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21/03/2024: It is in this small street corner establishment that I have been coming to get my fill for several years now. It's simple: this restaurant is quite simply the best establishment I have seen in more than 20 years in Paris. The food is simple, good, plentiful and at a fair price. The rice is some of the best I've eaten and the chicken is tender enough to make an angel blush. Everything, right down to the water, is a little marvel, including the music paying homage to the greatest jazz musicians of this century. However. Attention. Make no mistake: you are not in just any place. Here there is no sophisticated stationery on the wall, no silk armchairs, no ebony coat racks or even glass windows. It is also likely that if you want to eat on the ground you will come out with some exotic diseases. But what's the point of all these trinkets??! Here you are at home. Even if your family tree doesn't take root at the intersection of the Greenwich meridian and the equator, you will feel at home, covered in love and flavor. Served by a deeply kind and helpful man. Who will undoubtedly make you regret that he is not your father because you would like to eat there again once you return. But I must warn you one last time. Alberto is a man who doesn't joke with food and especially with quantities, if you don't have the volume space necessary to accommodate his flavors, you might very well regret not being able to enjoy more. As for the most courageous and reckless, there is a more dangerous option: hot sauce. Sensitive taste buds refrain. In which case you will understand why this place is nicknamed among connoisseurs "COME IF YOU ARE MEN".

01/02/2024: Delicious dishes with always friendly service. Go there with your eyes closed!!!