I went to Vaudeville this past Saturday , December 7 2024, for lunch at around 2:45 in the afternoon. I said “Bonjour, une table pour deux s’il vous plait ! “ and the gentleman replied in English , “We are closed for lunch now.” I asked when they would reopen , he said at 7 pm… and directed me to another Brasserie on the same street. I thought it was unusual they’d be closed for the lunch hour at that time of afternoon and the restaurant did not look so busy. I was disappointed with the treatment we got and I was looking forward to eating there after watching your video. Your videos gave me some very good tips though.
I can see myself going to Vaudeville every day of the week for their daily special. Over a period of two or three weeks in Paris, that still leaves time to check out your other recommendations and hit a bunch of my old-standby favorites. Thank you for your suggestions and well done videos.
What a pleasure it was to watch this presentation. My wife and I made our first trip to France in 2012, and have been back four times since. I brush up on my high-school French for a few months in advance, yet people there go out of their way to accommodate us in English. Nowhere in the world have we enjoyed such wonderful cuisine and friendliness. My wife wants to visit Le Procope this fall. Merci bien!!
I LOVE the variety that you highlighted here. Really appreciate these videos, not only for the information, but for the intelligence behind them as well. Thanks for these.
Joyeux anniversaire!🙏🤗🕺 Happy belated B'day🎁🍾🥂...actually my fav brasserie I visited twice was Le Louis Phillipe (between Pont Marie and Hotel de Ville)👌...for my taste was even better than Bofinger (it's cream seafood veloute was superb👌)...and Au Bourgignon (meat super tender, but lacking taste)...and absolutely; the ambiance at a brasserie really enhances the experience...as long is not super loud/noisy🫣😉...
Excellent compilation! I have a booking at Wepler next week and I have not been to Vaudeville I am ashamed to say, but will now check it out. Bofinger to me, has one off the best choucroute in the city, but the place suffers from bad org among the waiters, although friendly.
Cher monsieur une vielle anglaise ici qui a vécu a Paris presque toute sa vie mais qui a choisi Nice depuis 13 ans pour le climat et le travail mais mon coeur est toujours a Paris et Wepler et Bofinger plein de souvenirs pour moi ! C'est décidé je reviens.....
Really enjoyed this video... Any recommendations for dining with kids? (Ages 10 and 12). We adults want the classic French dishes but struggling for find something kids would enjoy (and not chicken nuggets)
In most of these brasseries, they would have a specific but short menu for kids. And some of the classic dishes are very accessible for kids, if they like meat...
exploring Paris for almost 20 years I came across 2-3 gold nuggets in terms of restaurants If you are looking for seafood served in an unconventional way I have a specific address for you “crabe marteau” literaly “hammer crab” (metro line 1 station “Argentine”): it offers fish and seafood dishes but its signature dish is simple: 1 large crab of 1kg including shell (~2lb ! ! ); 3 flavored mayonaises; small steamed potatoes AND a wooden mallet!!! to “manage” the shell! ! ! the other dishes on the menu are generally with crab meat after your dish I suggest you try their flagship dessert: "kouign Amman" a typically Breton variation (the region west of Normandy) on the classic croissant
Yes, both. The café is in a beautiful room on the ground floor, and the restaurant is in another room on the ground floor plus another room on the first floor.
Do you know where could I get the Procope porcelain? It looks great! Do they sell it? (BTW: OF COURSE YOU SHOULD mop up the sauce with the bread afterwards, if it was good, I could not care less what they would think about it, I am here to EAT and not think about people´s opinions and mopping up really does not bother anybody else around me anyway... N´est ce pas?)
How strange; I don't know Café de la Commerce but of the other places I found Vaudeville a massive disappointment. In décor, ambiance, history, food and service the others I found so much better.
I wonder why NOBODY has done a review of TOP NOTCH restaurants. Those ones where food COSTS a FORTUNE but is it WORTH it? There is where you LOSE lots of money (HUNDREDS) if getting it wrong. Do you have any review or know about some rich vlogger who has it?, Thanks
How strange to call the Procope a "brasserie" - that is, "brewery", a label that typically refers to Alsatian places that actually ARE breweries , or at the least serve Alsatian food. Nothing about the Procope is "brasserie"-ish. As for it's being a literary cafe, yes, the original was - but it closed in the nineteenth century and the space has been used for several purposes over the decades - including, I believe, a bouillon. The current restaurant (not at all a cafe) dates from 1957. The "eighteenth century" decor might more properly be called "eighteenth century style" - I doubt any of it has been in this particular space since the eighteenth century (I can't guarantee some of the objects themselves aren't eighteenth century). This is a fun fluff piece, but as history it is a disaster.
