The Paris Journal

2012-01-20T11:28:00.000-08:00

La St Valentin à Paris!

We are now taking reservations for Valentine's Day dinner on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012. Spend Valentine's Day with your sweetheart in the City of Lights!

The Paris will be presenting a "Magnifique" Parisian five-course menu for $74.95 per person plus tax and a 20% service charge. Wine pairings will also be available, and priced separately.  We are offering reservations throughout the evening,  from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

FEATURING LIVE MUSIC FROM "ST. BOHEME", FRENCH BISTRO MUSIC

Our regular menu is not available on Valentines Day.
All reservations will require a credit card guarantee at the time of the booking.
To make Valentine's dinner reservations please call 801-486-5585

(Online reservations will not be available for Valentine's dinner)

Valentine"s Day Menu
“La Vie En Rose”

First
~ Sheppard's Farm Fresh Goat Cheese and Basil Ravioli, Ciroc Vodka Sauce ~
or
~Thai Spiced Lump King Crab Cake, Mango Salsa,

Spicy Miso Aioli~
~~~
Second
~ Salad of Butter Lettuce, Hass Avocado, Grapefruit, Fennel, Asparagus, Green Goddess Dressing ~
or
~ Lobster Bisque with Tarragon-Cognac Cream ~
~~~
Third
~ Pink Grapefruit and Champagne Sorbet, Pomegranate Seeds ~
~~~
Fourth
~ Pan-Seared pancetta Wrapped Loch Duart Scottish Salmon, Fresh Day Boat Scallop, Beurre Rouge, Whole Roasted Garlic, Shallots and Thyme, Manchego Potato Gratin~
or
~ Wood-Fired Oven-Roasted, Fresh, All Natural, Fresh Lavender Honey Glazed Chicken Breast, Oven-Roasted Root Vegetables and Arugula Salad ~
or
~Pan-Seared Filet of Prime Black Angus Beef Oscar -Alaskan King Crab, White Asparagus and Sauce Choron (Tomato Béarnaise), Roasted Fingerling Potatoes ~

Fifth
~Nougat Glaçé with Chestnut Honey and Pomegranate Seeds~
or
~Warm Molten Chocolate Cake with Orange Blossom Gelato~

Click Here To Download Printable (PDF) Menu

Live music from The
St. Bohème Trio at The Paris!

The fabulous trio that performed at The Paris last summer on our patio and on New Year's Eve will again be with us on Valentine's Evening and will play for your enjoyment throughout the night.

2012-01-09T13:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome 2012 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 choices and live French Café music by the St Bohème trio.

Live music from The St. Bohème

trio at The Paris!

The fabulous trio that performed weekly on our patio this past summer will again be with us on New Year's Eve to celebrate the coming of the New Year.

New Year's Eve Menu

First
Oysters Paris - Fresh Pacific Oysters baked w/ Vermouth Beurre Blanc, Spinach, American Sturgeon Caviar.
or
Duck Confit Galette with a Fondue of Sweet Onion and Endive, Camembert Le Châtelain, Chives.
~~~
Second
Celery Root and Chestnut Soup with Foie Gras.
or
Winter Citrus Salad, Watercress, Pink Grapefruit, Blood Orange, Fennel, Pomegranate seeds.
~~~
Third
Clifford Farms Soft Egg
and Fresh Ricotta Ravioli,
Sage Brown Butter.
~~

Entr'acte
Champagne, Thyme and Pomegranate Sorbet.
~~~
Fourth
Pan-Seared Gnocchi. Salsify, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Roasted Chestnuts and Winter Truffles
or
Whole Oven-Roasted Loup de Mer - Fennel Stuffed Mediterranean Stripped Bass, Glazed Carrots, Fingerling Potatoes
or
Grilled Côte de Boeuf - 18oz Grilled Bone In Angus Ribeye, Truffled Celery Root Purée, Haricots Verts Amandine, Bordelaise Sauce.
or
Roasted Rack of Lamb, Crust of Herbes de Provence and Mustard Seed, Caramelized Porcini Mushroom, Sunchoke and Tomme de Savoie Galette.
~~~
Fifth
Warm Molten Chocolate Cake, Armagnac and Raisin Gelato.
or
Nougat Glacé with Chestnut Honey

Our five-course 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.

Book your table now, as availability is becoming limited. Call today for more information and for reservations or Click here

French wine pairings will also be available, and priced separately.

Holiday Dinner Specials:

Lapin à la Moutarde - Braised Boneless Leg of Rabbit in Mustard Sauce with Pan-Seared Gnocchi, Chanterelles Mushrooms, Chestnuts - $27.95
~~~
Plats de Côtes de Boeuf à la Bourguignone - Red Wine and Beef Demi Braised Beef Short Ribs, Celery Root Purée, Glazed Carrots - $29.95
~~~
Choucroute Garnie - Alsatian Braised Cabbage, Potatoes, White Wine and Juniper Berries; Assorted Siegfried's Sausages and Charcuteries (Knackwurst, Rauchchwurst, Wienerwurst, Weisswurst, Bratwurst, Salt Pork, Kassler) - $28.95
~~~

2011-12-08T20:05:00.000-08:00

Thursday 8 December 2011

Joyeux Noël!

December's Holidays - An age-old tradition, a celebration of the winter season, when young and old,

and family and friends come together gathered around the table in a warm and convivial atmosphere with soul satisfying food and good cheer. Join us in the festivities at The Paris!

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes,
From all of us at The Paris!

