Boulangerie Utopie Cafe Cafe Confronta Best Baguette 2024 Sourdough Innovative Viennoiserie Boulangerie Utopie Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $ Best Baguette de Paris 2024 winner — sourdough, charcoal-black tradition, and weekend croissant programme Stessa categoria
Marché des Enfants Rouges Cafe Cafe Confronta 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. Stessa categoria
Café de Flore Cafe Cafe Confronta Literary Historic People Watching Café de Flore Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887. Stessa categoria
Les Deux Magots Cafe Cafe Confronta Literary Historic Terrace Les Deux Magots Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church. Stessa categoria
Chez Alain Miam Miam Cafe Cafe Confronta 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. Stessa categoria
Du Pain et des Idées Cafe Cafe Confronta 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. Stessa categoria
Une Glace à Paris Cafe Cafe Confronta 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. Stessa categoria
Berthillon Cafe Cafe Confronta 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. Stessa categoria
Café Verlet Cafe Cafe Confronta 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. Stessa categoria
Coutume Café Cafe Cafe Confronta Specialty Coffee Third Wave Roastery Coutume Café Tour Eiffel & Invalides $ The 7e roastery that started Paris's specialty-coffee third wave in 2011. Stessa categoria
Pierre Hermé — Bonaparte Cafe Cafe Confronta Patisserie Macarons Luxury Pierre Hermé — Bonaparte Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$ The Picasso of pastry, in his original Saint-Germain showcase. Stessa categoria
Hugues Pouget Cafe Cafe Confronta Chef Led Precision Left Bank Hugues Pouget Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Former Hugo & Victor relaunched under the chef's name — 2003 French Dessert Champion's first eponymous boutique Stessa categoria
Pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki Cafe Cafe Confronta Japanese French Matcha Left Bank Pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$ Japanese-French pâtisserie since 2001 — matcha, yuzu and black sesame on classical French structures Stessa categoria
Ladurée Paris Royale Cafe Cafe Confronta Tea Salon Institution Macaron Ladurée Paris Royale Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$ The original 1862 Ladurée tea room — the room that invented the Paris salon de thé. Stessa categoria
Sébastien Gaudard Pâtisserie des Tuileries Cafe Cafe Confronta Classical Tea Room Tuileries View Sébastien Gaudard Pâtisserie des Tuileries Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$ Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades — tea room facing the Tuileries Stessa categoria
Cédric Grolet Opéra Cafe Cafe Confronta Instagram Famous Trompe Loeil Tea Room Cédric Grolet Opéra Sentier & Bourse $$$ The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram — boutique and salon Stessa categoria
Jacques Genin Cafe Cafe Confronta Chocolatier Millefeuille Artisan Jacques Genin Le Marais $$$ Marais chocolatier with a tea room — millefeuille made à la minute, possibly Paris's finest caramels. Stessa categoria
Maison Aleph Cafe Cafe Confronta Levantine Pâtisserie Small Counter Maison Aleph Le Marais $$ Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie — kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise. Stessa categoria
Brasserie Lipp Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Historic Political Alsatian Brasserie Lipp Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$$ Alsatian choucroute, landmarked Art Nouveau, the Académiciens' lunch. Atmosfera affine
La Closerie des Lilas Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Historic Literary Piano Bar La Closerie des Lilas Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$$ Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name. Atmosfera affine