Places in Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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