Les Folies Bergères, Paris

Holiday Dinner Specials:

Lapin à la Moutarde - Braised Boneless Leg of Rabbit in Mustard Sauce with Pan-Seared Gnocchi, Chanterelles Mushrooms, Chestnuts - $27.95
~~~
Plats de Côtes de Boeuf à la Bourguignone - Red Wine and Beef Demi Braised Beef Short Ribs, Celery Root Purée, Glazed Carrots - $29.95
~~~
Choucroute Garnie - Alsatian Braised Cabbage, White Wine and Juniper Berries; Assorted Artisan Sausages and Charcuteries (Knackwurst, Fleischwurst, Wienerwurst, Weisswurst, Bratwurst, Salt Pork, Kassler) - $26.95

Our Holiday Hours

The Paris is open seven days a week throughout the holidays.

The Paris will be open for dinner beginning at 5 P.M. on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

Holidays gifts from the

Paris! Give $50 and receive $10.

Purchase a $50.00 gift card from The Paris and receive back a gift certificate for $10.00 to dine with us!!!
( For every $50 incremental gift card purchased, receive an additional $10 certificate!
$50 = $10 ,$1,000 = $200)

La Belle Époque

The Holidays always remind us atThe Paris of Europe's and Salt Lake City's Golden Age from 1871-1912, when "the joy of life awoke in all the social classes, the time of new extraordinary and sensational things, the time of optimism and cheerfulness."

This glorious period inspires our ambiance and our conviviality at The Paris!

Le Moulin Rouge, Paris

Welcome 2011 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 choices.

Our regular menu is not available on New Year's Eve.

Our five-course 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.

Book your table now, as availability is becoming limited. 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.
or
Duck Confit Galette with a Fondue of Sweet Onion and Endive, Camembert Le Châtelain, Chives.
~~~
Second
Celery Root and Chestnut Soup with Foie Gras.
or
Winter Citrus Salad, Watercress, Pink Grapefruit, Blood Orange, Fennel, Pomegranate seeds.
~~~
Third
Clifford Farms Soft Egg
and Fresh Ricotta Ravioli,
Sage Brown Butter.
~~~
Entr'acte
Champagne, Thyme and Pomegranate Sorbet.
~~~
Fourth
Pan-Seared Gnocchi. Salsify, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Roasted Chestnuts and Winter Truffles
or
Whole Oven-Roasted Loup de Mer - Fennel Stuffed Mediterranean Stripped Bass, Glazed Carrots, Fingerling Potatoes
or
Grilled Côte de Boeuf - 18oz Grilled Bone In Angus Ribeye, Truffled Celery Root Purée, Haricots Verts Amandine, Bordelaise Sauce.
or
Roasted Rack of Lamb, Crust of Herbes de Provence and Mustard Seed, Caramelized Porcini Mushroom, Sunchoke and Tomme de Savoie Galette.
~~~
Fifth
Warm Molten Chocolate Cake, Armagnac and Raisin Gelato.
or
Nougat Glacé with Chestnut Honey
~~~

Click here to download the New Year's Eve Menu in PDF version.

(Adobe Acrobat required to open file)

Click here to download acrobat (free download)

2011-11-16T11:30:00.000-08:00

La Maison Latour Revient au Paris!
Maison Latour Comes Back to The Paris!
Wednesday November 30th, 2011 at 6:30 P.M.

Homage to the Wines of Maison Louis Latour

The Paris will be honoring the Burgundy region of France and more specifically the wines of The Maison Louis Latour, which has been selling and making wines since the 17th Century!!!

We will be featuring a seven-course seasonal menu with Louis Latour wine pairings. Guillaume Akouka, from Maison Louis Latour, will be our guest of honor and will be talking about the wines from Burgundy throughout the evening.

The cost of the menu will be $49.00 and the wine pairing will be available for $49.00, tax and service charge not included.

Please call 801-486-5585 to make a reservation

The Menu is as follows:

Menu

Latour Pouilly Fuissé 2009

Caramelized Onion and Niçoise Olive Tart with Fresh Thyme
(Pissaladière Niçoise)

Savory French Choux Pastry Puffs with Comté Cheese
(Gougères)

Oven-Baked Pacific North West Oysters with a Pouilly Fuissé Sabayon
(Huîtres du Nord-Ouest Pacifique Gratinées au Sabayon de Pouilly Fuissé)

Simmonet-Fèbvre Crémant Rosé

Chicken Liver Terrine with Marc de Bourgogne
(Terrine de Foies de Volaille au Marc de Bourgogne)

Latour Montagny Premier Crû 2009

Braised Rabbit in Mustard Sauce with Pan Seared Gnocchi,
Chanterelle Mushrooms, Roasted Chestnuts
(Lapin à la Moutarde, Cnocchi Parisienne aux Girolles et aux Châtaignes)

Henry Fessy Moulin à Vent 2009

Clifford Farm Egg Poached in Red Wine Sauce with Grilled Crouton ,
Glazed Cipolline Onions, Lardons and Paris Mushrooms
(Oeufs en Meurette)

Latour Chateau Corton Grancey 1999

Braised Beef Short Rib à la Bourguignonne, Celery Root Purée, Glazed Carrots
(Plat de Côte de Boeuf à la Bourguignonne, Purée de Cèleri Boule, Carottes Glacées)

Latour Montagny Premier Crû 2009

Artisan Raw Milk Époisses Cheese
(Époisses Artisanal au Lait Crû)

Apple Tart Tatin, Crème Fraîche
(Tarte des Demoiselles Tatin, Crème Fraîche)

2011-11-12T21:15:00.000-08:00

Sunday 13 November 2011

THANKSGIVING AT THE PARIS

From Chef/Owner Eric DeBonis

At The Paris, one of our goals has always been to showcase local, indigenous foodstuffs, crafting meals from the bounty of the season's local harvest, using native products as much as possible. Again, this fall we are excited to feature many ingredients that owe their culinary existence to the Native Americans who gathered and cultivated them; like pine nuts, wild mushrooms, berries, corn, pumpkins and winter squash, turkeys, potatoes, yams and quinoa.
This Thanksgiving come and celebrate our native autumn bounty here at The Paris with a local harvest banquet among family, friends and neighbors.

