Mekane in Paris

The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013.

Mazouz brothers' Marais cocktail bar — North African-Pop Art mash-up, since 2001, with a hidden courtyard.

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

Haut-Marais no-menu cocktail bar — bartender asks your mood, builds the drink around French organic seasonal produce.

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

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

1895 Saint-Lazare brasserie — Niermans mosaics, listed since 1989.

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

Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door — one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form.

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

Saint-Germain hunting-lodge speakeasy by Thomas Codsi — Le Fooding-listed, weekend basement DJ floor.

Forty-seat 7e bistro behind Musée d'Orsay — chef Patrick Plais's blanquette, lentil salad, chocolate mousse in a fruit-bowl.

Franck Audoux's cocktail bar in a 1911 Hector Guimard Art Nouveau building.

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

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.

Stéphane Jégo's Basque-Breton bistronomie since 2004 — riz au lait that built a pilgrimage.

Basque auberge on Quai Saint-Exupéry — Pierre Oteiza Kintoa pork, pintxos, the Trinquet Village Seine-edge terrace.

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

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

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

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

The Marais corner where natural wine, oysters and serious cocktails collapse into one room.

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

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

Gaston Lenôtre's flagship since 1957 — the Plaine Monceau room that taught a generation of French pastry chefs

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

World's 50 Best Bars veteran — eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023.

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

Paul Pairet's grill-and-rotisserie brasserie at the Crillon — the chic French fire-cooking room.

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

Alléno's one-Michelin counter format at Pavillon Ledoyen — the realistic same-week booking.

Open-fire Marais bistro where côte de bœuf is grilled in front of you on a wood hearth.

Eric Trochon's industrial bistronomy on rue de Seine.

Whisky-led cocktail den behind a discreet 4e façade — Vogue called it one of the world's 20 best.

Marais Korean BBQ — chef Sunghak Han's table-top grill, halal option, Michelin guide listing.

Anatolian home cooking on rue Pasquier — the Madeleine room the Istanbul audience will actually recognise.