@@paristoptips I don't see a single Alsatian dish on the menu. Honestly, I don't think most people who know Paris (I lived there for seven years and wrote a book on its food) would consider Procope a brasserie by any measure. Nor, for that matter, the Vaudeville, where I used to eat regularly and which also offers not a single Alsatian dish.
Honestly, aside from Bofinger's I don't see a single place I would consider a brasserie. And no Brasserie Lipp - THE major brasserie in Paris? The thing for your audience to realize is that, unlike "bistro", which has become a rather shapeless word since it first appeared in the late nineteenth century, "brasserie" has a very specific history and meaning. The first brasseries appeared in Paris after France lost Alsace in the Franco-Prussian war and lots of Alsatians came to Paris and introduced their choucroute and other specialties in what really WERE breweries at the time. It's not just an alternate term for "nice down home but decorative place to eat".
You know what, I'm a Parisian and I live in Paris 😉 At Vaudeville you have 3 different choucroutes. Isn't that Alsatian? And a Brasserie is not automatically Alsatian oriented. It's usually a restaurant where you have a sea fruit stall in front of it, in Paris.
@@paristoptips Sorry about the Vaudeville - their main menu has no Alsatian dishes and I didn't know it as a brasserie when I used to go there. But yes, now it calls itself a a brasseries. Procope has no shellfish stand in front of it, as far as that goes. Nowhere does it describe itself as a "brasserie" - "Le Procope offers a traditional and bourgeois French cuisine, through different specialties such as Coq au vin and Tête de veau, braised beef cheek, homemade Mille-feuille and traditional Procopio-style Tiramisù" Bofinger, which historically IS a brasserie, has no shellfish stands in front of it. Nor does the Brasserie Lipp. Nor does the Brasserie de l'Isle Saint Louis. That simply does not define a brasserie. Can you define the difference between a bistro and a brasserie? Or simply a local restaurant? It looks very much to me like you're confusing them all together) (And yes I realize you're Parisian - so was I for seven years and I go back fairly often. And again, I've researched the history of Paris food in great detail.)
I went to Vaudeville this past Saturday , December 7 2024, for lunch at around 2:45 in the afternoon. I said “Bonjour, une table pour deux s’il vous plait ! “ and the gentleman replied in English , “We are closed for lunch now.” I asked when they would reopen , he said at 7 pm… and directed me to another Brasserie on the same street. I thought it was unusual they’d be closed for the lunch hour at that time of afternoon and the restaurant did not look so busy. I was disappointed with the treatment we got and I was looking forward to eating there after watching your video. Your videos gave me some very good tips though.
Yes, totally unusual: they are normally open from 8 AM (excellent breakfasts) to 11 or 12 PM.
I can see myself going to Vaudeville every day of the week for their daily special. Over a period of two or three weeks in Paris, that still leaves time to check out your other recommendations and hit a bunch of my old-standby favorites. Thank you for your suggestions and well done videos.
And one thing I didn't even talk about is they have a great breakfast! 🥰
Every brasserie you showcased in this video had a gorgeous exterior, facade and a lovely interior and of course great food. Thank you for sharing.
That's true! It's not only about the food, its about the place and the ambiance!
What a pleasure it was to watch this presentation. My wife and I made our first trip to France in 2012, and have been back four times since. I brush up on my high-school French for a few months in advance, yet people there go out of their way to accommodate us in English. Nowhere in the world have we enjoyed such wonderful cuisine and friendliness. My wife wants to visit Le Procope this fall. Merci bien!!
Thanks 🙏
Parisians, contrary to the cliché, have brushed up their manners, and tend to be more welcoming than before...
Just up the street from Bofinger as I type this...we really need to try before we leave!
Yes, you should definitely try...
I LOVE the variety that you highlighted here. Really appreciate these videos, not only for the information, but for the intelligence behind them as well. Thanks for these.
