Historic in Paris

The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013.

1864 Belle Époque brasserie under a stained-glass dome, choucroute, plateaux de fruits de mer, full theatre.

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

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

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

Mourad Mazouz's Marais Maghreb institution since 1990, tagines and pastilla under 17th-century beams.

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

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