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In most countries a brasserie = brewery is a place supposed to brew beer. Not in France where a brasserie is a place where one can drink beer, wine, coffee, sodas all the day but also eat breakfast, lunch or dinner.
The difference with a restaurant lies in the fact that the food served in a brasserie is generally (with exceptions) rather simple, less elaborate. Most served are salads, omelettes, toasts and steak frites. Nothing complicated to prepare especially at noon time when the brasseries are often full because employees have lunch there as well as people doing their shopping in the centre.
Do not assimilate the food of a brasserie to that of a Fast Food; there is an ocean of difference. A cultural difference and a dietetic difference. The problem of overweight is linked here to the "Burger" type food and the Parisiennes and Parisiens are, from what I observed, keen on staying slim especially in the areas with luxury shops like around La Madeleine or Place Vendome
You will see in a brasserie that most women eat salad. There are usually a dozen different ones on the menu. But even salad is not cheap in Paris, often around 12 € for a "Salade Caesar" type.
To be slim is a necessity when eating or drinking in a brasserie because the seats and the tables are so terribly close to each other.
Inside is non smoking; outside on the terrace is for smokers.
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Many Paris museums have a cafeteria. Most are just useful like the big one under the Pyramide of the Louvre.
A few are charming:
Best is the restaurant at the median level (restaurant from the former station hotel) of the MUSÉE D'ORSAY:
Magnificent decor, correct food, efficient often kind service, normal prices for Paris.
The painted décor of the ceiling and walls is of Benjamin Constant and Gabriel Ferrier. I advise you to arrive at the opening at 11.45 am. Tearoom in the after noon and dinner on Thursdays evening.
(I don't recommend the Café and Cafeteria on the 5th and 6th floors).
Another charming place, when the weather is dry, is the cafeteria "Le Jardin de Varenne" of the MUSÉE RODIN located in the beautiful garden at the back of the Hotel Biron among 25 statues from Rodin. There are seats inside but by nice weather it is quite agreeable to eat a "baguette garnie" or sandwich with a glass of wine under the trees. Prices are normal (for Paris). One has to pay 1€ to enter the beautiful garden of the Rodin Museum.
At the PETIT-PALAIS museum (free) is a café-restaurant called "Le Jardin du Petit Palais" under the peristyle and looking on the interior garden of the Petit-Palais (open 10 - 17h; closed on Monday).
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 cafe of Amelie Poulain (of
Montmartre) by Martinewezel
In the same "rue Lepic" from my previous tip, about 300 m down from the Moulin de la Galette, we found the cafe where Amelie was a waitress. "CAFE DES 2 MOULINS"
I didn't feel comfortable taking a picture inside the cafe, it was full of lacals, but I can assure you that it looks pretty the same as in the movie, only a bit more "schmutzig". I think this German word exactly describes the yellowed walls.
Little detail: they sell Belgian beer! (Grimbergen) ;-)
Outside, on the sidewalk, there was a small table with oisters for sale.
By the way, the rue Lepic down hill is full of fish dealers. The whole street smelled like shellfish, though there are also flower shops, butchers, pastry and delicatesses shops.
This is the real authentic Paris! Leave a Comment Address: rue Lepic (down hill) 15Phone: +33 1 42 54 90 50
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 Art déco Le Zeyer by Norali
If you are lucky enough to spot the perfect brasserie to try Auvergnate cuisine, Bretonne, Corse or from Périgord area. Then, it is possible to try cuisines du terroir or classic French dishes (ris de veau, rôti de boeuf, salades de foies de volaille, pot-au-feu, fromage de tête, terrines...). I would not like to fill my page with links to Parisian brasseries, unless I've tried them. Still, I think brasseries are Parisian features to experience.
I don't know why but I have a thing for them. Also, you can have everything in a brasserie: your noon lunch, your diner, your breakfast, your beer/pastis/kir (royal or not) sitting in a terrace. If needed, you can return there in the afternoon to have this berry dish that lured you while having your breakfast. That's what I did at Le Zeyer (14e arr.).
I had my typical French breakfast (demi-baguettes beurrées - didn't need jam - plus warm chocolate). As I went there rather late (10 am), could see the waiters cleaning and getting ready for the noon rush. Then, I saw one of them placing those alluring plates of berry fruits in the fridge of the dining room. Hmmm... I hadn't forgotten it and when my Dad suggested, in the afternoon, that we went chilling out at le Zeyer, after visiting Les Batignolles area and that we couldn't visit Jardins d'hiver at Jardin de plantes (closed for reparation for an unspecified duration), I had my berry fruits plate: with a glass of sparkling water and a scoop of mint icecream. Isn't life grand ?
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get a crepe from a little stand...
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I love the atmosphere of tea rooms in paris. Very relaxing and a good place for people watching. The one i went to is called ANGELINA'S . I like the pastry very much(the house specialty, designed to go well with tea, is a Mont Blanc, a combination of chestnut
cream and meringue) but its famous hot chocolate is too sweet for me. My sis and I got so scared of the word chocolate for a few days after that experience. Don't say I didn't warn you ahha. Directions: Angelina's: 226 Rue de Rivoli, 1st. Metro: Tuileries
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Bateaux Mouches and Parisiens are both great but make sure you do not book either through the website cometoparis.com. Expect trouble if you do!!!!!!
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