Toasty Tuesday

 

Avocado Toast French style at Au Sauvignon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

 

Below: Mignon Café, Montmartre 

 

 

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 When Avocado Toast, a favorite in the US, pirouetted into Paris, it soon took off and began to show up on menus all over the city. Avocados from Spain, Holland, Israel, Morocco and Kenya had been a plentiful staple at markets for years. And with already popular open-faced sandwiches called tartines plus a wide choice of boulangeries translating to a wide variety of excellent breads, it was just a matter of time. 

Cafés and restaurants rolled up their sleeves to give it their own spin - fresh herbs, seeds and mixed spices here, smoked salmon, a poached egg, crispy bacon, burrata, or a sprinkling of pomegranate seeds there.

 Today the very presence of avocado toast on a menu is a plus, suggesting an awareness of healthy eating. And while the Anglo crowd seems to regard it as mostly a breakfast or part of a brunch, many French still see it as a light lunch, a trendy tartine. - BPJ

Below: tried-and-true

AU SAUVIGNON

80 rue des Saints-Pères

16.50 euros 

MAISON SAUVAGE SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS

5 rue de Buci 75006

14 euros 

 

CUPPA CAFÉ

86 rue de l’université 75006

12.50 euros

 

L’ESCARPOLETTE

40 rue Guy-Lussac 75005

14 euros

 

CAFÉ DE LA POSTE

"Tartine de La Poste"

124 rue de Turenne 75003

13 euros 

 

   RÉPUBLIQUE OF COFFEE

2 boulevard Saint-Martin 75010

9.50 euros 

 

NOGLU (gluten free)

16 passage des Panoramas 75002

15 euros 

 

CAFÉ FOUFOU

10 rue d’Oberkampf 75011

11.50 euros 

 

CAFÉ BERRY

10 rue Chappon 75003

9 euros 

 

MARCELLO

8 rue Mabillon 75006

6 euros

 

LE FUMOIR

6 rue de l'Amiral de Coligny 75001

16 euros

 

MIGNON CAFÉ

67 rue Caulaincourt 75018

14 euros

 

PAIN QUOTIDIEN (Montmartre)

31 rue Lépic 75018

10.95 euros

 Other locations: 

Les Halles

Marais

Victoires

Charonne

Victor Hugo

Saint-Lazare