Piccolo Teatro, Paris

18th February 2009. Went passed today, as it used to be a favourite place to eat when regular visitor to Paris. Still for sale. Such a shame as have many happy memories of lovely gratins and unusually named dishes.

We arrived in Mid-May 2007 expecting the Piccolo Teatro we knew so well (in the past: wonderful vegetarian food served in a nice atmosphere, etc). Not the case as all now, as the establishment changed ownership about a year ago (per the wait person "attempting" to serve us: 1. The music was some local radio station with one song then about 5-7 minutes of loud commercials. 2. Our wait person was more concerned with her cell phone calls than us, ignoring us constantly. 3. The food served was truly awful: No tempeh dishes offered (in the past this restaurant had GREAT tempeh creations) and what they had was bland and, frankly, tasteless. 4. The wine selection, which in the past was all good quality Bio (organic) wines, was marginal at best and very over priced Unfortunately, the Piccolo Teatro of past is no longer. Highly advised to avoid this restaurant. Instead to to LE POTAGER DU MARAIS or LE GRENIER DE NOTRE DAME, both are simply GREAT!!!!!!!!