Everything about Papilles was a surprise. To start with, there's the location in a minimall on a difficult stretch of Franklin Avenue, almost underneath the 101 overpass, and just past the on-ramp. By the time you turn into the parking lot you feel you've been in some kind of crazy collision car chase. Then you park, noticing with some dismay the stores surrounding the restaurant. Are you really in the right place? And then you open the door. Some of the best meals I've eaten have been in minuscule Paris restaurants whose chefs decided they were tired of feeding rich tourists. They stopped shooting for the stars, decamped to little storefront places in unimpressive arrondissements, lowered their prices and their expectations. Papilles feel like part of the
Three Ambitious Courses: Thirty-Seven Bucks
Three Ambitious Courses: Thirty-Seven Bucks
Three Ambitious Courses: Thirty-Seven Bucks
Everything about Papilles was a surprise. To start with, there's the location in a minimall on a difficult stretch of Franklin Avenue, almost underneath the 101 overpass, and just past the on-ramp. By the time you turn into the parking lot you feel you've been in some kind of crazy collision car chase. Then you park, noticing with some dismay the stores surrounding the restaurant. Are you really in the right place? And then you open the door. Some of the best meals I've eaten have been in minuscule Paris restaurants whose chefs decided they were tired of feeding rich tourists. They stopped shooting for the stars, decamped to little storefront places in unimpressive arrondissements, lowered their prices and their expectations. Papilles feel like part of the