The Paris is taking reservations for Thanksgiving Dinner on
Thursday, November 24th, 2011.

We will begin seating at 4:00 p.m. and will serve until 9:00 p.m.
The price is $49.95 per person, children under 12 - $19.95

Click here to Reserve, or call 801-486-5585 today for
reservations as space is already limited!

The Menu is as follows:

Prélude
Wild Chanterelle Mushroom Flatbread with Thyme & Gruyère

Soup and Salad
Roasted Pumpkin and Caramelized Apple Soup
***
Salad of Mesclun with Pumpkin Seed Goat Cheese and Pomegranate

Fowl
Utah Wight Family Farms Free Range Turkey Rôti (Brined in Apple juice and Sea Salt, Native Spice Rub, Stuffed with Sage and Garlic, Calvados Thyme Jus and Roasted Chestnuts)

Accoutrements
Purée Blanche Ravioli (Turnips, Parsnips, Celeriac, Potatoes and Onions)
***
Cranberry Compote with Candied Oranges and Maple Glazed Pecans
***
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Yams with Cipollini Onions, Garlic and Thyme
***
Cauliflower and Brussel Sprout Gratin
***
Quinoa, Fresh Herbs, Shallots and Roasted Pine Nuts

***
Corn Bread With Honey Butter

Desserts
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Roasted Chestnuts and Honey Gelato
or
Caramelized Apple Stuffed Crêpes, Calvados and Crème Fraîche

Click here to download the Thanksgiving Menu in printable, PDF version

Homage to the Wines of the Maison Louis Latour

The Paris will once again be honoring the Burgundy region of France and more specifically the wines of The Maison Louis Latour, which has been selling and making wines since the 17th century!

On Wednesday, November 30th, 2001 at 6:30PM, we will be featuring a seven-course seasonal menu with Louis Latour wine parings. Guillaume Akouka, from Maison Louis Latour, will be our guest of honor and will be talking about the wines from Burgundy throughout the evening.
The cost of the menu will be $49 and the wine pairing will be available for $49

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 2010 holiday season. The facilities at The Paris can accommodate intimate gatherings of 10 to 34 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.

The Paris Bistro on Local TV!!!

2011-09-22T11:58:00.000-07:00

Our very own Emmanuel was featured on ABC4's Good Things Utah demonstrating how to make a delicious Peach Tarte Minute with phyllo dough and local peaches!

Check it out!

The reason for natural, organic, local agriculture

2011-05-31T13:36:00.000-07:00

Below is a French/German documentary (Arte/La Cinq) exposing the chemical giant Monsanto, its scandalous practices and its taking over the world agriculture by making farmers big and small dependent on its genetically modified organisms and fertilizers... An eye opening film indeed... Please invest some time, watch the ENTIRE documentary and share with your families, your friends and your acquaintances....

After watching this, you will have no more doubts as to why we keep a couple vegetable and herb gardens right here in the neighborhood, and why we buy our products for most of the year with the very people who sell at the farmer's market, long before the market opens for the season and long after it is gone. Thank you for watching!

Best Baguette in Paris

2011-05-14T12:49:00.000-07:00

Numbered Baguettes awaiting blind tasting by the judges

The French definitely LOVE their baguette... undoubtedly more so than their own flag!!!

Bread and baguette is such a serious business in France, that votes for the best take place annually, during which the best are announced and subsequently earn the right to placard the very coveted title on their front door and their "vitrine" (store front window). There are best boulanger (baker), best ouvrier de France (best craftsman in France) etc.... Best baguette in Paris is a consecration for a boulanger, especially since there are boulangeries in every street corner

Check it out...

2011-04-06T22:04:00.000-07:00

Thursday 31 March 2011

2011 Salt Lake City Weekly reader's choice for Best French!!!

We are absolutely elated! We thank the SL weekly readers, our customers, our friends, our families and our staff, most of whom have been with us since the day we opened!

Sea Salt, our other restaurant was also voted 2011 Best New Restaurant by the Salt Lake City Weekly readers! Check it out - click here

Click on text below to enlarge

2011-01-26T05:49:00.000-08:00

LA SAINT VALENTIN A PARIS!!!

We are now taking reservations for Valentine's day dinner on Monday, February 14th, 2011.
Spend Valentine's Day with your sweetheart in the City of Lights!

The Paris will be presenting a "magnifique" Parisian five-course menu for $69.95 per person plus tax and a 20% service charge. Wine pairings will also be available, and priced separately. We are offering reservations throughout the evening, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

FEATURING LIVE MUSIC FROM "ST. BOHEME", FRENCH BISTRO MUSIC

Our regular menu is not available on Valentines Day.

