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  1. Rank 768. Kuma

    Japanese

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  2. Rank 768. Kunitoraya

    Japanese Noodle Shop

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  3. Rank 768. L'Abri

    Natural Wine Bar

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  4. Rank 768. L'Altro Frenchie

    Modern Italian

    The cotoletta alla milanese is sized for two, which tells you something about the spirit of the place. This modern Italian bistro on rue du Nil is Greg Marchand's more relaxed second act, where British and American touches slip into the pasta and crudo without much apology. The chocolate cake is a nod to Jamie Oliver's old River Café recipe, and the wines come straight from the Frenchie shop next door.


    Address
    9 rue du Nil, Paris, Ile-de-France 75002, France · Paris
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 7 PM–10:30 PM

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  6. Rank 768. L'Antidote

    Wine Bar

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  7. An old Aubrac inn, renovated into something light and contemporary, with a terrace that faces a garden full of bloom in season. The chef spent twelve years cooking with Bras at Laguiole, and the menu reads like a love letter to the plateau, trout, Aveyron snails, and local herbs like meadowsweet and wild garlic woven through dishes that are fresher and more inventive than the remote address might lead you to expect.


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  14. A standing-room wine and snack bar wedged next to Yves Camdeborde's famous Saint-Germain bistro, this little sibling runs on oysters, anchovies, boudin noir, and whatever else the kitchen feels like playing with that evening. The menu reads like a party where nobody agreed on a theme, which turns out to be exactly right. You'll be pressed against strangers holding a glass of natural wine, and you won't mind at all.


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  24. A former fine arts student runs this contemporary restaurant in Lavaur, and the plating reflects it without being theatrical about it. The chef builds a surprise set menu each evening around organic market gardens and small-scale farms nearby, with natural and independent wines alongside. The room has exposed tile and stone walls, and the small patio terrace fills up fast when the weather cooperates.


    Address
    1 place Pasteur, Lavaur, Occitania 81500, France · Lavaur
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 8 PM–9:30 PM

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  25. Rank 768. L'Orillon

    Bistro

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  27. Rank 768. L'Ossau

    French

    The poule au pot here arrives fully deboned, stuffed with veal, foie gras, and morels, the broth served separately as a drink alongside garnishes in small copper pans. A contemporary bistro run by two friends, L'Ossau does lunch on a rotating weekly menu of classic French cooking and keeps the whole operation warm without trying too hard. The kind of neighborhood spot that makes Pau look very good at French food.


    Address
    32 rue Tran, Pau, New Aquitaine 64000, France · Pau
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–1:30 PM, 7:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  29. Rank 768. La Bamboche

    Wine Bar

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  36. Rank 768. La Cabane

    Corsican Mediterranean

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  37. Rank 768. La Cabane à Vin

    Natural Wine Bar

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  39. Rank 768. La Cale

    Natural Wine Bar

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  41. Rank 768. La Carioca

    Bakery Brazilian

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  42. Rank 768. La Cave

    Natural Wine Bar

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  46. Rank 768. La Cave de Belleville

    Natural Wine Bar

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  48. Rank 768. La Cave du Théâtre

    Natural Wine Bar

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  49. Rank 768. La Cave Jovin

    Natural Wine Bar

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  51. Rank 768. La Combine

    Dessert

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  53. Rank 768. La Coquerie

    Mediterranean


  54. Rank 768. La Courtille

    Regional French

    A converted silkworm farm built of white stone is an unusual home for a restaurant, but La Courtille makes it feel inevitable. The chef trained under Raquel Carena at Le Baratin in Paris, and that pedigree shows in the cooking, which is rooted in the regional produce of the Gard without making a fuss about it. Natural wines and local Tavel and Lirac labels anchor the list. In summer, an ancient cedar shades the terrace.


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  56. Rank 768. La Dégust’ Nature

    Natural Wine Bar

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  59. Rank 768. La Ferme de la Ruchotte

    Farm-to-table French

    The chickens here are not an afterthought; they're the whole point. This farm-to-table lunch spot in the Burgundy hills has the chef raising rare breeds of poultry alongside pigs and kitchen garden vegetables, then cooking all of it for a room of 35. No dinner service, no shortcuts. The setting is rustic farmhouse, the cooking is anything but rough. Book ahead, show up hungry at noon, and plan to linger well into the afternoon.


