Rue Cler. Finding Good Food on a Very Cute and Often Touristy Street.

But when it comes to the subject of dining, eating on Rue Cler is a bit,well, schizophrenic.In that,sense the food reflects the nature of the visitors to the street. While the local stores which serve the residents are very good,the restaurants which cater to the tourists are mediocre to poor serving unimaginative food at high prices.That’s not to say you shouldn’t stop and have a coffee and watch the crowds go by.It is just a reality you need to confront. In other words the shopping experience is a lot better than the dining one.

The stores and shops that populate Rue Cler are typical of the mix you would expect to find,featuring bakeries,fish shops, butchers,etc.It has everything you want during your visit if you are staying in Paris Vacation Rental.One place where Rue Cler really stands out is cheese, featuring two very very good cheese shops.The first is La Fromagerie.The second is Marie Anne Cantin.Both are well-known, but Marie Anne Cantin holds the famous gourmet designation as an affineur (yes they are located on a side street just off Rue Cler to be accurate).

You will enjoy the bakery at the corner of Rue Cler and Rue De Grenelle for their amazing assortment of if you need to eat something good on the run to-go baked goods.

So are there exceptions to the mediocre restaurant rule?Here is one.Le Petit Cler.We wandered into Le Petit Cler late on afternoon hoping that despite its classic front that they might still be open after 3. They were and the lunch that followed was simple and good.We each had a salad and I settled on a safe choice, a chevre chaud or warmed goat cheese salad,a go to when in doubt.After a few glasses of a very dry saumur (13 euro for a 500 ml pichet) it arrived and I was very surprised.Like the restaurant it was gorgeous and good and worth the 12 euro. Innovate presentation,a wonderful slightly sweet balsamic reduction and enough to eat without being heavy or traditional.Good service too.

Another option is Cafe Rousillon. We also stumbled onto Cafe Rousillon one morning while searching for a croissant in the middle of a long walk.It was by far the most French establishment we found on Rue Cler.At 10 in the morning it was full of residents and people who worked in the neighborhood having a coffee or red wine before starting the day reading the newspaper and wishing they were still able to smoke at the cafe.No one was speaking English and even our average to poor French got replies in French.Nothing fancy here. That was just how it was.Unpretentious.Not cute.Something refreshing in this area which is often inundated with English speakers.

Later in the week when coming home from a late dinner when we hit it again for a beer around midnight.The place was alive. The draft beers were large, cold and 5 euro, not 10.A reality check away from vacation.A place to go when you are tired of being a tourist and want to be ignored.Finally you are just another guy having a beer in a French Bar that is not trying to hustle you by giving you the wrong change (sorry Monsieur, was that a 20? I did not know.) Like Le Zinc on Ave La Motte Piquet will.But that is another story.

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