Venues similar to La Closerie des Lilas

Alsatian choucroute, landmarked Art Nouveau, the Académiciens' lunch.

Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784, historic monument with a kitchen in transition

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

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

The Goncourt Prize restaurant since 1914, Place Gaillon institution under chef Romain Van Thienen

One Michelin star inside Place des Vosges' most discreet pavilion, Marais gastronomy without the spectacle.

Argentinian carnivore room in a former butcher shop, relaunched with Mauro Colagreco's hand on the menu.

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

The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013.

Philippe Starck's Mediterranean ground-floor in Evok's 16e flagship.

1-Michelin garden-supplied dining room in a private Passy château-hotel.

Husband-and-wife Michelin star on avenue de Versailles, chef Noam Gedalof, sommelier Etheliya Hananova.

2-Michelin institution off Place des Ternes, 45 years of haute French classicism.

MOF chef, 1-Michelin, Parisian-apartment dining on rue Bayen.

The first Italian in Paris to win a Michelin star, 600-bottle list, 40 years on.

1864 Belle Époque brasserie under a stained-glass dome, choucroute, plateaux de fruits de mer, full theatre.

Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887.

The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church.

Two Michelin stars in the Hôtel de la Monnaie, looking at the Seine.

William Ledeuil's Southeast-Asian-French cuisine, Michelin-starred since 2008.