Venues similar to El Nopal

Bertrand Larcher's original Paris crêperie, Bordier butter, Breton cider, Tokyo-trained discipline.

Julio Guerrero's neo-taquería on rue Lacharrière, Mexico-City standard, natural wine, Le Fooding register.

A Provençal bistro hiding behind Place des Vosges, and the city's largest pastis collection.

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

The XXL bouillon that put 19th-century working-class dining back on the map.

The 1896 original, Belle Époque listed dining room, twelve euros for blanquette.

1898 Art Nouveau dining room, classified historic monument, Belle Époque bouillon revived.

Modern Vietnamese on rue Amelot, the 11e room that does the spring roll seven ways.

Ethiopian institution on rue Sauffroy, the 17e Batignolles room that has held the cuisine in Paris for decades.

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

Charles Compagnon's open-plan neo-bistro, Asian-inflected cooking, no reservations, all-day kitchen.

Canal Saint-Martin Cambodian institution, bo bun, summer rolls, banana-tapioca dessert, packed every night.

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.