Bar in Paris

Oberkampf natural-wine canteen, charcuterie and small plates, run by ex-Chateaubriand.

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

Crillon palace bar with eighteenth-century frescos, Kévin Rigault's 'A Sense of Memories' menu.

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

Tiny natural-wine bar inside the covered Passage des Panoramas, a Paris postcard.

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

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

Royal Monceau's Philippe Starck-designed long bar, Forbes Travel Guide Star Bars 2025 pick on Avenue Hoche.

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

The wine bar inside the Septime universe, 90 natural references, 30 standing seats, no booking.