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Saturne
Verjus currently holds the #3 ranking in our list of our favorite Tasting Menus under 100€.
Ingredient fetishists will appreciate Sven Chartier’s reverence for product, and devotees of natural wines will love Ewen Lemoigne’s list.
Frenchie Bar à Vins
One of our Top 50 Paris Restaurants (small sharable plates). If you want a taste of Gregory Marchand’s cooking without the challenge of scoring a reservation at Frenchie, this sister wine bar is a great option. However, there are caveats. A victim of its own popularity, Frenchie Bar à Vins is often chaotic, loud, and (for folks who don’t wish to perch on stools) a little uncomfortable. But chaos and noise, when combined with creative and delicious small plates, not to mention a fascinating wine list, can combine to make for some wonderfully memorable evenings. You shouldn’t go if you need to be seated and fed right away, or if you’re not willing to flag down a friendly server to beg for what you need. Go for rowdy fun, and by all means go early, like right when they open at 6:30pm. Either that, or after the major rush passes, after 10pm. Arrive during peak hours and you can expect to wait for a fairly long time out on the cobblestones.
La Marée Jeanne
Practical information
Address: 3 rue Mandar, 75002
Nearest transport: Étienne Marcel (4), Sentier (3)
Hours: Open every day for lunch & dinner
Reservations: Book a day or two in advance
Telephone: 01 42 61 58 34
Average price for lunch: 20-39€
Average price for dinner: 40-59€
Style of cuisine: Seafood, Oysters & Shellfish
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Reviews of interest
Time Out (2016) “Avec une cuisine fraîche et enlevée, un accueil et un cadre sympathiques, cette belle adresse s’avère, sans hésiter, une très bonne pêche du quartier.”
Hero
Practical information
Address: 289 rue Saint-Denis, 75002
Nearest transport: Strasbourg-Saint-Denis (4, 8, 9)
Hours: Closed Monday; Open Tuesday-Sunday for lunch & dinner
Reservations: Walk-ins Welcome
Telephone: 01 23 45 67 89
Average price for lunch: 10-19€ or 20-39€, depending on if you get the special or order à la carte
Average price for dinner: 20-39€
Style of cuisine: Korean, fried chicken
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Reviews of Interest
Le Figaro (2015) “Bravo. Les cocktails pointus, l’accueil amical, la playlist R & B vintage.”
Le Rubis
Practical information
Address: 14 rue Léopold Bellan, 75002
Nearest transport: Sentier (3)
Hours: Closed Sunday & Monday; Open Tuesday-Saturday for lunch and dinner
Reservations: Book a day or two in advance
Telephone: 09 84 39 42 49
Average price for lunch: 20-39€
Average price for dinner: 20-39€
Style of cuisine: Classic French
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Reviews of interest
Figaroscope (2014) “Adieu à l’Hédoniste (dommage!), remplacé illico presto par ce repaire s’essayant au genre du café populaire. Las, l’assiette besogne trop pour emporter conviction et enthousiasme.”
Caffè Stern
Many powerful names/brands have come together for this long-awaited opening inside the Passage des Panoramas. The Alajmo family (of the three-starred Le Calendre in Padua) have partnered with David Lanher (Racines, Vivant) to convert an engraving shop into an Italian restaurant. They had some help from designer Philippe Starck, but thankfully not too much. The historically protected space – a series of dimly glowing rooms that date back to the 16th century – is stunning.
A Noste
Practical information
Address: 4 bis rue du 4 Septembre, 75002
Nearest transport: Bourse (3)
Hours: Open every day
Reservations: Reservations not accepted for the tapas bar, but book a few weeks in advance for the upstairs restaurant
Telephone: 01 47 03 91 91
Average price for lunch: 10-19€ at the tapas bar and 20-39€ in the restaurant
Average price for dinner: 20-39€ at the tapas bar or 60-100€ in the restaurant
Style of cuisine: Basque, small plates & tapas
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Coinstot Vino
Guillaume Dupré runs this wine bar in the passage des Panoramas, serving a range of small plates for snackers, a few hot items for the hungry, and vins natures for the thirsty.
Lockwood
A coffee bar with emphasis on the bar - cocktails and coffee in a shared space from one of the partners in the Belleville Brûlerie.
Caves Legrand
A jewel box merchant in the beautiful Galerie Vivienne, Legrand specializes in the great and worthy of vinous France. Many of the shelves are taken up by wines that would be special occasion bottles for most drinkers, and safe bets for tradition-minded lovers of traditional wines. There are some surprises here and there, but this is not a funky natural wine dive. Prices aren’t exactly the lowest in the city, and the ambient temp runs a bit warm, but the space is majestic.
The store (with tables that spread out into the hallway) doubles as a wine bar/light bites restaurant, offering wine by the glass or off the shelf for a reasonable uncorking fee, and it’s worth noting that of all the many places in Paris that offer the same, Legrand has some of the nicest stemware.
