Meats and grilled foods, the top of Parisian tables

Restaurant Clover Grill

With his two stars, the most popular chef of the moment, Jean-François Piège, is blossoming in his neo-vintage space showcasing culinary creation near Les Halles. Here, everything happens under live embers, the new heart-throb of Jean-François Piège. Meats from Australia, Kansas, Baveria or the French region of Aquitaine, carefully selected, a puff pizza and Koshihikari rice offer unique savours. In small touches, he brings back the grill method on the front burner. Menu : 69 €, à la carte : 80 €. 6, rue Bailleul, 75001 Paris. Closed Sunday, service until 11pm. Tel : 01 40 41 59 59 and www.clover-grill.com

Third address of Jean-François Piège's small culinary empire, this gourmet enclave features top notch meats from around the world. © DR

Restaurant Unico

This temple, dedicated to meat and Argentinian wines, welcomes the top notch products of butcher Yves-Marie Le Bourdonnec. And our carnivore friends sit down here at the table around pieces braised by chef Atahual Flores, in the Asado, and cooked well-done as the Gauchos like them to be. These marvels are served with a Chimichurri sauce, vegetables and grilled corn on the cob. Without forgetting for dessert a banana con dulce de leche. A la carte : 50 €. 10, rue Amélie, 75007 Paris. Closed Sunday and Monday lunch, service until 11pm. Tel : 01 45 51 83 65 and resto-unico.com

Less far than a journey in the Pampa, the fusion menu offered here will take you on a voyage through Argentina. © DR

Restaurant Au Bœuf Couronné

Facing the Zenith and the Parc de la Villette, this 1930s brasserie, ultimate rendezvous of horse dealers and butchers. Inside-track foodies sit at large tables to enjoy high quality meat with controlled origins. Pavé des Mandataires, Chateaubriand des Bidochards, prime rib of beef, tartare, veal head and whole kidney are servec with pommes soufflées, a house spéciality and a well-kept secret. Menu : 34 €, à la carte : 50 €. 188, avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris. Open 7/7, service until midnight. Tel : 01 42 39 44 44 et www.boeuf-couronne.com

A solid value, this typical brasserie is a must-go in Paris for meat lovers. © DR

Restaurant Bœuf Maillot

Here the Menut brothers ensure a friendly atmosphere, a tad nostalgic with its enameled plaques, and of course a very appealing array of great meats on the menu. Ludovic Schwartz is in charge of the festivities. His suggestions include tepid beef cheek with a ravigote-mayo sauce, filet of beef from Salers, Charolais skirt steak and Simmental prime rib of beef from Bavaria, unless carnivores prefer the Black Angus sirloin steak from Ireland. Formula : 28 €, menu : 35 €. 99, avenue des Ternes, 75017 Paris. Open 7j7, service until 11pm. Tel : 01 55 37 99 64 et www.restaurantsparisiens.com

Here, each piece of beef is described specifically to inform you of what you will find in your plate. © DR

Restaurant Hugo Desnoyer

The star butcher is going green. This grilled foods buff is launching his organic vegetable garden, in Mayenne, in order to source the fruits and vegetables served with the meats of his restaurant. His breeder friends produce for him the Limousines, Normandes and Salers cattle breeds. Settle at one of the chopping-block tables, here meats are top quality and with total tracability. So how do you like your sirloin steak ? A la carte : 70 €. 28, rue du Docteur Blanche, 75016 Paris. Lunch only, closed Sunday and Monday. Tel : 01 46 47 83 00 et www.hugodesnoyer.com

There is meat, and then there is the meat of Hugo Desnoyer… © DR

Restaurant La Maison de l'Aubrac

Far from the Vegan trend, here beef is in the spotlight of this mythical address on the Champs-Elysées. The contemporary chalet style wood paneling of the decoration is next to meats slabs from the Aveyron region, allowed to mature from 3 to 7 weeks in specially conditioned window-displays. From these gourmet windows open on a wide array of France's regions, you can select a bavette d'alloyau or the butcher's choice that chef Julian Maiuri will prepare just as you wish. A la carte : 70 €. Open 7/7, 24h/24. 37, rue Marbeuf, 75008 Paris. Tel : 01 43 59 05 14 and www.maison-aubrac.com 

Some come here just to admire maturated meats, like real connoisseurs… © DR