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N'duja pizza with Calabrian 'nduja and buffalo mozzarella at Acid Lactic, 11th arrondissement, Paris

Acid Lactic

Acid Lactic is rated as GOOD with two stars * * Find all our rankings in the Restaurant IndexDon’t miss our 50 Favorite Restaurants in Paris The team behind Fermentation Générale — the 11th’s miso, bread and kombucha specialists — has opened a pizzeria called Acid Lactic a few doors down, and their obsession with fermentation carries onto the pizza. The dough is 100% natural levain made with French heritage wheats, hand-kneaded into something chewy and almost bread-like, a world away from the Neapolitan version… Read More »Acid Lactic

Roasted ham with smashed potatoes and Parmesan cream at Argile, 9, Paris

Argile

A talented chef, a remarkable lunch formula, and a room full of locals near Pigalle. Open Monday.

Wild duck dish at Canard Sauvage restaurant, Paris

Canard Sauvage

Unpretentious bistro cooking with big flavors and small prices in the 10th arrondissement, from the team behind Les Pères Populaires.

Esu Lee at Jip restaurant in Paris

Jip

A three-course Korean-French set menu at 35€ in the 11th, from the chef behind Orson — fast-paced, good value, and ideal before a night out.

Pho soup at Ha Noi 1988 restaurant on the Ile Saint Louis in Paris

Ha Noi 1988

Northern Vietnamese restaurant on the Île Saint-Louis serving Hanoi-style ph? with housemade noodles and clear broth. Signature bowls run 18-22€. Open every day, walk-ins welcome. Best utility: convenient warm refuge near Notre-Dame when other options are crowded.

Aux Bons Crus

Read an old travel guide to France, and you’ll likely find mention of les routiers. At these roadside restaurants catering to truckers, grub was classic, cheap, and good. And despite the absence of any highway running through the trendy 11th arrondissement, Aux Bons Crus evokes these restaurants of yore.