Paris, 18th, local and good?

Question

I'm off to Paris, will be staying in the 18th in an apartment with my SO and her 7 year old (who blows me away - she picks the anchovies off a pizza and eats them like candy!).  Looking for some local places for casual but wonderful food; would like to be the only tourist there.  Any suggestions?

Answer

In this very same street Caulaincourt I know two places which have juste opened this year : Le Micocoule 15 rue Caulaincourt phone : 01 53 28 28 31 The chef of this bistrot is a former cooking teacher. Traditional French cooking, casual atmosphere. For lunch you get a formula main course and dessert for 12. I went there only once and it was good (I took an osso bucco). Le Café qui Parle 24 rue Caulaincourt phone : 01 46 06 06 88 This is more a café than a restaurant. You have less choice for food than in a plain restaurant but you can get really decent meal there. Translated in English the name of this place means The talking café, do not ask me where it comes from. The place was previously a bank and if you visit the toilet you will see the former safe room which is still there. I like much the decoration of this café, the way they managed to transform a former bank into a cosy café while keeping things of the past. I went there this week and took a lunch formula at 9,50 (starter and main course) which included a very good potage and a decent steak of beef. You get also in Montmartre a restaurant which has already a good reputation but where I have still never seen any tourist : La Table dHélène 14 rue Duc phone : 01 46 49 68 Here you get a menu at 27 (it has increased recently) but if you go for lunch you will be able to get a lunch formula (about 13 for main course and dessert). For dessert ask the delicious dariole au chocolat. All those restaurants are casual.

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