3 Delicious Paris gems: A street, a restaurant & a gluten free bakery

Three of my favourite eating places from the French Open visit to Paris.

Rue St André des Arts and Rue de Buci

These streets connect to each other and you can walk to them from the Metro stations at Saint-Michel, Odeon and St Germain des Pres. There are lots of different restaurants and bars with a variety of different types of food and Happy Hours.

There is an Irish pub called Corcorans near the Saint-Michel end of Rue St Andre des Arts that had a big screen for watching tennis.

By night (not the best photo form an iPhone but it gives you the feel of the street)

Le Petit Jacob on Rue Jacob

36 Rue Jacob

Area: Saint Germain Des Prés

There are restaurants, bars and cafes everywhere in Paris. So many in fact that it’s hard to choose one.

The first few times we ate out were a little bit disappointing. We chose places that offered a “formule” menu of a few courses for a set price. There is a lot of duck, salmon and chicken on the menu and the food was OK for the price but not overly memorable.

After the first few days we checked some recommendations from friends and went to places that were in a side street, rather than on the big main streets.

This place, Le Petit Jacob, was perfect and reminded me of somewhere you find in Melbourne. It’s small, comfortable, good value with very friendly service.

View the Trip Advisor page.

Seats at the front, there are tables and chairs as well

Cucumber and goats cheese with olive oil

Ham tartine

Helmet Newcake – Gluten Free Patisserie

36 Rue Bichat

Area: Canal St Martin- Hôpital St Louis

I am forever grateful that @frameyourself on Twitter told me about this place. I’m gluten free so Paris can be tough in terms of resisting the croissants, baguettes and pastries. But this is a 100% gluten free patisserie so having a chocolate eclair was a truly unexpected pleasure.

View the Yelp UK page.