Bofinger

Bofinger has been pouring beer since 1864, which makes it Paris's oldest Alsatian brasserie. The room is a Belle Époque set piece — towering stained-glass dome, mirrored walls, polished wood, white-jacketed waiters who've worked the floor longer than most restaurants have existed. Two things to order: a full plateau de fruits de mer (the brasserie is famous for shellfish) and the choucroute (sauerkraut is, after all, why an Alsatian opened in Bastille). It's a tourist room, yes — and also the room every Parisian over fifty has eaten in at least once. For visitors who want one classical Paris brasserie experience near the Marais without the Saint-Germain markup, Bofinger is the answer.