Who’s cool enough to stop what he’s doing on the opening night of a restaurant to indulge a nitwit blogger in a photo request? Chef Sam Marvin, that’s who.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhile we’re on the subject of liquor, and when aren’t we, a quirky aspect of F. Pigalle is the wine is served in baby bottles.<\/p>\n
The story goes that when the French government began charging a tax for wine served in stemmed glasses, clever French persons began serving alcoholic beverages in baby bottles to evade the taxes. “Viva la tax loophole!”<\/p>\n
The added bonus of baby bottles, of course, is the nipple intensifies the buzz, just as drinking through a straw does.<\/p>\n