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The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961, still family-run, still the standard.

Marais chocolatier with a tea room, millefeuille made à la minute, possibly Paris's finest caramels.

Marais épicerie-fine + restaurant, Delphine Plisson's Dean & DeLuca answer for Paris.

Paris's oldest covered market, since 1615, 21 stalls, all of lunchtime Marais, on one block.

The cult sandwich stall inside Marché des Enfants Rouges, 30-minute queue, 13.50€, no apologies.

The Saint-Germain sourdough institution since 1932.

Christophe Vasseur's 1875-listed bakery on rue Yves Toudic, pain des amis, escargots, no shortcuts.

Best Baguette de Paris 2024 winner, sourdough, charcoal-black tradition, and weekend croissant programme

Paris's oldest artisanal coffee roaster, since 1880, still on the same Saint-Honoré sidewalk.

The 7e roastery that started Paris's specialty-coffee third wave in 2011.

Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie, kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.

France's oldest tea house since 1854, the Bourg-Tibourg flagship with the colonial-era painted casks

The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé.

Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades, tea room facing the Tuileries

The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram, boutique and salon

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

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

The Picasso of pastry, in his original Saint-Germain showcase.

A turn-of-the-century café preserved without irony, zinc bar, red banquettes, all-day terrace.

The Australian-style breakfast counter that taught Paris to queue for pancakes, and serve them well.