Le Dauphin, adventurous eats
  • 10
  • May
  • 2012

From the travel blog of Fodor’s, written by Alexander Lobrano : Designed by architects Rem Koolhaas and Clément Blanchet, this cool white marble space is the sister address to chef Aizpitarte’s Le Chateaubriand restaurant next door. The brief menu changes regularly and showcases his imaginative cooking. For lunch there is a menu fixe, for dinner only bites like tapas.

Le Dauphin, 131, Av. Parmentier, 75011 Paris, tel 01 55 28 78 88 131, M° Goncourt

Bar Hôtel Lutetia
  • 07
  • May
  • 2012

A vertitable architectural and historic gem of the city, it was built in 1910, the first Art Déco hotel in Paris, decorated in the colors red and gold.

The bar lounge is both the heart and soul of the hotel. Every evening, starting at 7 p.m., the Lutetia’s bar is transformed into a piano bar, where French jazz singers regularly perform. The renowned Lute-Jazz nights in the bar, however, start at 10:15 p.m., from Wednesday through Saturday. The friendly, discrete staff will attend to you at lunch, tea time or happy hour in a welcoming atmosphere.

Bar Hôtel Lutetia, 45, boulevard Raspail,  75006 Paris