Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Buried beneath the enormous Air France building but opening to a retractable-roofed ter-
race, this old-school 1949-opened restaurant - a favourite with parliamentary workers from
the Assemblée Nationale - recalls the early glamour of air travel. Specialities include
en-
trecôte de bœuf
and sublime oysters.
TRADITIONAL FRENCH
LES CLIMATS
mains €32-44, bar snacks €7-22;
restaurant noon-2.30pm & 7-10.30pm Tue-Sat, bar noon-2.30pm &
6-11pm; Solférino)
Like the neighbouring Musée d'Orsay, this is a magnficent art-nouveau treasure - a
1905-built former home for female telephone, telegram and postal workers - featuring soar-
ing vaulted ceilings and original stained glass, as well as a garden for summer lunches and a
glassed-in winter garden. Exquisite dishes complement its 150-page list of wines, sparkling
wines and whiskies purely from Burgundy.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
RUE CLER
Pick up fresh bread, sandwich fillings, pastries and wine for a picnic along the typically
most shops 8am-7pm Tue-
École Militaire)
, which buzzes with local shoppers, especially on week-
Sat, to noon Sun;
ends.
Interspersed between the boulangeries, fromageries, grocers, butchers, delis and
other food shops, including a wonderful glacier (Martine Lambert, at No 39), many
with pavement stalls, lively cafe terraces overflow with locals too.
