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The Best Places to Eat and Drink in France

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  3. Rank 768. Au Bon Jaja

    Natural Wine Bar

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  5. Rank 768. Au Ciel

    Chinese

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  13. Terracotta tiles and old beams set the scene at this country restaurant in a small village north of Paris, where two sisters run the room and their partners run the kitchen. The cooking is seasonal and modern, the kind where a smoked trout starter sits comfortably next to a classical braise. The menu rotates often enough that regulars have a reason to keep coming back, which they do.


  14. Rank 768. Auberge La Fenière

    Gluten-free Mediterranean

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  16. Rank 768. Augusta

    Wine Bar

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  23. Rank 768. Ave Pizza Romana

    Romana Pizzeria

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  24. Rank 768. AViné

    Natural Wine Bar

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  25. Rank 768. Avintures

    Wine Bar

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  26. Rank 768. B.B.N

    Natural Wine Bar

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  27. Rank 768. Baby Smash Burger

    Smash Burger American

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  28. Rank 768. Bagnat

    French

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  29. Pendant lights hang over exposed stonework a short walk from the Loire, and the two people running this modern restaurant in Nantes are the chef and the pastry chef, a couple who split the service between them: one covers the savory courses, the other steps in for dessert. Lunch leans casual and market-driven; dinner shifts into more ambitious territory. The room is warm and unshowy, and the cooking follows suit.


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    40 bis rue Fouré, Nantes, Pays de la Loire 44000, France · Nantes
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    Closed now, opens 12:15 PM

    Friday 12:15 PM–1:15 PM, 7:30 PM–9 PM

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  30. Rank 768. Bajocave

    Natural Wine Bar

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  32. Rank 768. Bang Bang

    Colombian

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  33. Rank 768. Banh Meï

    Vietnamese

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  34. Rank 768. Banh mi 88

    Vietnamese

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  38. Rank 768. Bar mada

    Italian


  39. Rank 768. Basta

    Neapolitan Pizzeria

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  40. Rank 768. BDS

    Natural Wine Bar

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  41. Rank 768. Beatriz

    Mexican

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  44. Rank 768. Belle Vue

    French

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  45. Rank 768. Bellecave

    Wine Bar

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  46. Rank 768. Belliou La Fumée

    Savoyard French

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  47. Rank 768. Benchy

    Japanese

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  50. Rank 768. Bercail

    Mediterranean

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  51. Rank 768. Betty Beef

    Steakhouse

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  54. Rank 768. Bing Sutt

    Coffee

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  55. Rank 768. Biovino

    Wine Shop

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  56. Rank 768. Bistro S

    Japanese


  57. An old wine cellar near rue Gabriel Péri, now a snug bistro run by two friends who trained with the Ducasse group. One cooks, the other steers a list of around a hundred carefully chosen bottles and keeps the room warm. The cooking is seasonal and quietly precise, the kind of place where the lunch menu is a genuine bargain and the short evening card changes with whatever the market offers that week.


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    Place de la Mairie, Saint-Romain, Burgundy-Franche-Comte 21190, France · Saint-Romain
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    Closed now, opens 12:15 PM

    Friday 12:15 PM–2 PM, 7:15 PM–11:59 PM

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  63. Rank 768. Bistrot École

    Modern French

    A converted schoolhouse in a hilltop winegrowing village, with a mulberry-shaded terrace and a set menu priced like the teacher still runs the room. This small bistro leans hard into the surrounding countryside, pulling einkorn, local pork, and fresh goat's cheese into a menu that changes with whatever Provence actually has to offer. The wine list runs the same local logic, and bottles are available to take home if the lesson runs long.


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    2 rue des Écoles, Esparron, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 83560, France · Esparron
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    Closed now, opens 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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  66. Rank 768. Bleach

    Basque

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  67. Rank 768. Blend

    Coffee

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  68. Rank 768. Bleu Canard

    Japanese

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  70. Rank 768. Blossom Bistrot

    Modern French

    Perched on the Seine with a direct sightline to the limestone cliffs of Giverny, this modern bistro in Vernon channels the kind of room you'd imagine a clever local found years ago: polished concrete, whitewashed walls, vintage furniture. The young chef trained under Éric Guérin and applies that polish to bistro classics, nudging a leek vinaigrette with coriander and black garlic without losing what made it a classic. Everything comes from within 100 kilometers.


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    35 quai Anatole-Caméré, Vernon, Normandy 27200, France · Vernon
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 7 PM–10 PM

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  71. Rank 768. Bocata

    French

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  73. Rank 768. Boni

    Boulangerie

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  74. Rank 768. Bønne

    Nordic Coffee Shop

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  76. A painting of the bonnotte potato hangs on the wall, which tells you everything about the priorities here. This is a warm, unfussy bistro in Boulogne-Billancourt where the cooking leans on vegetables and impeccably sourced produce. One half of the husband-and-wife team runs the kitchen while the other works the room, and the whole thing has the easy rhythm of people who know exactly what they're doing.


  77. Rank 768. Bonomia

    Bakery

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  79. Rank 768. Bouiboui

    Cambodian

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  80. Rank 768. Bouillant

    French

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  92. Rank 768. Brigand

    French

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  93. Rank 768. Brindezingue

    Natural Wine Bar

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  94. Polished concrete floors and pale wood set the scene at this stripped-back modern bistro in the 9th, where the kitchen leans hard into vegetables, fish, and seafood. The chef came up through Pierre Gagnaire's orbit before opening this quieter room, and the cooking shows it without making a fuss about it. Lunch is an easy entry point; evenings get more ambitious. A neighborhood place that happens to think carefully about what it puts on the plate.


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    17 rue Lamartine, Paris, Ile-de-France 75009, France · Paris
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    Closed now, opens 12:15 PM

    Friday 12:15 PM–1:45 PM, 7:15 PM–9:45 PM

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  95. Rank 768. Briquet

    Natural Wine Bar

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  96. Rank 768. Broche

    Levantine

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  97. Rank 768. Brood

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