A Paris Country Inn
“L’Auberge” basically means a French country inn. Or, more often, the type of food served at a country restaurant. L’Auberge du Champs de Mars, snuggled into a block-long back street only a five-minute walk from the Eiffel Tower, provides an excellent chance to try some of this classic French food without leaving Paris.
The €19 “prix fixe” menu of an appetizer, entrée and dessert offers the quintessence of French country cooking as an excellent bargain for the low-budget traveler. However, as with most restaurants, drinks can drive the bill up a bit. A very nice champagne cocktail aperitif, a light house red wine with the meal and an after dinner cognac, plus a glass of the recommended Montbazillac wine for the goose foie gras I’d chosen for my appetizer, pushed the total bill to €45.30.
