With its seafood tapas bar next door (Clamato) and its tiny wine bar across the street (Septime la Cave), Septime has done more to gentrify this stretch of the 11th arrondissement than years of town planning ever could. With reservations made well in advance, people cross the entire city for a table in Bertrand Grébaut’s retro-chic neo-bistro. But that’s not why you should come. The progressive, seasonal dishes—anything from line-caught squid with mustard and leek sauce to pigeon with beetroot and Morello cherries—are consistently delicious, and the menus change daily according to what’s freshest in the produce market. If you can’t score a dinner reservation, try lunchtime. And if all else fails, nip next door to Clamato, where fabulous small plates of crab fritters, clams, or trout roe are washed down with lip-smacking wine that starts for as little as 5.50€ a glass. You won’t be disappointed.
Paris› Restaurant
Septime
80 rue de Charonne, 11th arrond.
Our Rating
Neighborhood
République, Bastille & Eastern Paris (11th & 12th Arrondissements)
Hours
Mon–Fri 12:15–2pm and 7:30–11pm
Transportation
Métro: Charonne or Ledru-Rollin
Phone
01-43-67-38-29
Prices
Fixed-price lunch 70€ or dinner 120€
Cuisine Type
Modern French
Web site
Septime
Other
Closed 3 weeks in Aug
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