Café Janine

"Open for: Lunch and dinnerPrice range: $$Sitting among beautiful flea market finds — old posters, prints, faience, and other objects curated by notably hospitable owner Thibault Sizun — you can have an excellent meal of artfully seasoned, traditional French dishes at this friendly, good-value bistro. Senegalese chef Soda Thiam hails from Italy, so pasta dishes are also a highlight, like agnolotti stuffed with blood pudding and ramps in cider sauce. Otherwise, expect dishes like cream of cauliflower soup with herbs and pumpkin seeds, rabbit escabeche with tarragon mayonnaise and grilled cabbage, pork-and-duck stuffed cabbage with onion puree, and a made-to-order apple tart for two. Located in the 17th arrondissement.Best for: Great Gallic grub in the lively, young Batignolles neighborhood, too often overlooked by visitors." - Alexander Lobrano