All reservations will require a credit card guarantee at the time of the booking.
To make Valentine's dinner reservations please call 801-486-5585

(Online reservations will not be available for Valentine's dinner)

Valentine’s Day Menu

“La Vie En Rose”

First

~ Sheppard's Farm Fresh Goat Cheese & Basil Ravioli, Ciroc Vodka Sauce ~
or
~Thai Spiced Lump King Crab Cake, Mango Salsa, Spicy Miso Aioli~
~~~
Second

~ Salad of Butter Lettuce, Hass Avocado, Grapefruit, Fennel, Asparagus, Green Goddess Dressing ~
or
~ Lobster Bisque with Tarragon-Cognac Cream ~

~~~

Third
~ Pink Grapefruit & Champagne Sorbet, Pomegranate Seeds ~
~~~

Fourth

~ Pan-Seared pancetta Wrapped Loch Duart Scottish Salmon, Fresh Day Boat Scallop, Beurre Rouge, Whole Roasted Garlic, Shallots & Thyme, Manchego Potato Gratin~
or
~ Wood-Fired Oven-Roasted, Fresh, All Natural, Fresh Lavender Honey Glazed Chicken Breast, Oven-Roasted Root Vegetables and Arugula Salad ~
or
~Pan-Seared Filet of Prime Black Angus Beef Oscar -Alaskan King Crab, White Asparagus & Sauce Choron (Tomato Béarnaise), Roasted Fingerling Potatoes ~

Fifth

~Nougat Glaçé with Chestnut Honey and Pomegranate Seeds~
or
~Warm Molten Chocolate Cake with Orange Blossom Gelato~

Click Here To Download Printable (PDF) Menu

Gift Certificates For Your Valentine:

Send your sweetheart to Paris for a night in the "City of Lights"! Order a gift certificate 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.

Choucroute from Alsace at The Paris!!!!

2011-01-21T09:09:00.000-08:00

Choucroute 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 the famous and venerable brasserie institutions of Paris like Bofinger, Brasserie Lipp, Le Balzar, Au Pied de Cochon, La Coupole, and for years now, in the midst of the winter, The Paris Bistro in Sugarhouse....

Choucroute is an Alsatian recipe for preparing sauerkraut with sausages, salted and smoked pork as well as potatoes. Here at The Paris, Mr. Siegfried makes our sausages and delivers them to us including Knackwurst, Fleischwurst, Wienerwurst, Weißwurst, Bratwurst ,Salt Pork, Kassler (smoked pork chop). We use fresh Kraut from an organic farm in Washington, not pasteurized so it is crispier and a really great foil for the sausage. We cook the kraut together with the pork slowly for hours with white Alsatian wine (Pinot Blanc, Gewurztraminer or Pinot Gris), juniper berries, pink peppercorns, coriander and onions, carrots and potatoes.

The Paris also features many Alsatian white wines that are a match made in heaven with Choucroute. Choucroute will be served as a special at The Paris for the next few weeks only, while it is the season. Please call 801-486-5585 for reservations or click here

The Paris, un parfum de Belle Époque

2011-01-13T20:03:00.000-08:00

Thursday 13 January 2011

From Eric's collection comes this gem: A colorized photograph of the Café de la Paix at the very beginning of the 20th century... The Café de la Paix opened June 30, 1862, to serve the Grand-Hôtel de la Paix (named after the nearby rue de la Paix), whose name was later shortened to Grand-Hôtel. It serviced visitors of the Universal Expo exhibition in 1867. Its proximity to the Palais Garnier (the current Paris Opéra House) attracted many famous clients, including Jules Massenet (a French composer), Émile Zola, and Guy de Maupassant (both famous French writers). Please note the server's attire, then look at our own servers!!!

2010-12-22T04:05:00.000-08:00

Wednesday 22 December 2010

Our Holiday Hours.

The Paris is open seven days a week throughout the holidays. The Paris will be open for dinner beginning at 5 P.M. on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

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 Dinner Specials

Grilled Foie Gras Stuffed Quail, Black Truffled Mashed Potatoes, Asparagus - $29.95
Choucroute Garnie - Alsatian Braised Cabbage, White Wine and Juniper Berries; Assorted Artisan Sausages and Charcuteries (Knackwurst, Fleischwurst, Wienerwurst, Weisswurst, Bratwurst, Salt Pork, Kassler) - $26.95

Welcome 2012 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 choices.

Our regular menu is not available on New Year's Eve.

Our five-course 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.

Book your table now, as availability is becoming limited. Call today for more information and for reservations or click here

French wine pairings will also be available, and priced separately.

A Night in Paris at The Moulin Rouge

New Year's Eve Menu

First
Oysters Paris - Fresh Pacific Oysters baked w/ Vermouth Beurre Blanc, Spinach, American Sturgeon Caviar.
or
Duck Confit Galette with a Fondue of Sweet Onion and Endive, Camembert Le Châtelain, Chives.

Second
Celery Root and Chestnut Soup with Foie Gras.
or
Winter Citrus Salad, Watercress, Pink Grapefruit, Blood Orange, Fennel, Pomegranate seeds.

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

Entr'acte
Champagne, Thyme and Pomegranate Sorbet.

Fourth
Dover Sole and Dungeness Crab Paupiette (or Loch Duart Wild Scottish Salmon), Tarragon Beurre Blanc, Braised Spinach, Cauliflower Mousseline .
or
Pan-Seared Filet of Angus Beef, Pan-Roasted Sweet Bread, Porcini Mushroom, Sunchoke and Tomme de Savoie Galette, Laurel and Madeira Veal Demi Glace.
or
Duck Breast and Foie Gras Roulade, Wrapped in Savoy Cabbage and Pancetta, Écrasé of Fingerling Potatoes.
or
Roasted Rack of Lamb, Crust of Herbes de Provence and Mustard Seed, Braised Spinach, Truffled Purée Blanche, Thyme Veal Jus.

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

Click here to download the New Year's Eve Menu in PDF version.

(Adobe Acrobat required to open file)

Click here to download acrobat (free download)

2010-11-29T09:12:00.000-08:00

Monday 29 November 2010

La Maison Latour au Paris!
Maison Latour at The Paris
Tuesday December 7th, 2010 at 6:30 P.M.

Homage to the Wines of Maison Louis Latour
The Paris will be honoring the Burgundy region of France and more specifically the wines of The Maison Louis Latour, which has been selling and making wines since the 17th Century!!!

