The Best Seafood Near La Croix Blanche, by the Record

The bright blue façade on rue de Saint-Simon is easy to spot, and inside it's a chic, unfussy brasserie where the menu tilts almost entirely toward the sea. Pierre Gagnaire holds a Michelin star here, and the kitchen applies that same restless precision to shellfish and line-caught fish rather than the grand tasting-menu format. The room draws a quietly confident crowd who know exactly where they've booked.

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A Clamato is a Bloody Mary with clam juice, and yes, you can order one here at this seafood wine bar, the sibling to Septime around the corner on rue de Charonne. The menu is short, the fish and vegetables arrive simply cooked on sharing plates, and the whole thing takes its cues from American East Coast oyster bars filtered through a Paris sensibility. No reservations, so the line outside is part of the deal. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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The name is Parisian slang for friends you share a meal with, which tells you everything about the spirit of this modern brasserie in the 19th. Choice cuts and seafood arrive at the table to be divvied up, not plated with architectural ambition. The team previously cooked and poured at Clamato and the Ritz bar respectively, a combination that sounds like a joke and turns out to be a very good idea.

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The painted ceiling and Art Nouveau tilework make it easy to forget your menu exists, which would be a shame because Cyril Lignac's kitchen leans into fish and seafood with real conviction. This Parisian bistro in the 11th has the bones of a classic and the cooking of someone who isn't interested in coasting on them. The lobster roll and the millefeuille have both become regulars' standing orders.

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