La Mascotte

La Mascotte opened on rue des Abbesses in 1889 and has run continuously since — a working brasserie at the heart of the village-Montmartre that Sacré-Cœur tour groups never quite find. The shellfish counter (closed only July-August for heat) is the centerpiece; the Cantal farm charcuterie is the second move; the Coupe du Meilleur Pot 1999 (Académie Rabelais's wine-bar prize) sits on the wall. Open daily noon to midnight with continuous service. For an Istanbul visitor who wants the actual brasserie that the actual Montmartre eats at — not the tourist version — this is the address. 136 years of continuous operation make the cult-institution exception straightforward.