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My Favorite Classic French Restaurants

My Favorite Classic French Restaurants

The ones that have stood the test of time

Catherine
May 27, 2024
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I wrote last month about the comfort that comes with consistency at a French bistro. These are the soulful spots that I take my visiting friends and family to again and again because they are reliable, congenial, and represent the very best of what collective nostalgia for an imagined French past can feel like.

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