We will be featuring a seven-course seasonal menu with Louis Latour wine pairings. Guillaume Akouka, from Maison Louis Latour, will be our guest of honor and will be talking about the wines from Burgundy throughout the evening.
The cost of the menu will be $45 and the wine pairing will be available for $45.

Please call 801-486-5585 to make a reservation

The Menu is as follows:

Menu aux Châtaignes
All Chestnut Menu

Simonnet-Febvre Crémant de Bourgogne
Terrine de Pâté de Campagne Maison aux Châtaignes
(Terrine of Housemade Country Pâté with Pork, Armagnac & Chestnuts)

Latour Bourgogne Chardonnay 2008
Huitres Paris
(Oysters Paris - British Columbia Baked Oysters w/ Vermouth Beurre Blanc,
Spinach and Farmed Sturgeon Caviar, Roasted Chestnut)

Latour Montagny Premier Crû "La Grande Roche" 2007
Bouchées d'Escargots de Bourgogne
(Escargot, Chestnuts, Cognac, Tarragon & Garlic Butter in Puff Pastry)

Potage aux Châtaignes et Cèleri Rave au Foie Gras
(Chestnut and Celery Root Soup with Duck Foie Gras)

Latour Aloxe Corton Premier Crû "Les Chaillots" 2005
Ravioles de Coq au Vin aux Châtaignes et au Foie Gras
(Coq au Vin Filled Ravioli with Chestnuts and Duck Foie Gras)

Latour Saint Véran "Les Deux Moulins" 2006
Époisse et Châtaignes
(Époisse Cheese and Roasted Chestnuts)

Mont Blanc (Purée de Châtaignes et Crème Fouettée)
(Mont Blanc ( Sweet Chestnut Purée and Whipped Cream))

2010-11-13T14:07:00.000-08:00

Saturday 13 November 2010

THANKSGIVING AT THE PARIS

From Chef/Owner Eric DeBonis

At The Paris, one of our goals has always been to showcase American Cuisine crafting meals from the bounty of the season's local harvest, using native products as much as possible. Again, this fall we are excited to feature many indigenous food stuffs that owe their culinary existence to the Native Americans who gathered and cultivated them; like pine nuts, wild mushroms, berries, corn, pumpkins and winter squash, turkeys, potatoes, yams and quinoa.
This Thanksgiving come and celebrate our native autumn bounty here at The Paris with a local harvest banquet among family, friends and neighbors.

The Paris is taking reservations for Thanksgiving Dinner on
Thursday, November 25th, 2010.

We will be seating at 4:00 p.m. and will serve with seatings until 8:00 p.m.
The price is $49.95 per person, children under 12 - $19.95

Click here to Reserve, or call 801-486-5585 today for
reservations as space is already limited!

The Menu is as follows:

Prélude
Wild Chanterelle Mushroom Flatbread with Thyme & Gruyère

Soup and Salad
Roasted Pumpkin and Caramel Apple Soup
***
Salad of Mesclun with Pumpkin Seed Goat Cheese and Pomegranate

Fowl
Utah Wight Family Farms Free Range Turkey Rôti (Brined in Apple juice and Sea Salt, Native Spice Rub, Stuffed with Sage and Garlic, Calvados Thyme Jus and Roasted Chestnuts)

Accoutrements
Purée Blanche Ravioli (Turnips, Parsnips, Celeriac, Potatoes and Onions)
***
Cranberry Compote with Candied Oranges and Maple Glazed Pecans
***
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Yams with Cipollini Onions, Garlic and Thyme
***
Romanesco and Brussel Sprout Gratin
***
Quinoa, Fresh Herbs, Shallots and Roasted Pine Nuts

***
Corn Bread With Honey Butter

Desserts
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Roasted Chestnuts and Honey Gelato
or
Caramelized Apple Stuffed Crêpes, Calvados and Crème Fraîche

Click here to download the Thanksgiving Menu in printable, PDF version

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 2010 holiday season. The facilities at The Paris can accommodate intimate gatherings of 10 to 34 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.

2010-11-08T02:28:00.000-08:00

Monday 8 November, 2010

PARLEZ VOUS FRANÇAIS?

The Paris Bistro Is Now Speaking French More Than Ever....

Vive la France!!!

The Paris has always captured the essence of "The City of Lights" with its Zinc Bar, classic elegant bistro ambiance, gracious and experienced service staff, and well-crafted traditional Parisian Bistro menu selections, but now The Paris has gone completely French with the menu. Beyond the Bistro classics, the menu now offers traditional, seasonal specialties from the regions of France, featuring the best local products our Utah terroir has to offer!

Come and spend the evening in Paris without having to travel 5000 miles!

Click here to view our Menu d'Automne and make a reservation today!!!

À très bientôt!!!

PARLA ITALIANO?

Craving The Pasta You Had In Italy?
Yearning For An Authentic Pizza ?

Come to Sea Salt, our NEW ALL ITALIAN restaurant, just a few blocks away from The Paris at 1709 East 1300 South.
(right across the street from the old Emigration Market)

At Sea Salt we offer the Italian Specialties that we no longer offer at The Paris, along with a dizzying array of Italian starters to be shared, al dente cooked -to-order pastas, authentic Neapolitan style pizzas and traditional Southern Italian main dishes. As at The Paris, Sea Salt focuses on seasonal ingredients sourced locally from organic, biodynamic and sustainable farmers and ranchers. Sea Salt features an all Italian wine list with over 200 different by-the-bottle selections and 25 wines by-the-glass from throughout Italy's wine regions!

Click here to view Sea Salt's website and menu.
We hope to see you soon! Arrivederci!

A pictorial stroll thru a market in Paris

2010-04-18T13:50:00.000-07:00

Sunday 18 April, 2010

Market is held underneath a bridge carrying the metro

Emmanuel has been stuck in Paris for a few days now, due to the volcanic ash cloud covering Europe and grounding thousands of flights..... What a punishment..... We don't really feel for him!!!.... He went to a food market not far from the Eiffel Tower... Here are some pictures....

A tripe stand... Tongues, Kidneys, testicles and other "delicacies"

Fresh "rascasse"

Fresh sea urchins

Skate wing

Farm fresh eggs

White asparagus everywhere (look at the size of them!!!)

French Purple artichokes.... a rarity in Utah!!!

