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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 #1680 on: June 24, 2014, 07:10:45 AM »
first time in Paris?

Will be first time - but it is next week and the link on the Louvre website for North America online purchases is for mailing the tickets - which needs 10 days advance. Is there any other easy way to get advance tickets? (I see that at d'Orsay, you can print out the tickets - but not for Louvre). Wouldn't mind picking the tickets up at the airport or someplace else convenient. I have seen on some sites that it is easier to buy the tickets at the entrance from the adjacent mall...

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1681 on: June 24, 2014, 07:23:05 AM »

Will be first time - but it is next week and the link on the Louvre website for North America online purchases is for mailing the tickets - which needs 10 days advance. Is there any other easy way to get advance tickets? (I see that at d'Orsay, you can print out the tickets - but not for Louvre). Wouldn't mind picking the tickets up at the airport or someplace else convenient. I have seen on some sites that it is easier to buy the tickets at the entrance from the adjacent mall...
I can't help much with that just my own 2 cents. If you are only going to be there one day, unless your a big museum guy you should probably skip these and stick to the other attractions

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1682 on: June 24, 2014, 07:57:02 AM »
hey!  Stop judging
Hehe
I'm there for 5 mornings, I can't get myself to not at least plan for minyan...

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1683 on: June 24, 2014, 08:23:03 AM »
I can't help much with that just my own 2 cents. If you are only going to be there one day, unless your a big museum guy you should probably skip these and stick to the other attractions
Yes - museums are major item for Paris for this traveler. Thnx

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1684 on: June 24, 2014, 10:07:45 AM »
Hehe
I'm there for 5 mornings, I can't get myself to not at least plan for minyan...
Can't remember if I davened at

Synagogue de la Victoire @48.875216,2.336316
Last Updated on May 21, 2011
745 shacharis 630 mincha
12 minute walk

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Beth-El -
Last Updated on May 21, 2011
shacharis: 645 710 8 830 9
mincha 230 645 15 min b4 plag and shkia
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3 stops on pink 7 line to cadet
3 Rue Saulnier
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Life isn't about checking the boxes. Nobody cares.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1685 on: June 24, 2014, 10:49:51 AM »
Can't remember if I davened at

Synagogue de la Victoire @48.875216,2.336316
Last Updated on May 21, 2011
745 shacharis 630 mincha
12 minute walk

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Beth-El -
Last Updated on May 21, 2011
shacharis: 645 710 8 830 9
mincha 230 645 15 min b4 plag and shkia
17 min walk
3 stops on pink 7 line to cadet
3 Rue Saulnier
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+33 9 51 04 58 89
Any idea about minyan in the le marais?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1686 on: June 24, 2014, 11:58:14 AM »
Anyone was affected by the ATC strike at CDG?

I didn't want to deal with the hassle and I changed my ticket to fly out of BRU instead.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1687 on: June 25, 2014, 01:09:22 AM »
Can't remember if I davened at

Synagogue de la Victoire @48.875216,2.336316
Last Updated on May 21, 2011
745 shacharis 630 mincha
12 minute walk

OR


Beth-El -
Last Updated on May 21, 2011
shacharis: 645 710 8 830 9
mincha 230 645 15 min b4 plag and shkia
17 min walk
3 stops on pink 7 line to cadet
3 Rue Saulnier
75009 Paris, France
+33 9 51 04 58 89

Thanks! You rock!

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1688 on: July 10, 2014, 12:54:33 PM »
Any recent experience staying at the park hyatt for shabbos?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1689 on: July 10, 2014, 08:13:49 PM »
Any recent experience staying at the park hyatt for shabbos?

