Au Pied de Fouet
PRICE:
Frommer's Recommended
ADDRESS: 45 rue de Babylone, 7e
CITY: Paris
COUNTRY: France
PHONE 1: 01-47-05-12-27
This is one of the neighborhood's oldest and most reasonably priced restaurants. In the 1700s, it was a stopover for carriages en route to Paris, offering wine, food, and stables. Don't expect a leisurely or attentive meal: Food and drink will disappear quickly from your table, under the gaze of others awaiting their turn. The dishes are solid and unpretentious and include
blanquette de veau (veal stew), chicken in vinegar sauce (a house specialty),
petit salé (a savory family style stew made from pork and vegetables and served with lentils), and filet of sea wolf or filet of codfish. If you demand a polite staff, go elsewhere. The waiters are among the rudest in Paris. Some visitors claim that's part of the charm of this place. You decide.
Copyright: Excerpted from
Frommer's Paris 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Paris
, France