Blue thistle (Chardons bleus)

A greek Easter in Paris!!!

2010-04-03T20:24:00.000-07:00

Saturday 3 April, 2010

Check out these succulent pictures and the menu of specials being offered at the Paris on Easter Sunday !!!

What's the deal with the Greeks you ask??? well, let's say Eric has a long standing, undying love story with Greece, and quite frankly, when it comes to lamb..... The Greeks have their act together!!!!

Greens!!!!

2010-03-23T01:04:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 23 March, 2010

Flowering Turnip Raab

It's starting to look and feel a lot like spring!!!!... In fact it IS spring already, but being in Utah, the growing season is always a little bit late.... Nevertheless, John, our farmer from Ranui Gardens has been growing organic and biodynamic greens for us in his greenhouse at an altitude of 7500 feet... We are now currently serving the very first of his harvest.... Sylvetta Arugula, the best spinach I've seen in a long time, and flowering turnip raab....And best of all, WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN TOWN SERVING THEM AT THIS TIME!!!! How awesome is that???

John From Ranui Gardens with
our first delivery of Greens!!!!

Nose to tail... continued

2010-03-21T23:58:00.000-07:00

Sunday 21 March, 2010

Pictured above is the result of a lunchtime brainstorming session in Eric's home kitchen yesterday....Clifford Farm Pork Tenderloin Medallions with a Mustard Cream Sauce, Fresh Thyme, Sea Salt Oven Roasted Fingerling Potatoes... Very luscious indeed, and coming soon to our Menu de Saison!!!

Fagioli soup!!!

2010-03-16T18:06:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 16 March, 2010

Today I made a Pasta e Fagioli soup... This is a puréed white bean soup that is emulsified with rosemary and garlic infused extra virgin olive oil. It is then garnished with papardelle Pasta and grated Pecorino Cheese... We are going to be serving it for the next few days, then move on to a new soup as Spring is coming in fast!

TRUE nose-to-tail

2010-03-12T03:33:00.000-08:00

Friday March 12, 2010

Despite some people's claims that they are Utah's first nose-to-tail restaurant, Eric and I have been buying entire animals directly from farmers and cattle growers and have butchered them ourselves ever since we started working together some 17 years ago.

When our friend Julie Clifford from Clifford Farms called us the other day to offer us to purchase a freshly slaughtered half pig from her farm, we did not hesitate... She showed up the following morning and brought us a superb specimen, cut in half lengthwise and weighing 80 pounds!

Just like the brown eggs and the arugula we buy from the Cliffords, the pig was raised naturally and never was fed any crap, hormones or antibiotics....

Look for a plethora of farm raised pork specials coming on the menu soon!!! We are most definitely going to serve a Ham around Easter time, but also, porchetta, pâtés, pork chops.... we will keep you all informed... We now have a page on facebook... Check it out!!! in the meantime, enjoy the pictures...

Before....

After!!!

Pork jowl and belly getting ready...

...to be cured with Guérande grey salt, sugar, fennel, rosemary...

...in a few days we'll have homemade (unsmoked) bacon and Guanciale!!!!

Salon de L'Agriculture, Paris, France

2010-03-04T16:10:00.000-08:00

Eman is a lucky bastard....

Very lucky indeed, he is.... He worked a flight to Paris and got to spend the day at the once-a-year National Agricultural Fair.... and by the same token sample oodles of food, wines and spirits from all regions of France... Read his blog entry here

2010-01-14T09:08:00.000-08:00

La Saint Valentin à Paris!!!

We are now taking reservations for Valentine's day dinner on Sunday, February 14th, 2010. Spend Valentine's Day with your sweetheart in the City of Lights!
The Paris will be presenting a "magnifique" Parisian five-course menu for $69.95 per person plus tax and a 20% service charge. Wine pairings will also be available, and priced separately.
We are offering reservations throughout the evening, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Our regular menu is not available on Valentines Day All reservations will require a credit card guarantee at the time of the booking.To make Valentine's dinner reservations please call 801-486-5585 (Online reservations will not be available for Valentine's dinner)

Click Here To Download Printable (PDF) Menu

Valentine’s Day Menu

“La Vie En Rose”
First
~ Sheppard's Farm Fresh Goat Cheese & Basil Ravioli, Ciroc Vodka Sauce ~
or
~Thai Spiced Lump King Crab Cake, Mango Salsa, Spicy Miso Aioli~
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Second
~ Salad of Butter Lettuce, Haas Avocado, Grapefruit, Fennel, Asparagus, Green Goddess Dressing ~
or
~ Lobster Bisque with Tarragon-Cognac Cream ~
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Third
~ Pink Grapefruit & Champagne Sorbet, Pomegranate Seeds ~
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Fourth
~ Dover Sole and Dungeness Crab Paupiette, Rosé Beurre Blanc, Wilted Spinach,
Cauliflower Mousseline~
or
~Wood-Fired Oven Roasted, All Natural, Fresh, Lavender Honey Glazed Chicken Breast, Oven-Roasted Root Vegetables and Arugula Salad ~
or
~Pan-Seared Filet of Prime Black Angus Beef Oscar -Alaskan King Crab, White Asparagus & Sauce Choron (Tomato Béarnaise), Roasted Fingerling Potatoes ~

Fifth
~Nougat Glaçé with Chestnut Honey and Pomegranate Seeds~
or
~Warm Molten Chocolate Cake with Orange Blossom Gelato~

2009-12-29T09:47:00.001-08:00

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
-or-
House Loch Duart Scottish Salmon Gravlaks, Celery Root Rösti, Crème Fraîche, Caviar
-or-
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
-or-
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
-or-
Pan-Seared Filet of Angus Beef, Pan-Roasted Sweetbread & Porcini Mushroom, Sunchoke & Tomme de Savoie Galette , Laurel & Madeira Veal Demi Glace
-or-
Duck Breast and Foie Gras Roulade, Wrapped in Savoy Cabbage and Pancetta, Écrasé of Fingerling Potatoes
