Paris for Jordan (curated recs)
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Paris for Jordan (curated recs)
Hilary Matson | @hilaryinparis
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These are curated recs for Jordan, coming to Paris in a group of 8 (6 adults, 2 teenagers).
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🍴 4 Restaurants
🍷 3 Wine Bars
🍦 2 Ice Cream Shop
📍 4 Off the Beaten Path Experiences
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Staying: Rambuteau/Chatelet
Restaurants
Pro Tip: I always recommend getting a reservation if the restaurant takes them! Especially with a group of 8, it will be hard to walk up and get in at most good places. You can use the app "The Fork" for some restaurants; I also offer calling for reservations as a service.
Pro Tip: Lunch hours are generally 12-2pm, Dinner hours are generally 7-10pm. Many restaurants close between these hours.
Pro Tip: Pretty much all restaurants/cafes and their wait staff will speak basic English. Maybe not the people answering the phone for a reservation, but once you're there, you don't need to stress about the language.
Affordable:
Bouillon Julien
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Bouillons are a super fun French experience, and well known for being very affordable! There are 5 throughout Paris. This one is decked out in extravagant art nouveau/art deco embellishments. You'll find lots of non-fussy, traditional French classics and have a blast admiring the decor inside.
For 4 people, the total bill for 4 appetizers, 4 mains, a soda, and 1 liter of house wine was 90 EUR.
We got the escargot, terrine, oeufs dur mayonnaise (my fav), and veloute froid (cold soup) for apps. For mains we got the bouillon Julien (the namesake hot soup with chunks of beef, carrots, and little pearl pasta), the Parisian salad, steak frites (subbed the roasted potatoes for fries), and the gratin aux courgette (zucchini gratin). All great!
Kid friendly! Spacious, loud, and paper table covers that are ok to draw on (crayons not provided).
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Hilary Matson | @hilaryinparis
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Hello et bonjour ! I'm (another) American in Paris.
I've lived in France since 2016 and I loooove sharing my Paris & France recs in hopes I can help others love this city and country as much as I do. I'm quite confident I've seen more of France than most French people, so no matter what you're looking for, I've (probably) done it!
✅ What I'm a great fit for: Mature travelers, couples, solo travelers, and families who enjoy soaking in authentic experiences, great food and wine, off-the-beaten-track gems, classic sites, and sustainable travel.
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❌ What I'm not a great fit for: Travelers focused on bars/clubbing or high-end shopping.
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🌍 PS: I'm on Thatch because I genuinely love sharing France with folks. My day job is running Yugen Earthside, a booking platform for responsible package trips primarily catering to groups of mature American travelers. My company's website is linked below.
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