Venues similar to Allard

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

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

The tiny bistro between Saint-Sulpice and Luxembourg, Fooding-prize winner.

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

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

The bistronomy capital of Paris, on the Carrefour de l'Odéon.

Eric Trochon's industrial bistronomy on rue de Seine.

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.