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We just held our wedding reception at La Petite Folie, after having eaten there twice, once in November when it was chilly and we sat by the woodstove, and once in March. We give this atypical spot an enthusiastic recommendation. The environment is the Parc de Saint Cloud, so it is out of the way, unless you happen to be attending the Rock en Seine music festival :-)That said, if you have done the major Paris visits and have some time to discover the near suburbs, as they are known, this is a good choice to begin with. The park is lovely, and offers nice views of Paris, especially at sunset. Saint Cloud is an upscale town, but nonetheless has its own Lidl (a low-cost supermarket based in Germany), just by way of contrast. La Petite Folie is what I would call unpretentious but very nice, with a menu created at least in part by a young woman chef from Spain who has good ideas, and has not forgotten vegetarians along the way. The wines are also good, we chose a Saint Emilion to go with our wedding luncheon and several guests thanked us later. A nice touch that I did not notice the first time around is that there is a tree growing in the middle of the restaurant, talk about a woodsy atmosphere... There you have it in a nutshell, the staff and manager/owner(?) are pleasant and on a nice day it is a good spot to stop and either have a drink or something more substantial. For those of you that like to go off the beaten path, this is not too, too off, but nonetheless sufficiently so that your experience will be more that of a local than a tourist.Bon appetit!