‘He’s Happier Than I’ve Ever Seen Him’: Inside George and Amal Clooney’s Romantic Paris Date Night
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George and Amal Clooney continued their “romantic weekend” in Paris with an intimate candlelit dinner at the historic Restaurant Lapérouse on Saturday.
Lapérouse owner Grégory Lentz tells PEOPLE that the couple appeared to be “fully in love” during their night out.
“Amal is amazing,” says Lentz, who has known George, 55, since 2011. “They’re completely, fully in love. She is just lovely, just lovely.
“He’s happier than I’ve ever seen him,” he continued after their Saturday night meal. “She’s really amazing.”
The restaurant, which traces its roots back to 1766, offers diners a choice of small staged dining areas, candlelit tables or private dining suites.
Lentz placed the Clooneys in one of the restaurant’s private dining salons, the Victor Hugo Room, where he offered George a bottle of Bollinger Grande Année Champagne, its 2009 James Bond 007 bottling. (Amal, 39, who is pregnant with the couple’s first children — twins! — didn’t drink alcohol.)
“We talked about the history of the restaurant,” says Lentz. “Amal was very interested, very knowledgable about French history and George was delighted to know there’s a…