A nice and cool spot. On a corner in the upper Marais, this seafood tapas bar is a good acquaintance. If you drop by during the afternoon, you will surely find pleasure enjoying the small sea food tastings in the large bar with a glass of wine. A couple of oysters. Some urchins. A healthy snack made on beets. Not really sophisticated, but very elegant and simply good. If you're still hanging out in the evening, or if you just happen to drop by later on, the place turns into a real restaurant with a bit more comprehensive menu. The somewhat narrow, but good selection of wines is mostly natural. Despite some reservations to natural wines, we only had rich and very beautifully harmonic wines. Excellent. Reasonable prices.
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La Cave Marcadet
A very local wine bar. So local that there is a back entrance from my stairs... in other words, convenience is high. However, the place does not serve wine alone (as this requires another kind of license, as I'm patiently explained) - it serves wine with small plates of cheese or charcuterie. And it sells wines. And cheeses. And other kinds of nice stuff. Wines are to a large extent organic or natural, although a little bit pricey (which is probably only for the better from a very personal perspective, considering the location). The cheeses are excellent. A cosy place for a local feel, for a talk with nice people dedicated to their shop, or for tasting a glass of a new interesting wines you've never heard of before.
Au Comptoir de Brice
Inside one of the covered market places of the 10th district in Paris, you'll find a crowded, long, wooden counter, covering up an open kitchen. Good things are happening here. The place is rather unusual, a French restaurant serving excellent food from 12 to 18 all week days - that is, no semi-fascistoid time constraints implemented with provoking rigor, with lunch being served only between 12.30 and 13.15 or something similar... well, anyway. Although considerably more sophisticated than a mere market place counter, the place has the local ambiance, the high standards of quality, and the charming feel-good cosiness that just makes you want to stick around for yet another round of excellent food. Although the menu is limited, it's good - from the tasty and juicy cheese burgers to the delicate and well cooked veal liver. A few, but well selected, good wines by the glass; and a small crowd of warm staff, running around, smiling, despite even the more busy weekend buzz. A perfect Saturday afternoon hideout.
www.aucomptoirdebrice.com
www.aucomptoirdebrice.com
Point Bulles
At the Marche Saint Germain. An easy, light and delicate Champagne bar welcomes you: Point Bulles. The food is just as light and sparkling as you would expect. The tables outside are of course packed during the summer. Several very nice Champagnes can be found here, somewhat reasonably priced. Small elegant tasting dishes or larger plates to share. Although somewhat mixed and certainly not with the same sense of terroir as in the bottles. The food remains decent, and gain points on the ideas and the servings, rather than the preparation. And you simply just get delighted by sipping bubbles in this elegant part of Paris.
www.pointbulles.com
www.pointbulles.com
Aux Deux Amis
This place is a strange mix between a noisy bar and a classy neo-bistrot. For those who prefer things quiet and nicely wrapped in, this might be a bit to much. For the rest of us, the place is excellent for tasting a series of interesting and well prepared dishes. Although the noyeau is French, some twists of Mediterranean kitchen are to be expected. Excellent wines. Very much Oberkamf.
Salon des Vins de Vignerons Indépendants
Le Salon des Vins de Vignerons Indépendants or the wine fair of independent winemakers takes place twice a year. The fall version is considered to be the biggest event of the two, bringing together thousands of small and large winemakers from all parts of France.
The website, http://www.vigneron-independant.com/auxsalons/recherche.php?changesalon=168&salon=Paris, holds a comprehensive description of all the participants and provides for a rich tasting ground.
Rather contrary to the general level of technological adaptation in France (although some winemakers are breaking this trends, beginning to make wines based on data instead of tradition and what is supposedly common sense), an app has been created for the fair presenting the wine-makers (see http://www.vigneron-independant.com/auxsalons/actualites.php?c=1&id_actu=243).
In other words, no excuses for not diggin in...
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