Mekane in Sentier & Bourse

Greg Marchand's 2e bistro that rewrote the neo-bistro template in 2009.

Two Michelin stars 2025 — Tomoyuki Yoshinaga's ten-seat edomae masterclass.

1890 Lyon-bouchon-style bistro — under the Dumant family from 2025, after Ducasse

Alajmo brothers' Paris outpost in an 1834 letterpress — Italian fine dining behind Philippe Starck's restoration.

The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram — boutique and salon

Tiny natural-wine bar inside the covered Passage des Panoramas — a Paris postcard.

Italian trattoria in a former Jean-Paul Gaultier boutique — Le Fooding 'Best Decor' 2017, still buzzing.

The Goncourt Prize restaurant since 1914 — Place Gaillon institution under chef Romain Van Thienen

The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture — still no reservations

The no-reservations rue du Nil counter from Gregory Marchand's group — natural wine and small plates

Mahogany expat bar from 1911 — birthplace of the Bloody Mary, between Opéra and the Place Vendôme

Manoj Sharma's modern Indian on rue de Choiseul — the 2e room that finally read Indian cooking as a chef's cuisine.

Contemporary Lebanese on rue de la Banque — Liza Asseily's Beirut-Paris dialogue

Sentier rum den behind a grilled-cheese counter — Joseph Akhavan's 100-plus-rum library, Diffords-listed.

Italian bistrattoria in the 19th-century Passage des Panoramas — Simone Tondo's Michelin-starred room

David Lynch's 2011 members club six floors below rue de Montmartre — non-members welcome after midnight.

Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730 — Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil

Eight-seat sushi counter behind Place Louvois — surgical edomae from chef Masayoshi Hanada.