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.

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

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.

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.

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

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