Bistrot Victoires

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBrkejsDSjJ6A7tW-e_-HXeTZUJi1JPdo0aQFprHy7LcyP9ME1aASv_thqJTBxiF3KUAKDERVoAz4g1gwGhJvr3sqy6ZfBrn5FlDxZZCk7b9jK379LQ1GidkMcSBbqOKH55m33PTlNDk/s1600/2012+Jan+11+1st_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBrkejsDSjJ6A7tW-e_-HXeTZUJi1JPdo0aQFprHy7LcyP9ME1aASv_thqJTBxiF3KUAKDERVoAz4g1gwGhJvr3sqy6ZfBrn5FlDxZZCk7b9jK379LQ1GidkMcSBbqOKH55m33PTlNDk/s1600/2012+Jan+11+1st_0046.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bistrot Victoires</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This neighborhood bistrot/café is a favorite of mine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, the food is good and reasonable, nothing fancy, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it is not the food that makes it a favorite.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...It is all the friends whose company I have enjoyed </div><div style="text-align: center;">over the years as well as the staff and the charming ambiance</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">We need to meet again...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bistrot Victoires</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue de la Vrillière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div>

Bistrot Victoires

Bistrot Victoires This neighborhood bistrot/café is a favorite of mine. Yes, the food is good and reasonable, nothing fancy,  but it is not ...

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Bistrot Victoires - la couronne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiebw5SaWmdAseW7mODIZ6r-DRH7rp-l3lSt_cEGrjtIv7NDwrn4E-C7xnBaiv3EmZ02lNOGQJj-W0BZ_oac9syb4dWDZUD2MuOpqJJ7Gk5dW6GrPHHVRiYTIenrolt5RxE2YY_5ac6vc/s1600/2012+Jan+12+1st_0037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiebw5SaWmdAseW7mODIZ6r-DRH7rp-l3lSt_cEGrjtIv7NDwrn4E-C7xnBaiv3EmZ02lNOGQJj-W0BZ_oac9syb4dWDZUD2MuOpqJJ7Gk5dW6GrPHHVRiYTIenrolt5RxE2YY_5ac6vc/s640/2012+Jan+12+1st_0037.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bistrot Victoires</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The tall tiered pedestal on the bar of Bistrot Victoires displayed a gold paper crown, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the regal spoils for the "king" who found the fève in a galette des rois.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I wonder what they did with the fève?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, I am an obsessed collector</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bistrot Victoires</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6, rue la Vrillière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bistrot Victoires - la couronne

Bistrot Victoires The tall tiered pedestal on the bar of Bistrot Victoires displayed a gold paper crown,  the regal spoils for the "kin...

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Bistrot Victoires avec mes amis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7wARPI9MRNehZl-gzI5ccdYL5-WG-mP3HxGgjhE9KVWGamzYLfCbAbR2ZPS2RqcLpdZjhDL5NVYQDoLF7-aIcXsYOooYkk5WIH8EjGJuIDlWwnpQ0xXkC1Xutbk55Nf9znomBc5apAk/s1600/2012+jan+11+1st_0039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7wARPI9MRNehZl-gzI5ccdYL5-WG-mP3HxGgjhE9KVWGamzYLfCbAbR2ZPS2RqcLpdZjhDL5NVYQDoLF7-aIcXsYOooYkk5WIH8EjGJuIDlWwnpQ0xXkC1Xutbk55Nf9znomBc5apAk/s640/2012+jan+11+1st_0039.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In our first hours in Paris, Holly and I met friends Peter, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mary, and Virginia at Bistrot Victoires.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We plied our travel-weary selves with delicious tartines and Champagne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As you can see from the menu, the <em>tartines</em> are made with Poilâne bread.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was delicious enough that Holly and I came back </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">later in the week with sweet friend, Isabelle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They did not seem to mind the crazy people with cameras </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">snapping every corner, zinc bar, and cranny!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Bistrot Victoires</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>6, rue la Vrillière</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bistrot Victoires avec mes amis

In our first hours in Paris, Holly and I met friends Peter, Mary, and Virginia at Bistrot Victoires. We plied our travel-weary selves with d...

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