Amazing Pasta and Lasagna! Pesto was made to perfection and with their white sauvignn blanc it was…read morea great ending to a great day. Great little Italian place to come to after a quick visit to the Eiffel Tower.

Okay I am a pate, foir, and encrout slut...I will walk all over Paris for the best…read more Gilles Verot provides some of the finest Charcutier period! Three generations of providing this to the Parisians. Really unique Encrout concoctions ...some with Salmon etc. Grab some bread, a bottle of wine, and some items from here

Cher mais délicieux. La nouvelle organisation autour de la…read morecaisse n'est pas très pratique est ralonge la queue et l'attente La galette cochonade pendant la galette des rois est une tuerie, surtout réchauffée, et peut s'acheter à la part Les mini boudins blancs sont bons, mais ce aux morilles sont encore meilleurs Le pâté en croûte de Houdan est un peu décevant, car trop collant à l'intérieur. En général, les pâtés de la maison sont magnifiques. Le pâté en croûte de canard. Figues et foie gras est un pur délice bien que très cher. Le pain des amis qui s'achète au poids est aussi très bon. Une très belle maison que je recommande malgré le coût

my friend and i decided to walk down rue cler to pick up food for our quintessential eiffel tower…read morepicnic. we ended up purchasing prosciutto, salami with spices, a baguette, and a chorizo and bell pepper quiche. // service // the employees were very friendly and spoke english. they gave us recommendations on which salami to get (the one with spices), warmed up our quiche, and cut our baguette // chorizo and pepper quiche // this quiche was so good! i loved the savory flavor of chorizo combined with the sweetness of the bell pepper. it was also nice that the store warmed it up for us since i've eaten cold quiche at other places and it just doesn't taste as good // prosciutto, salami with spices, baguette // we got some meats to eat our baguette with. both the prosciutto and salami were yummy and the baguette was soft with a crunchy exterior.

This grab and go deli was the perfect place for me to grab a quick lunch to take back to my hotel…read more The staff was very friendly and patient with my limited French and the food was delicious! (So you understand how the system works: order food at the counter, pay inside then wait outside if you ordered food that needs to be heated.)

Worth the wait! Waited for only about 30 minutes for this lunch spot and it was well worth the…read morewait! We had no idea what the menu said or what to get and the worker was so sweet and helped explain all of the options and what the favorites were. Small little shop, only allows 1 group at a time which honestly makes you feel like rushed/judged. We went with 2 types, one cooked and one curated meat and the one with Brie cheese and one with truffle cheese. Absolutely phenomenal and would recommend if youre in pairs!

It's a tourist trap driven by trendy Instagram and TikTok videos. The jambon beurre isn't bad, but…read moreit's nowhere near the level of hype surrounding it. This is a very typical sandwich you can find anywhere in Paris, eaten regularly by locals. There's nothing particularly special about this version, and I wouldn't rate it any higher than any other standard jambon beurre you can get throughout the city.

I found Arnaud Nicolas on an Eater list and booked a table through TheFork for a party of 11,…read moreincluding three children. I was in charge of dining logistics for this unwieldy family trip and was grateful for this easy win, the first group dinner with our full complement. Arnaud Nicolas is a renowned chef, known for his charcuterie. His namesake restaurant is in the 7th arrondisement, a pleasant walk from the Eiffel Tower, where we spent the hours preceding our dinner in maximum tourist mode. We were a full half hour late for our 7:00 reservation, but I was able to call ahead and no one seemed to care. The place was more or less empty when we arrived anyway, and I was reminded that Parisians eat late by American parent standards. When we left, after 9:00, the dining room was busy and vibrant. The restaurant was lovely, unfussy but quite nice, with a laid-back wine bar atmosphere. We sat at a high table, set up for our enormous group, though one of us (the two-year-old) napped through most of dinner. Service was great, polite and efficient. Our waiter met all our needs handily, and we enjoyed a relaxing dinner (or as relaxing as possible, given our circumstances) with plenty of wine and cured meat. We started with a big charcuterie spread, getting two of the house combinations, La Signature and L'Italienne. La Signature came with foie gras, terrine, pork rillettes, and pâté en croûte, the pastry-enclosed pate that seems to have put Arnaud Nicolas on the map. L'Italienne was a more familiar medley of Parma ham, coppa, and soppressata piccante. Everything was outstanding. We also got a gravlax appetizer and a tomato and yellow peach salad to share, both winners. The salmon was silky and flavorful, marinated and cured, served with fennel and apple espuma and a dense, sturdy bread. The salad was fresh and colorful, with smoked burrata, tomato jelly, verbena, tiny croutons, and a drizzle of basil oil. I ordered the poached sea bream filet for my entrée and this was solid, a nice piece of fish served with cooked vegetables, bouillabaisse juice, and rouille sauce. I also tried some of my mom's octopus with red bell pepper coulis, green bean salad, and corn cream. This was the one miss of the evening, the octopus surprisingly tough. My husband's duckling filet, on the other hand, was fantastic, tender duckling with eggplant caviar, big chickpea fritters, and a blackcurrant sauce. The kids ate butter pasta, which was not on the menu but cheerfully provided. I was impressed with Arnaud Nicolas and would recommend it to anyone visiting (or living in) Paris. It works well in conjunction with the Eiffel Tower, but you can go whenever you want wine and charcuterie and an all-around good time.

