Places in Paris

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

1906 Art Nouveau room on the Left Bank, Chartier's brother house, listed.

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

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

1927 Trocadéro tea-room, marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower.

Madeleine institution since 1927, the first-floor caviar dining room above the boutique.

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

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

Former Hugo & Victor relaunched under the chef's name, 2003 French Dessert Champion's first eponymous boutique

Truffle institution on the Madeleine since 1932, boutique downstairs, restaurant upstairs.

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

Royal Monceau's Philippe Starck-designed long bar, Forbes Travel Guide Star Bars 2025 pick on Avenue Hoche.

The oldest café in Paris, opened 1686, Voltaire, Diderot, Franklin all ate here.

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.

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

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