Restaurant Name: L'Été en Pente Douce
L'Été en Pente DouceRoughly translated as
summer on a gentle slope, this restaurant/tea room's (opened in 1990) eponymous title is from a
1987 Gerard Krawczyk film. I believe it refers to its sitting on a square facing the sloping hill coming down from
Sacré-Cœur. Part of that sloping hill is a garden (Square Willette) that you can meander through; indeed many people were doing just that. The lovely tree-filled greenery was peaceful to look upon from the terrasse & it was difficult to believe we were so close to tourist-soaked Place du Parvis du Sacré-Cœur.
Service is brisk & efficient. I made the acquaintance of 2 English ladies while here first trip & one was complaining about how awful the FRENCH were, THESE FRENCH pretend they don't speak English, how they never cracked a smile. At that moment her server came up from behind her, I made eye contact, smiled, & she smiled in return, but upon presenting the food immediately returned to her professional demeanor.
This past trip the server kindly gave me one of the menus for a keepsake along with 6 of their cards.
Photos: November 2007
Favorite Dish: For lunch both trips I ate salade niçoise (11.90€ - my God, it was a HUGE salad – wunnnnderful with it's fillet of tuna, niçoise olives, eggs, tomato, onions, tapenade and bread spread with anchovy paste topped with a creamy mustard vinaigrette) served with their hefty/dense homemade brown bread, a cheese platter (5.90€ - this past trip was Reblochon de Savoie). First trip I tried the pichet of the very drinkable house wine (6.80€ - A.O.C. Touraine 50cl); this trip a friend & I shared a bottle of the La Treille Muscate (15€ - Vin de pays de Cucugnan, un Corbière bio, 2005). I also started out with an aperitif of kir pêche (3.80€) while we finished up dinner with café (2€); alas, no room for dessert! Inexpensive good food, and extremely satisfying.
Open 7 days a week from noon 'til after midnight.
Chef: Jean-Luc Brillet
Reservations recommended
They also own La Fourmi Ailée near Notre Dame in the Latin Quarter.
I read about this restaurant in:
Cadogan Guides Paris (2002 ed)
Mapeasy's Guidemap to ParisThe Paris Café Cookbook by Daniel Young (which includes a recipé for their
Tarte au Citron et Pruneaux ~ Lemon Tart w/Prune Preserves - 5.50€)
Rick Steves' Paris 2003
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Theme: French
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$11-20
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Phone: 01 42 64 02 67
Address: 23, rue Muller, Paris, France 75018 (Montmartre0
Directions: Walk to the bottom of the rue Maurice-Utrillo stairs (as you face Sacré Cœur it is just to the right) where the rues Muller, Feurtrier, Maurice-Utrillo & Paul-Albert meet to form a cobblestoned square.
Métro: Anvers or Château-Rouge
Website: http://www.parisresto.com
Other Contact: Email: jaeu@wanadoo.fr
on Nov 21, 2004
