Grande Brasserie | PARIS BY MOUTH

July 6, 2023

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Grande Brasserie has a number of issues going for it. The classic décor, within the area that was Le Petit Bofinger, is attractive. Mild streams in by means of the massive home windows, and the partitions are adorned stunning previous murals and posters. Proprietor Adrien Spanu has a number of restaurant associates who helped him put collectively probably the greatest wine lists in Paris (trace: it appears to be like so much like those you’ll discover at Semilla and Fish). It’s centrally situated and open day by day, and it serves the type of traditional French dishes that each guests and locals love. It’s massive sufficient to welcome massive teams, and there’s a really, very cute canine.

If the meals have been excellent, this place can be packed. It’s sadly not, and the place is fairly empty. I’ve returned twice as a result of I’m rooting for this restaurant. Every meal has featured a number of “fairly good” dishes and fairly a number of head scratchers. Most lately, a dish of beef cheek managed to be utterly dry on the within with one knob of grisly fats on the skin. A thick heirloom pork chop was fried to hell and described as à la viennoise (a supposed schnitzel). Desserts have at all times been dependable, as is the starter of eggs mayo with celery root remoulade, however don’t anticipate fireworks from the remainder of the menu.