Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

    > Viking writes:
    >
    >> I would have thought Maxim's would be as famous....
    >
    > Maxim's lost its Michelin rating years ago. It's famous with tourists,
    > and the interior decor is beautiful, but it's not really haute cuisine,
    > just spectacle.
    >

According to the Maxim spin they didn't loose the star so much as they
refused to allow the raters to rate. Yeah OK sure . . .

Mxsmanic wrote:

    > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes:
    >
    >
    >>You're obviously not an opera fan - Cafe Momus is the scene
    >>of the Christmas Eve revels in Puccini's "La Boheme"!
    >
    >
    > What's the street address?

Ask the folks at Opera National de Paris! (I'm sure they
store the scenery flats somewhere accessible.)

    >

randee wrote:

    > And do not forget the recent Australian movie 'Moulin Rouge' with Nicole
    > Kidman and John Broadbent (who does what some consider a classic
    > rendition of Madonna's 'Like a Virgin').

Why do they have to re-make great movies? No one can
improve upon the original, with Jose Ferrer and ZsaZsa Gabor!

Mxsmanic wrote:

    > Viking writes:
    >
    >
    >>I would have thought Maxim's would be as famous....
    >
    >
    > Maxim's lost its Michelin rating years ago. It's famous with tourists,
    > and the interior decor is beautiful, but it's not really haute cuisine,
    > just spectacle.

It really exists???? I thought it was a Franz Lehar
invention!

    >

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes:

    > Ask the folks at Opera National de Paris! (I'm sure they
    > store the scenery flats somewhere accessible.)

I don't think they use flats any more, at least not at the Opera
Bastille.

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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes:

    > It really exists???? I thought it was a Franz Lehar
    > invention!

Maxim's is on the rue Royale, the short street that leads from the place
de la Concorde to the Madeleine, so yes, it really exists. Very nice,
flowery Art Nouveau interior decor. Perhaps the only place left in town
that insists that men wear a tie and jacket (but, as usual, women can
wear anything). That alone is reason enough not to go there.

It's owned today by Pierre Cardin.

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On 22/02/05 1:21, in article [email protected],
"Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Maxim's lost its Michelin rating years ago.


As I remember it, they requested that their name be removed after they had
been demoted a star. In the Michelin rating system they would command
a four spork and spoon classification even if not having at least one star.

It is basically a snob's restaurant. How good the food is not essential.

Most starred places, if they lose a star will fight back, but reclimbing
the ladder is hard. The Tour d'Argent went from *** to ** years ago
and I think is still there. In any case, the view from the Tour d'Argent
is spectacular, at night.

Earl

On 22/02/05 5:05, in article [email protected],
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > It really exists???? I thought it was a Franz Lehar
    > invention!


It is just up the street from the Place de la Concord, on the left if
you are walking towards the Madeline. It has heavy drapes in the windows
and one can not see in to see what famous people are there.

Many people like the Belle Epoche décor, but one can always go to the
Train Bleue in the Gare de Lyon for that. The food is OK, brasserie
style and it is worth a visit. So is La Perouse

http://www.welcometoparis.it/06/Rist.../img/foto4.jpg

for photo.

Earl

On 22/02/05 6:15, in article [email protected],
"Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Perhaps the only place left in town
    > that insists that men wear a tie and jacket (but, as usual, women can
    > wear anything).

I have ran into others. Basically, wear a coat and tie in Paris
for anything from ** up, or having a classy classification in the
Michelin.

One place we went to even had coats and ties for slobs.

Earl

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:21:41 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Viking writes:
    >> I would have thought Maxim's would be as famous....
    >Maxim's lost its Michelin rating years ago. It's famous with tourists,
    >and the interior decor is beautiful, but it's not really haute cuisine,
    >just spectacle.

I agree, just like Moulin Rouge. But he said "most famous", not best.

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:15:33 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Perhaps the only place left in town
    >that insists that men wear a tie and jacket (but, as usual, women can
    >wear anything). That alone is reason enough not to go there.

Hey! Another men's-rights guy! Good man.

Viking wrote:

    > >Maxim's lost its Michelin rating years ago. It's famous with tourists,
    > >and the interior decor is beautiful, but it's not really haute cuisine,
    > >just spectacle.
    > I agree, just like Moulin Rouge. But he said "most famous", not best.

The place isn't cheap either. Dinner and show ranges from 135-165 Euros.
That includes a half bottle of champagne.

Evelyn wrote:

    >>>>Maxim's lost its Michelin rating years ago.
    >>>> It's famous with tourists, and the interior
    >>>> decor is beautiful, but it's not really haute
    >>>> cuisine, just spectacle.

    >It really exists???? I thought it was a Franz
>Lehar invention!

Well, Evelyn , now the question is : what came first , the Maxim or "Die
lustige Witwe" ( The Merry Widow) ?

Who cares

Heut geh ich ins Maxim

da bin ich so intim

da kenn ich alle Damen

nenn sie beim Kosenamen

Lulu.....

The good old times


Regards

Sandor



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