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

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