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| Cuisine | Traditional French | ||
| Hours | Daily noon-11:45pm | ||
| Address | 49 rue des Ecoles, 5e | ||
| Location | 5th Arrondissement (Latin Quarter) | ||
| Transportation | Métro: Odéon or Cluny-La Sorbonne | ||
| Reservations | Reservations strongly recommended | ||
| Phone | 01-43-54-13-67 | ||
| Web site | www.brasseriebalzar.com | ||
| Prices | Main courses 18€-35€ | ||
| Credit Cards | AE, DC, MC, V | ||
Frommer's Review
Opened in 1898, Brasserie Balzar is battered but cheerful, with some of Paris's most colorful waiters. The menu makes almost no concessions to modern cuisine; it includes onion soup, pepper steak, sole meunière, sauerkraut with ham and sausage, pigs' feet, and fried calves' liver served without garnish. Be warned that if you want just coffee or a drink, you probably won't get a table at mealtimes. But the staff, accustomed to many patrons' odd hours, will be happy to serve you dinner in the midafternoon. Guests have included Sartre and Camus (who often got into arguments), James Thurber, and countless professors from the nearby Sorbonne.
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