Lokale in Paris

The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013.

Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903, Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades

Gaël Orieux's quiet Michelin star, sustainable fish only, fifteen years running.

Philippe Starck's 1970s post-office turned Trocadéro design hotel with rooftop kitchen garden.

Brazilian asador, Lucas Baur de Campos's open-fire 11e room, Le Fooding, Infatuation cult.

Jody Williams's all-day gastrothèque, the SoPi room that never feels off.

Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887.

1927 Trocadéro tea-room, marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower.

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

The original Pigalle boutique, leather banquettes, art on every wall, brunch all weekend.

Boutique design hotel inside a former metals factory, concrete, courtyard, cocktail bar at the centre.

Laurent Taïeb's reborn 1888 central post office with rooftop ROOF and Eiffel-facing terraces.

Former Hugo & Victor relaunched under the chef's name, 2003 French Dessert Champion's first eponymous boutique

Marais chocolatier with a tea room, millefeuille made à la minute, possibly Paris's finest caramels.

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

Robert Linxe's original chocolate boutique since 1977, the room that defined Paris bean-to-praline

The tiny bistro between Saint-Sulpice and Luxembourg, Fooding-prize winner.

Alain Ducasse's bean-to-bar manufacture in the 11e, Nicolas Berger's atelier behind a cobbled courtyard

The bistronomy capital of Paris, on the Carrefour de l'Odéon.

Châtelet jazz club since 1984, 300+ concerts a year, free Friday-Saturday midnight jam.

The oldest café in Paris, opened 1686, Voltaire, Diderot, Franklin all ate here.

The soufflé restaurant of the 7e, behind Le Bon Marché.

The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church.

France's oldest tea house since 1854, the Bourg-Tibourg flagship with the colonial-era painted casks

Jean-Louis Deniot-designed Evok hotel facing Comédie-Française, with Brasserie Réjane and a marble pool.

Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2000 chocolatier, the Madeleine flagship with the life-size chocolate sculptures

Eric Trochon's industrial bistronomy on rue de Seine.

Anglophone-led tasting menu in a triplex above the Palais-Royal, Paris's quiet neo-bistro standard

Adeline Grattard's bistro reincarnation, Franco-Cantonese cooking after Yam'Tcha proper closes