Places in Paris

Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903, Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades

The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961, still family-run, still the standard.

Bertrand Larcher's original Paris crêperie, Bordier butter, Breton cider, Tokyo-trained discipline.

Paris's oldest artisanal coffee roaster, since 1880, still on the same Saint-Honoré sidewalk.

A Provençal bistro hiding behind Place des Vosges, and the city's largest pastis collection.

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

Marais épicerie-fine + restaurant, Delphine Plisson's Dean & DeLuca answer for Paris.

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

Emmanuel Ryon, MOF glacier, Pastry World Champion, turns gelato into Marais grand cru.