Historic Restaurant in Paris

The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013.

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

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

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

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

Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name.

Mourad Mazouz's Marais Maghreb institution since 1990, tagines and pastilla under 17th-century beams.

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

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

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