My favorite restaurant in
Paris, France
is in the
Museé D'Orsay.
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| Source:Museé D'Orsay official site |
(second floor to Americans)
of the Museé D'Orsay
was renovated sometime after 2006.
The style is now a combination of the original restaurant in
the Hôtel D'Orsay and an industrial modern style.
The beautiful chandeliers, parquet flooring, gilding,
and mural-painted ceiling are all from the
original Hôtel D'Orsay restaurant.
The sleek white metal tables, chairs, and
service counters are new since 2006.
The Museé D'Orsay is across the Seine River
from the Jardin de Tuileries and the Louvre.
flowers, and park chairs on gravel walkways.
Oh, to sit in the chairs and gaze above the blue flowers
to the roofline of the Museé D'Orsay is pure heaven.
Parisians as well as tourists fill the park
to soak up the sun and beauty.
through the massive clocks across the Seine
and see the Tuileries Garden and Louvre.
Museé D'Orsay contains my favorite art style,
impressionism, in a renovated train station
that brought visitors downtown to
the 1900 World's Fair in Paris.
Seeing the structure of the magnificent train station
is as much a part of the museum exhibits
as the art housed therein.
The first floor Museé D'Orsay restaurant
was originally the restaurant in the Hôtel D'Orsay
attached to the train station.
The two other restaurants in the
museum are on the ground floor,
but a true "I am in Paris" experience
is to eat in the elegant restaurant on the first floor.
I first had lunch here in the 1980s while
chaperoning high school students to France.
(Now, are you envious of a high school teacher
for the first time?)
Fortunately, I was able to revisit the museum and
eat in the restaurant many times during the 80s and 90s.
At that time, there were always
huge fresh floral arrangements and
sculpture art throughout the dining area.
Such elegance truly made one feel the
experience of being in Paris.
(Now, are you envious of a high school teacher
for the first time?)
Fortunately, I was able to revisit the museum and
eat in the restaurant many times during the 80s and 90s.
At that time, there were always
huge fresh floral arrangements and
sculpture art throughout the dining area.
Such elegance truly made one feel the
experience of being in Paris.
Here I am, with a big smile, thrilled to be having lunch in the
Museé D'Orsay restaurant in 2004,
without high school students.
The semi-circular topped windows on the left
open onto a balcony that overlooks the
Seine River.
See the large potted plants?
The light green wicker chairs?
Those along with the fresh floral arrangements
are sadly no longer part of the restaurant ambience.
When I was there in 2011,
those fabulous wicker chairs were
in one of the two other lighter-fare restaurants,
and this restaurant had the
white metal industrial-style chairs.
I missed the wicker chairs, potted plants,
and fresh flowers.
The ornately painted ceiling and
the glass chandeliers still exude luxury.
The menu is still a French meal for a (relatively) small price.
All this is located in my favorite museum.
Yes, this is my favorite Parisian restaurant.
Having lunch here makes me feel like
I really am in Paris, France.
Even the online menu is elegant.
There is still a choice of just the Plate or a two-course Menu.
The dessert selection is to-die-for!
The Today's Menu is a great price
for a meal in Paris.
Oh, yes, the Museé D'Orsay Restaurant
is my favorite restaurant in Paris.
I forgive them for not having fresh flowers
or the green wicker chairs.
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