To see how the very glam French women ‘do lunch’ I would never look further than L’Avenue in Paris.
L’Avenue, This Jacques Garcia designed eatery is in the heart of what is known as the golden triangle.
The upmarket shopping area around Avenue Montaigne, Avenue Georges V, Rue Marbeuf and Rue Pierre Charon in the eighth arrondissement.
When the delights of Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior and Givenchy become too much this is the restaurant where the serious shoppers take sustenance, albeit small bites of it.
Order sparingly at L’Avenue otherwise the spell will well and truly be broken as you sip your last drop of espresso and reach for the bill.
L’Avenue is a fabulous place to listen, look and learn. xv
Ladies who Lunch
L’Avenue
41, avenue Montaigne
75008 Paris
+33140701491
Your blog makes me really wanna go to Paris… and see all these places.. and taste all the food… :)
Afterall, we all require a little sustenance while visiting the golden triangle….shopping can be a so exhausting (wink)…lovely heads-up, thanks for that! ox
I would be people watching all day …I guess you'd call that loitering …
smitten!
Spoken like a true native…very wise indeed!
I want that gorgeous lady's gorgeous legs! And that jacket if she wouldn't mind…
Hi Vicki
Well I think I will be safe.. distance will take care of that! Fantastic image though.. love the awnings and the sharp angled building.. We have a similar building in Sydney .. you may know it.. I used to work there before it became an upmarket hotel… Nothing as wonderful as this though.. Have a great weekend.. xx Julie
i could probably use a lesson.
I am definitely keeping all of your recommendations in my Someday, Paris book….:) Happy weekend, Vicki! xxoo :)
Sounds fabulous! Look forward to sampling their food someday.
-marie
Lovely, and how cool is your image!
Happy weekend Vicki.
What a delightful cafe…did you eat there and if so what did you order, and how much did it cost? : )
xx
oh vicki… i am giddy…. i cannot wait to go back… i will take you to lunch there! xoxo have a wonderful weekend!
Your going to get in to trouble giving away the secrets of where the ladies who lunch, lunch.
Sounds like a great place to people watch. One of my favourite past times.
Have a great weekend.
Much love
Lia
xx
Thanks for that tip at the end, Vicki. I tend to order everything I want and end up surprised when the bill comes.
Wishing you a fabulous weekend!
Book a table, sounds fabulous ~xo
Ha – miniscule bites I would imagine :)
Have a lovely weekend Vicki x
Thanks for this glam picture! Loooove the post!
Oh Vicki,
Perhaps, one day or in another life, I will be a lady who lunches in Paris !!….. but, for now, I will be a lady who lunches, on the odd occasion, in the Hertforshire countryside. XXXX
OMG, have been shoveling snow the whole morning, this is just what I need…. a bit of glamour and a lunch…
Take me! Please!
XX
V.
How fun!
Vicki:
I love all your savvy traveler tips. Very wise words indeed! Listening is an acquired skill and a very important one to learn. It is amazing when you step out of your minds chatter and listen with intend the world around you is either a wonderful orchestrated symphony or a cacophony of sounds either way you learn much!
The tip about the ordering at an expensive restaurant is priceless, too.
Thanks
Joanny
So I take it that ordering a Burger with the Lot (extra tomato sauce & 2 pineapple rings please) with a big bowl of chips on the side would be frowned upon?
Millie ^_^
damn!!!!
i miss paris.
i would move there in a heart-beat.
lunching, and people watching in paris is about one of the best things i can do to ensure a quality afternoon for myself.
xx
L'Avenue here I come…hope you are still there in a couple of years. I need to work on my wardrobe before I go….I would not fit in with the chick crowd right now, only the stay at home American mommy crowd ;)
Ha- love your advice at the end! :) Hope you have a wonderful weekend Vicki!
Wunderful pic & post. Hope a bit of this Parisian cafe can come to a new cafe here in our area.
Oh Vicki, I don't know what soundsbetter, the people watchin, shopping, or having a bite there. You torture me wiht every post, how I wish I was back in Paris. Thanks for the little piece of heaven today.
xoxo
Judith~
I'll remember your tip, Vicki, lest I find myself unable to leave a tip {perish the thought :) }.
Hi Vicki…thanks for your visit!!! Ladies who Lunch…sounds fabulous…just what's needed after shopping…Have a lovely weekend♥x
I'm having so much fun seeing Paris through your eyes, Vicki.
Your descriptions allow me to feel like I'm actually there having a little bite and watching all of the beautiful Parisiennes.
xo
Brooke
Such a menagere of peeps! A DEFINATE MUST FOR A QUICK BITE!
L.
I guess if I eat like a Kentuckian…I won't be able to wear the skirt of a Parisienne….not fair.
Ah yes, I have walked past this restaurant. Sigh.
I'm taking my daughter in September to Paris and I just cant wait, booking lunch here for sure. Call over and say hi on my new blog, I left my lily-g blog behind part of the sale, but I'm back in the blogging world and loving it, have a great week xx
I so wished I were one of these ladies who has time to lunch…even in Paris, i am always on the run. Things are going to change, from now on i have decided to take an extra day while traveling and take in the sights, museums and the fabulous restaurants.
Ooo okay I want to go there now…mmm don't know how I'll go with small bites!
xxx
Bonjour Vicki,
I came across your blog this morning, all the way from Australia, purely by accident and I was astounded at how similar our blogs are at times. Great minds think alike perhaps!
You have a wonderful blog showing beautiful visual glimpses of a fabulous french life. I can only hope that my blog is just as inspiring. With thanks,
Au revoir,Therese waddell
so that is what a glamourous lady would have worn in the year of my birth!
No, that sort of lunch wont do me!
I need to have 3 course … when i go out with the ladies.
Great post Vicki!
xx
Oh Vicki, you are teasing me with all of these Paris stories. I hope to get there one day – dreaming I think
Alison
What a wonderful place to be. sigh… Enjoy!
xo,
Christina
What a perfect place to observe the French way of life. xx
Hi Vicki! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. I am honored to have such a respected blogger as yourself leave a friendly comment :)
So excited it's the weekend so I will have some free time to browse everything your sharing here on French Essence!
xoxo Bardot in Blue
P.S. I added your blog banner to my sidebar blog roll wall, stop by and check it out
Next time you use a photo of my on your blog, I will expect credit.
:-)
Love your blog! I too amy a lover of all things French! Check out my blog Outrebeautybistro.blogspot.com
Merci-
Heidi
I remember my first experience here.
We had no idea we were somewhere so special.
Outside table, drinking Champagne, celebrating a lovely purchase from Dior.
Beautiful people, beautiful place ,beautiful Paris..