Notre Paris
Food Scene
My favorite restaurants
Septime
80 Rue de CharonneTHE best restaurant in Paris. Book one month ahead. Or try anyway.
Bistrot Paul Bert
18 Rue Paul BertSo Parisian (and good)! Don't miss the baba au rhum.
L'Ecailler Du Bistrot
22 Rue Paul Bert100% sea food. Taste oysters and/or lobster.
Le 6 Paul Bert
6 Rue Paul BertThe new French taste. Excellent.
Unico
15 Rue Paul BertArgentinian meat and wine, very good.
An Australian chef in Paris will make you eat and drink the new French taste. Always in music, rock and loud. Quite hip.
91 locals recommend
Jones
43 Rue Godefroy CavaignacAn Australian chef in Paris will make you eat and drink the new French taste. Always in music, rock and loud. Quite hip.
Le Grain de Riz
49 Rue Godefroy CavaignacLike in Vietnam, really! Very small, but you can take away.
You've probably seen this café in a movie (Before Sunset, among others). Nice terrace.
114 locals recommend
Le Pure Café
14 Rue Jean-MacéYou've probably seen this café in a movie (Before Sunset, among others). Nice terrace.
Home made chinese noodles. Excellent. Prefer the take away but you can eat there.
12 locals recommend
Chez Nouilles
1 Rue FaidherbeHome made chinese noodles. Excellent. Prefer the take away but you can eat there.
Waly-Fay Senegalese Restaurant
6 Rue Godefroy CavaignacWest African foof in a nice atmosphere.
Le Bistrot du Peintre
116 Av. Ledru RollinArt Déco style and great bone marrow.
Chatomat
6 Rue Victor LetalleTiny and delicous restaurant in Ménilmontant area.
Sea food by the team of Septime. So delicious. No booking possible, so you better arrive early (before 7 pm).
163 locals recommend
Clamato
80 Rue de CharonneSea food by the team of Septime. So delicious. No booking possible, so you better arrive early (before 7 pm).
Quite expensive pastries, croissants and baguettes, as the owner is a star on the French TV, but one must admit it's good stuff.
182 locals recommend
La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac - Paul Bert
24 Rue Paul BertQuite expensive pastries, croissants and baguettes, as the owner is a star on the French TV, but one must admit it's good stuff.
Shopping
The Silence of the street
39 Rue Faidherbe"Le silence de la rue". Mythic record shop.
Refuge BD
40 Rue FaidherbeIf you love graphic novels and comics, that's the right place.
Essentials
Aligre Market
Place d'AligreA real, vivid street food market.
L'Univers du Fromage
16 Rue ChanzyDelicious cheese!
Crus et Decouvertes
7 Rue Paul BertGood wines. Yes, you're in France!
Le Vin qui parle
30 Rue FaidherbeMy favourite wine store. Excellent wines and advices.
Drinks & Nightlife
Café titon
34 Rue TitonBerlin inpiration for this bar.
Cafe de la Danse
5 Pass. Louis-PhilippeGreat concerts in a very nice, small club.
Ephemeral Point
200 Quai de ValmyAlternative concerts venue.
Excellent wine bar and store. Organic, natural wines only, owned and managed by a very good friend. And it's in front of Notre Dame!
10 locals recommend
Lot of Wine
54 Rue de l'Hôtel de villeExcellent wine bar and store. Organic, natural wines only, owned and managed by a very good friend. And it's in front of Notre Dame!
Arts & Culture
Fondation Louis Vuitton
8 Av. du Mahatma GandhiContemporary art in a magnicient building.
A strange place, even if you don't like hunting: trophies and, sometimes, art exhibitions.
170 locals recommend
Museum of Hunting and Nature
62 Rue des ArchivesA strange place, even if you don't like hunting: trophies and, sometimes, art exhibitions.
Great concerts, but also conferences, exhibitions and activities for kids (and older) around the digital world
247 locals recommend
La Gaite Lyrique
3bis Rue PapinGreat concerts, but also conferences, exhibitions and activities for kids (and older) around the digital world