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Kosher List-July 2015 or Here.

RESTAURANTS (the best of)

There are hundreds of kosher restaurants in Paris.  The locals generally don't eat the meat under Beis Din as they don't require Glatt meat.  But they will eat everything else under Beis din.

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NameLocationMetroTypeHechsherNotes
Darjeeling17thArgentine-1MeatRottenberg
Sar Eden19thOurcq-5BakeryRottenbergOrganic bakery
Charles Traiteur19thOurcq-5BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur20thSaint-Mandé-1BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur11thRue-Des-Boulets-9BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur16thVictor-Hugo-2BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur17thWagram-3BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur Halavi17thWagram-3BakeryBeth-Din Chalavi
Korcarz4thSaint-paul-1BakeryBeth-DinIn the Marais
Ardely’s19thOurcq-5Milk ChocolateKatz
Damyel19thOurcq-5Parve ChocolateRottenberg
L’As Du Fallafel4thSaint-paul-1FallafelBeth-Dinin the Marais
L’Inte Cafe12thMiromesnil-9,13DairyBeth-Din15 minute walk from the Park Hyatt
Kosher pizza4thSaint-paul-1PizzaRottenberg
Le Shine17thPorte Maillot-1ChineseLubavitchnear the Arc
Soumsoum11thVoltaire- 9MeatLubavitchGreat Israeli restaurent, there is a second one in the 8th
Doron ba Laïla19thGare Saint-Lazare 3-12-13-14MeatRottenbergNice meat restaurant
Tibs19thOurcq-5DairyKatz
Thai One2ndSentier-3MeatRottenberg
Le XXV16thTrocadéro-9-6BakeryRottenberg Chalavi
Le XXV8thTernes-2BakeryRottenberg Chalavi




Activities:
-Segway Tour. Please do not PM Ergel with requests for coupon codes. The codes are long dead
-Seine River Tour
-Eiffel Tour (Metro: Trocadero -6,9)
-Versailles Palace and Gardens. Never wait on line to buy tickets. 1. Use museum pass 2. Buy in advance 3. There are vending machines near the bathrooms (you have to poke around to find them) without lines. (if you go during a really busy time and the line seems endlessly long, go to the gardens first and return to the palace in the afternoon when lines are shorter). To get an audio guide, you usually proceed across the Royal Courtyard after passing security. If the lines for the audio guides are long, turn left in the Courtyard, to the Apartments of the daughter's of Louis XV’s. There you'll find another counter where you can get audio guides, with no lines at all. You can then exit the apartments and continue along the tour, bypassing the longer line.
-Louvre Art Museum (Closed Tuesday) (Metro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre -1,7) Shushan/Purim artifacts that can be seen at the Louvre, per the book Purim and the Persian Empire.
-D'Orsay Art Museum (Closed Monday) (Metro: Solférino -12)
-Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries (closed Tuesday) small museum featuring Monet's lilies (Metro Concorde: -1,8,12)
-Centre Georges Pompidou modern art museum open 11-9. closed tuedays (Metro: Rambuteau -11)
-Tuileries Gardens. (Metro: Tuileries -1)
-Paris sewer museum Smells really bad but an interesting look at the sewer system
-Champs Elysees shopping (Metro: Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau -1,13)
-Arc de Triomphe (Metro: Charles de Gaulle - Étoile -1,2,6)
-Operan National De Paris opera house. tours daily 11:30 and 2:30. Admission included in Museum Pass, tour extra
-Montmartre (Great neighborhood to walk around with boutiques, artists, and great views, and a funicular that kids will love) (Metro: abbesses -12, Anvers -2)
-The Great Synagogue (La Victoria) is beautiful but the main shul is only open on Shabbos mornings for Shacharis, but definitely worthwhile if you're there over Shabbos (Metro: Notre-Dame-de-Lorette -12)

Hotels:
-Park Hyatt Paris (Hyatt cat 7) is an outstanding value for your points. They used to give a phenomenal kosher breakfast but now it's barely even worth requesting.  Still rooms are a decent size for Paris, the Spa facilities are very nice, and the intoxicating smell used throughout the hotel for forever be linked with the romance of Paris. Ideally located between the Opera and Tuileries metro stations.
The Park Hyatt has free parking, though driving and parking elsewhere in Paris is very difficult.
The Park Hyatt has also complimentary bikes for guests.
There is a backdoor for entry on shabbos.

