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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.

Search for restaurants by cuisine and hashgocha here.


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 #1940 on: January 09, 2015, 11:35:02 AM »
Hopefully this will mean more vigilance against terror attacks both in Paris and elsewhere in Europe.

G-d willing.

I'm using this to watch the news live, in case anyone else is interested.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1941 on: January 09, 2015, 11:37:29 AM »
FTFY`
Come on you know what I meant. Of course im sad about people being killed and i was not belittling that fact.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1942 on: January 09, 2015, 12:28:05 PM »
Come on you know what I meant. Of course im sad about people being killed and i was not belittling that fact.
Just pulling your leg
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1943 on: January 10, 2015, 01:46:58 PM »
can we at least all agree now that wearing a yarmulka in public is a bad idea?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1944 on: January 10, 2015, 01:55:52 PM »
can we at least all agree now that wearing a yarmulka in public is a bad idea?
No

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1945 on: January 10, 2015, 02:26:16 PM »
No
so what will it take (G-f forbid)?
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1946 on: January 10, 2015, 02:39:23 PM »
a roundup of some recent anti jewish attacks in paris

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/01/09/yes-the-terrorists-won/

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1947 on: January 10, 2015, 03:07:26 PM »
In France right now and scared to death. There were cops with machine guns guarding the Shul over Shabbat.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1948 on: January 10, 2015, 06:05:45 PM »
In France right now and scared to death. There were cops with machine guns guarding the Shul over Shabbat.
Very sad. This is a "first world" country & the Jews there must feel like their living in Iran.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1949 on: January 10, 2015, 06:08:26 PM »
can we at least all agree now that wearing a yarmulka in public is a bad idea?
I wore a baseball hat in Paris. Though at this point I wouldn't visit at all.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1950 on: January 10, 2015, 06:12:21 PM »
Though at this point I wouldn't visit at all.
Just Paris or the entire France ?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1951 on: January 10, 2015, 06:13:04 PM »

Very sad. This is a "first world" country & the Jews there must feel like their living in Iran.

They will soon if not now. I travel there a few times a year and I can feel something very different. I would definitely not recommend a trip for a while. Any crazy guy can get up and do an attack on his own, Kalashnikovs are not hard to get.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1952 on: January 11, 2015, 03:08:53 AM »
I wore a baseball hat in Paris.
i know you did, but some were suggesting upthead that it wasnt an issue

Though at this point I wouldn't visit at all.
knee jerk reaction, or do you think it's more dangerous today than it was a week ago?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1953 on: January 11, 2015, 03:33:18 AM »
i know you did, but some were suggesting upthead that it wasnt an issue
knee jerk reaction, or do you think it's more dangerous today than it was a week ago?

I don't think it's more dangerous now than a week ago. I wouldn't have visited a week ago either. France has been getting increasing anti-Semitic and dangerous for Jews in the past few years.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1954 on: January 11, 2015, 03:38:33 AM »
My parisian cousins have been wearing baseball caps for a good 10 years

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Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1955 on: January 11, 2015, 04:15:39 AM »
I wore a baseball hat in Paris. Though at this point I wouldn't visit at all.

Arabs can recognize a Jew from a mile away. True a baseball cap is a way to not "provoke" them but they'll still spit on the ground if they saw you like that.
As far as I did, I was walking around with a yarmulke in Paris during the summer, and I also did somewhere else in October. Right now I am wearing my hood to cover my face as much as I can. Quite ironic as people there were telling me I was crazy to go to Israel when they were in war! Haven't gone back to Paris since the summer riots and not planning on going in the near future! Such a shame, I love it.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1956 on: January 11, 2015, 06:31:48 AM »
Logic says that france and especially Paris is now SAFER than before the attack.

Q.V. America after 9/11.

As many people here go (often) to Israel, I want to ask you: guys are you really kidding? Do you really think that israel is safer than france?...

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1957 on: January 11, 2015, 06:43:39 AM »
Logic says that france and especially Paris is now SAFER than before the attack.

not necessarily true if indeed the cells were activated

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Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1958 on: January 11, 2015, 08:20:17 AM »
Logic says that france and especially Paris is now SAFER than before the attack.

Q.V. America after 9/11.

As many people here go (often) to Israel, I want to ask you: guys are you really kidding? Do you really think that israel is safer than france?...

I would have to disagree. I think Paris and France is mostly the same as before. A few soldiers with guns is not going to change a whole lot. As reports are that terrorist cells were activated makes it worse.

Second, is the last part a joke or a serious questions? But yes, Israel is indeed safer than Paris. Its not even something you can compare.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1959 on: January 11, 2015, 08:20:56 AM »
As many people here go (often) to Israel, I want to ask you: guys are you really kidding? Do you really think that israel is safer than france?...
In Israel there's a better chance of an attack being thwarted. Anyone could be a cop, have a concealed gun, or had military training.