Venues similar to Bouillon Pigalle

A working 'routier' off Trocadéro, checkered tablecloths, 18-euro lunch.

Since 1979 on rue des Rosiers, the Pletzl falafel sandwich Lenny Kravitz and Natalie Portman keep coming back for.

Alléno's one-Michelin counter format at Pavillon Ledoyen, the realistic same-week booking.

1924 corner bistro with an open kitchen, and Paris's most decorated bœuf bourguignon.

The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building.

Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique.

1906 Art Nouveau room on the Left Bank, Chartier's brother house, listed.

The oldest café in Paris, opened 1686, Voltaire, Diderot, Franklin all ate here.

1895 Saint-Lazare brasserie, Niermans mosaics, listed since 1989.

1900 Bois de Boulogne pavilion, Michelin star since 1965, Empire and Belle Époque rotunda.