Where to Eat Near Notre-Dame: A Local's Walk to Rue des Grands Augustins
- Restaurant Roger la Grenouille
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The blocks immediately around Notre-Dame are beautiful — and packed with forgettable tourist menus. The locals' secret: cross the river. Ten minutes on foot put you in front of one of the most characterful bistros in Paris.
The route (10 minutes, all pretty)
From Notre-Dame, cross the Seine at Pont Saint-Michel, pass the fountain, and slip into rue Saint-André-des-Arts. Turn right onto rue des Grands Augustins — one of the oldest streets on the Left Bank, where Picasso painted Guernica at number 7. At 26-28, you've arrived: Roger la Grenouille, serving Saint-Germain since 1930.
Why it beats the tourist traps
A real specialty you won't find elsewhere — frog legs in garlic-parsley butter, fried fritôts, even a frog burger. A genuine 1930s dining room. Dry-aged French beef for the unconvinced. And a wine cellar of nearly 300 references that would embarrass restaurants three times the price.
Is it open for lunch and dinner?
Dinner every evening, lunch on part of the week — check current hours and book a table here, especially on weekends.
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