One of my favourite casual places to go on the left bank is
Le
Petit Prince de Paris, a comfortable and lively restaurant not
far from Pantheon. The menu is sort of updated classic French;
nothing too inventive, but not dull either. And achievable, with good
ingredients and appropriate attention from the kitchen. But I like the
place most because it has a good buzz. It's been a sort of gay
restaurant for 20 years; nothing overt, not in a gay neighbourhood,
but popular with young Parisian men. Lately it's been featured in a
lot of food guides (including Zagat) so it gets a much broader mix of
people. But it remains festive and comfortable and a place I'm happy
to know and go back to.
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