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.
Café Verlet Cafe Cafe Confronta Heritage Single Origin 1920s Salon Café Verlet Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $ Paris's oldest artisanal coffee roaster — since 1880, still on the same Saint-Honoré sidewalk.
Chez Alain Miam Miam Cafe Cafe Confronta Cult Queue Sandwich Chez Alain Miam Miam Le Marais $ The cult sandwich stall inside Marché des Enfants Rouges — 30-minute queue, 13.50€, no apologies.
L'As du Fallafel Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Kosher Pletzl Queue L'As du Fallafel Le Marais $ Since 1979 on rue des Rosiers — the Pletzl falafel sandwich Lenny Kravitz and Natalie Portman keep coming back for.
Le Petit Bouillon Pharamond Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Historic Monument Art Nouveau Belle Epoque Le Petit Bouillon Pharamond Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $ 1898 Art Nouveau dining room, classified historic monument — Belle Époque bouillon revived.
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.
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.