Amarante

Old-school French cuisine and natural wines near Bastille

With his passion for simplicity, traditional recipes, and fine ingredients, soft-spoken Amarante proprietor Christophe Philippe is a chef’s chef, adored by restaurant industry peers and a passionate cult of Paris foodies. His spartan Bastille-area bistro is proudly divisive: a quiet haven for lovers of old-school French cuisine and natural wines and a p…