Berthillon Cafe Cafe Confronta Institution Family Run Ile Saint Louis Berthillon Le Marais $ The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961, still family-run, still the standard.
Boulangerie Utopie Cafe Cafe Confronta Best Baguette 2024 Sourdough Innovative Viennoiserie Boulangerie Utopie Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $ Best Baguette de Paris 2024 winner, sourdough, charcoal-black tradition, and weekend croissant programme
Café de Flore Cafe Cafe Confronta Literary Historic People Watching Café de Flore Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887.
Carette Trocadéro Cafe Cafe Confronta Patisserie 1927 Tea Room Carette Trocadéro Trocadéro & Passy $$$ 1927 Trocadéro tea-room, marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower.
Le Pure Café Cafe Cafe Confronta Bistrot D Antan All Day Zinc Bar Le Pure Café Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$ A turn-of-the-century café preserved without irony, zinc bar, red banquettes, all-day terrace.
Les Deux Magots Cafe Cafe Confronta Literary Historic Terrace Les Deux Magots Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church.
Liberté, Vinaigriers Cafe Cafe Confronta Patisserie Boulangerie Hybrid 19th Century Interior Marble Counter Liberté, Vinaigriers Canal Saint-Martin $$ Mickaël Benichou's 2013 patisserie-boulangerie, painted-ceiling 19th-century shop, marble counter heaped with bread
Maison Aleph Cafe Cafe Confronta Levantine Pâtisserie Small Counter Maison Aleph Le Marais $$ Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie, kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.
Maison Plisson Cafe Cafe Confronta Epicerie Fine All Day Marais Maison Plisson Le Marais $$ Marais épicerie-fine + restaurant, Delphine Plisson's Dean & DeLuca answer for Paris.
Marché des Enfants Rouges Cafe Cafe Confronta Historic Communal Casual Marché des Enfants Rouges Le Marais $ Paris's oldest covered market, since 1615, 21 stalls, all of lunchtime Marais, on one block.
Pierre Hermé, Bonaparte Cafe Cafe Confronta Patisserie Macarons Luxury Pierre Hermé, Bonaparte Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$ The Picasso of pastry, in his original Saint-Germain showcase.
Poilâne Cafe Cafe Confronta Sourdough Historic Wood Fired Poilâne Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $ The Saint-Germain sourdough institution since 1932.
Stohrer Cafe Cafe Confronta 1730 Institution Listed Interior Baba Au Rhum Origin Stohrer Sentier & Bourse $$ Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730, Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil
Une Glace à Paris Cafe Cafe Confronta Artisan Single Cuisine Specialist Mof Craft Une Glace à Paris Le Marais $ Emmanuel Ryon, MOF glacier, Pastry World Champion, turns gelato into Marais grand cru.