Fish dish at Rallonge This is a lunch follow-up to my favorite dinner venues in Paris as we ease into the 2020s.  It's a twice as long list, mainly because I tend to go out to lunch more frequently than dinner.  I love partaking in the Paris lunch scene.  There are a lot of things that disappoint me about Paris - the music scene is a disaster, for example - but the lunch culture lives up to its billing (as it does in Italy and Spain).  Pick a decent, inexpensive spot to experience the animated conversations of a business or neighborhood crowd, have a glass or two of wine, and take advantage o ..read more

A L'Innocence entree It must be nice to live in a small town that only has one great restaurant - you wait for a couple of special occasions during the year, save up your spare change, and enjoy the experience.  No racking your brain making a choice.  That is a luxury one does not have in Paris, where, according to one estimate, there are over 40,000 choices, many of which are good.  A lot really suck as well, which is why I suggest that you never, ever, walk into a restaurant in Paris cold because it looks good from the outside and has an interesting menu on the window.  If it isn't packed b ..read more