The Best Restaurants to Eat in Paris Right Now
Despite the pandemic, Parisian restaurants are bursting with new energy and there's probably no more exciting place in the world to eat at the moment. Here are 8 we love.
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Paris is a reassuringly constant city. The good restaurants tend to stick and stay, or even get better; when new ones appear—and please the palate—chances are they’ll be around for at least a decade, if not two or three. But after 18 months of pandemic and many months of closures, curfews, and lockdowns, I worried I’d find my favorite haunts gone or somehow muted, chefs out of form and practice. (I partially grew up in Paris, and for the last 11 years have been a food columnist for the Wall Street Journal.) A little gastronomic investigation seemed de rigueur, and off I went in mid-July to Paris. I’m happy to report that my worries proved absolutely unfounded. Paris restaurants are bursting with energy, their chefs serving up the fruits of months of musing about, re-inventing, and perfecting their dishes and honing their craft. It is an exciting time to eat in Paris. Here are my suggestions for a wide range of eating occasions, my choices skewed somewhat in favor of outdoor dining and/or well-spaced tables. Note: Reservations are definitely needed, as many restaurants are operating under limited capacity or solely outdoors.
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