Venues similar to Clown Bar

The Levha sisters' Franco-Filipino neo-bistro under a hand-painted ceiling on rue Saint-Maur.

Half-punk, half-precise, the natural-wine small-plates bistro that rewrote the 11e in 2011.

The no-reservations rue du Nil counter from Gregory Marchand's group, natural wine and small plates

Septime's no-reservations seafood sister, daily-catch small plates on rue de Charonne.

Pauline Séné's Top Chef-pedigreed bistronomy at the more ambitious end of rue Paul Bert.

Brazilian asador, Lucas Baur de Campos's open-fire 11e room, Le Fooding, Infatuation cult.

Anglophone-led tasting menu in a triplex above the Palais-Royal, Paris's quiet neo-bistro standard

The bistronomy capital of Paris, on the Carrefour de l'Odéon.

Eric Trochon's industrial bistronomy on rue de Seine.

The tiny bistro between Saint-Sulpice and Luxembourg, Fooding-prize winner.

Marble-clad tapas-and-wine room next to the old Chateaubriand, Rem Koolhaas interior, natural-wine list.

Jody Williams's all-day gastrothèque, the SoPi room that never feels off.

Big Mamma's four-floor Florentine theatre under a Pigalle glass roof.

1895 Saint-Lazare brasserie, Niermans mosaics, listed since 1989.

1902 Art Nouveau brasserie on Ledru-Rollin, Mucha frescoes, listed interior, honest cooking.

Pigalle bar-restaurant by Fabien Lombardi (ex-Prescription), natural wines, aged cocktails, PUNCH-listed.

Julio Guerrero's neo-taquería on rue Lacharrière, Mexico-City standard, natural wine, Le Fooding register.