Venues similar to Café des Musées

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

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

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

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

1902 Art Nouveau brasserie on Ledru-Rollin, Mucha frescoes, listed interior, honest cooking.

Canal Saint-Martin's natural-wine institution, 400 references, plates from the kitchen behind the bottles.

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

1906 Art Nouveau room on the Left Bank, Chartier's brother house, listed.

1889 Abbesses brasserie, shellfish counter, Cantal charcuterie, no Montmartre theatre.

Vegan French on rue Saint-Paul, twenty-plus years reinterpreting French classics without animal product.

The no-reservations rue du Nil counter from Gregory Marchand's group, natural wine and small plates