PARIS
3 >> Near Republique and Le
Marais Le Barricou
Genuine wine bistro, you’ll find that flashy yellow bistro facing
the “Cirque
d’hiver”, on the other side of boulevard du Temple not
far from Le Marais.
Le
Barricou definitely is a natural Paris household,
complete with its social melting-pot. A place where
you may start a bottle of wine at the bar with friends,
and simply pick it up to your dining table – that
is, provided you’ve not already emptied it...
Few “monsieur” and “madame” are
to be heard in this vicinity, since everyone calls
evryone by his name. When admitted in that fraternity,
you may call yourself a true parisian !
Michel
himself is as authentic as his Rouergue roots : watch his friendly, heavy-browed
face and sink into his deep-dark eyes...
Michel’s wife Sylvie, comes from Chinon, but
isn’t that another wine area ? It sure is, and not a bad point
for a wine-bar ! Her husband
follows the path of his ancestors, but in his own modern, most clever
way. “The path of the ancestors” means that like so
many before him, he first had to go to Paris to start
business. He went the hard way, from bartender to waiter and then
... to his own place ! And he sure did a great job at the head of
Le Barricou. A mere two years after he took it over, he was awarded
the famous “Golden
Bottle” prize by the “Wine Tradition Association” !
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Le
Barricou definitely is a natural Paris household,
complete with its social melting-pot. A place where
you may start a bottle of wine at the bar with friends,
and simply pick it up to your dining table – that
is, provided you’ve not already emptied it...
Few “monsieur” and “madame” are
to be heard in this vicinity, since everyone calls
evryone by his name. When admitted in that fraternity,
you may call yourself a true parisian ! 
Michel
himself is as authentic as his Rouergue roots : watch his friendly, heavy-browed
face and sink into his deep-dark eyes...
