The Wall Street Journal published some websites in their travel section:

http://www.patriciawells.com/paris/ptables.htm
http://www.zagat.com/
http://www.jack-travel.com
http://www.bparis.com
http://www.reservethebest.com
http://www.gaultmillau.fr

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Comes at a great time, heading off there for 10 days at end of May. Many thanks, don't think i would have found these even the hard way....

I don't know how many "good" restaurants would be found on this, but www.SmokeFreeWorld.com (http://www.SmokeFreeWorld.com) is where I found Restaurant Marty - tasty and comfy! Here (http://www.smokefreeworld.com/paris.shtml) is the Paris-specific page.


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LGA,

and that is what Michelin writes about "your" Monty:

This large brasserie in attractive 1930's surroundings is the "local" for journalists from the nearby Le Monde newspaper. Seafood dishes, wine list provided.

BTW, when you ask in Paris for a NONSMOKING PLACE, you end up sitting in a (small) room filled with Americans ...

And this is what Patricia Wells, the restaurant/food critic for the International Herald Tribune, had to say about it over a year ago:

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Marty - a lively and recently refurbished brasserie at the edge of the fifth arrondissement - is different. The Art Deco treasure was opened by Etienne and Marthe Marty in 1913. Over the years, it has remained a trustworthy family brasserie known for its fish and shellfish.

Their grandchildren, Francois and Genevieve Perricouche, have taken over the 200-seat restaurant, carrying out a major restoration that has turned it into a jewel. The pair hired Thierry Colas, a chef with experience at La Tour d'Argent and Laperouse, to head the kitchens and Guy Legay, a former chef at the Ritz, as consultant.

The marriage seems to be working. Dinner there had that great old-time brasserie flair, with two floors of dining rooms packed with eager and satisfied diners. Little details - a freshly lighted candle at each table, silver finger bowls and giant mounds of fresh butter (no tiny pats here, please) - make one smile ...</font>

http://www.patriciawells.com/reviews/iht/2001/0902.htm

She is usually pretty reliable and I remember reading this article and wanting to try Marty. I haven't yet, but I think I will.

LGA, there are some good restaurants on that web page you referenced, but the smoking/non-smoking situation can still be hit or miss in Paris. It really largely depends on how respectful your fellow diners are of the designated areas.

Dininginfrance.com

This website has links to reviews, plus top restaurant webpages, incl some menus. It's a great website.

The family and I leave in a couple of weeks for the UK and France. I have been through some of the websites listed here and find the information to be a great help in seeing what is standard fare at different places. The family and I have come across a few places we want to revist in Paris from previous trips, but I was wondering what those of you who live in Paris or have visted in the past might suggest as a great place for dinner. In particular, I am looking for places where we can take kids (10 and 14), yet still have a great meal. I have no problems with taking the boys to more upscale places (they know how to behave and have done upscale places before), but it could be a simple bistro also as we will probably not bring coat and tie, etc. for this trip (I will have a sport coat, I guess).

Any suggestions? All kinds of food are open for consideration. Not looking to drop lots of $$ (or Euro's) and anything under about $50-60 Euro's per person would be fair game. We will be staying at the Hyatt Madeleine, but anything as far away as the 5th or 6th Arr. is fine.

Thanks for any help.

rockdoc --

The Ferme St Hubert is a place that everyone might enjoy, and where the kids could have a grilled ham and cheese sandwich that they'll remember for a long, long time. It's a casual restaurant just a few blocks from the Madeleine, on 21 rue Vignon (between the Madeleine and the big department stores), and they specialize in cheese dishes. A croque-monsieur is in theory nothing more than a grilled ham and cheese, but this one will blow you away. (Almost literally; it's a good idea to have your cardiologist's phone number handy.)

Another website with many, many articles from Patricia Wells:

http://www.iht.com/IHT/DINE/index.html

And here is my list which I have in my Palm for good and not to expensive restaurants in Paris; source: Michelin:

Ambassade d'Auvergne 22 r. Grenier St-Lazare Paris 03
Caroubier 82 bd Lefebvre Paris 15
Champ de Mars 17 av. La Motte-Picquet Paris 07
Chez Géraud 31 r. Vital Paris 16
Chez Léon 32 r. Legendre Paris 17
Chez Maître Paul 12 r. Monsieur-le-Prince Paris 06
Graindorge 15 r. Arc de Triomphe Paris 17
Monsieur Lapin 11 r. R. Losserand Paris 14
Péché Mignon 5 r. Guillaume Bertrand Paris 11
Repaire de Cartouche 99 r. Amelot Paris 11
Traversière 40 r. Traversière Paris 12
A et M le Bistrot 105 r. Prony Paris 17
A La Bonne Table 42 r. Friant Paris 14
Anacréon 53 bd St-Marcel Paris 13
Astier 44 r. J.-P. Timbaud Paris 11
Au Bon Accueil 14 r. Monttessuy Paris 07
Biche au Bois 45 av. Ledru-Rollin Paris 12
Boucoléon 10 r. Constantinople Paris 08
Café d'Angel 16 r. Brey Paris 17
Chez Jean 8 r. St-Lazare Paris 09
Clos des Gourmets 16 av. Rapp Paris 07
du Marché 59 r. Dantzig Paris 15
Ferme des Mathurins 17 r. Vignon Paris 08
Jean-Pierre Frelet 25 r. Montgallet Paris 12
L'Ardoise 28 r. Mont-Thabor Paris 01
L'Avant Goût 26 r. Bobillot Paris 13
L'Épi Dupin 11 r. Dupin Paris 06
Les Olivades 41 av. Ségur Paris 07
Les Ormes 8 r. Chapu Paris 16
Maupertu 94 bd La Tour Maubourg Paris 07
Moissonnier 28 r. Fossés-St-Bernard Paris 05
Mûrier 42 r. Olivier de Serres Paris 15
P'tit Troquet 28 r. Exposition Paris 07
Pamphlet 38 r. Debelleyne Paris 03
Petite Auberge 38 r. Laugier Paris 17
Petite Sirène de Copenhague 47 r. N.-D. de Lorette Paris 09
Pierrot 18 r. Étienne Marcel Paris 02
Pré Cadet 10 r. Saulnier Paris 09
Soupière 154 av. Wagram Paris 17
Troquet 21 r. F. Bonvin Paris 15

I think Le Souffle would be fun - they have much more on the menu, but it is possible to order a three course dinner with a souffle for every course (including the chocolate souffle for dessert). My recollection is that the three course prix fixe is about $30. It's a small place and it is charming.