-The InterContinental Paris - Le Grand is not far from the Park Hyatt. It cost 70k IHG points per night or you can use IHG free nights. It is a good alternitive if the PH is not available or if you don't have/don't want to spend 30k Hyatt points per night.

-The Westin (SPG cat 6) is not as luxurious at the Park Hyatt but is located nearby and does the trick if you only have Starpoints and not Chase or Hyatt points.

Shabbos meals:
-Chabad of Champs Elysees has great shabbos meals and you're sure to bump into other tourists there as well to share tips.
It is a 30 minute walk to the Park Hyatt, but the walk is quite lovely via the Tuileries Gardens and the Champs Elysees.
Reservations are required: http://www.chabadchampselysees.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/888847/jewish/Shabbat-at-Chabad-Champs-Elyses.htm
-if you don't/can't eat at Chabad, they suggest getting takeout from Ben & Cook located in the 8th. Hashgacha: rabbinate Lubavitch De France 33 1 45 61 03 95. 35 Euro for 2 challas, 2 dips, meatballs with noodles or veggies for 2. they close at 3pm on Fridays (in the summer). call for more info
- Friday night meals at Grand Synagogue http://www.tiny.cc/chabbat

There is no eruv in Paris. Consider taking the metro to shul with your talis bag along with return tickets for motzei shabbos.

Transport from CDG:
-If you are going to the Opera area you can take the RoissyBus (pronounced Wahsee-Boos as you will get blank stares if you ask for the Royzee-Bus) which goes there nonstop. You can pay by credit card in the RoissyBus waiting station or on the bus.  The cost is €10.  It is a 5 minute walk to the Park Hyatt.

-There are also train options from CDG: the subway is located in terminal 2E/2F, to get to paris its ligne B (Blue) it should take approximately 30minutes to get to Gare Du Nord
it cost 9€10 each way per person

- Mendy Taxi: 0(1133) 6 50 99 82 93 http://mendystransport.com/en/
- Shimon taxi: 0(1133)6 98 27 16 08  Tamidshuttle@gmail.com

- Uber, Bolt are the best option to get to paris cheapest and fastest

Metro:
The subway is fast, efficient, and cheap. A book of 10 tickets is 13,30€ for adults and 6,65€ for kids.
The subway closes between 12:30 and 2am.

Map:
Streetwise Paris cannot emphasize enough, this is really a must. Of course, if you have GMaps and data you don't need this map unless you really like paper.

Guidebooks
Rick Steves' Paris 2013
Fodor's Paris 2013 (Full-color Travel Guide)

Other Tips
-If you plan on visiting several of the items covered by the Museum Pass - make sure to check it out and price out your options.  Many times it is worth it to get a one-day or multi-day Museum Pass to save some money and more importantly, time (see link for more details: http://en.parismuseumpass.com/)
-Double check days when museums/sites are closed as many do close on different days of the week.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #540 on: August 06, 2012, 06:42:33 PM »
BTW @Dan you should start taking a commission from the Park Hyatt  as I was leaving the hotel this morning I met 3 couples in a half hour all after about it here plus i cham'l last week If i would have spent more time in the lobby we probably could have had a minyan
Lol...I gotta stop spillin the beans on these places already.
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7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #541 on: August 06, 2012, 08:21:45 PM »
So thanx to mickeyg and dan I booked tix for my family to Israel, the return flight stops in paris at approx 10am and departs approx 8pm, I am not familiar with Paris, do not know how long it takes to leave and return to the airport, also I have small children with me. is it worth leaving the airport for a bit? and What to do (food nearby?)
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Re: Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #542 on: August 06, 2012, 08:45:16 PM »
So thanx to mickeyg and dan I booked tix for my family to Israel, the return flight stops in paris at approx 10am and departs approx 8pm, I am not familiar with Paris, do not know how long it takes to leave and return to the airport, also I have small children with me. is it worth leaving the airport for a bit? and What to do (food nearby?)
That's a ten hour stopover. Definitely enough time to go into the city and see the main sites and grab a meal
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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #543 on: August 06, 2012, 08:49:50 PM »
Sorry I meant departure at 5pm, is that still enough time
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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #544 on: August 06, 2012, 09:47:14 PM »
how long does it take to go thru customs at france airport.  i also have the 9am landing...and 5 pm departure.  maybe check out the eifel tower or pletzel

