Venues similar to Lenôtre, Courcelles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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