  60. Rank 768. La Galupe

    Basque

    The hooks where bargemen once hung their catch are still in the wall, which tells you how long this riverside restaurant has been at it. Stone floors, exposed beams, and red Basque shutters face the Adour. The chef sources almost everything from the village, down to the ceramist who threw the plates. A Michelin Selected restaurant with a relaxed, rooted feeling that takes its local brief more seriously than most.


    Address
    15 le Port, Urt, New Aquitaine 64240, France · Urt
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–1:30 PM, 7 PM–9 PM

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  63. Rank 768. La Malicia

    Mezcal Mexican

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  66. Rank 768. La Méduse

    Wine Bar

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  67. A British chef and a Quebec sommelière running a bistronomic restaurant a short walk from the Canebière is either a great joke or a great meal, and Marseille seems to have decided it's both. Lunch runs a tight, sensibly priced menu; evenings go to a five-course creative format with a barbecue edge and sharp seasonal cooking. The R&B soundtrack and cosmopolitan kitchen keep things loose. Book early, or try the counter or the Cours Saint-Louis terrace from spring onward.


    Address
    9 cours Saint-Louis, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 13001, France · Marseille
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2:15 PM, 7:15 PM–9:30 PM

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  69. Rank 768. La Mutfak

    Middle Eastern

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  70. Rank 768. La Naine Rouge

    Natural Wine Bar

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  76. Rank 768. La Récré

    Wine Bar

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  77. Rank 768. La Ronde de l’Abbaye

    Wood-fired Pizzeria

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  79. A stone farmhouse on the Causse de Limogne, where two former sommeliers came home from New Zealand and learned to butcher from the proprietress's father. The result is a meat-forward restaurant that runs nose to tail on local animals from the surrounding departments, smoked, grilled, simmered, or pressed into terrine. On Sundays the old bread oven fires up for a leg of lamb. The wine list runs to 200 labels, organic and biodynamic among them, and she knows every one.


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  87. Rank 768. La Toupie

    Wine Bar

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  88. Knife handles carved from squid-fishing lures give this micro-bistro its name and its personality. A large counter anchors the small room, surrounded by azulejo tiles in marine motifs and chairs that look like they washed in from the beach. The menu runs to shareable small plates, heavy on impeccable local fish, with enough chilli butter and coconut broth to keep things lively. Cap Ferret casual, with food that earns the detour.


  89. Rank 768. La Voile à Vin

    Natural Wine Bar

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  90. Rank 768. LE 107 BIS

    Wine Bar

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  91. Rank 768. Le 1903

    Modern French


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  93. The terrace faces the water at Port-Mer, small boats in the foreground and Mont-Saint-Michel somewhere on the horizon. Inside, a 1930s fresco of Saint-Malo port life covers the wall, and the rest of the room leans into chic seaside bistro. Hugo Roellinger runs the place, and the seafood, oysters to turbot to lobster over coals, comes in notably fresh, often finished with the spice blends his family's name is built on.



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  95. The blue shutters are the landmark; the single set menu, wine and cheeseboard included, is the whole deal. This Provençal bistro in a sleepy village runs on a rotating daily dish, cassoulet on Wednesdays and so on, built around the region's classics: aioli, spit-roast chicken, calf's head. You book by telephone only, which tells you most of what you need to know about the pace of the place. The room is loud in a good way.


  96. Rank 768. Le Bistrot Flaubert

    Modern French


    Address
    10 rue Gustave-Flaubert, Paris, Ile-de-France 75017, France · Paris
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–1:30 PM, 7 PM–9:30 PM

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  97. Rank 768. Le Boïdicou

    Modern French

    A boïdicou, in Occitan, is the basket you take to market, which tells you most of what you need to know about this relaxed modern restaurant in the Périgord Noir. Two young chefs run it, sourcing nearly everything from within fifty kilometers, so the lunch menu shifts week to week depending on what showed up. Evenings tip into a more elaborate surprise set menu. The Dordogne countryside keeps the room honest, and the service moves without fuss.


    Address
    27 route des Eyzies, Thonac, New Aquitaine 24290, France · Thonac
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 7 PM–9 PM

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