Venues similar to Mariage Frères, Marais

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

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

Yann Couvreur's first patisserie since May 2016, the original room with the fox-mark logo

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

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

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

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

Paris's oldest covered market, since 1615, 21 stalls, all of lunchtime Marais, on one block.

The cult sandwich stall inside Marché des Enfants Rouges, 30-minute queue, 13.50€, no apologies.

Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie, kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.

The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961, still family-run, still the standard.

Marais épicerie-fine + restaurant, Delphine Plisson's Dean & DeLuca answer for Paris.

The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé.