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On a balmy evening, this is clearly a neighborhood favorite, with a handful of restaurants
offering €20-30 three-course meals. Study the square, and you'll find three popular French
bistros with similar features: La Terrasse Ste. Catherine , Le Marché, and Au Bistrot de
la Place (all open daily with €24 three-course menus on weekdays, must order à la carte
on weekends, tight seating on flimsy chairs indoors and out). Other inviting eateries nearby
serve a variety of international food. You'll eat under the trees, surrounded by a futuristic-
in-1800 planned residential quarter.
$ Several hardworking Asian fast-food eateries, great for an €8 meal, line Rue St. An-
toine.
On Rue des Rosiers in the Jewish Quarter: These places line up along the same street
in the heart of the Jewish Quarter.
$ Chez Marianne is a neighborhood fixture that blends delicious Jewish cuisine with
Parisian élan and wonderful atmosphere. Choose from several indoor zones with a cluttered
wine shop/deli feeling, or sit outside. You'll select from two dozen Zakouski elements to as-
semble your €12-16 plat. Vegetarians will find great options (€8 falafel sandwich—only €6
if you order it to go, long hours daily, corner of Rue des Rosiers and Rue des Hospitalières-
St.-Gervais, tel. 01 42 72 18 86). For takeout, pay inside first and get a ticket before you
order outside.
$ Le Loir dans la Théière (“The Dormouse in the Teapot”) is a cozy, mellow teahouse
offering a welcoming ambience for tired travelers. It's ideal for lunch and popular for week-
end brunch. They offer a daily assortment of creatively filled quiches, and bake up an im-
pressive array of homemade desserts that are proudly displayed in the dining room. Try the
mile-high lemon meringue “pie” or the oversized mille-feuille (Mon-Fri 12:00-19:00, Sat-
Sun 10:00-19:00, 3 Rue des Rosiers, tel. 01 42 72 90 61).
$ L'As du Falafel rules the falafel scene in the Jewish quarter. Monsieur Isaac, the
“Ace of Falafel” here since 1979, brags, “I've got the biggest pita on the street...and I fill
it up.” (Apparently it's Lenny Kravitz's favorite, too.) Your inexpensive meal comes on
plastic plates, in a bustling setting that seems to prove he's earned his success. The €7 “spe-
cial falafel” is the big hit (€6 to go), but many Americans enjoy his lighter chicken version
(poulet grillé) or the tasty and massive assiette de falafel (€9). Wash it down it a cold Mac-
cabee beer. Their take-out service draws a constant crowd (long hours daily except closed
Fri evening and all day Sat, air-con, 34 Rue des Rosiers, tel. 01 48 87 63 60).
$ La Droguerie, an outdoor crêpe stand a few blocks farther down Rue des Rosiers, is
an option if falafels don't work for you, but cheap does (€5 dinner crêpes, closed Mon, 56
Rue des Rosiers).
Near Hôtel de Ville
(See “Marais Restaurants” map, here .)
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