So, last Monday I read in “Do it in Paris” that the venerable Vins des Pyrenees which was 1. Jim Morrison’s haunt, had been renovated by 2. the creator behind Georges and the Marly 3. had a new chef from Saturne and the Terroir d’Avenir. Sounded pretty good to me and I invited my wine expert friend to try it out.
5.65 Les Vins des Pyrenees, 25 Rue des Beautreillis in the 4th, 01.42.72.64.94, open 7/7, (Metro: St. Paul) looks much like it must have 30 years ago when my dining companion first came since he was staying across the road and it was one of the rare places open Sunday evenings. The street is quirky and the restaurant packed with locals.
He started off with leeks vinaigrette with nuts that I thought were way above average and I had a ton of bulots with mayonaise that I considered almost as good as my preparation.
Then we both had giant cones of calamari stuffed with a most unFrench spicy pepper stuffing, with nice fennel pieces.
I insisted on a dessert and the brioche perdu with caramel was terrific.
With a bottle of Chinon (unpictured) and three glasses more, no bottled water but 3 coffees our bill was 129.10€.
Go? Hummmm. At the end I asked “so how do you rate this?” He said, “using your scale, 5.8,” and I was at 5.5, so doing the math, it’s 5.65. Above average but not spectacular.
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