Welcome 2010 in Paris!

Spend New Year's Eve in the French Capital- the City of Lights! We are offering a "Night In Paris" on New Year’s Eve, including a five-course Parisian menu with several choices. Our menu is priced at $69.99, plus tax and a 20% service charge. We are offering reservations throughout the evening, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Our regular menu is not available on New Year's Eve.
French wine pairings will also be available and priced separately. For reservations call 801-486-5585. Book your table now, as availability is becoming limited.

French wine pairings will also be available, and priced separately. Call today for more information and for reservations, or click here.

New Year's Eve Menu

First

Oysters Paris - Fresh Pacific Oysters Baked w/ Vermouth Beurre Blanc, Spinach, American Sturgeon Caviar
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House Loch Duart Scottish Salmon Gravlaks, Celery Root Rösti, Crème Fraîche, Caviar
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Duck Confit Galette with a Fondue of Sweet Onion and Endive, Camembert Le Châtelain, Chives

Second

Celery Root, Parsnip and Chestnut Bisque with Foie Gras
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Winter Citrus Salad - Watercress, Pink Grapefruit, Blood Orange, Fennel, Pomegranate

Third

Clifford Farms Soft Egg and Fresh Ricotta Ravioli, Sage Brown Butter

Entr'acte

Champagne, Thyme & Pomegranate Sorbet

Fourth

Petrale Sole and Dungeness Crab Paupiette, Tarragon Beurre Blanc, Wilted Spinach, Cauliflower Mousseline
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Pan-Seared Filet of Angus Beef, Pan-Roasted Sweetbread & Porcini Mushroom, Sunchoke & Tomme de Savoie Galette , Laurel & Madeira Veal Demi Glace
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Duck Breast and Foie Gras Roulade, Wrapped in Savoy Cabbage and Pancetta, Écrasé of Fingerling Potatoes
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Roasted Rack of Lamb, Crust of Herbes de Provence & Mustard Seed , Braised Rapini Greens, Truffled Purée Blanche

Fifth

Warm Molten Chocolate Cake, Armagnac and Raisin Gelato
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Nougat Glacé with Chestnut Honey

Download a printable version of this menu.. Click here!

Holidays at The Paris!!!

The holidays are upon us, and with them another glorious change of the seasons…. cold, snowy, and blustery weather; crisp blue sunny days; and, the spirit of the season abuzz everywhere. An age-old tradition, it’s a time that we come together with family and friends to share in our memories of the year past, gathered around the table indulging in good food and drink that celebrates the holiday cheer.

For us here at The Paris it will be our ninth holiday season providing festive food and drink in our warm and convivial atmosphere. This year we will once again remain open Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and throughout the holidays, so as to accommodate you - our patrons, and your family and friends whenever you wish to come and dine.


Holiday Hours!!!

The Paris will be open for dinner beginning at 5 P.M. on Christmas Eve, Thursday December 24th; Christmas Day, Friday, December 25th; New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31st; and for New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1st, 2010.

Otherwise, the Paris' regular operating hours will be maintained throughout the holidays, serving dinner nightly, Monday through Thursday beginning at 6 P.M. and Friday through Sunday beginning at 5 P.M.




Gift Certificates For The Holidays:

A Paris gift certificate is always the right size, the perfect color, and the one gift people look forward to exchanging! Order yours by telephone anytime and we will gladly mail it directly to the address of your choice. Or stop by the restaurant and we will assist you in person.

Holiday Parties at The Paris

It is not too late to schedule a private or corporate holiday party for the 2009 holiday season.

The facilities at The Paris can accommodate intimate gatherings of 10 to 35 people in The High Desert Room (Exclusive Private Dining Room) and grander scale events of up to 100 people in the Main Dining Room and adjoining Zinc Bar.

Customized menu options and a diversity of pricing levels are available to suit your specific needs. Please Call us at (801)486-5585 or click here



Holiday Dinner Specials:

In addition to our extensive regular dinner menu and our Menu de Saison we will be featuring wonderful holiday dinner specials for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Dinner:
Choucroute Garnie - Alsatian Braised Cabbage, White Wine and Juniper Berries; Assorted Artisan Sausages and Charcuteries (Knackwurst, Fleischwurst, Wienerwurst, Weißwurst, Bratwurst ,Salt Pork, Kassler)

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Grilled Foie Gras Stuffed Quail, Black Truffled Mashed Potatoes, Asparagus

A French Christmas - Les Fêtes de Noel

Christmas is a centuries-old tradition that began in Rome in 354 AD and was introduced by Pope Liberius to replace the pagan winter solstice celebration with a Christian holiday period celebrating the birth of Jesus.

Although many of today's American Christmas traditions are rooted in Lutheran German heritage they also share in the French Christian Christmas culture. Traditions vary throughout the different regions of France. For most, the holiday season is a time for family celebration marked by reunions, merry making, gifts and candy for children - “Les Cadeaux de Noel”, & feasts – “Réveillon”.

A traditional Christmas in Provence, begins with weeks of preparation with household cleaning and repairs leading up to Christmas Eve and the decoration of a holy fir tree with white candles and red ribbon. That evening the children leave a shoe in front of the fireplace for "le Père Noel" Father Christmas to fill with presents or to find on Christmas morning “Le Père Fouettard” Father Spanking if they had been bad during the year past. Then it is off to midnight mass only to return to the celebratory feast “ Le Réveillon", where family and friends convene and eat "Le Gros Souper" (the big supper) after fasting for days during the Advent. The traditional meal typically includes oysters, escargots, foie gras, smoked salmon, caviar & champagne for starters and roasted turkey stuffed with chestnuts as the main course. As a finale “Les Treize Desserts", the thirteen dessert symbolizing Jesus and the twelve apostles, along with "Vin Cuit", a strong red wine accentuated with sugar and Marc (a regional grappa) and herbs, is served.

'Tis the season for....Choucroute!!!

It is Choucroute time, at last!!!!

... And no, we are not talking about Brigitte Bardot's famous 1960's hairstyle!....

The heart of the matter today is the famous French sauerkraut and sausage fest, the ultimate "baby-it's-cold-outside" dish from the Alsace region of France, served by ALL famous and venerable brasserie institutions of Paris France, and for years now, in the midst of the winter, The Paris Bistro in sugarhouse....

Choucroute is a famous Alsatian recipe for preparing sauerkraut with sausages, salted and smoked Pork as well as potatoes.

Although sauerkraut is a traditionally German and Eastern European dish, the French annexation of Alsace and Lorraine following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 brought this dish to the attention of French chefs and it has since been widely adopted in France.

In principle, there is no fixed recipe for this dish - any preparation of hot sauerkraut with meat and potatoes could qualify - but in practice there are certain traditions, favorite recipes, and stereotypical garnishes that are more easily called choucroute garnie than others.

While the Parisian brasseries serve hundreds upon hundreds of pounds of Choucroute daily, they often serve a very bland and tasteless version of what Eman and I lovingly cook small batches of, slowly and for hours, sausage by sausage, always in my Le Creuset French Oven . The whole process cannot be rushed in any way and literally takes us two days.... Mr Siegfried makes our sausages and delivers them on that very day.... Our kraut is fresh, not pasteurized and thus crispier than anything we have ever found thus far....

Check out the making of our choucroute on this slideshow. Click here