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Re: Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #545 on: August 06, 2012, 10:41:20 PM »
Sorry I meant departure at 5pm, is that still enough time
I think so. I cleared customs very quickly there. Maybe hire a driver, considering your time constraints and traveling with young children
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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #546 on: August 06, 2012, 10:56:12 PM »
I did that - hired a taxi had enough time to eat, see tower, arc de triumph, the louvre and many other sites in under 7 hrs

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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #547 on: August 06, 2012, 10:57:10 PM »
clearing customs for us citizens take a little longer than eu citizens though ime

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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #548 on: August 06, 2012, 11:04:31 PM »
I did that - hired a taxi had enough time to eat, see tower, arc de triumph, the louvre and many other sites in under 7 hrs
ok great i guess we can discuss ur experience when I pick up my drives from you :)
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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #549 on: August 06, 2012, 11:05:51 PM »
yup:)

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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #550 on: August 06, 2012, 11:37:15 PM »
So thanx to mickeyg and dan I booked tix for my family to Israel, the return flight stops in paris at approx 10am and departs approx 8pm, I am not familiar with Paris, do not know how long it takes to leave and return to the airport, also I have small children with me. is it worth leaving the airport for a bit? and What to do (food nearby?)

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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #551 on: August 07, 2012, 01:04:03 AM »
In PAR I got 4 hs :( stuck in the middle...
In ZRH I got almost 5 hs... I know some people there so maybe they will come visit me at the airport, not sure it's very safe to leave.
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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #552 on: August 07, 2012, 09:31:16 AM »
In PAR I got 4 hs :( stuck in the middle...
In ZRH I got almost 5 hs... I know some people there so maybe they will come visit me at the airport, not sure it's very safe to leave.

I have the same stopovers. I have been to Paris many times, so not so important to me. my question is for Zurich, I am there from 8 am to 1 pm. Is 5 hours enough time to race to the city see something, perhaps grab a bite and get back in time?

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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #553 on: August 07, 2012, 11:56:12 AM »
I have the same stopovers. I have been to Paris many times, so not so important to me. my question is for Zurich, I am there from 8 am to 1 pm. Is 5 hours enough time to race to the city see something, perhaps grab a bite and get back in time?
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #554 on: August 07, 2012, 12:48:47 PM »
Lol...I gotta stop spillin the beans on these places already.
+1. You've completely destroyed the allure of traveling to these properties :-)

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Re: 7 Hour Stopover in Paris - Worth leaving airport?
« Reply #555 on: August 07, 2012, 01:21:39 PM »
In PAR I got 4 hs :( stuck in the middle...
In ZRH I got almost 5 hs... I know some people there so maybe they will come visit me at the airport, not sure it's very safe to leave.

I have the same stopovers. I have been to Paris many times, so not so important to me. my question is for Zurich, I am there from 8 am to 1 pm. Is 5 hours enough time to race to the city see something, perhaps grab a bite and get back in time?

in paris - its kinda pushing it a bit time wise....although if you want to experience some french lifestyle - right next to the airport is a nice little town called roissy

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #556 on: August 10, 2012, 04:01:22 PM »
We also picked up some chocolate from Damyel (which I haven’t yet gotten around to tasting).

Update- They are very good, but Symphony Chocolates from London taste exactly the same, and they can be bought in a couple of chocolate/candy stores in NY as well (I think Oh Nuts stock them...).

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #557 on: August 10, 2012, 04:03:41 PM »
Parve chocolate is parve chocolate...
You'll just have to go back for Ardely's.  Or go to MIA for Schakolad.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #558 on: August 10, 2012, 04:09:19 PM »
Parve chocolate is parve chocolate...

-1. Most of the kosher companies can't get it right.

Or go to MIA for Schakolad.

Def on the list...

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #559 on: August 10, 2012, 05:57:24 PM »
Parve chocolate is parve chocolate...
You'll just have to go back for Ardely's.  Or go to MIA for Schakolad.
Damyel's chocolate is quite unique...one of the best kosher parve chocolates ive had - we just got another 2 boxes shipped from france :)
Ardely's wasnt as good as i expected - the best kosher dairy chocolate has to be le chocolat in woodburne ny

in london you can get amazing chocolate mints - bendicks - though not all of them are kosher. (there is a London Beis Din list that has which specific ones are kosher)