Always my pleasure 🙏
Wonderful video. Now I know where I'll be dining for 5 of my meals in Paris in October.
Thanks! And then you'll head to the Galeries Lafayette to purchase new, larger clothes 😂
Charming! Merci.
With pleasure 🙏
thank you very much for the video and recommendations .marci
You're welcome!🙏
Another excellent video :)
Thank you so much 🙏
Miam Miam!! Merci! 😁😁💕💕
Avec grand plaisir !
What a list! Beautiful decor and the dishes are so yummy. Your research is amazing.
Thank you🙏
Mmmmmmm……. Great video as always!!!! Thank you❤
Thanks... as always 😀
Joyeux anniversaire!🙏🤗🕺
Happy belated B'day🎁🍾🥂...actually my fav brasserie I visited twice was Le Louis Phillipe (between Pont Marie and Hotel de Ville)👌...for my taste was even better than Bofinger (it's cream seafood veloute was superb👌)...and Au Bourgignon (meat super tender, but lacking taste)...and absolutely; the ambiance at a brasserie really enhances the experience...as long is not super loud/noisy🫣😉...
Oh wow! Thanks Ivette...
Never been to either of these, so I will definitely try them!
Excellent compilation! I have a booking at Wepler next week and I have not been to Vaudeville I am ashamed to say, but will now check it out. Bofinger to me, has one off the best choucroute in the city, but the place suffers from bad org among the waiters, although friendly.
You'll love Wepler. Also a great brasserie!
Great review as always. How about a review of good dining choices in Bordeaux, a place I am headed in a few months? :)
The only problem is I'm not going to Bordeaux 😁
Cher monsieur une vielle anglaise ici qui a vécu a Paris presque toute sa vie mais qui a choisi Nice depuis 13 ans pour le climat et le travail mais mon coeur est toujours a Paris et Wepler et Bofinger plein de souvenirs pour moi ! C'est décidé je reviens.....
Wepler ! Une autre grande brasserie parisienne, peu fréquentée par les touristes mais par les parisiens!
Really enjoyed this video... Any recommendations for dining with kids? (Ages 10 and 12). We adults want the classic French dishes but struggling for find something kids would enjoy (and not chicken nuggets)
In most of these brasseries, they would have a specific but short menu for kids. And some of the classic dishes are very accessible for kids, if they like meat...
@@paristoptips Thankyou
Great video😅
Thanks 🙏
perfect
Thank you🙏
Thanks for the video! Was the meringue in the "Floating Island" chewy?
@@jorgenolsson4612 in floating islands, the meringue is always chewy, not hard.
@@paristoptipsgood to know. I once bought a meringue as a cake, and it was terribly dry.
Very Mackintosh on the last brasserie logo.
Are these the colors of Clan Mackintosh?
@@paristoptips Sorry. I meant Charles Rennie Mackintosh: the intersecting lines, etc.
OK. I didn't know. Thanks for sharing this ☺️
I love your channel, its very helpful for us as first timers. May I ask if these brasseries accepts ‘food sharing’ for 2 person? Thank you 🙏
They might accept it for a starter, or, quite often, a dessert. But I'm not sure they would accept it for mains.
@@paristoptips Thank you very much for your quick reply. It make sense and helpful. Merci 🙏
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exploring Paris for almost 20 years I came across 2-3 gold nuggets in terms of restaurants
If you are looking for seafood served in an unconventional way I have a specific address for you
“crabe marteau” literaly “hammer crab” (metro line 1 station “Argentine”):
it offers fish and seafood dishes but its signature dish is simple:
1 large crab of 1kg including shell (~2lb ! ! ); 3 flavored mayonaises; small steamed potatoes AND a wooden mallet!!! to “manage” the shell! ! !
the other dishes on the menu are generally with crab meat
after your dish I suggest you try their flagship dessert: "kouign Amman" a typically Breton variation (the region west of Normandy) on the classic croissant
Thanks. Excellent suggestion!
So, Le Procope is both a restaurant and a cafe? In separate buildings?
Thanks
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Yes, both. The café is in a beautiful room on the ground floor, and the restaurant is in another room on the ground floor plus another room on the first floor.
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Exactly!
