Le Déli-cieux – Printemps Haussmann
Traditional lunch or gourmet experience. Self-serve restaurant you can sit inside surrounding by glass and the Paris 360 degree view or out on the terrace. Top floor of Printemps Maison.
Open: Monday to Saturday: 9:35 a.m. to 8 p.m. (10 p.m. on Thursday)
Printemps Maison, Ninth floor
Telephone: 01 42 82 62 76
Printemps Haussmann
64, bd Haussmann
75009 Paris – France
Telephone: 01 42 82 50 00
Open: Monday to Saturday: 9:35 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Thursday until 10 p.m.)
Le Pavillon du lac
Built under Napoleon III
Park Buttes-Chaumont
View of the lake – at least four terraces
(enter on the side of the mayor’s office nineteenth arrondissement – Place Armand Carrel)
Reservations: 01 42 00 07 21
Le Grand Bleu
Port de l’Arsenal, in front of 46 Boulevard de la Bastille in the eleventh arrondissement
Open daily: 11 a.m. to midnight
Reservations: 01 43 45 19 99
View: overlook the boats on the Canal Saint-Martin under the shadow of the genie atop the Bastille column
Colleen’s Paris: I like le Grand Bleu (1. it is always good 2. Definitely a nice place to dine (the food is always good and is a pleasant place to dine, take a drink, a coffee, )
La Criée
68 quai de Seine 75019
It is advised to dine around noon or early in the evening. Around 8 p.m. it begins to get busy and no reservations are taken for the terrace.
View: Along the boat basin de la Villette and its charming port. Open: Lunch: Monday to Friday: 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 11:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner: Saturday and day before a holiday veilles de jours ferries): 18:45 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Reservations: 01 40 34 20 00
Colleen’s Paris: I have dined at the Neuilly address a couple of times. Always a good meal at la Criee.
Aux Galeries Lafayette
La Terrasse, 40 boulevard Haussmann 75009
View: Overlooking Paris; with the glass enclosure, everyone has a view.
Open: Lunch: noon to 3:30 p.m. for a snack: until 6 p.m.; closed Sunday
Reservations: 017 73 71 90 50
Le Diapason au Terrass Hotel
12-14 rue Joseph-de-Maistre 75018
Reservations: 01 44 92 34 00
View: Over Paris. The restaurant is located on the roof top of the four-star Terrass Hotel of Montmartre. They receive about 800 calls a day to reserve a spot on the terrace when it is sunny.
Le Ralph’s (for restaurant hours look for the Boulevard St Germain address)
173 Boulevard Saint-Germain 75006
Reservations: 01 44 77 76 00
View: Candles, greenery, old stones
The restaurant is part of the Ralph Lauren boutique located in the courtyard of 1683 home (hotel particulier)
Le Chalet des Iles (Closed until further notice)
View: Overlooking a lake in the Bois de Boulogne.
Porte de la Muette 75016
Reservations: 01 42 88 04 69
**The restaurant caught fire on Tuesday night, March 22, 2011. while people were dining. The fire was in a section of the restaurant under renovation. It is located in the Bois de Boulogne (75016) Coincidentally, the Theatre de l’Elysee-Montmartre‘s interior caught fire the same day.
Le Cafe de l’Homme
17 place du Trocadero in the 16th arrondissement
Reservations: 01 44 05 30 15
**During the renovation of the Musee de l’Homme, the restaurant is, unfortunately, closed.
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