Le Rigmarole

The 29 Best Restaurants in Paris

"One of the most unique tasting menus in town can be found on a quiet street in the 11th arrondissement—the same neighborhood where all of the city's most epoch-defining neo bistros and contemporary restaurants, such as Le Châteaubriand and Septime, have gotten their start—in a blink-and-you-miss-it space. There is warm, dim lighting and a smattering of simple wood tables but the best seats for solo diners or duos are those right at the long counter where the chef-couple Robert Compagnon and Jessica Yang (who met working for Guy Savoy in Paris) preside over an open kitchen with a binchotan grill. The menu des chefs might read like a shopping list–pigeon, oysters, salmon, mackerel, endive, leek–but these are the ingredients that will be grilled and served one at a time. Among the non-grilled dishes, there may be fresh pastas, tartare, and almost always a butternut beignet." - Lindsey Tramuta, Sara Lieberman