So sorry I tried Au pied Cochon and it was bad. It’s right next door to the apartment I rented and I was so excited to try it. 😢I left disappointed.
Sorry for your bad experience there...
Do you know where could I get the Procope porcelain? It looks great! Do they sell it? (BTW: OF COURSE YOU SHOULD mop up the sauce with the bread afterwards, if it was good, I could not care less what they would think about it, I am here to EAT and not think about people´s opinions and mopping up really does not bother anybody else around me anyway... N´est ce pas?)
I didn't look at the back of the plates what brand they use. Next time, I will...
@@paristoptips Thanks!
How strange; I don't know Café de la Commerce but of the other places I found Vaudeville a massive disappointment. In décor, ambiance, history, food and service the others I found so much better.
Interesting, for me, it's one of the best, but I may be biased as I've been there so many times...
I wonder why NOBODY has done a review of TOP NOTCH restaurants. Those ones where food COSTS a FORTUNE but is it WORTH it? There is where you LOSE lots of money (HUNDREDS) if getting it wrong. Do you have any review or know about some rich vlogger who has it?, Thanks
Next month I have a review of a Michelin starred restaurant.
But going in a top notch restaurant would cost at least 350$.
Too much for me...
Le Procope has awful food and dirty WC, a good indicator of how clean the restaurant is overall. No we know why Napoleon never came back for his hat!
Definitely something a restaurant should be ashamed of!
Unfortunately it's not only the restaurant that is dirty. It's the visitors!
How strange to call the Procope a "brasserie" - that is, "brewery", a label that typically refers to Alsatian places that actually ARE breweries , or at the least serve Alsatian food. Nothing about the Procope is "brasserie"-ish. As for it's being a literary cafe, yes, the original was - but it closed in the nineteenth century and the space has been used for several purposes over the decades - including, I believe, a bouillon. The current restaurant (not at all a cafe) dates from 1957. The "eighteenth century" decor might more properly be called "eighteenth century style" - I doubt any of it has been in this particular space since the eighteenth century (I can't guarantee some of the objects themselves aren't eighteenth century).
This is a fun fluff piece, but as history it is a disaster.
I kind of agree with you. This is a restaurant, certainly not a café, but considering the dishes on the menu, I classified it as a brasserie
@@paristoptips I don't see a single Alsatian dish on the menu. Honestly, I don't think most people who know Paris (I lived there for seven years and wrote a book on its food) would consider Procope a brasserie by any measure. Nor, for that matter, the Vaudeville, where I used to eat regularly and which also offers not a single Alsatian dish.
Honestly, aside from Bofinger's I don't see a single place I would consider a brasserie. And no Brasserie Lipp - THE major brasserie in Paris?
The thing for your audience to realize is that, unlike "bistro", which has become a rather shapeless word since it first appeared in the late nineteenth century, "brasserie" has a very specific history and meaning. The first brasseries appeared in Paris after France lost Alsace in the Franco-Prussian war and lots of Alsatians came to Paris and introduced their choucroute and other specialties in what really WERE breweries at the time. It's not just an alternate term for "nice down home but decorative place to eat".
You know what, I'm a Parisian and I live in Paris 😉
At Vaudeville you have 3 different choucroutes. Isn't that Alsatian?
And a Brasserie is not automatically Alsatian oriented. It's usually a restaurant where you have a sea fruit stall in front of it, in Paris.
@@paristoptips Sorry about the Vaudeville - their main menu has no Alsatian dishes and I didn't know it as a brasserie when I used to go there. But yes, now it calls itself a a brasseries.
Procope has no shellfish stand in front of it, as far as that goes. Nowhere does it describe itself as a "brasserie" - "Le Procope offers a traditional and bourgeois French cuisine, through different specialties such as Coq au vin and Tête de veau, braised beef cheek, homemade Mille-feuille and traditional Procopio-style Tiramisù"
Bofinger, which historically IS a brasserie, has no shellfish stands in front of it. Nor does the Brasserie Lipp. Nor does the Brasserie de l'Isle Saint Louis. That simply does not define a brasserie.
Can you define the difference between a bistro and a brasserie? Or simply a local restaurant? It looks very much to me like you're confusing them all together)
(And yes I realize you're Parisian - so was I for seven years and I go back fairly often. And again, I've researched the history of Paris food in great detail.)