Locali affini a Jacques Genin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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