Le Patio Opera

When Le Patio launched it quickly became a celeb favourite not only for its flexible opening hours and alternative ways of eating, but also because owner Valerie Saas-Lovici is a film producer with an A-list address book. Were not naming names, because Le Patio is a discreet address across from the Garnier Opera House and opposite the W Hotel. Saas-Lovici who, not like you and I, sees life as a series of movies, decors and costumes, decided she needed a restaurant that would be like going to the movies without having to sit in the dark for two hours, although there is a screening room/art gallery in the basement and Le Cantinetta, the little bistro next door, is punctuated with posters from Saas-Lovicis favourite films and often with the actors who star in them. Le Patio, a listed Haussmann building, divides into roughly three areas around a bucolic tree-lined courtyard which is covered in winter, so its possible to eat dans le jardin all year round. You wont see the celebs; theyr...