Café Tournon-6th arrondissement

in Bistros & Restos 6th to 10th Arr.

Walk in and take a step back in time to 1952-George Plimpton , Richard Wright and the ever lingering ghost of Josef Roth. Fortunately the new owners have done nothing to update the café and it looks much as it did in the halcyon days of the 1950s.


Tournon 1 

Walk in and take a step back in time to 1952-George Plimpton , Richard Wright and the ever lingering ghost of Josef Roth. Fortunately the new owners have done nothing to update the café and it looks much as it did in the halcyon days of the 1950s.

Tournon 2

I was meeting my colleague June ‘Tex” Rives for her farewell lunch for this trip and arrived early, comme d’habitude. No problem, I unfolded my International New York Times (it lacks the romance of its maiden name,The International Herald Tribune) and ordered a glass of Sauvignon Blanc from the Touraine while exchanging a  glance of acknowledgement with the fedora-sporting woman to my right-someone out of an Alan Furst novel of the Second World War.

A balanced selection of reasonably priced, excellent wines including the Beaumes-de-Venise that accompanied our meal.

Tournon 3

From a classic bistro menu featuring confit de canard, entrecote, andouilette and the other usual suspects Tex picked the cheese and charcuterie platter and I opted for the plat du jour, cannette roti avec pommes de terre.

Tournon 4

Desert was a no-brainer as we both zeroed in on the baba au rhum served with a bottle that vitiated the need for a digestif-we were not disappointed.

Café Tournon • 18 rue Tournon * Paris 6eme

Tel: 01 43 26 16 16

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