Chez Janou Restaurant Restaurant Compare Provençal Terrace Neighbourhood Chez Janou Le Marais $$ A Provençal bistro hiding behind Place des Vosges — and the city's largest pastis collection. Same category
Café des Musées Restaurant Restaurant Compare Bistro Classic Open Kitchen Café des Musées Le Marais $$ 1924 corner bistro with an open kitchen — and Paris's most decorated bœuf bourguignon. Same category
Les Cocottes Restaurant Restaurant Compare Counter Seating All Day Classic Les Cocottes Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$ Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique. Same category
Au Passage Restaurant Restaurant Compare Natural Wine Small Plates Loose And Loud Au Passage Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$ Half-punk, half-precise — the natural-wine small-plates bistro that rewrote the 11e in 2011. Same category
Le Bistrot du Peintre Restaurant Restaurant Compare Art Nouveau Historic Monument Neighbourhood Le Bistrot du Peintre Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$ 1902 Art Nouveau brasserie on Ledru-Rollin — Mucha frescoes, listed interior, honest cooking. Same category
Le Verre Volé Restaurant Restaurant Compare Natural Wine Institution Small Room Le Verre Volé Canal Saint-Martin $$ Canal Saint-Martin's natural-wine institution — 400 references, plates from the kitchen behind the bottles. Same category
52 Faubourg Saint-Denis Restaurant Restaurant Compare No Reservations All Day Asian Leaning 52 Faubourg Saint-Denis Canal Saint-Martin $$ Charles Compagnon's open-plan neo-bistro — Asian-inflected cooking, no reservations, all-day kitchen. Same category
Bouillon Racine Restaurant Restaurant Compare Art Nouveau Historic Monument 1906 Bouillon Racine Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$ 1906 Art Nouveau room on the Left Bank — Chartier's brother house, listed. Same category
Les Marches Restaurant Restaurant Compare Routier Bistro Cheap Eats Les Marches Trocadéro & Passy $$ A working 'routier' off Trocadéro — checkered tablecloths, 18-euro lunch. Same category