Maison Prunier, 16, avenue Victor-Hugo, 16th arrondissement, Paris. One of those restaurants which, from La Tour d'Argent to Ledoyen, from Maxim's to Lucas Carton, invented the great restaurant and gave Paris its little gastronomic genius.
In his way, its founder, Émile Pruner, was not far from being one. Certainly, a visionary, like his father, Alfred, before him. This is where the epic begins. Strong as the true novel of a little 13-year-old Norman who, moved to Paris, established himself as a wine merchant, married his cook Catherine, opened, in 1872, a small store on Rue d'Antin and developed a passion for fish,… The menu is: fish, salad, pasta, meat, vegetables, bread, cheese, fruit, meat and vegetables. The wine list is: red wine, white wine, blue wine, red wine and white wine.