Bistro in Paris

Alsatian choucroute, landmarked Art Nouveau, the Académiciens' lunch.

The bistro mythology lives at #32 rue du Vertbois, controversial, expensive, irreplaceable.

Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name.

The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building.

Tomy Gousset's Michelin-starred neo-bistro near the Esplanade.