Venues similar to Chez Janou

1924 corner bistro with an open kitchen, and Paris's most decorated bœuf bourguignon.

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

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

Canal Saint-Martin's natural-wine institution, 400 references, plates from the kitchen behind the bottles.

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

Argentinian carnivore room in a former butcher shop, relaunched with Mauro Colagreco's hand on the menu.

1864 Belle Époque brasserie under a stained-glass dome, choucroute, plateaux de fruits de mer, full theatre.

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

The soufflé restaurant of the 7e, behind Le Bon Marché.

1919 Place des Ternes brasserie, Laura Gonzalez interior, three-time MOF écailler.

1900 Bois de Boulogne pavilion, Michelin star since 1965, Empire and Belle Époque rotunda.

Basque auberge on Quai Saint-Exupéry, Pierre Oteiza Kintoa pork, pintxos, the Trinquet Village Seine-edge terrace.

Vegan French on rue Saint-Paul, twenty-plus years reinterpreting French classics without animal product.

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

The Marais corner where natural wine, oysters and serious cocktails collapse into one room.

Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique.

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

Mok and Omar's lunch counter and bakery, Lebanese-Japanese-American detail in a 25-seat room.

Charles Compagnon's open-plan neo-bistro, Asian-inflected cooking, no reservations, all-day kitchen.

Counter-seat Korean, chef Kim Kwang-Loc's mandu and tartares, fashion-week regulars on stools.