Des Terres

The story

Des Terres, Paris – Modern Cuisine with Mediterranean Soul

The Place

Des Terres sits on rue Alexandre-Dumas in the 20th arrondissement, a corner of eastern Paris where the energy is local and unpretentious. The room—brick walls, tiled floor, glass-block window—belongs to the trio behind it: Esther Vieille, Anthony Chouchan, and Matthieu Hernandez. They also run a second spot in Montreuil, but here they tend to a bistro that feels both familiar and precise. The Michelin inspectors have taken note, awarding it a Recommended mention for 2026.

The Team

In the kitchen, Alessandro Maniaci (formerly of Fattoria Borrello in Sicily) brings a coastal Italian sensibility to the modern cuisine. At lunch, he composes three-course menus that change with the season. One recent midday meal began with an airy mackerel tempura in a horseradish and bergamot sauce, followed by Camargue rice with burnt tomatoes, wild clams, crab, and thin slices of black pork, and finished with a pear cake layered with yogurt mousse and pollen. The cooking is direct, the flavours bright.

Evening and Atmosphere

Come evening, the menu shifts towards planches of charcuterie and cheese, alongside Italian-leaning plates: fresh pasta, pork collar with friggitelli peppers, Marsala sabayon. The wine list favours low-intervention bottles—a chenin and pineau-d’Aunis maceration from Aurély and Jean-Damien Gazeau-Baldi by the glass, a macabeu-grenache blend from Mas Guallar, a pure savagnin from Guillaume Overnoy. Prices stay gentle: lunch menus at 21–24 €, evening carte around 44–57 €, planches 10–15 €.

Des Terres is open for lunch and dinner, with a terrace for warmer days, and takeaway available. It’s the kind of place where the cooking, the setting, and the welcome all pull in the same direction—no fuss, just good eating.