Critics cool on Conran bistro

Paris - French newspapers have given Sir Terence Conran's first Paris restaurant rave reviews for its sense of style - but the…

Paris - French newspapers have given Sir Terence Conran's first Paris restaurant rave reviews for its sense of style - but the critics have maintained a pointed silence about the food.

The Alcazar has nonetheless been such a hit that it has had to turn away throngs of eager eaters since opening its doors last Saturday on the site of a former transvestite cabaret in the Latin Quarter.

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