Le Comptoir de Petit Marguery

[geordy]

Yea! A new , less, expensive annex reviewed favorably in July/August France Today! Starters @ 6E and Mains @ 14! Sounds good!

[Darcy]

Sounds great! Address??

[PariS]

Sounds promising, thanks Geordy! I lifted this from Alex Lobrano's Hungry For Paris site (address at the bottom):

" Ever since I first went to Le Petit Marguery, the old-fashioned bistro that's one of the most famous addresses for game in Paris in season, many years ago, it's been one of my favorite restaurants, so I was delighted when I learned that they'd recently opened Le Comptoir du Petit Marguery, a less expensive bistro annex (Through the years, the original Le Petit Marguery has become rather pricey).

Trying to think of a place to dine with a difficult friend, an elegant older woman whose primary pleasures are monologuing and complaining (I put up with this because she's also brilliant and, when in better frame of mind, has a wonderful sense of humor, and we're both obsessively interested in food and travel), I remembered that this new place is usefully open on Sunday night and booked. On a rainy night that I feared would feed my friend's instinctively negative worldview, I was delighted to arrive at this cozy place with factory lamps, exposed brick walls and wooden tables, and find a warm welcome and a very appealing and reasonably priced menu.

When Madame arrived a few minutes later with a wind-damaged umbrella, I braced myself, but the nice young waiter headed her off with a glass of the same good Macon I was drinking and brought us radishes and a saucer of very good saucisson to nibble while we studied the menu, which offered a variety of very appealing choices among starters at 6 Euros and main courses at 14 Euros. Though my Breton artichoke salad on a bed of mesclun with a slice of foie gras was modest, it was also delicious, made with fresh artichokes in a very delicate dressing of walnut oil and Xeres vinegar and the small knob of homemade foie gras, such a treat as an amplifier of the taste of artichokes, was homemade and very good. Madame was very happy with her starter of plump white Loire Valley asparagus en vinaigrette, which blessedly distracted her from a very long and dull story about a mutual friend in Buenos Aires whose married lover of many years had recently cheated her out of a lot money.

Main courses, with which we drank an excellent Irancy, were generously served, including my excellent gigot de sept heures (lamb baked in a slow oven for seven hours) and for Madame, a steamed sturgeon filet that was served on a bed of seasonal vegetables. While we finished up with Floating Island in an excellent sauce anglaise, I was treated to another long-winded tale about the perfidy of the eldest daughter of Madame's boy friend, and quietly ressolved to return to this very good low-budget address soon with someone who had only eager stories to tell about a fascinating trip to Tibet or a new lover with whom he or she was besotted.
Le Comptoir du Petit Marguery, 9 boulevard de Port Royal, 13th, Tél. [phone]. Metro: Gobelins. A la carte 30 Euros."

[Roniece]

ooh! I'm definitely adding it to my list!! love it!
merci!
RDB

[Jody]

I've hestated on going to the original as I am not terribly fond of game.But this sounds wortha try, I love 7 hour lamb!

[holger]

Sounds worthwhile and i also love long cooked lamb.

[geordy]

Too funny Annette..Alexander Lobrano contributes the "A la Carte" section to France today! The blurb there is a very abridged version..one paragraph,,with no mention of Madame!!

He also blurbs a branch of La Regalade on rue Saint Honore near the Louvre (#123) Plus the Terraces of Ralph's , 173 Blvd St. Germain, and Bistrot de Breteuil, 3 pl. de Breteuil.

[Darcy]

Thank you, Annette!

[Happygoin]

Thanks for posting this, geordy! Au Petite Marguery has been a favorite bistro of mine for years. And Jody, it has many other offererings beside game. They've always done a great job with seafood. I've enjoyed scallops, dorade and raie at PM. And rabbit! They do a really great rabbit. Um...is rabbit considered game?

Okay, it's a tad pricey. But to enjoy a proper French meal, without the threat of the finding out that the kitchen has started pandering to tourists the next time you visit, it's worth the price.