The red guide is called "le Guide Rouge.. PARIS". This guide has only hotels and restaurants and basic maps locating them. The first time we went to France, we bought the Michelin Red Guide for France, and were dismayed to find no Paris. These guides go out of date after acouple of years.

The Green Guide for Paris has all the sights, and are star rated. These guides hold up pretty well, and we replace only about every 4-5 years. I think Paris has now split off Paris Environs, but not sure.

The Michelin map integrates the guides with the city, and is well worth having.

If you are a big enough nerd to do guide books, maps, and actually want to see things and walk around in Paris, get a compass. It really helps.

USAFAN also listed the Gault-Millau(Go-Mi-o) site. These two guys really were the driving force in moving from the butter and cream food of Escoffiea(sp) and Brillat-Saverin(sp) to the new, light cooking now presented. However, I think both are now dead, and the reviews , if any, are not like of old. The G-M books still work well in the outling areas (anywhere 50km away from Paris)