Bière et Malt
Just north of the bustling rue Montorgeuil, this tiny beer cave is a haven for beer lovers with dozens of international bottles available either to go or to drink on site at one of the four tables
Foucher
This chocolate shop has had a presence on the rue du Bac for nearly 200 years. There's a tea salon, too, for tasting on the spot.
La Fermette
Add this fromagerie to your Montorgeuil food crawl.
Stohrer
Stohrer is the oldest pastry shop in Paris, and the birthplace of the Baba au Rhum.
Régis Colin
Always a strong contender for the city's best baguette, Colin is also known for his galette des rois.
Eric Kayser
Don’t let the multiple locations fool you into thinking that this is some kind of mediocre chain bakery: The breads at Kayser are excellent (ranked #1 on our list of Five Great Baguettes in Paris).
La Librairie Gourmande
A serious bookstore specializing in gastronomy and oenology, stocking not just cookbooks but academic and historical texts as well.
G. Detou
G. Detou supplies pastry makers — both professional and amateur — with everything they need, from chocolates and nuts to preserved fruits and special sugars.
Épices Roellinger
Chef Olivier Roellinger's boutique is a must for serious cooks.
Drouant
Facing a very pretty square, Drouant has been around since 1880. Now run by Antoine Westermann, the menu offers elegantly updated classics with an emphasis on seafood.
Aux Lyonnais
The Ducasse group runs this longstanding address for Lyon-style cooking.
Chez Georges
A popular, old school bistro serving classics like frisée au lardons, jambon persillée, escargot, and tarte tatin.
Le Petit Vendôme
Practical information
Address: 8 rue des Capucines, 75002
Nearest transport: Opéra (3, 7, 8), Madeleine (8, 12, 14)
Hours: Closed Sunday; Open Monday 8.30am-3.30pm; Open Tuesday-Friday 8.30am-2am; Open Saturday 8.30am-5pm
Reservations: Walk-Ins Welcome
Telephone: 01 42 61 05 88
Average price for lunch: 20-39€
Average price for dinner: 20-39€
Style of cuisine: Classic French
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Reviews of interest
David Lebovitz (2011) “The place is packed full of locals…dim, noisy, and chaotic; you pull up a chair wherever if you want to eat more than a sandwich.”
Big Fernand
Practical information
Address: 55 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75009
Nearest transport: Poissonnière (7)
Hours: Open every day for lunch & dinner
Reservations: Reservations not accepted
Telephone: 01 73 70 51 52
Average price for lunch: 10-19€
Average price for dinner: 10-19€
Style of cuisine: American, hamburgers
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Additional Locations
Address: 32 rue Saint-Sauveur, 75002
Nearest transport: Sentier (3), Réaumur-Sébastopol (3, 4)
Hours: Open every day for lunch & dinner
Telephone: 09 67 22 40 06
Fée Nature
Practical information
Address: 69 rue d’Argout, 75002
Nearest transport: Sentier (3)
Hours: Closed Saturday & Sunday; Open Monday-Friday for lunch
Reservations: Reservations not accepted
Telephone: 01 42 21 44 36
Average price for lunch: 10-19€
Style of cuisine: Soups/salads/sandwiches, vegetarian options, healthy eating
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Additional Locations
Address: 40 bis rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75010
Nearest transport: Bonne Nouvelle (8, 9)
Hours: Closed Saturday & Sunday; Open Monday-Friday for lunch
Telephone: 09 83 69 90 71
Liza
Practical information
Address: 14 rue de la Banque, 75002
Nearest transport: Bourse (3)
Hours: Open Monday-Friday for lunch and dinner; Open Saturday for dinner only; Open Sunday for lunch only
Reservations: Book a day or two in advance
Telephone: 01 55 35 00 66
Average price for lunch: 20-39€
Average price for dinner: 40-59€
Style of cuisine: Lebanese
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Reviews of interest
Figaroscope (2011) “Pour manger avec classe du bout des doigts, on n’a pas trouvé mieux que les mezze de cette table libanaise…”
Racines
Founding chef Pierre Jancou has moved on, but the roots remain. New chef Renaud Marcille is bringing a touch of elegance to the product-driven, market cooking, served, as always, with natural wine, inside the city’s oldest covered passage.
Rice & Fish
This is no longer included among the favorite 350 addresses that make up Our Guide to Paris Restaurants.
Grillé
This might be the most pedigreed kebab you’ll ever eat: prepared by Le Chateaubriand alum Frédéric Peneau with meat from butcher Hugo Desnoyer, homemade spelt flatbread, and herbs from Annie Bertin. Veal, lamb, or pork (depending on the day), the kebabs are served with your choice of white sauce (fromage frais and horseradish) or green (a barely spicy, green tomato and pepper sauce). A vegetarian option beyond the fries will be available soon. There aren’t any seats on-site, or even in the immediate vicinity, so be prepared to eat it on the go.