Restaurant's in paris

David Lebovitz, former pastry chef at Chez Panisse and cookbook author, has been living in Paris for a decade or so and his blog is a fantastic resource for eating generally, and eating in Paris specifically. He has a section on restaurants in Paris and most of the places are inexpensive neighborhood restaurants. I've been to many of the places he suggests and he's a really good resource.

Lebovitz

Paris by Mouth is another good website providing good info for eating in Paris.

Paris by Mouth

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coolpapaboze

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always delivers

Thanks for all the input fellas, yeah I'm planning on proposing so looking for somewhere to go after around 8:30. We are going for 11 days though so will def check some of these places out.

Might sound cheesy, but the river cruises are ideal for couples. They serve dinner.

We had dinner at the restaurant halfway up the eiffel tower, it was an incredible experience.

Yeah I've looked into both of those the one on the second floor is booked, the 58 tour de Effiel or something along those lines is available but had mixed reviews...do you remb which one it was

Also Frenchie (have not been to the Paris one, but the London outpost is tremendous).

Avoid as much as possible when traveling meals on anything that is a tourist attraction, floats, flies, or moves.

Paris By Mouth is a great resource

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L'Ami Jean
Regis Huiterie

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Both great

Septime
Spring (best meal I have had in Paris)

+1 on staying away from tourist attraction meals and boats. It's Paris, walk around and enjoy the view, but eat elsewhere. It's easy to find "big name" food in Paris, but some of my favorite food memories from that city happened in simple, non-fancy cafes, patisseries, and offbeat locations:

In the Marais: Breizh Cafe, for Breton style buckwheat crepes both sweet and savory. Straighforward food, can be a nice change if you've been eating on the high end and want something more approachable.

Some of the Poilane bakery shops have dining rooms--I know the one in St Germain de Pres does, as does the one in NoMa (northern Marais)--simple open faced sandwiches (tartines) made w/Poilane bread, a few desserts, simple salades. Can be a quick bite when you're out roaming around and don't want anything heavy (like when you have a big dinner reservation). I'm a sucker for Poilane bread, and the butter cookies (punitions) are worth a transcontinenal flight.

On the Rive Gauche, the Bon Marche department store has a "food hall" stand alone store...Grand Epicerie. It's a beautifully displaed department store of food...very fun to browse & a great place to find edible souvenirs ranging from sea salt to herbes de provence and regional cookies and candies.

Also, sometimes you just want a burger, even when you're in Paris. Ignore the fast food & take yourself to Big Fernand...it's a sort of Brooklyn meets Paris hipster hamburger joint, with French flair. The specialty burgers have old-French-man names, including the names or our grandperes & great-grandperes. LINK

I still haven't been to Frenchie proper, but the Frenchie to Go coffee/sandwich shop was very near my last Parisian rental & was just the "truc" on a couple of rainy days. Comfort/deli food, but what food. The housemade ginger beer sticks in my memory.

Thanks for all the input appreciate it fellas, def will be checking some of these places out, now if I can convince my gf to extended the trip by a day to watch saints play in London I'll be good to go