With its zinc bar, hearty home cooking, and colorful local clientele, this beloved wine bar (and its Turkish toilet) seems impervious to change. Meals are served only at lunch; the rest of the day you can stop for a glass of Morgon or Brouilly and a snack. Wonderfully, refreshingly cheap.
Join the rest of the neighborhood here on Sunday afternoons for a post-market glass of wine (direct from the barrel), a plate of cheese or charcuterie or, in winter, a dozen oysters. Bottles to go, too.
Colorful, Japanese-inflected salads, soups, and small plates, as well as a decidedly non-Japanese coffee cream tart, courtesy of a Rose Bakery alum. Two locations, one on the rapidly changing rue du Paradis, another in the already thoroughly bobofied upper Marais.
This historic spot is known for oysters and grand platters of fruits de mer, as well as its classified, Louis Majorelle – designed art deco toilettes.
It’s pizza by the kilo at this (vaguely) Roman-style spot. Bright lights, high stools and cheap wine by the carafe. Locations in Oberkampf and the upper Marais.
Whether or not you believe YOOM serves the most authentic dim sum in Paris may depend on whether or not you’ve been to Hong Kong. Now with two locations, the original on rue des Martyrs, and a newer outpost in the 6th.
A classic Montparnasse café and brasserie, serving standards like onion soup and steak tartare all day, along with oysters and other seafood in season.
Fashion types flock to to this boutique hotel for lunch in the secluded back garden.
The sandwiches at this shop — run by Juan Sanchez and Drew Harré of Fish — are made with a focaccia-like bread, right from the oven, with fresh fillings and plenty of vegetarian choices. Open every day.
This bustling annex of Chez Michel offers hearty seasonal cooking and a heavy dose of old Paris charm. Open weekdays for lunch and dinner with menus at 22€ and 29€, and from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays with 25€, all-you-can-eat brunch.
From Wagyu beef to bacon burgers, this is classy carnivory for the golden triangle set.
Crêpes up front and pork (Ibaïona) in the rear. It’s standing room only at Yves Camdeborde’s tapas and wine bar, a hit since it opened in fall of 2009. Go during the off hours or be prepared to be get to know the person next to you very, very well.
Savory and sweet tarts for takeaway, delivery, or consumption in a bobolicious dining room in the northern Marais.
The city’s most buttery, authentic crêpes served (with zero irony) in an old-school dining room full of dark wood and Breton lace.
Well-sourced products plus unlikely Japanese touches put Breizh Café head and shoulders above most crêperies.
Cheap, messy and seemingly obligatory. The line-averse should probably avoid it on a Sunday afternoon.
This posh brasserie near the Gare St. Lazare is one to remember when you’re craving oysters. Or sole, or daurade, or rougets. Included in our list of Five Great Places for Oysters.
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1 May 2012
Le Fooding’s Veillées Foodstock festival and another stellar (and free!) wine tasting at Caves Augé.
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