About that New Eiffel Tower Restaurant
Yesterday we told you about Alain Ducasse's new restaurant at the Eiffel Tower. It has an interesting back story, and it's certain to be better than the previous tenant. But those two pluses aren't making it any more palatable to Jaunted's Paris correspondent Monica Guy:
Okay, so the view's good. But for €155 or €190 (not including wine) you'd get a far better meal--or six--in a proper modern French restaurant. Such as my favourite-of-the-moment, the canal-side Hotel du Nord.
You want proof this place is just for tourists? For one thing, it closes at 21:30, which is when most French diners are just considering an aperitif.
And for another, Ducasse claims his new place is "100 percent French...in harmony with French wines." But the French aren't interested in 100 percent French any more--least of all in the matter of wine.
There you have it. Le Jules Verne restaurant: Great for rich tourists, bad for savvy Francophiles.
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