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Le Bristol's curiosity-cabinet bar, Maxime Hoerth, first bartender awarded Meilleur Ouvrier de France (2011).

Royal Monceau's Philippe Starck-designed long bar, Forbes Travel Guide Star Bars 2025 pick on Avenue Hoche.

Châtelet jazz club since 1984, 300+ concerts a year, free Friday-Saturday midnight jam.

Christian Le Squer's three-Michelin showcase inside George V, the textbook for Paris haute cuisine.

Two-Michelin glass pavilion at George V where the kitchen runs on vegetables, dairy and seafood, no meat.

Simone Zanoni's Mediterranean-Italian one-Michelin at George V, the palace alternative to a tasting menu.

Jérôme Banctel's three-Michelin in a Napoleon III mansion off the Champs-Élysées.

The Plaza's restored heritage-French dining room, recipes excavated from two-and-a-half centuries of menus.

The Ritz's wood-paneled cocktail room, bookless reservations and a serious dry martini

David Lynch's 2011 members club six floors below rue de Montmartre, non-members welcome after midnight.

Paul Pairet's grill-and-rotisserie brasserie at the Crillon, the chic French fire-cooking room.

Mahogany expat bar from 1911, birthplace of the Bloody Mary, between Opéra and the Place Vendôme

The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture, still no reservations

The Marais corner where natural wine, oysters and serious cocktails collapse into one room.

World's 50 Best Bars veteran, eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023.

Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door, one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form.

Whisky-led cocktail den behind a discreet 4e façade, Vogue called it one of the world's 20 best.

Mazouz brothers' Marais cocktail bar, North African-Pop Art mash-up, since 2001, with a hidden courtyard.

The wine bar inside the Septime universe, 90 natural references, 30 standing seats, no booking.

Oberkampf natural-wine canteen, charcuterie and small plates, run by ex-Chateaubriand.