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I'm usually here three times a month for work, and this week, today's my day.
The $!&($&(%§ Euro has gained 3 cents on the Dollar this week alone ($1.135 as opposed to $1.105 at the beginning of the week), but it's still way cheaper than it was last year ($1.35).
You can get a fabulous (I mean like amazing) shish taouk sandwich for €4.50 at the Cedrus at 17-19 Boulevard Montmartre, just south of the Rue Vivienne in the direction of the Opéra. They have full menus of GREAT Lebanese food, too, and they aren't at all expensive by Paris standards. If you like Vietnamese/Chinese fusion, there is a great new place on the Rue Richelieu between the corner of Rue Feydeau and the Rue Saint Marc (with the black décor, not the tan one next door). It is called Le Pont de Sichuan. They have a lunch menu for €12.50 that includes an appetizer, a beverage, and a generous main course (I recommend either the calamars or the spicy chicken). Métro for the first is either Grands Boulevards or Richelieu-Drouot. For the second, either 4 Septembre or Bourse. These are my favorite lunch spots.
If you want to splurge, there is always the "Devant Vous," the best teppan-yaki place in Paris. It's NOT cheap, but it is world class food, and it is also on the Rue Richelieu at Rue Feydeau. Métro Bourse or 4 Septembre.
Of course, a city as big as Paris has ten thousand nice places to eat, but these are ones I know and frequent when I'm here.
**edited to update information:
I had forgotten that the Boulevard Haussmann becomes Boulevard Montmartre above the Rue de Richelieu. FYI, for lunch today, I had 2 shish taouk sandwiches at Cedrus, which are actually more like two medium-sized dürüms. Marinated chicken shish kebabs witha lightly spicy yoghurt sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, and wrapped in a thin pita-like pancake. I could subsist on those things.
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