Historic in Paris

The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013.

One Michelin star inside Place des Vosges' most discreet pavilion, Marais gastronomy without the spectacle.

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

Alsatian choucroute, landmarked Art Nouveau, the Académiciens' lunch.

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

Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name.

Mourad Mazouz's Marais Maghreb institution since 1990, tagines and pastilla under 17th-century beams.

5-star hideaway behind ivy on Place des Vosges, 56 rooms, a courtyard, a Michelin-starred restaurant.

The oldest café in Paris, opened 1686, Voltaire, Diderot, Franklin all ate here.

The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building.

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

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

The Saint-Germain sourdough institution since 1932.