Italian Dinner in Paris Please

Do you want help to find out the name of that particular restaurant,( which since you had a memorable meal there I can understant) , or just Italian in general( really, in Paris!?)There are plenty of Italian places around , pizza etc, I saw many in Latin Quarter. Wondering though, if the class was going to Rome would you ask for suggestions for a French restaurant,, or do you think french food is all snails and raw oysters?

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/paris/restaurants/italian Assuming most of these kids are on a budget, above are some recommendations from Lonely Planet. Let it go, Pat... It's not like she asked where the nearest Olive Garden is to Notre Dame. They are high school kids. Not all of them will want to try steak tartare or foie gras. But there are plenty of French bistros dishing up simple meals with chicken or beef that are fine for less adventurous eaters and they can't go wrong if they find a decent creperie for a savory dinner crepe or a sweet dessert crepe. And Paris, like all major cities, has many different dining options for times when you have your fill of the local cuisine (ever see how many tourists line up to get a falafel in the Marais?). If a visitor from Paris came to Boston, I would not expect every night he/she will be eating clam chowder or lobster.

It's not in the ninth, actually can't remember where it is (so I guess it might be!) but I bet you could find it on trip advisor...when I visited a friend in Paris, we went out to lunch. I told her we were interested in something French, and she didn't frequent any in the neighborhood (where she worked...wish I could remember!) but she did take us to her favorite lunch spot. It was called Little Italy (yes, in English). Might be worth a look; it was quite good, and filled with working Parisians. Not as helpful as I wish I could be, sorry!

Oh,, I know its not all steak tartar and foie gras,, I have taken a teen and a child to Paris and they did just fine on french food,, so thats my point. I am sorry, I just think some tourists have a really warped view of what french food is,, they really imagine its all strange ,, and it primarily is pretty basic meat and potatoes . Steak and fries, roast chicken , beef stew, chicken stew, pork and fish.. etc.. I guess I should add I wasn't a food nazi with my kids, they did get to eat french McDonalds too,, I just bristle when I think people are nervous to eat french because they think its too "exotic".

Wow, for all of you who offered helpful responses, thank you!!!! For the individual who wants to assume that because my son is eating Italian one of the 6 nights he will be in Paris he will leave Paris without trying French food, that is quite a large assumption. I will make sure all people coming to NC in the future only eat bbq (even though our family doesn't eat bbq) from now on?!

Also, the restaurant is called Bistro Florentin it is off the beaten path and fantastic!

Amen Michelle! The best lasagna, and I've ever had in my life was in Paris. Geesh! are people who travel to the UK just supposed to eat fish & chips, or conversely Europeans traveling to the US just supposed to order hamburgers..... duh!

Glad the name of the place you were looking for was included in that link I sent you, Michelle - but that's in the 11e, not the 9th. James: yeah, had to point out the falafel craze in the Marais. These days, I steer clear of most of Rick's restaurant recommendations as in the past I've eaten pretty bland & forgettable meals at his top picks (he's a really good travel writer - just not a good restaurant critic). Pat: Great you brought your kids to France & they ate lots of French food, but where's the rule that states everyone who drags their kids to Paris must do so for the sole purpose of trying "real" French food or exposing them to some new "exotic" foods. If you live within a few hours drive from a big city, there are lots of places in North America where kiddies can experiment thanks to lots of new chefs introducing these tastes to North American palates. Often I go to Philadelphia to visit my friend and we take her 10 year old twins out to dinner with us - those kids have eaten (and loved) things like bone marrow, rabbit, squid, sweetbreads, tongue, blood pudding, sea urchin and, yes, even escargot & foie gras. So when they do go to Europe every few years, she doesn't really get bent out of shape if they pipe up one night and announce they want to have a burger or mac n' cheese. They already get the exposure at home in the States. One of their favorite tv shows is Andrew Zimmern's "Bizarre Foods" and they constantly ask if they can find some place locally that serves up some of the things Andrew gets to eat. There are also some kids who are incredibly picky eaters & I can totally understand if the parents simply don't want to waste the energy fighting over what's for dinner, or spending money on a meal that will be picked at.

Ceidleh, Michelle, Could one of you post the exact address for Bistro Florentin in the 11th. Thanks.

Il Suppli? 2 Rue Condé 75006 Paris, France Or Le Petit Bordelais 22 Rue Surcouf, 75007
Paris, France

le Bistro Florentin 40 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud Paris 75011
Tel. 01 43 55 57 00

One of the best Italian restuarants I have been to was La Taverna in Paris. Great food, ambience, location etc. It's in the 7th by the Eiffel Tower. 22 rue du Champ de Mars - telephone 01 45 51 64 59.
If your son goes, tell him to look for the picture of BONO of U2 with the owner in the display cabinet by the tables. To tell you how good it was. I was there in July of 2010, and still keep their card in my wallet, hoping I can make it back there with a special woman someday.

One of the great things about traveling to world-class cities with a diverse population is the ability to eat world cusiene and not necessarily be "stuck" with the with the same kind of food for every meal. I will be eating French food in Paris, including raw oysters, but I'm most excited about the chance to eat some foods that I can't get prepared well in Stuttgart, like Vietnamese Pho or dim sum. In smaller cities or rural areas you're usually better off sticking to the local cusiene (if there's even anything else offered!) but in international cities I like to eat internationally!