Gourmet Bistros and Restaurants of Paris: The City's Finest Tables (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9782080305084)

Paris claims to have invented the restaurant with the opening of Beauvilliers in 1784, and here are over 100 dining places that keep the city at the crossroads of culinary tradition and innovation. Rival indulges the reader with a discerning selection of splendid historic restaurants, notorious brasseries, down-to-earth bistros, and contemporary hot spots. Each is described in delectable detail. From the glittering decadence of Michelin 3-star chef Guy Martin's Le Grand V four, to Jacques Garcia's trendy H tel Costes, and from Philippe Starck's Bacarrat wonderland to the student haven at Polidor, the restaurants presented here are tried and true; they define the delights of dining la fran aise.An indispensable black book provides the reader with contact information for the featured restaurants as well as other exceptional eateries in the food capital of the world. Rival covers all the notable addresses in a volume that serves as both a practical reference as well as an exquisite visual feast for the armchair traveler.

Author: Pierre Rival
ISBN-10: 2080305085
ISBN-13: 9782080305084
Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
Language: English
Published: 05/09/2006
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.32lbs
Size: 11.04h x 9.46w x 0.79d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/10/2006 pg. 64