-or-
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
-or-
Nougat Glacé with Chestnut Honey

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

2009-12-16T20:59:00.001-08:00

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!!!

2009-12-10T21:20:00.000-08:00

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

Thanksgiving at the Paris

2009-11-15T22:23:00.000-08:00

The Paris opened 8 years ago on Thanksgiving, November, 22, 2001. We have honored this day with a traditional Native American Celebration of the harvest of local products. Every year we have many returning guests who look forward to our reverence to what now is called "locavore"! With complete gratitude we invite you to celebrate the season with us. Please check out our menu and pricing below.

At The Paris, one of our goals has always been to showcase American Cuisine crafting meals from the bounty of the season's local harvest, using native products as much as possible. Again, this fall we are excited to feature many indigenous food stuffs that owe their culinary existence to the Native Americans who gathered and cultivated them; like pine nuts, wild mushroms, berries, corn, pumpkins and winter squash, turkeys, potatoes, yams and quinoa.

The Paris is taking reservations for Thanksgiving Dinner on
Thursday, November 26th, 2009.
We will be seating at 4:00 p.m. and will serve with seatings until 9:00 p.m.
The price is $44.95 per person, children under 12 - $19.95

Click Here to Reserve

Or call 801-486-5585 today for reservations as space is already limited!

The menu is as follows:

Prélude
Wild Chanterelle Mushroom Flatbread with Thyme & Gruyère

Soup & Salad
Roasted Pumpkin and Caramel Apple Soup
***
Salad of Mesclun with Pumpkin Seed Goat Cheese and Pomegranate

Fowl
Utah Wight Family Farms Free Range Turkey Rôti (Brined in Apple juice & Sea Salt, Native Spice Rub, Stuffed with Sage & Garlic, Calvados Thyme Jus and Roasted Chestnuts)

Accoutrements
Purée Blanche Ravioli (Turnips, Parsnips, Celeriac, Potatoes & Onions)
***
Cranberry Compote with Candied Oranges & Maple Glazed Pecans
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Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Yams with Cipollini Onions, Garlic & Thyme
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Romanesco, Cauliflower, Brussel Sprout & Beehive Cheddar Gratin
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Quinoa, Fresh Herbs, Shallots & Roasted Pine Nuts

***
Corn Bread With Honey Butter

Desserts
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Roasted Chestnuts & Honey Gelato
or
Caramelized Apple Stuffed Crêpes, Calvados & Crème Fraîche

Download a printable version of this menu. Click here!

New Fall Menu!!!

2009-11-14T22:27:00.000-08:00

Poulet Rouge being roasted on the spit at the Paris

Today, we saw our first significant snow storm of the season, and Fall instantly turned into Winter! Well, almost.... Although Emmanuel saw Christmas Carolers and people dressed as Santa's Elves (complete with pointy ears) at the local supermarket, we yet have to experience Thanksgiving which has traditionally been the celebration of the harvest in America. So we reluctantly made a transition with the menu today. We had to face that summer is over and we had to face that vine ripe produce like Ranui Gardens heirloom tomatoes, Parker Farms Gypsy Peppers, Borski Farms Rosa Bianca eggplant, East Farms Romanesco zucchini and summer squash, Clifford Farms Sylvetta Arugula , Green River Melons, and Green Acres Farm Yellow Romano beans were not going to be had until next year!!!

So we harvested the last of our sorrel, mint, Greek oregano and sage today before the winter frost took their life away until next season. Now we are forced to make the transition to winter and let it reflect in our menu. Don't think that we do not embrace change and the cycles of the earth.....we do emphatically celebrate seasonality!

The latest incarnation of our dinner menu and Menu de Saison is all about fall and its flavors. We are extremely excited to feature a new Poulet Rouge Chicken which we serve à la Provençale, with a fricassée of vegetable, couscous and an olive mélange....
During the summer months, we have been privileged to be one of the few select restaurants in the continental US to get our wild salmon directly shipped to us from the boys at Mystic Salmon in Yakutat, Alaska. Since the season is over, we are now getting a fantastic product from the pristine, cold waters of the Scottish Lochs, the Loch Duart salmon (click here to find out about it) .We are bringing back perennial favorites such as our roasted pumpkin and squash soup with caramel apple, our pan seared scallops with Puy lentils and Chanterelle mushroom persillade, and an amazing pumpkin-chestnut cheesecake....

With the holidays right around the corner, we hope to see you all very soon.... Thanksgiving day will mark the ninth anniversary of our opening day!!! How fast time flies!!!

Stay tuned for our next posting.... We will publish our Thanksgiving menu and talk about tradition....Wild Scottish Loch Duart Salmon Chermoula with a
roasted Vegetable Couscous

Daube Niçoise

2009-10-31T23:43:00.000-07:00

Check this out....

We truly waste nothing!

We just cooked a Niçoise style Daube (an obscure french word for braised beef) with Bistro cuts of beef. Take some local vegetables, like carrots, celery, onions, San Marzano tomatoes from our garden, some good white wine and mixed olives to make it truly Niçoise, give it some love, some "savoir faire" and after a few hours, voilà !!! You got yourself a mean Daube!!!

We are going to serve it with fresh, homemade Pappardelle pasta (wide, wide ribbon pasta), biodynamically grown heirloom fingerling potatoes from Ranui Gardens and top it with a Persillade of Chanterelle mushrooms.

Does that sound amazing or what?

The hunt for red....uhhhh.... tomato!

2009-10-18T19:22:00.000-07:00

