Originally Posted by PaulasPain
The real enjoyment is finding that great little bistro with superior cuisine at profit-defying prices. MJLogan's suggestion of Le C'Amelot is a bulls eye. Some others are Chez Grisette (14 r Houdon near Montmartre), Macis et Muscade (110 r Legendre 17th), Les Zygomates (7 r Capri 12th), and Le Bistrot du Peintre (116 av Ledru Rollin 11th).
I'll put your picks in my address book, and try at least one on my next trip! I think that, even if I could afford to eat at Le Cinq on my own dime, I'd do it very rarely, and stick to places like these.