Venues similar to Debauve & Gallais

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

Christophe Vasseur's 1875-listed bakery on rue Yves Toudic, pain des amis, escargots, no shortcuts.

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

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

Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730, Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil

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

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

Japanese-French pâtisserie since 2001, matcha, yuzu and black sesame on classical French structures

Japanese-precision French classical pâtisserie on avenue de Breteuil, Saint-Honoré as the benchmark

The 7e roastery that started Paris's specialty-coffee third wave in 2011.

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

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

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

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.