Classic Turkish Meyhane

1924 corner bistro with an open kitchen — and Paris's most decorated bœuf bourguignon.

The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013.

Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique.

The soufflé restaurant of the 7e, behind Le Bon Marché.

A working 'routier' off Trocadéro — checkered tablecloths, 18-euro lunch.

Bertrand Grébaut's 11e neo-bistro that reset the gravitational centre east in 2011.

Greg Marchand's 2e bistro that rewrote the neo-bistro template in 2009.

Christian Le Squer's three-Michelin showcase inside George V — the textbook for Paris haute cuisine.

Two-Michelin glass pavilion at George V where the kitchen runs on vegetables, dairy and seafood — no meat.

Simone Zanoni's Mediterranean-Italian one-Michelin at George V — the palace alternative to a tasting menu.

Three-Michelin since 1996 — the chef who taught Paris that haute cuisine could improvise.

Yannick Alléno's three-Michelin in a pavilion at the Champs-Élysées gardens — the sauce-extraction reference.

Yasunari Okazaki's two-Michelin sushi counter inside Pavillon Ledoyen — twelve seats, ikejime fish.

Alléno's one-Michelin counter format at Pavillon Ledoyen — the realistic same-week booking.

Jérôme Banctel's three-Michelin in a Napoleon III mansion off the Champs-Élysées.