Cafe in Paris

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

Best Baguette de Paris 2024 winner, sourdough, charcoal-black tradition, and weekend croissant programme

Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887.

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

Christophe Vasseur's 1875-listed bakery on rue Yves Toudic, pain des amis, escargots, no shortcuts.

Robert Linxe's original chocolate boutique since 1977, the room that defined Paris bean-to-praline

Cyril Lignac and Benoît Couvrand's original 11e patisserie, the Equinoxe was born here

A turn-of-the-century café preserved without irony, zinc bar, red banquettes, all-day terrace.

Gaston Lenôtre's flagship since 1957, the Plaine Monceau room that taught a generation of French pastry chefs

The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church.

Mickaël Benichou's 2013 patisserie-boulangerie, painted-ceiling 19th-century shop, marble counter heaped with bread

Marais épicerie-fine + restaurant, Delphine Plisson's Dean & DeLuca answer for Paris.

Paris's oldest covered market, since 1615, 21 stalls, all of lunchtime Marais, on one block.

The Picasso of pastry, in his original Saint-Germain showcase.

The Saint-Germain sourdough institution since 1932.

Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730, Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil

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