These days Paris waiters don't leave a small handwritten tab on your table, although I'd love to find some that still do. Sadly, now it's a computerized ticket they've printed out. Here at Le Petit Marcel, it seems our handsome waiter, with the red suspenders, was actually logging it all in on a computer! Quel dommage.
Le Petit Marcel
65 rue Rambuteau
75004 Paris
Excellent shot Virginia. I must be the only person in the world who adores French waiters ;-) Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
ReplyDeleteI love his red suspenders! Paris Rouge!!
ReplyDeleteWhat I like are the special furniture one can find BEHIND the comptoir in old brasseries. They're always very unic and beautyful. (You must write QUEL dommage, only one L-masculine word Ü)
ReplyDeleteIs nothing sacred? Handwriting might be fading from everyday use but I'll fight the good fight to keep it alive wherever I can. :) The handsome waiter's suspenders are rather dashing.
ReplyDeleteQuel dommage, bien sûr! But one thing has not changed....those HANDSOME FRENCH WAITERS!!!!!!!!! Anita
ReplyDeleteI bet you gave 'im a big tip for 'is service, non, V de B!
ReplyDeleteA big tip for the handsome guy !
ReplyDeleteMaybe in an old fashioned mere et pere restaurant?
ReplyDeleteI get stressed just watching these guys run around. Better them than me! Nice capture.
ReplyDeleteLove the red suspenders! Alas, I think you will need to venture out into the small towns to find handwritten additions!
ReplyDeleteLove this shot of the cute waiter with his Paris rouge accents!
ReplyDeleteFrench Girl -- you are not alone. I love French waiters too—and so does Virginia, I believe. Great shot, V—et j'adore ses belles bretelles rouges!
ReplyDeleteAh that's progress for you Virginia, no time for hand written chits. He's still a handsome young waiter though!
ReplyDeleteIt may be computerized, but the restaurant looks like it is architecturally beautiful!
ReplyDelete"L'addition, s'il vous plait" - the first French phrase that my husband agreed to learn. I was all too willing to teach him this one!
ReplyDeleteLe cow-boy du comptoir.
ReplyDeleteVeronique, I love the waiters as well....especially the ones as handsome as this one avec rouge suspenders.
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Alain, I learned a new one from your today! :)
Harriet, I hope he paid l'addition ! :)
This was a charming small brasserie. Loved the brass railings, mirrors, and tile floor.
The last time I visited Chartier (7 rue du Faubourg Montmartre), the bill was still being totaled on the paper table cloth...
ReplyDeleteHello Virginia,
ReplyDeleteI'm catching up on blog posts today and am getting my Paris "fix". I love your beautiful, natural images of Parisian life. Perhaps you, Genie and I can meet in Paris with our cameras one day?
My post this week was of some of YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND's photos, but I have just noticed him on your blog. What now?
Un bon weekend.
Hello Virginia,
ReplyDeleteI'm catching up on blog posts today and am getting my Paris "fix". I love your beautiful, natural images of Parisian life. Perhaps you, Genie and I can meet in Paris with our cameras one day?
My post this week was of some of YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND's photos, but I have just noticed him on your blog. What now?
Un bon weekend.
Bouillon Chartier waiters write the order and the bill on the paper tablecloth - you'll love it
ReplyDeleteand Stephen provided the address ! Merci Allax and Stephen
ReplyDeleteTres beau!
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