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Au Trou Normand
The Norman Hole remains the bargain-basement cafétéria of the trendy 11e arrondissement. In keeping with its surrounds, dishes served are simple and of hearty proportion.
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Buffalo Grill
This successful chain has seven branches in central Paris, including the Gare du Nord branch, where – not surprisingly – the emphasis is on grills and steak.
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Les Vignes d’Auvers
An excellent place for weekday lunch just south of the Musée de l’Absinthe, the ‘Vines of Auvers’ serves traditional cuisine in an intimate dining room seating just 30 people.
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Bagel’s Club
Bagel’s Club. This place in the northern Marais serves glatt kosher sandwiches, bagels and snacks under the supervision of the Paris Beth Din.
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Dalloyau
Specialities include pain aux raisins (raisin bread), millefeuille (pastry layered with cream), tarte au citron (lemon tart) and opéra (coffee-flavoured almond cake and chocolate).
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Nicolas
Not just France’s largest chain of wine shops, Nicolas also serves food – salads, quiches and more hearty assiettes (platters) – at its Bercy Village outlet throughout the day.
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Curieux Spaghetti
This upbeat restaurant-cum-hip hangout lures a young crowd with its mountain-sized pasta portions, test-tube shots of unusually flavoured vodka, great canned music and weekend brunch (€26).
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Café Hugo
Go for the plat du jour (dish of the day) with a glass of wine (€12.50) or brunch (€16.20) at our favourite affordable eatery on Paris’ most beautiful square – and you’ll love Paris forever.
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Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Stéphane Secco
Don’t miss Stéphane Secco’s signature Paris-Brest (wheel-shaped choux pastry with butter cream and almonds, which was created in 1891 to commemorate the bicycle race between Paris and Brest in Brittany), delicate madeleines (traditional lemon-flavoured shell-shaped cakes) and 0% fat cheesecake (yes, really).
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L’Ardoise
This is a lovely little bistro with no menu as such (ardoise means ‘blackboard’, which is all there is), but who cares? The food – fricassee of corn-fed chicken with morels, pork cheeks in ginger, hare in black pepper, prepared dextrously by chef Pierre Jay (ex-Tour d’Argent) – is superb. The menu changes every three weeks and the three-course prix fixe (set menu) offers good value.
L’Ardoise is bound to attract a fair number of tourists due to its location, but generally they too are on a culinary quest.
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Punjab
If like you need a fix of curry and/or biryani even in the midst of medieval Gothic splendour, head for this cheap and cheerful Pakistani eatery south-west of Cathédrale Notre Dame. No alcohol served.
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Centre Commercial des Quatre Temps
The 3rd floor of the Centre Commercial des Quatre Temps alone is loaded with lunch spots, be it pizza or pancakes, Häagen-Dazs ice cream, Starbucks coffee, soup ’n’ juice or Japanese.
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Dalloyau 8e
Specialities include pain aux raisins (raisin bread), millefeuille (pastry layered with cream) and tarte au citron (lemon tart). There’s also a 4e branch.
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Saveurs Végét’Halles
This vegan eatery offers quite a few mock-meat dishes like poulet végétal aux champignons (‘chicken’ with mushrooms). No alcohol.
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Da Jia Le
Don’t cross town to eat noodles or dumplings here but if you’re in the neighbourhood of Paris’ original Chinatown and need an Asian fix, the ‘Big Happy House’ will oblige nicely and put a smile on your face.
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Sacha Finkelsztajn
Known in some circles as ‘La Boutique Jaune’, this very ‘yellow shop’ has scrumptious Jewish and Central European breads and pastries, including apple strudel, poppy-seed cakes and sernik (Jewish cheese cake).
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Jean Millet
Specialities at this pâtisserie include délice au chocolat praliné (a heavenly almond and chocolate concoction) and bavarois d’abricots (a cold, moulded mousse dessert of cream and apricot fruit purée).
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Tokyo Eat
Certainly the funkiest dining option in the otherwise sedate west, Tokyo Eat is the artsy canteen attached to the modern-art museum Palais de Tokyo. Much like the museum itself, the setting is very industrially chic, with colourful flying saucers hovering above the tables and changing art exhibits in the street-facing windows.
The cuisine is unpredictable and fun – expect anything from chicken curry with fruit served on a banana leaf to pan-fried lamb chops with edamame beans, confit of aubergine and peanut sauce. In summer, diners usually decamp to the terrace located down the main staircase east of the main entrance. DJs sometimes hit the decks at night.
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Amorino Luxembourg
Though not such dedicated lécheurs (lickers) as some, we’re told that Berthillon has serious competition and Amorino’s homemade ice cream (yogurt, caramel, kiwi, strawberry etc) is, in fact, better.
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Amorino Île St-Louis
Though not such dedicated lécheurs (lickers) as some, we’re told that Berthillon has serious competition and Amorino’s homemade ice cream (yogurt, caramel, kiwi, strawberry etc) is, in fact, better.
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Les Cinq Saveurs d'Ananda
Set back from place de la Contrescarpe, this bright semi-vegetarian – it serves fish – restaurant is much-loved by health-food lovers. Ingredients are fresh and 100% bio. Décor is simple, refined and stylish.
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Le Tastevin
With its old-fashioned lace curtains, wood panelling and beamed ceiling, this lovely old-style address in a 17th-century building smacks of charm. Its excellent cuisine is equally traditional: think escargots (snails), foie gras, sole, or ris de veau (calf sweetbreads) with morels and tagliatelli.
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La Cave du Square
Next door to vintage bistro Le Square Trousseau is the less-formal La Cave du Square, where you can have two- or three-course meals or even pick up that bottle of Touraine you enjoyed so much over lunch next door.
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Au Grain de Folie
This hole-in-the-wall macrobiotic and organic eatery is run by a woman from Cambridge and has been in business for over 25 years. It has excellent vegetarian pâté and vegan quiche.
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Dishny
Probably the most famous Indian restaurant situated along rue Cail – Paris’ new Little India – the Dishny offers an array of inexpensive choices, many from the south. It’s not far from the Gare du Nord for those in need of a curry fix.
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