The weather has been cold and blustery for the past couple of days and of course, our garden did not like it one bit.... The last of my basil died days ago and we harvested beautiful bouquets of Greek oregano as well as oodles of Thai chilies. Eric has been obsessively nurturing our plants , however, watching the thermometer and weather forecast in an almost religious fashion, covering the last of our plants with huge tarps every day at dusk in order to protect them from the deathly bite of the cold.

Late last night, after he finally wrapped up his umpteenth project of the day, Eric decided that he was going to come over to my garden in order to rescue the very last of our tomatoes.... It was almost freezing (35ºF) and a dark, moonless night. Since he came directly from the restaurant, he did not have a flashlight and had to settle for his Iphone in order to light up and see what he was picking (I am smiling just picturing the scene)....

After harvesting about 25 pounds of still beautiful heirloom tomatoes, he found a milk crate on my back porch, loaded it up in the front basket of his bicycle and off he went, weighted down and pedaling with great difficulty... I'm still not sure how he managed to arrive home unscathed...

Talk about passion.....

A rather impressive late October bounty

Fish Soup!!!

2009-09-29T11:06:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was fish soup day for Eman!

Check out his blog entry and slideshow.... Click here

Tomato canning day

2009-09-03T09:22:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was spent canning tomatoes from our garden .... Check out the story and pictures on Eman's blog... click here

Saturday at the Farmer's market

2009-08-08T23:30:00.000-07:00

We buy local and seasonal...
We cook local and seasonal...
We always have...
We always will...

We are Utah's Original Locavore Restaurant!

Every Saturday morning and Tuesday afternoon, Eman and I perform the same ritual: We visit the Pioneer Park's farmers market. There we spend hours walking to every booth looking for the best product, talking to the farmers, buying cases upon cases of product before loading up our truck and driving back to The Paris.... We occasionally see other chefs there, but rather than buying vegetables, they seem more interested in posing for the local media in their impeccably pressed chef's whites.

We have been sourcing, buying, cooking local products ever since I first opened the Olive Barrel Food Company back in 1991, long before the words "organic", "local", "sustainable" became common lingo in the restaurant community. Also eons before the locavore/nose-to-tail/farm-to-the-table hysteria became a fashionable trend amongst the Salt lake city restaurant community..... Some farmers like John Garofalo from Ranui Gardens even drop off our vegetables directly at the restaurant before they hit the Market at 6AM. Others, like Julie from Clifford Farms, John from Borski farms set our produce aside on their trucks for us....

Check out our farmers market slideshow... click here

In the beginning....

2009-07-22T02:22:00.000-07:00

Well, here is our debut in the blogosphere!!!!

As we near the eve of our ninth year, we have decided to enter the dance and start blogging. Although it might appear that we are newbies, we have been writing about our trials and tribulations on the net for years now, with our first e-newsletter composed and sent a little over six years ago. Originally, our newsletter was supposed to be a monthly communication meant to let our customers, family and friends know what we were up to, what was cooking etc..... Back in these days, the blogging community was in its infancy and truth be told, we had no idea where to begin.

We wrote articles, adorned them with the best photographs we could come up with at the time (armed with a small Minolta state-of-the-art camera and a whopping 2.1 megapixels, I was almost convinced that I was indeed the new Helmut Newton of digital photography!)... We turned the result into bulky, space hogging PDF's and sent them to the email addresses customers had deigned scribbling on their dinner experience comment cards, only to get a staggering amount of returns and "postmaster-unknown-user/this-mailbox-never-existed -in-the-first-place" type of emailing errors..... to put it in a nutshell, it was most frustrating. I had to go back and analyse each and every one of the returns to see if anything could be done, and our precious word be delivered....

Thanks to a new online editing system, we were soon able to move on to the next generation of newsletter publishing: we would compose and save our writing directly onto our website and send our customers an e-card with a link to the new edition. Still we had to deal with gazillions of returns and bounced emails. We finally had to face the ugly truth:the vast majority of people out there were not nearly as internet/email/tech savvy as we wanted them to be, and did not maintain their e-mailboxes. We ended up sending 3 or four mass emailings per year, to inform our customers of holiday specials and menus.

With the rapid development of social networking tools on the internet, we have decided that it was now time for us to change directions with the way we communicate. We will now use this blog (excusez moi... this journal) the way we originally intended to use our e-newsletter way before it was fashionable to do so. Since lots of things are happening right now with the imminent development of some new exciting projects Eric and I will do our best to keep writing articles, post photos and even videos of our [crazy] lives at the restaurant in an effort to share it with all of you. Please do send us your comments (check out the link below) and become a follower of our journal...

Thank you for checking in, and for your continued support throughout the years. Thank you for making The Paris Bistro the best dining experience in the city.... bar none. Please come dine with us soon and experience the bounty of the seasons through our menu.

À très bientôt.....

Eric, Lori, Eman and the entire staff