Ozio

Just around the corner from us in the 16th, on Rue Laurimont, Ozio is a neighborhood Italian with a fun young crowd. Smoky like you read about, unfortunately, but otherwise a nice casual place for dinner. Italian wine in carafes, good big salads, a nice mushroom risotto for me and penne for Maryam.

We were the oldest folks in the place by a few years, other than another table of Americans, but of course that just convinced us that we were acting cooler than our age. Ah, but we were tired, and skipped out on dessert and coffee at about 10pm. The owners were happy, because there were still couples outside looking to get a table. All this on a Monday night.

Recommended for food and ambience, but the smoke does get in your eyes (and hair and clothes).