| |  | Paradou | | | “Cozy bistro a vins named after the bucolic Provencal village of Le Paradou ("paradise" in the local dialect).” —nymag | | Cuisine: French |
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| | | | | | The outdoor garden at a quieter moment than we experienced it When Paradou opened in mid-2001, the Meatpacking District had not yet completed its metamorphosis from a seedy industrial district that was home to more prostitutes than restaurants, into the bastion of high-concept tourist d... Read More | | | | | | This past week, my team at work threw M (the aforementioned cupcake-providing former boss) a goodbye dinner, as she has moved on to another project. In my role as team event coordinator, I selected Paradou as the scene of the crime. I knew M had tried to eat at Paradou one night during the June heat... Read More | | | | | | There is nothing easy about keeping a restaurant open in NY. In fact, the only task more daunting than keeping a mega-restaurant like Del Posto afloat is staying out of the red if yours is a small venue with mostly good food in a neighborhood filled with bigger players with richer PR, marketing, ... Read More | | | | | | We don't want to see "dirty" and "grandma" on the same invite. When you want to combine boozing with bingo, you don’t necessarily have to sneak some nips out of Jackie’s Fifth Amendment and into the basement bingo hall a few doors down — for a while now, Paradou has hosted “dirt... Read More | | | | | | Dumbo: The Japanese publication Mapple released a guide to the nabe and recommends Jacques Torres Chocolate, Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, and Grimaldi’s as top picks. [Dumbo NYC] East Village: You don’t need to hunt down any Danish to track Frank Bruni; he’s a huge fan of Death & Co (and hopes... Read More | | | | | | One crate of number three, please.Photo: Melissa Hom Paradou Marché, the Lower East Side spinoff of meatpacking standby Paradou, is up and running at the Essex Street Market, Rob and Robin report in this week’s Openings. Given how small a space they have to work with, it’s impressive that the... Read More | | | | | | C'est Bastille Day aujourd hui! Frogs and Francophiles were out in force on Smith Street in Brooklyn yesterday for the Bastille Day celebration, which featured big band music by Baby Blue Orchids, plenty of French food, French cigarettes and heated games of Petanque, played on sand dumped out for th... Read More | | | | | | UR 1 OAK. What happens when an A-list of nightlife impresarios come together for 1 club? 1 OAK (an acronym for “one of a kind”) happens, that’s what. Join Jeffrey Jah (Lotus), Scott Sartiano (Butter), Richie Akiva (Butter) and Ronnie Madra for the next really big thing in nightlife. Opens tom... Read More | | | | | | So I am off to Buffalo for a while to see my family!! I haven't been there since Christmas time and I cannot wait to get back and see everyone. I won't be posting while I'm gone but you can be sure I will be eating tons of great Western NY food like chicken wings, beef on weck and hopefully I'll fi... Read More | | | | | | Rue Montorgueil, Paris, Festival of 30 June 1878 Claude Monet You don't have to go to Paris to get into the spirit of Bastille Day – New York is full of places to show your Gallic pride. Because July 14th falls on a Monday, the city's two biggest celebrations have been moved to Sun... Read More | | | |
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