Arnaud Nicolas is French's National Chef known for his amazing and creative assortment of Paté…read moreEncroute. His Paté Encroute are in many Michelin stars restaurants menus. This is our fourth time and we enjoyed every bite.

We are staying in a nearby apartment and stopped in to pick up a prepared meal. The rabbit was…read moreexcellent and the gentleman who waited on us was very accommodating. It helped that his English was great as my French is rather pitiful.

I've lived in the 11th, 17th, 10th and now 2nd arrondisments and visited at least two butchers per…read moreneighborhood as well as the meat cases of innumerable Monoprixes, Casinos, Marché Us, and Franprixes. After all this experience, Tribolet is my go to butcher. First and foremost, the quality of the meat is excellent. I live down the street and see the daily delivery of whole carcasses. My husband is constantly saying things like, Where'd you get the lamb chops? They're fantastic! and This bacon is so gooooood! Secondly, they have a broad, comprehensive selection. Whole carcasses means that I can get the cut of meat for which I'm searching. Beef brisket for making corned beef? No problem! Wild game in season - rabbit, pig, pheasants, ducks, quail, etc. Charcuterie - poitrine fumée (bacon to Americans), boudin noir, saucisson sec, merguez, jamon, etc. Third, the service is patient, courteous and personable. I don't speak much French and they don't speak any English beyond chicken (I suppose due to all of the tourists who buy the poulet roti?), but even if it's painful and takes 3x as long, they'll patiently ask questions and pantomine until they understand what it is I'd like and how I'd like it. I also get complimented profusely for every new French word I use (talk about incentive!) I also appreciate that I can come in and tell them that I have no idea what to cook and they'll make suggestions of what to cook (often low cost options) AND give tips on how they'd prepare it. In other words, recipes! I've even gotten recommendations on what sides to serve. It's like taking a mini French cooking class. They're also quite skilled, so your meat is trimmed properly (no little bone chunks and enough fat for braising meats to really get tender). The fact that I can get really specific about how and how much I want something prepped saves me time in the kitchen. Finally, while some cuts are on the expensive side, some items can be cheaper than the lesser quality version at Monoprix. They also have a EUR4.80 roasted chicken that is just the right size for two people (quite small) with enough left over to make soup. That's the cheapest price I've seen for poulet roti on Montorgueil. Of special note: They stock specialty items for holidays - for example, turkeys & chapon at Christmas.

As a store, or even as a butcher, it doesn't compete with anything here in Paris. Nor does it try…read more What this place excels at is finding some of the best beef in the world, raised and butchered in Argentina and Uruguay, and flown here fresh, never frozen... at very reasonable prices. Notice that I didn't say cheap, only reasonable. But when you compare this beef with for example beef from le Bourdonnec or Hugo Desnoyer, and you see that you're paying about half of what you would be at those two elite butchers', you realise that this place is actually a find. If you have a taste for high level meat, you should know about this place and come here . Not only that, the welcome is friendly and the empanadas are wonderful, really quite good . There is also a very good selection of Argentine wine to match with your wonderful picanha. I know of no other place in Paris where I can buy fresh and correctly butchered picanha for €35 per kilo. As a matter of fact, I think I'll go there right now!