Places in Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal

Three Michelin stars, Japanese precision in a Coq-Héron jewel-box dining room

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

Tiny zinc-bar bistro near Châtelet — GaultMillau toque, charcuterie from named Auvergne producers.

The Ritz's wood-paneled cocktail room — bookless reservations and a serious dry martini

Paris's oldest artisanal coffee roaster — since 1880, still on the same Saint-Honoré sidewalk.

LVMH's Samaritaine flagship with three-Michelin Plénitude, Dior Spa Cheval Blanc and a 30-meter pool.

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

Ten-seat omakase between Louvre and Place Vendôme — chef Satoshi Kobayashi's surgical edomae.

Southwest French institution since 1894 — Art-Nouveau dining room beside the Halles épicerie.

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

Natural-wine cave-à-manger from 2008 — David Lebovitz's pick, pre-trend bona fides.

Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784 — historic monument with a kitchen in transition

Tuileries-facing Dorchester palace with Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse and Cédric Grolet pastry.

1898 Art Nouveau dining room, classified historic monument — Belle Époque bouillon revived.

Mediterranean cooking with a Tuileries terrace at the foot of the Louvre

Art Deco palace on rue Saint-Honoré — 14m pool, garden courtyard, Cédric Grolet's pastry boutique

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

Place Vendôme palace by Ed Tuttle with Michelin-starred Pur' and a contemporary art-hung corridor.

Modern French bistronomic on a quiet Les Halles side street — chef-driven, value-strong tasting

Two-star Ducasse dining room overlooking the Tuileries, with Cédric Grolet desserts

1898 Place Vendôme palace — Coco Chanel's home, Hemingway's bar, Espadon's dining room

Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades — tea room facing the Tuileries

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