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The 7e roastery that started Paris's specialty-coffee third wave in 2011.

Alain Ducasse's bean-to-bar manufacture in the 11e, Nicolas Berger's atelier behind a cobbled courtyard

The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram, boutique and salon

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

The cult sandwich stall inside Marché des Enfants Rouges, 30-minute queue, 13.50€, no apologies.

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

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

The Saint-Germain sourdough institution since 1932.

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

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

France's oldest tea house since 1854, the Bourg-Tibourg flagship with the colonial-era painted casks

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

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

Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades, tea room facing the Tuileries

Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903, Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades

The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé.

Marais chocolatier with a tea room, millefeuille made à la minute, possibly Paris's finest caramels.

Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie, kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.

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

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