Poilâne Cafe Cafe Compare Sourdough Historic Wood Fired Poilâne Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $ The Saint-Germain sourdough institution since 1932. Same category
Chez Alain Miam Miam Cafe Cafe Compare 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. Same category
Marché des Enfants Rouges Cafe Cafe Compare 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. Same category
Du Pain et des Idées Cafe Cafe Compare Historic Monument Artisan Bread Morning Queue Du Pain et des Idées Canal Saint-Martin $ Christophe Vasseur's 1875-listed bakery on rue Yves Toudic, pain des amis, escargots, no shortcuts. Same category
Liberté, Vinaigriers Cafe Cafe Compare Patisserie Boulangerie Hybrid 19th Century Interior Marble Counter Liberté, Vinaigriers Canal Saint-Martin $$ Mickaël Benichou's 2013 patisserie-boulangerie, painted-ceiling 19th-century shop, marble counter heaped with bread Same category
Une Glace à Paris Cafe Cafe Compare Artisan Single Cuisine Specialist Mof Craft Une Glace à Paris Le Marais $ Emmanuel Ryon, MOF glacier, Pastry World Champion, turns gelato into Marais grand cru. Same category
Berthillon Cafe Cafe Compare Institution Family Run Ile Saint Louis Berthillon Le Marais $ The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961, still family-run, still the standard. Same category
Café Verlet Cafe Cafe Compare Heritage Single Origin 1920s Salon Café Verlet Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $ Paris's oldest artisanal coffee roaster, since 1880, still on the same Saint-Honoré sidewalk. Same category
Coutume Café Cafe Cafe Compare Specialty Coffee Third Wave Roastery Coutume Café Tour Eiffel & Invalides $ The 7e roastery that started Paris's specialty-coffee third wave in 2011. Same category
L'As du Fallafel Restaurant Restaurant Compare Kosher Pletzl Queue L'As du Fallafel Le Marais $ Since 1979 on rue des Rosiers, the Pletzl falafel sandwich Lenny Kravitz and Natalie Portman keep coming back for. Similar vibe
Le Pure Café Cafe Cafe Compare Bistrot D Antan All Day Zinc Bar Le Pure Café Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$ A turn-of-the-century café preserved without irony, zinc bar, red banquettes, all-day terrace. Same category
La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac, Paul Bert Cafe Cafe Compare Chef Led Signature Equinoxe 11e Original La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac, Paul Bert Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$ Cyril Lignac and Benoît Couvrand's original 11e patisserie, the Equinoxe was born here Same category
Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse, Manufacture Cafe Cafe Compare Bean To Bar Manufacture Ducasse Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse, Manufacture Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$$ Alain Ducasse's bean-to-bar manufacture in the 11e, Nicolas Berger's atelier behind a cobbled courtyard Same category
Bouillon Pigalle Restaurant Restaurant Compare Bouillon Queue Cheap Eats Bouillon Pigalle Pigalle & SoPi $ The XXL bouillon that put 19th-century working-class dining back on the map. Similar vibe
Ladurée Paris Royale Cafe Cafe Compare Tea Salon Institution Macaron Ladurée Paris Royale Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$ The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé. Same category
Sébastien Gaudard Pâtisserie des Tuileries Cafe Cafe Compare Classical Tea Room Tuileries View Sébastien Gaudard Pâtisserie des Tuileries Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$ Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades, tea room facing the Tuileries Same category
Cédric Grolet Opéra Cafe Cafe Compare Instagram Famous Trompe Loeil Tea Room Cédric Grolet Opéra Sentier & Bourse $$$ The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram, boutique and salon Same category
Jacques Genin Cafe Cafe Compare Chocolatier Millefeuille Artisan Jacques Genin Le Marais $$$ Marais chocolatier with a tea room, millefeuille made à la minute, possibly Paris's finest caramels. Same category
Maison Aleph Cafe Cafe Compare Levantine Pâtisserie Small Counter Maison Aleph Le Marais $$ Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie, kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise. Same category
Café de Flore Cafe Cafe Compare Literary Historic People Watching Café de Flore Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887. Same category