L'Avenue

An eternal hot spot, with good food and better people watching, L’Avenue occupies the enviable corner where Avenue Montaigne and Rue Francois 1er meet, making for one of the best outdoor dining patios on the Right Bank. Part of the Costes empire, it boasts sumptuous interiors by Jacques Garcia, who also did the group’s fashionable Hôtel Costes. L’Avenue, surrounded by the area’s haute fashion labels and down the street from the Plaza Athénée, caters to a chic, moneyed crowd who nibble on the well-executed—if somewhat predictable—cuisine, which includes salads, homemade soups, quiches and tartines for lunch and light renditions of French classics for dinner. Open daily.