Venues similar to Clown Bar

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

Bertrand Grébaut's 11e neo-bistro that reset the gravitational centre east in 2011.

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.

Vegetable-driven neo-bistro with a 400-bottle wine list and savoury-leaning desserts.

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.

Anatolian home cooking on rue Pasquier, the Madeleine room the Istanbul audience will actually recognise.

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