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Bistrot La Bourgogne
There's a real inside-outside feel to the dining room here, with its glass ceiling and ivy-draped rafters. Wicker furniture and red geraniums complete the sunny Mediterranean look, while the menu is of the bistro rather than blue-ribbon variety, with classic dishes like snails, terrines, moist tuna steaks and creamy foie gras. Chef Fernand Gutiérrez is used to the discerning bourgeoisie, having worked in the Ritz Carlton and Four Seasons hotels.
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Bistrot Mosaico
A slice of Paris just west of Av Insurgentes, this unpretentious bistro is the successful creation of French restaurateur François Avernin. It's trendy for a reason: the service is stellar, the salads fresh and varied, and the wines well chosen. Picnickers can stock up on pâté and escargots at the deli counter.
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Café La Gloria
A hip bistro in the heart of the zone, La Gloria remains a popular meeting place for both Chilangos and foreigners, thanks to their generous salads, zesty pastas and surprising blackboard specials, not to mention the quirky art on display.
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Capicua
One of several restaurants in a little mall off Av de la Paz, Capicua is a lot smarter than your average Spanish tapas bar, but offers familiar favorites like pulpos a la gallega , tortilla de patatas (potato omelet), boquerones alinadas (anchovies in a vinaigrette dressing), and slices of crumbly Manchegocheese. There's an excellent wine list with riojas.
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Casino Español
The old Spanish social center, housed in a fabulous Porfiriato-era building, has a popular cantina-style eatery downstairs and an elegant restaurant upstairs. Stolid execs loosen their ties in the former for a long leisurely lunch, and the courses keep coming. Spanish fare, naturally, highlights the menu (Thursday there's cocido madrileño, a stew of chick peas and sausage), though tacos dorados (chicken tacos, rolled and deep fried)and chiles en nogada are equally well-prepared.
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Chalet Suizo
Dating from 1950, this transplanted Alpine-feel restaurant is gingerbread cute, with beamed ceilings and Swiss ornaments and photos spread throughout five small dining rooms. Fondues include chocolate and Chinese, aside from the more conventional cheese or meat bourguignon . Other menu choices include veal goulash, trout in a white wine sauce and a creamy broccoli soup starter.
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Cluny
This place has history, dating back to 1974 when it was one of a rare breed of French restaurants in the city. Cluny continues to hit the spot for unpretentious French cuisine, but don't expect much that is nouvelle. Quiche, salad, crepes, decadently delicious desserts and happily generous portions are the order of the day.
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Creperie De La Paix
There's a Parisian feel to this crepería , with its Toulouse Lautrec posters, bustling corner location and attractive outside terrace. The menu includes savory and sweet crepes, a few pasta choices and small or large salads, including goat cheese with walnuts.
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Il Postino
Run by a pair of chefs from Rome and Milan, this superior restaurant features sidewalk terrace dining on an arc of the Plaza Cibeles (aka Villa de Madrid). You might start off with an octopus carpaccio, followed by sea bass wrapped in calzone on a bed of capellini pasta. Otherwise, ask chef Claudio for his inspiration of the day. Don't pass on dessert - the profiteroles with homemade ice cream merit applause.
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Jardín Del Corregidor
Just across from one of the southern exits of the park, this Spanish-owned restaurant (part of the Park Villa hotel) has a magnificent lion and lioness in a large back garden pen; apparently bought on the street and brought home by the owner's son when they were cubs (a step up from the usual abandoned kitten!). The food is traditionally Spanish; try the garlic mushrooms, followed by pulpo a la gallega (octopus Galician style) and chocolate fondue with fruit.
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Konditori
This Scandinavian café attracts well-heeled regulars to see and be seen on this, the Pink Zone's main pedestrian thoroughfare. The salads, Danish sandwiches and cakes are good bets; some people make a special trip here for the weekend brunch (around $120 ) accompanied by live jazz.
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La Lanterna
This smart Italian restaurant has an intimate feel with its low ceilings, dark wood-and-tile decor and shelves lined with fine wines. Businessmen from the nearby Four Seasons Hotel can forge deals over a fiery dish of penne all'arrabbiata (spicy chili and tomato sauce) or get heavy with a fillet of steak with all the trimmings.
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Les Moustaches
This is one of the city's most sophisticated and formal French restaurants with tables on an elegant patio. Start off with pâté de foie gras, then choose from duck in Grand Marnier sauce, Beef Wellington or lobster thermidor. For dessert, there are tempting crêpes and soufflés.
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Non Solo Panino
The plaza's dancing fountains make a lovely backdrop for Italian sandwiches, with things like mozzarella, pesto and smoked salmon stuffed into fresh baked chapatas - Mexico's version of baguettes. More than just a snack center, 'Non Solo' is a cozy haunt for Roma's artistic set.
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Otto
The duck-egg blue and burgundy two-tone paintwork equals a fashionable look at this bistro-style restaurant where white-smocked waiters serve up dishes like risotto with fish and mushrooms, salmon with couscous and pineapple, and crema de (soup of squash flowers with coconut). Breakfast goodies include bagels with salmon and cream cheese.
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Photo Bistro
A French bistro cum photo gallery - how could it miss in Condesa? Indeed on any given evening, a smart set fills the intimate Photo Bistro, one of several fine eateries facing the fountain of tiny Plaza Citlaltépetl. Mexican ingredients enliven some of the artistically presented French fare here: slices of jicama add crunch to the spinach salad, and the salmon carpaccio rests on a bed of honeyed amaranth.
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Raffaello
Elderly bow-tied waiters provide attentive service at this charming Italian restaurant with its cosmopolitan-style enclosed sidewalk terrace and elegant dining room. There's an upper-crust pizza choice, plus all the pasta favorites and a few rogue dishes, such as shrimp curry and goulash.
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Rojo Bistrot
On a leafy corner near Parque México, this eatery is popular as much for its vibrant social scene as the French-inspired cuisine. The ambience is pure Condesa: loud chatter competing with thumping music, sexy waitstaff, and sidewalk seating behind a plastic curtain. Regulars recommend the duck in passion fruit sauce, or the octopus risotto.
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Saint Honoré
This restaurant is especially famous for its vast choice of excellent local and imported wines, having won a place on the Wine Spectator 's 'Outstanding Wines' list for four consecutive years. The romantic dining room has dreamy Mediterranean seascape murals and a menu that includes innovative French dishes like escalopes de foie gras de canard chaud aux framboises (slices of warm duck foie gras pâté with raspberries).
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Tezka
This restaurant showcases contemporary Basque cuisine created by Master Chef Juan Mari Arzak, a native of San Sebastián. Seafood is the specialty, with dishes like sea bass and red snapper in a green chili sauce or codfish in a garlic and red pepper marinade. Desserts include a truly decadent warm chocolate torte with fresh berries. The dining room is one of the most stylish in town, accentuated by dramatic copper metalwork.
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Tierra De Vinos
The focus is on the wine, with hundreds of vintages lining the cellar-like walls, but there's fine Spanish cuisine to complement your chosen tipple. The mood is smart but not snooty: waiters gladly suggest what to have with, say, a plate of paprika-laced patatas bravas (shiraz), or sea bream over black rice (a barrel-aged tempranillo).
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