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Retractable timber-framed glass doors opening onto the street make this locals' favourite a
top spot for people-watching while dining on French fare with fusion elements like Thai ve-
ggies, and bantering with the fun-loving staff. Inside, black-and-white photos and books line
the walls of the spacious ground floor and mezzanine.
BRASSERIE
BRASSERIE LIPP
01 45 48 53 91; 151 bd St-Germain, 6e; mains €22-38;
11.45am-12.45am;
St-Germain des Prés)
Waiters in black waistcoats, bow ties and long white aprons serve brasserie favourites like
choucroute garnie
and
jarret de porc aux lentilles
(pork knuckle with lentils) at this illustri-
ous wood-panelled establishment. (Arrive hungry: salads aren't allowed as meals.) Opened
by Léonard Lipp in 1880, the brasserie achieved immortality when Hemingway sang its
praises in
A Moveable Feast
.
MODERN FRENCH
LE PARC AUX CERFS
noon-2pm & 7-11.15pm; Notre Dame des Champs)
Evening reservations are essential at this small, stylish restaurant named for the clearings
used as French aristocracy hunting fields prior to the French Revolution. Creative dishes
span two-cabbage salad,
tartare de saumon
(raw chopped salmon) with pink peppercorns
and grapefruit, goat's cheese and almonds, but the
pièce de résistance
is the delightful patio
garden out back.
BISTRO
FISH LA BOISSONNERIE
mains €17; 12.30-2.30pm & 7-10.45pm; Mabillon)
This former fish shop, with its wonderful old mosaic on the front facade, rustic communal
seating and multilingual bonhomie, is almost as much a wine bar as a restaurant. Dishes like
pork tenderloin with fennel risotto are complemented by outstanding wines.
TRADITIONAL FRENCH
POLIDOR
€22-35; noon-2.30pm & 7pm-12.30am Mon-Sat, noon-2.30pm & 7-11pm Sun; ; Odéon)
A meal at this quintessentially Parisian
crèmerie-restaurant
is like a trip to Victor Hugo's
Paris: the restaurant and its décor date from 1845.
Menus
of tasty, family-style French
cuisine ensure a stream of diners eager to sample
bœuf bourguignon, blanquette de veau à
