to Au Passage. This Paris wine bar, which opened late last summer, is on a nondescript street with virtually no other visible commerce, little traffic and no character. All of which, of course, is part of its charm.
No money seems to have been put into the room....
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Running between meetings yesterday, I stumbled upon a new (to me) Paris neighborhood, Caulaincourt. My introduction to the area began with a graffiti-adorned bridge that served as an overpass for the Montmartre Cemetery, where luminaries like Mme Récamier rest in eternal peace. Cars rushed passed while just below, lazy cats sprawled in the afternoon sun, shadows of the blossoming chestnut trees dancing across their bellies, settled tenants of this Paris...
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