Read the wiki
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1690 on: July 13, 2014, 04:36:21 AM »
I have a Friday and 2 full weekdays on my trip. Does this itinerary make sense?
Segway on Friday
1) Louvre by day and Eiffel at night
2) Versailles and Arc de Triomphe if I somehow haven't seen it by then

Anything else I should do? I see a few other things in the wiki but haven't heard of them (and we're not so into art.)
Any tips for discounted tickets - doesn't look like a museum pass will help me much.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1691 on: July 13, 2014, 12:35:11 PM »

I have a Friday and 2 full weekdays on my trip. Does this itinerary make sense?
Segway on Friday
1) Louvre by day and Eiffel at night
2) Versailles and Arc de Triomphe if I somehow haven't seen it by then

Anything else I should do? I see a few other things in the wiki but haven't heard of them (and we're not so into art.)
Any tips for discounted tickets - doesn't look like a museum pass will help me much.
My two cents about your itenerary:
Both of your days are not so busy. I would do
1) Louvre, then walk from the Louvre through the Tuileries Garden, down Champs Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe. (It's all right there, might as well do it then) and then the Eiffel Tower at night.
2) Versailles (get your tickets in advance and get there early because the lines just to get in are crazy!). Assume a good 4-5 hours there, but once you get back to Paris, I would highly suggest visiting Montmartre. It's a cute, artsy little village with the most amazing views of the city!

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1692 on: July 13, 2014, 01:27:45 PM »
My two cents about your itenerary:
Both of your days are not so busy. I would do
1) Louvre, then walk from the Louvre through the Tuileries Garden, down Champs Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe. (It's all right there, might as well do it then) and then the Eiffel Tower at night.
2) Versailles (get your tickets in advance and get there early because the lines just to get in are crazy!). Assume a good 4-5 hours there, but once you get back to Paris, I would highly suggest visiting Montmartre. It's a cute, artsy little village with the most amazing views of the city!
Thanks! Yeah I didn't know how much time these things take. We'll be walking PHP-Chabad on Shabbos, so I figured we could walk through the gardens and Champs then. Didn't realize that's where Triomphe was, so maybe you're right that going during a weekday for pics/shopping would be better.
Thanks for the tips about Versailles tickets and Montmarte.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1693 on: July 13, 2014, 01:40:08 PM »
Thanks! Yeah I didn't know how much time these things take.
The Louvre takes however long you want it to take :)
It's huge and absolutely overwhelming! I happened to have travelled to Paris with a friend who's an absolute art-devotee so we spent a looong time in there. But most people are pretty much done after an hour or two max.
(Personally, even as a non-art person, the Louvre was my least favorite of the museums that we visited, but it's kinda like you're not yotzei a Paris trip if you don't see the Mona Lisa... so I get why that's the only one you're going to.)

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1694 on: July 13, 2014, 02:01:32 PM »
The Louvre takes however long you want it to take :)
It's huge and absolutely overwhelming! I happened to have travelled to Paris with a friend who's an absolute art-devotee so we spent a looong time in there. But most people are pretty much done after an hour or two max.
(Personally, even as a non-art person, the Louvre was my least favorite of the museums that we visited, but it's kinda like you're not yotzei a Paris trip if you don't see the Mona Lisa... so I get why that's the only one you're going to.)
Precisely. My brother just did it with Rick Steves and said it was great.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1695 on: July 13, 2014, 02:02:44 PM »
Precisely. My brother just did it with Rick Steves and said it was great.
It is. I'd highly recommend Rick Steves for Versailles too.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1697 on: July 13, 2014, 04:47:34 PM »
might wanna wear a baseball cap

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/246889/videos-muslim-violence-yeshiva-bochur-sustains-serious-injures-outside-a-paris-shul.html
Have been doing that for 3 weeks now and plan on continuing to do so. Thanks

It is. I'd highly recommend Rick Steves for Versailles too.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1698 on: July 14, 2014, 04:01:51 AM »
Anyone been to Versailles and know if it's free for students?

Acc to this from its site, I can't tell if it's just for EU students, or any students...
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Admission to the permanent collections of the Palace (Grand Apartments, Hall of Mirrors, etc.), the Trianon Palaces, Marie-Antoinette’s Estate, the temporary exhibitions plus the audio guides is free for:

under-18s, young people under 26 years old who are residents of the European Union, schoolchildren, teachers assigned to a French establishment bearing their “Pass Education”, disabled persons and their accompanying adult, and French job-seekers on presentation of documentary proof dating from less than 6 months before, etc.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #1699 on: July 14, 2014, 04:21:27 AM »
Anyone been to Versailles and know if it's free for students?

Acc to this from its site, I can't tell if it's just for EU students, or any students...
Dunno, but it's worthwhile to book the tour in advance. I did it and it saved me hours of waiting.