France’s once-vibrant beer brewing tradition lost its way in the 20th century. But now the beer drought is over. The craft of brewing fine beer is back and with it the art of enjoying it, as Kate Robinson reports from La Fine Mousse, the first bar in Paris to seriously specialize in craft beer.

I love the atmosphere in the bars of Paris on the third Thursday of November when the Beaujoulais Nouveau is officially released. Gathering around an inexpensive wine just when it becomes available makes for a [...]

At the bar of the 5-star Hotel Fouquet’s Barriere, just off the Champs-Elysees, I met Stephane Ginouves, winner of the first Meilleur
Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) competition for bartenders, and got his recipe for mixing with Singles.

You don’t need to understand French to enjoy the hip-hop gymnastics of Droles de Mecs, a high-energy, feel-good acrobatic dance show playing in Paris through Jan. 15, 2012. You simply need to give yourself over [...]

Nov. 2, 2011. There’s something therapeutic about turning the clocks back in the fall—harsh reality therapy. For an hour or two we can fool ourselves into believing that we’ve gained an hour of Saturday night [...]

Fills Monkey, a “humorythmic” drum show, is simple, wordless, entertaining basement theater. Article includes information about restaurants in the Montorgueil Quarter and about the Comedie Francaise exhibit at the Petit Palais.

You think you’re hip but you still don’t know that Le Comptoir General, a bar and events space across the street from Canal Saint Martin, is among the hippest spaces in Paris this spring?

Paris, February 2010—I get a thrill whenever I walk into the Folies Bergères, past its Art Deco façade and into its kitsch lobby that looks like something out of Dr. Seuss. Then to the seating [...]