La Closerie des Lilas Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Literary Piano Bar La Closerie des Lilas Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$$ Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name. Same category
Le Voltaire Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Literary Discreet Le Voltaire Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$$ The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building. Same category
Bofinger Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Brasserie Stained Glass Bofinger Le Marais $$$ 1864 Belle Époque brasserie under a stained-glass dome, choucroute, plateaux de fruits de mer, full theatre. Same category
Allard Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Ducasse Burgundy List Allard Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013. Same category
Frenchie Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Neo Bistro Set Menu Rue Du Nil Frenchie Sentier & Bourse $$$ Greg Marchand's 2e bistro that rewrote the neo-bistro template in 2009. Same category
Aux Lyonnais Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Bistro Lyonnais Intimate Aux Lyonnais Sentier & Bourse $$$ 1890 Lyon-bouchon-style bistro, under the Dumant family from 2025, after Ducasse Same category
Brasserie Lipp Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Political Alsatian Brasserie Lipp Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$$ Alsatian choucroute, landmarked Art Nouveau, the Académiciens' lunch. Same category