Restaurant: Les Antiquaires

Location: 13 Rue du Bac, 75007 Paris, France. +33 1 42 61 08 36

Date: June 27, 2022

Cuisine: Parisian Bistro

Rating: Touristy, but delicious

Wanting something casual, but ignoring Tripadvisor, we found this well rated street cafe/bistro.

Yeah, it appears a bit touristy, and the menu is “classic” but execution is quite good.


The classic Paris street-side seating.

A glass of Chablis.

Condiments.

Classic Escargot. Straight up but perfect.

Tools for the snails.

Onion Soup. Also classic, but a very good cheesy/bready soup.

More bread — useful for dipping up the garlic butter from the snails.

Beef Tartare and fries.

There was actually a choice of Tartare style, the old pure French barely adorned style and this slightly newer “Italian” style with arugula and Parmesan.

French Fries. Really good thin crispy fries.

I was surprised how good the food was. I actually just wanted to order these obvious French favorites as a benchmark and they didn’t disappoint. Each of them was pretty much a perfect example of what it was.

Service was brusk but extremely efficient.

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