Have you ever woken up and thought, “Gosh, I’d love to eat at a second-best restaurant today?” Of course you haven’t. Whether you’ve lived here your entire life or are visiting for the first time, ...

Let’s get real: It’s never been harder to book restaurant tables in Paris. Not only is tourism booming (a projected 37.4 million visited Greater Paris in 2025, according to the tourist office), but ...

"It is unquestionably the place in the universe where the finest cuisine is served," said Grimod de La Reynière of Paris in the 19th century. France's first food critic — the brain behind the Almanach ...

I’m recently returned from two weeks in Paris for vacation (planned for the window right before so many restaurants close for a break in August), and I didn’t even pretend I intended to give myself a ...

PARIS — More than half a century ago my father was lucky enough to visit Paris, where, he said, you couldn’t get a bad meal. Like most clichés, that one probably stood on shaky evidence. But Dad’s ...