Milagro

French food gets a slight New Mexican makeover at this lively restaurant that walks the line between fine dining and bistro. It’s where you should bring someone who's a small plate skeptic and wants their own entrée.

Start with the fish of the day topped with crispy corn nuts in a bright leche de tigre, followed by a rack of lamb subtly kissed with hatch chile. Vegetarians who've spent their Parisian vacations ordering some variation of a "market vegetable plate" always have at least one choice of starter and main, and at Milagro, those dishes don’t feel like afterthoughts. Celery root is roasted until caramelized before being bathed in a curry-spiked cream sauce with capers and herbs. The best time to go is at lunch, when the atrium-like façade fills the dining room with light even on the greyest Paris afternoon, and the two- and three-course prix fixe (€27-€30) is an absolute steal. Eating this well, in this neighborhood, for this price? So rare it might as well actually be a miracle.